Crime & Safety
Bay Area Residents Shower Local Law Enforcement Agencies With Renewed Support
From Watsonville to Healdsburg, and east as far as Dixon, police agencies throughout the Bay Area are seeing extra support from residents.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Throughout Northern California, area residents - caught up in national news reports of attacks on police officers in Dallas, Baton Rouge and other municipalities - are showing their support for local law enforcement personnel, proactively extending their thanks in unique ways.
In Santa Cruz, it was a crate of fresh-picked local strawberries delivered to the police department:
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In Santa Cruz County, a purple flower from a little girl made a deputy's day:
In Dixon, St. Michael pendants were offered as protection for officers:
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In Benicia, flowers and a homemade poster:
For the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, cakes, flowers and cards were delivered:
In Rohnert Park, notes and goodies from the community:
In Petaluma, police took to their Nixle communication platform to return thanks to the community:
In Napa, it was time to hug a cop:
In Concord, a resident dropped by to offer gifts to officers:
In Martinez, a simple flower arrangement was sent:
-image via Santa Cruz police, embeds via various Bay Area law enforcement jurisdictions
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