By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
THIS time around Coffee with a Cop in Cranbourne took on a whole new meaning and may have even recruited a new member.
The chance to sit down with a cop isn’t appealing to everyone – but with the initiative gaining pace, locals big and small can expect to see more police out and about.
And Senior Constable Mark Alabaster said his latest chat with a six-year-old boy left him feeling satisfied.
“Cayden was quite apprehensive about police, but came and had a chat to me with his grandmother, I spoke to him for 10 minutes and I think they walked away pretty happy,” Sen Const Alabaster said.
Cayden’s grandmother was so pleased with the experience she thanked the Cranbourne community policing team online.
“My grandson who was petrified of police and wouldn’t come and say hi, was made very much at ease after this morning,” she wrote on the Casey Eye Watch Facebook page.
“He came away wanting to do magic tricks and cannot stop talking about how nice you all were … he is one happy boy, who said he wants to grow up and be a policeman.”
Sen Const Alabaster said other queries from locals centred on road rules and theft.
