SJPD Plays Kickball (6-30-20)

SJPD Plays Kickball (6-30-20)

Collegiate level might not be happening at the moment... but the st.

Joseph police department kept the ball rolling this morning with the kids at st.

Paul lutheran... as part of their efforts to strengthen their bond with the community kq2's kilee thomas was there to see the action.

St.

Joseph police upping their community outreach action..

ánatsá"so basically, we're gonna play kickball and we're gonna try and do our best.

Kick the ball in the area the cops are not."

In a friendly, but competitive game of kickball teaming up with kids at st.

Paul lutheran win.

Yeah, we're gonna win."

The game plan is to build one-on-one relationships with kids in the community"we try to do it weekly, so the kids know us by name, our first name.

A lot of them do that, 'hey, officer herrera.'" "a lot of the time, the kids don't get to see us in that light.

They just see us on t.v.

Or out and about, but never that interaction."

Officers say showing kids their playful side helps kids see police as people"they got three homeruns in a row and they were laughing and yelling at each other."

"yeah, they are funny."

"we love that.

That's just what we wanna do.

That's partially what being a school resource officer does, is interact, being there with the kids."

While it makes for a tough day on the job officers say it's a reminder we're all on the same team "we're there for them anytime they need us."

Reporting in st.

Joseph, kilee thomas, kq2 news this was the second week of kickball with the sjpd... officers say they plan to participate in more events with the community.