One of the very best things about hiring good people is that many of them are smarter than the boss. Yesterday KETV News did a piece and today the Papillion Times printed a story about our "Show A Cop, Get A Pop" initiative at both Papillion high schools. Essentially, this was a very simple idea to encourage our high school students to upload Nebraska's Underage Drinking Hotline number into their saved phone contacts. Presumably, when prom and graduation parties come to the forefront later this spring, a student might remember to dial the number if they observe dangerous (and illegal) underage alcohol consumption going on around them. The simple act of report the activity might very well save someone's life.
But I digress. The reason I make this post is to thank the officers who brainstormed and worked this idea in the first place. Sgt. Kevin Covi and his band of merry men in Crime Prevention (A. Foster - PLVHS South SRO, B. Stigge, PLVHS SRO, T. Foster and K. McClannan - DARE Instructors' Extroidinare, and Phil Tackett - SRO and Permanent Room Dad at Papillion Jr. High) got together during one of their regular Crime Prevention meetings (a.k.a Grouphug) and came up with the idea. They then obtained the full support of both Principals at the high schools and solicited the local Pepsi distributor to donate enough pop to give both schools a sugar high. The first few days of this program have been a smashing success and we'll hopefully see a payoff later this spring.
Good ideas happen around here everyday, I just wish I could take the credit for them. Great job fellas, and keep up the good work.
