'Kids come to us so they can play video games, and the officers can play with them as well,' Chief Deloris Patterson O'Neal said.
Chief Deloris Patterson O'Neal said the new project allows neighborhoods to meet the men and women with badges who ride their area. Patrol officers can take the trailer out any day of the week or on weekends and set it up, she said.
"Kids come to us so they can play video games, and the officers can play with them as well," O'Neal said."That's another way for us to partner in the community so we can build upon the relationships we already have. ... They can see us as human and not just a person with a uniform that they have to be afraid of."
Taking part in Pace programs after her first day at school, 16-year-old Kyra took a turn at a game controller with a sergeant when the trailer was unveiled. She said she loves video games, so the idea of the Sheriff's Office sending one to communities"makes me happy." "It is actually cool for them to get out and interact with us," she said."You see them doing what they have to do, and some people think of them as bad or have different opinions.
The Sheriff's Office used a trailer that had been confiscated from criminals. Inmates at the city's Montgomery Correctional Center on Lannie Road renovated it so it can hold two Sheriff's Office big-screen TVs. Sponsors paid about $4,000 for the video game systems and colorful trailer wrap.
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