Bob Stewart/The Concordian
A group of Concordia area residents drink coffee and chat with local law enforcement officials during the Coffee With a Cop event held Friday, April 12, at the Concordia McDonald’s. The event offers citizens the opportunity to have a leisurely, non-official talk with area law enforcement. Citizens ask questions about procedures, get to know the people in uniform, and share their own feelings about community-police relations. In attendance were Concordia Police Chief Paul Mapes, Lafayette County Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh, Sheriff’s Deputy Billie Baines, Lafayette County Drug Task Force officer Kayla Rosser, and several officers from the Concordia Police Department. Chief Mapes reported between 35-40 citizens stopped by to chat with the officers during the event.