Fanwood PD Offers “Coffee With a Cop”

About 80 residents turned out on July 14, to have coffee at Mara’s Cafe with Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo and Lieutenants Francisco Marrero and Eugene Chin. Coffee With A Cop is seen as a way to keep communications open between the police and residents.
“The police and the community are reflections of each other, so it’s important we communicate,” said Chief Trigo.
The conversations covered a variety of issues, both local and national, and came during a period of national mourning over the murders of five police officers in Dallas which followed the killings of two black men by police in Minnesota and Louisiana.
“We received a lot of support,” said the Chief. “But we can’t rest on our laurels. We need to constantly keep the lines of communication open.”
Mara’s Cafe, in Fanwood Crossing, South and Martine Avenues, supplied the coffee and pastries free of charge.