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Time for a cuppa

29/03/2016

Senior Constable Mark Alabaster chats with Ron from Pakenham at Westfield Fountain Gate.

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CARE for a cuppa?
Casey police officers stopped by Fountain Gate Shopping Centre this week to share a coffee with residents and speak to them about their duties.
The event, which took place on Thursday morning at Degani’s Baker Cafe, is part of the ongoing Coffee with a Cop program, an initiative set up originally in the United States and launched at the Endeavour Hills Shopping Centre last year.
Coffee with a Cop was started in Hawthorne, California, in 2011 after members of the local police department looked into ways they could interact better with their community.
In less than two years Coffee with a Cop events have been hosted in more than 2000 communities across 48 US states.
Victoria Police has since looked abroad to see what community projects they could draw on to improve community relations.

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