The City of Evanston, Evanston Police Department, and Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association invite community members to attend "Coffee with a Cop" on Friday, March 24th, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at Ten Thousand Villages-Evanston, located at 719 Main Street.     

Attendees will have the opportunity to join Evanston Police Officers along with members of the Problem Solving Team for a chat over a free cup of Fair Trade coffee.    

“Coffee with a Cop” builds upon the Evanston Police Department’s community policing efforts and provides a casual space for community members to chat with officers to ask questions, share concerns, or simply talk about sports while sipping a “cup-o-joe,” or a drink of their choice.

Ten Thousand Villages-Evanston is a Fair Trade retailer of artisan-crafted home decor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe.​

As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent 70 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other opportunities for income.

For more information about “Coffee with a Cop,” please call/text 847-448-4311. For convenience, residents can simply dial 3-1-1 in Evanston.