MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol will host “Coffee with a Cop” in Middletown this week.
The event will take place from 7 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Cowpoke Café, 21118 Calistoga Road.
Community members will have the chance to sit down with the CHP and other members of law enforcement and talk about local issues.
Lt. Hector Paredes, commander of the CHP's Clear Lake Area office based in Kelseyville, said engaging with the community and finding ways to enhance public trust are top priorities for the CHP.
“'Coffee with a Cop' is a wonderful program that allows members of the public to meet and speak with its officers about any public safety issue in an informal setting,” he said. “We are grateful to Cowpoke Café for hosting this special event and I look forward to speaking to our community with a good cup of Joe!”
CHP Officer Kory Reynolds said future 'Coffee with a Cop' programs are planned around the county.
“Coffee with a Cop” is a program that began in Hawthorne in 2011 as a way to interact more successfully with the community.
Since then it has since spread across the country and to Canada, Europe, Australia and Africa.
“The key to Coffee with a Cop’s growing success is that it opens the door for interactions outside of the crisis situations that typically bring law enforcement officers and community members together,” according to the organization's Web site.
For more information visit http://coffeewithacop.com .
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