Good food, good fun at the Black and Blue Community Brunch

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – The Fort Valley Police Department held their first Black and Blue Community Brunch on Thursday, June 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marvin Crafter Festival Park. It was a wonderful opportunity for the people in the Fort Valley community to come out and get to spend time with Fort Valley Police Department’s officers. The FVPD plans to make the Black and Blue Community Brunch an annual event.

Fort Valley Officers brought a portable griddle along with large serving trays where they prepared the food and later served it to those who attended the brunch. Children from the Fort Valley Youth Center of Excellence and workers from the City of Fort Valley were in attendance, getting plates filled to the brim with pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs and other breakfast foods. There were also a variety of fruit based drinks for visitors to grab.

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Fort Valley Chief Inspector Essence Hunter stated that events like the brunch are important because it helps remind the community that Law Enforcement officers are people too. 

“It’s important that we connect with our community, because these are the  people that we deal with on the day to day. The media shows us in a negative light all the time. So, for us to come back and feed the community, interact with kids and citizens of Fort Valley–it means a lot,” Chief Inspector Hunter said. “It shows them that we’re not always this negative figure that you see on the television. That we are human too. We like to eat, we like listening to music, we like cookouts and things of that nature as well and we’re human.”

When asked what she enjoys most about community events like the Black and Blue Community Brunch, Chief Inspector Hunter said it was the community’s reaction to the event.

“Seeing the smiles on the citizens’ faces, that makes my heart smile to see that. To see them laughing, enjoying themselves at this event, it’s awesome,” she said. “Everybody is eating, they’re full, fat and happy. Everybody is enjoying themselves.”