Community Corner
Police Department Offers 'Coffee With A Cop'
New meetings meant to make police services and crime prevention more accessible to public
Coffee with a Cop is the newest attempt to connect with the community, with meetings at Monday mornings at 8 a.m. to 8:30 am.
It serves as a time for the public to get more information about crime prevention, offer ideas on how to make Suisun City safer, or just ask questions about the inner workings of the police department.
Suisun City Police Commander Tim Mattos said anyone is welcome to come by and ask questions and offer input on just about anything that has to do with the city. Even if the officers cannot directly help, they will point people in the right direction.
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The event started as a way for neighborhood watch block captains to meet with the police department and sort of compare notes, while brainstorming ways to improve Suisun City.
“The officers are going out and really trying to make an effort to meet and talk to the neighborhood block captains that reside in their beat,” said Mattos. “One of our officers, Officer Vera, thought it would be a good idea to try to get everybody together one day out of the week so we can chat, basically tell us what’s going on, to discuss what’s going at the police dept, what’s going on your in neighborhood.”
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“It may be a public works issue, it may be a crime prevention issue, it may be a public health issue--by having that open communication we can help solve issues that have been lasting issues for the neighborhoods,” said Mattos.
Though it was the brainchild of Ofc. Vera, Cmdr. Mattos and Police Chief Dadisho plan to come by the event when they are able to. Other officers may be able to head future Coffee with a Cop meetings in different areas in the city police break into beats. The current location is in beat one; there are two other beats within Suisun City east of downtown.
“We’re just trying to sit and see how this works out and if it does we’ll push the idea a little further,” said Mattos.
Still, Mattos is optimistic about what the current meeting will mean for the city.
“It was a very proactive idea by Ofc. Vera and the chief and I support it 100 percent,” he said. “Anything that gets us in front of our residents talking and opening communication is something that we always support.”
