Law enforcement appreciation event scheduled Saturday

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Building Cooler Communities, a community-wide event to support some 215 local law enforcement and support staff throughout Baxter County, is scheduled for Saturday. The event will be held inside the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus from 4 in the afternoon to 8 in the evening.

The event is sponsored by the Twin Lakes Retired Police Officers Scholarship Foundation. Engel brand coolers and dry box storage containers will be filled with ice and bottled water, then presented to law enforcement personnel.

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is the event’s guest speaker. General Rutledge says the event will provide an opportunity to visit with and celebrate local law enforcement.


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General Rutledge says it’s always important for Arkansans to be mindful of events or activities that appear unusual and contact law enforcement.


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Rutledge encourages nominations for the Officer of the Year.


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Saturday’s agenda also includes live music including Easy Roads, Mellow Mountain Band and Kepler 9.

According to Mountain Home Mayor Joe Dillard the idea for the event came from City Treasurer Deborah Cotter and Baxter Regional Medical Center security employee Mary Edwards. He says the event has been received well by the community.

Mayor Dillard says showing community support for law enforcement in the city and Baxter County is important, especially during a time when it seems law enforcement is under public scrutiny across the nation.

Donations to the event may be mailed to the Twin Lakes Retired Police Officers-Coooler Communities at 2933 Sycamore Springs Road in Mountain Home or dropped off at Mountain Home City Hall.

For more information or to volunteer for the event call Mountain Home City Hall at 870-425-5116.

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