This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend Newburgh, NY Police Department Officers Thomas O’Connell Jr. and Clayton Dubois who were called to close down a children’s lemonade stand based on a complaint from a local resident who felt the lemonade stand was causing a traffic jam. Instead, the officers were being […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to honor Ashley Bautista, a community engagement specialist for the past 4 years with the Ventura Police Department for her approach in forging and building relationships in their community. In her previous life, she worked at a private public affairs firm by telling people’s stories and […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the innovative approach of Syracuse, NY Police Officer Brandon Hanks on how he connects with his community.   Officer Hanks said, “The only time I ever really saw them in my neighborhood was when someone was going to jail or getting arrested.” To […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the Harrisonville Youth Football League in Missouri in how they chose to display their support for local law enforcement officers in their community. Students from second through seventh grades are able to be members of the football league. The “Thin Blue Line” […]

This week “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend police departments from Albany, NY; Beeville, TX; Saratoga Springs, NY; Waterloo, IA; Madisonville, KY; Crestview, FL and Aberdeen, MD for their efforts in organizing the distribution of school supplies and other resources for children in their communities to prepare them for the new […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the innovative and compassionate approach of the Muncie, Indiana Police Department on how community members could pay for their parking tickets, one that would directly benefit the city’s feline residents. In lieu of paying their parking tickets with cash, community members could […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend two High Point, N.C. police officers who joined the Wilcots brothers, 15-year-old Jeremy and 12-year-old Jeremyah in a basketball game outside their home. The officers were in the neighborhood after finishing a traffic stop nearby. The officers had learned that the brothers […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the actions of the community of Naperville, Illinois and the Naperville Police Department for their joint efforts in helping 11-year-old Alizay Kashif recover from a robbery of $9 from her lemonade stand. Alizay had planned to donate whatever she earned to Feeding America, […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the actions of Berkeley County, SC Deputy Will Kimbro in saving the life of an 11-day old newborn baby during a routine traffic stop. On June 11, 2019, while on routine patrol, Deputy Kimbro stopped a speeding car in Berkeley County, South […]

This week’s “Thankful Thursday” would like to commend the Dodgeville Police Department in Wisconsin for their amazing response to help Mary, an elderly woman recovering from cancer. During an extremely hot day in Dodgeville, someone from the community had learned that Mary’s air conditioning unit at her home had stopped […]