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Get Together With Palos Park Police Wednesday For Coffee Chat

Palos Park police will pick up your tab at "Coffee With A Cop," Wednesday, May 15, at Plush Horse.

Palos Park police will pick up your tab at "Coffee With A Cop," Wednesday, May 15, at Plush Horse.
Palos Park police will pick up your tab at "Coffee With A Cop," Wednesday, May 15, at Plush Horse. (Courtney Teague/Patch)

PALOS PARK, IL — Come for coffee chat with the Palos Park Police Department this Wednesday, May 15, for the monthly “Coffee With A Cop.” The stimulating conversation runs from 11 a.m. to noon at the Plush Horse, 123rd Street and 86th Avenue.

Come out and chat with Officers Roman and Pudinoff about the 21st anniversary of the Dunkin and Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois. Law enforcement has raised more than $8.7 million in Illinois. Palos Park officers take to our local Dunkin’s this Friday to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Illinois.

"Come out and meet our officers with no set agendas or speeches, just casual conversation over coffee with some of our officers that patrol your street at 3 a.m. or answer that call on your street at 10 p.m.,” Palos Park Police Commissioner Dan Polk said,

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Conversations are open ended and officers will be happy to talk about any neighborhood concerns, senior scam issues, the police cadet program or simply questions regarding what policing in 2024 is like.

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