McDonald\u2019s Saipan is hosting the first Coffee with a Cop on Saipan in cooperation with the CNMI Department of Public Safety on Nov. 7, from 7am to 9am at its Middle Road branch. <\/p>\n
According to McDonald\u2019s marketing manager Anna Olaes, McDonald\u2019s has been supporting the project in Guam for many years and they wanted to bring it here to Saipan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is McDonald\u2019s\u2019 commitment in continuing community programs and we are happy to be the host venue of the Coffee with a Cop on island. The program is not new as this actually started in the U.S. many years ago. In Guam, McDonald\u2019s hosts the event every month,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere on Saipan, we want to be able to facilitate building good ties and promote zero barriers between law enforcement and people. We believe Coffee with a Cop is a good start,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Another goal of the Coffee with a Cop event is to encourage citizens to talk about issues and concerns they have in their neighborhood with the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fact that talking to a person in authority like the police can be intimidating. It\u2019s also a fact that the police are more often than not busy with the work that they do. So we see this event as a vehicle for people to comfortably talk about the situation in their neighborhood and expect the police to be attentive and to listen intently,\u201d said Olaes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the event is over, both the police and the citizens would have a clearer understanding of each other\u2019s position in the community and that they should always work hand in hand in keeping a peaceful community,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Olaes said that a lot of crimes have been written in the newspapers and seen on TV and these can be issues that people can talk to the police about.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe atmosphere that we will create is a friendly and trustworthy one so it will be really conducive to a good conversation. We hope other establishments will follow suit to have more events like this possible for the community,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to invite everyone and assure them that they can come as they are as Coffee with a Cop is an informal thing and interaction is important than anything else,\u201d Olaes added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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