A Letter To The Editor From The Lacey Police Chief

A Letter to the Editor from Lacey Township Police Chief David A. Paprota:

On behalf of the officers and staff of the Lacey Township Police Department, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all who attended and participated in making the 2016 "Meet the Officer Day" event an incredible success.

Thanks as well to all of the volunteers. We all enjoyed spending time with members of the community and watching the children have a blast! We are very pleased with the overwhelming turnout.

We gave out prizes, including but not limited to, over 500 T-shirts, 200 bicycle helmets, 300 frisbees, 100 beach balls, 200 water bottles, and more. The event far surpassed any of the prior events and included special activities including a huge, inflatable, indoor slide.

Thousands of signed trading cards were collected by the children and the officers were able to interact with the awesome kids of Lacey Township. I can speak for all of the officers and staff of the police department in saying that we all truly enjoyed the day. Thanks again!

The final component of the 2016 COPs Collectible Card Program is still to come. During the last two weeks of school in June, we will be visiting the five participating schools and conducting the prize assemblies. Students still have time to complete their sets and submit the verified checklists to be entered into the drawings and have an opportunity to win incredible prizes.

We will be conducting drawings at each school to distribute over $8,000 in total prizes. The prizes include, but are not limited to, bicycles, laptop computers, IPads, IPod Touches, and much more. Students who participated in the COP Card program are encouraged to get the completed forms in as soon as possible.