Elizabethton Police Dept. participates in National Coffee With A Cop Day
Published 3:19 pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO A table was set up of free gifts to celebrate National Coffee With A Cop Day at the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO Members of the Elizabethton Police Dept. were on hand Wednesday at the Elizabethton Senior Center to enjoy coffee with those coming to the center.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO An attendee takes advantage of some of the morning treats while enjoying a cup of coffee during the national Coffee With A Cop Day at the Elizabethton Senior Center.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO An officer with the Elizabethton Police Department speaks to a group of ladies who enjoyed a cup of hot coffee on Wednesday morning at the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO An officer speaks to one of the attendees at the Elizabethton Senior Center on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO Officers and staff of the Elizabethton Police Department were on hand at the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center on Wednesday morning to participate in the national Coffee With a Cop Day.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO A mug was one of the free gifts celebrating National Coffee With A Cop Day.
Photo courtesy of Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO A coaster was one of the free gifts celebrating National Coffee With A Cop Day.
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BY IVAN SANDERS
CITY OF ELIZABETHTON PIO
The first Wednesday of October is a special day for law enforcement officers across the country as it is a day that has been set aside to observe National Coffee With A Cop Day. In 2016, the first Coffee With A Cop Day took place across the nation after the Hawthorne Police Department in Hawthorne, Calif., launched the idea in 2011.
Seeking to interact with their community every day more successfully was the driving force behind the idea for the department. Since then the idea has spread across the country.
With the cliche about officers and their coffee shop donuts, the day’s observance encourages local police departments to sponsor an event that will bring citizens and the officers of the department together where the communication lines between the citizens and the police can be improved to help break down some of the walls that are built in relationships between the two.
The communication allows the police departments to hear the needs of the residents they serve in person so they can better serve them. By doing so, the community will see that the police are actually more approachable and care more for their community than what the media narrative portrays.
Officers with the Elizabethton Police Department were on hand Wednesday morning at the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center to meet with those coming to get their morning cup of coffee while also sharing some tasty morning danishes and coffee cake.
It was another example of how the EPD strives to make a connection with their community outside of responding to calls for assistance made by the citizens they serve.
