“People were curious at first what the event was about,” Drozdowski said. “The event was advertised, and all that, but it took awhile for people to understand we are here to talk about what they want to discuss.”
Chief Charles Hadden expressed how important it is to have events like this. He says, “We have some plans to do more events like this in the future. This is really good for us, it’s really good for the community, it’s a win-win for everybody. So we want to do this as much as we can.”
Students and staff gathered in De Anza College main dinning hall to grab a cup of coffee and have a casual conversation with Chancellor Judy Miner, Chief of Police Danny Acosta and other police officers who attended the “Coffee With A Cop and the Chancellor” event on Feb. 5.
The Coffee with a Cop sessions in Stratford are proving popular with residents, says senior constable Simon Howard. Jono says they answered several questions regarding traffic rules this time.
Richfield residents attended the most recent “Coffee with a Cop” event held Jan. 31 at Local Roots. The community reach-out event is held periodically by the police department as an informal greeting with residents, while also taking time to listen to any issues and ideas.
“We want to make sure that community and residents are comfortable about the fact that they can come to police at any time for anything. We are here to help in any way we can,” he said. “For example, last week when it snowed, police were pushing out a car for a stuck resident. We are here for people at all times.”
A campaign titled ‘Coffee with a Cop’, aiming to strengthen the relations between the police and the public, was launched at a hotel with the police officers of Karachi’s East Zone led by zone chief DIG Amir Farooqi.
Talking to police officers can be intimidating. But, by sharing coffee and conversation, tension can easily subside.
On Tuesday, February 5, we hosted another great Coffee with a Cop event at Vintage Apron Cafe, Capalaba for Safer Internet Day 2019. Not only was our entire collection of cyber safety information gobbled up and taken away by members of the community, but it was also the first time the Australian Federal Police (AFP) came along for the ride.
“It’s hard to get people from the public to show up. They have busy lives and such. It was kind of interesting, a lot of the people that showed up, a lot of them were stay at home moms with kids. That group of people typically feel very vulnerable because they’re home alone and most of the neighborhoods in Covington are pretty vacant during the day when everyone is at work,” McCurdy explained.
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