Coffee with a Cop atBre and Lightning Ridge

Coffee with a Cop at Brewarrina last week – Hayley Cruden, Cody Hudrew, Belinda Colless, Cal McGuire, Belle Cryer, Gerard Lawson, Vivian Slack Smith, Brad Nicholson, Monica Simpson, Kathy Coleman, Martha Cross, Mary Waites and Jayden Mounsey. Photo SPENCER GODWIN

Residents of Brewarrina and Lightning Ridge are the latest locals to be shouted a free ‘Coffee with a Cop’.

The chance to have a “Coffee with a Cop” and discuss local issues was a great success at Bourke earlier this year and the practice has been extended around the district.

Mayor of Brewarrina Shire, Vivian Slack-Smith, recently joined other community members to have a “coffee with a cop” at Muddy Waters Café and was enthusiastic about the purpose of the program.

“There is great value in getting together with the local police in a social setting,” Councillor Slack-Smith said.

“It puts everyone on the same level and makes police accessible to talk about community concerns or any issues that may have popped up.” […]

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