As Delaware County convenes a task force to look at police reforms and modernizing its criminal justice system it also has to contend with the fact that the county is a community of different neighborhoods, writes Zachiarah Huges for WHYY.org.

That means policies that might work in Chester won’t work in Media or Upper Darby.

“Sometimes, one Band-Aid doesn’t cover all wounds,” said Otis Blair, the police commissioner of Chester, who is Black.

And the county has only grown more diverse over time.

The task force will be comprised of law enforcement, community and civil rights groups, police unions and defense attorneys, Black political groups, and elected officials.

They will submit policy recommendation this fall on updated policing practices, modernized prosecutorial strategy, legislative changes and improvement in equality and justice for residents.

The hope is to get a consensus on what changes to make among 41 different police departments that have different staff sizes, communities, resources and crimes.

Blair thinks one benefit of convening a wide array of stakeholders is the opportunity to revise criminal justice policy in a way that’s informed by the county’s nuances, rather than its commonalities.

Read more about Delaware County’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force here.