Coffee With A Lakewood Cop Returns Dec. 1

LAKEWOOD, OH — The next installment of the "Coffee with a Cop" series will be held Dec. 1 at Play Grounds. The shop will host officers from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Play Grounds is located at 15715 Madison Ave.

The department hosted three Coffee with a Cop events in 2016, and has hosted far more in 2017. Officers will be ready and anxious to have a cup of coffee and a warm conversation with the people they protect and serve. There's no preset agenda, no planned speeches, just a chance for you to interact with your neighborhood police.

Notably, the coffee isn't free. Officers will provide some tokens to give away to the folks who stop by and chat them up.

The city said in a press release, "This will hopefully help to strengthen the relationship between residents and the police, and also help a business out in the process.

Coffee with a Cop is a national movement to connect officers with the communities they serve. Several other departments in Cuyahoga County and throughout Northeast Ohio are participating in the event, including Solon, Cleveland Heights and others.

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