Lone Tree invites residents to Coffee with a Cop event June 10
Lone Tree’s June 10 coffee hour at the recreation center gave residents a low-pressure way to meet police, tour a cruiser and raise safety concerns over coffee.
Lone Tree brought residents face to face with its police officers June 10 at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, where Coffee with a Cop offered refreshments, photos, police car tours and giveaways from 10 a.m. to noon. The city invited families, including kids, to stop in and use the casual setting to ask questions and share thoughts with the officers who serve the community.
The city’s police-specific Coffee with a Cop page described the format as “no speeches, no pressure, just real conversations,” a setup meant to make public-safety conversations easier in a fast-growing city where many people know local officers mainly through calls for service. Residents with questions were directed to the Lone Tree Police Community Partnership Unit at CPU@cityoflonetree.com.
Coffee with a Cop began with the Hawthorne Police Department in 2011, and National Coffee with a Cop Day became official in 2016 as part of National Community Policing Week. The national program says the events are built for distraction-free conversations between community members and police, and says the effort has grown from one department to thousands participating now. Lone Tree’s version fits that broader model while staying rooted in a specific local goal: making it easier for neighbors to connect with officers outside an enforcement setting.
That outreach also reflects the history of the Lone Tree Police Department itself. The department began operations in 2005 with 22 sworn officers, a records technician and an animal control employee, and its first arrest came in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2005. City leadership has said its Communications Department aims to build trust and create opportunities for engagement and feedback, which gives events like Coffee with a Cop a practical role beyond the coffee and snacks.
Lone Tree has used the format before, including a Dec. 3, 2025 event at the Nordstrom E-Bar inside Park Meadows Retail Resort. Another police outreach date, 9-1-1 Safety Fun Day, also appeared on the city calendar for June 18, underscoring a broader public-safety push in the city.
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