CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- On Monday, the three candidates for Charlottesville’s new police chief were introduced during a community forum, during which they answered questions that had been submitted by residents.

Now let's take a look at how each responded to questions about community involvement, accountability and protocols they might bring from their current jobs.

"What are your views on community neighborhood policing? Can you be specific on how you would implement such programs in Charlottesville," asked the moderator.

The Police Civilian Oversight Board moderated the forum. Some questions were about techniques and protocols they intend to bring from their current stations, especially those involving police accountability and community engagement.

Easton McDonald, the current major division commander at the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, wants to see the latter.

"Having been a community police officer, the question is do you find a few people do be community policing officers or do you take that as a philosophy with your entire department? If you work in a community with retail stores, I expect officers to go inside those stores and know those individuals," said McDonald.

Michael Kochis, the current chief of the Warrenton Police Department, says he looks at policing as a co-production with the community.

"In order to build trust within a community, you have to build relationships and in order to build relationships you have to be present and when I mean being present that doesn't mean the worst of times, its present during non-law enforcement activities," said Kochis.

Interim Charlottesville Police Chief Tito Durrette, who is also up for the position, says it's as simple as re-establishing trust.

"Having that partnership, relationship building, building that trust, re-establishing that trust because we've lost that here in Charlottesville and I know that. We have to have community that is top down, and down up philosophy," said Durrette.

Now, interim City Manager Michael Rogers has to go through some of the answers and then recommend who he thinks would be most fit for the job to the Charlottesville City Council. The councilors will then vote on hiring the candidate.