Tonight the Riverdale Police sponsored a block party for our surrounding neighborhood. They brought pizza and breadsticks for everyone and invited the fire department who brought a fire truck and an ambulance.  My daughter enjoyed looking them over.

The police officers are each assigned specific neighborhoods throughout the city and they used this opportunity to get to know the residents and talk about any concerns we may have that they could help with.  Fire Chief Bodily offered some cautious advice about the hot dry weather and danger with fireworks. Mayor Burrows was there too.

Our neighborhood’s assigned officers are Lynn Wright and Rusty Bingham.  I was glad to meet them and to see some of the neighbors come out and be supportive of them too.

This was also a great chance to teach my 3 1/2 year old daughter about police officers, firemen and paramedics, and that they are friendly and their job is to help people in need. I’m proud to live in a city with proactive public safety who are willing to reach out to the residents.