Cops and Citizens Converse over Coffee

SAN ANGELO, TX -- San Angelo’s finest sat down this morning over coffee with citizens at Coffee 101, 101 N. Main St. from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

San Angelo Police Department patrol officers, CID officers and retired officers joined members of the media and the public in an informal meet and greet at the coffee shop as part of Coffee with a Cop.  

National Coffee with a Cop Day is Wednesday, October 4, 2017.  According to the organization’s website, Coffee with a Cop is a movement designed to help break down the barriers in communities between residents and officers that can make it hard to address crime and public safety.

It is a simple plan: Officers invite their residents to join them for a cup of coffee and a conversation. It has been spreading like wildfire ever since the first cup was poured, and today more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the United States participate in this movement.

When the movement began, the Hawthorne PD received funding support from the COPS Office to spread Coffee with a Cop, and has continued to follow its growth and look for new ways to share the story of its success.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services participated in the inaugural National Coffee with a Cop Day, when more than 600 events took place in communities around the United States and Canada and it became the day’s #7 trending item on Twitter.