The Clermont Police Department will host Coffee with a Cop from 8 am -10 am February 7th at McDonald’s, 4307 S. U.S. Highway 27, in the Kings Ridge Shopping Plaza.
Coffee with a Cop is a nationwide program that reinforces good relations between the community and its local law enforcement agency. The Clermont Police Department has partnered with a local McDonalds and has invited the community out to strengthen this cause.
The community will get to sit down and talk to our local Clermont police officers and have a chance to ask questions, voice their concerns and get to know the officers in their neighborhoods.
“We are really excited to sit down and just chat with our Clermont citizens,” said Chief Charles Broadway, who plans to attend the event. “This partnership will help create an atmosphere that facilitates communication by breaking down the traditional barriers that so often exist between police officers and the citizens who they serve.”
Coffee with a Cop allows citizens to sit down in a relaxed, neutral atmosphere with no speeches, no agenda, and no preset subjects. It allows them to spend time one-on-one with an officer who works in the community where they live and discuss whatever concerns are important to them. The conversation is intimate and personal, equally important to the citizen and officer.
Coffee with a Cop provides a “face” for both the officer and the citizen to get to know each other and form a working trust by understanding the mutual goals that they both have to build a better community. This will be a “distraction-free” time with an officer, no pending radio calls or cell phones going off.
Simply drop by and say hello. The Clermont Police Department looks forward to meeting you.
