EPO to host ‘Coffee with a Lotta Cops’ on Monday in the Fireside Room

The Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) is hosting a “Coffee with a Lotta Cops” meeting with Tom Cashion, Rossmoor’s director of public safety, and guests from the Walnut Creek Police Department on Monday, Oct. 5 starting at 10 a.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.

October is Pedestrian Safety Month, which is the reason “Coffee with a Lotta Cops” is happening this month. Check the table in the lobby of the Fireside Room that day for copies of the Rossmoor Residents’ Guide to Pedestrian and Driver Safety.

In keeping with the meeting’s theme, there will be free coffee (regular and decaf coffee, hot water and assorted tea bags) and assorted donuts. The Fireside Room will be set up with 15 round tables where residents can sit in comfort and talk to various representatives of the WCPD, Cashion or someone from the EPO leadership team at those tables that don’t have someone from the police department.

Lt. Mike Watson, who became Sector One commander this January, will introduce himself and other WCPD presenters. Sector One includes all of Rossmoor along with a sizeable portion of southern Walnut Creek. Watson will be accompanied by more than dozen other police department members from a range of departments and assignments.

In addition to the round tables where Rossmoor residents can talk to individual officers, there will be a podium set up in the front of the room, and several rows of seats behind the round tables.

At the podium with Cashion and Watson will be Crime Prevention specialist Kira Raman, and Traffic and Outreach supervisor Sgt. Gary Silva.

There will be two representatives from the city of Walnut Creek’s Traffic Engineering team, engineers Matt Redmond and Briana Byrne.

Before the individual presentations, each of the people at the podium will explain what their job entails. Raman will provide a brief status report of what has changed over recent years in Rossmoor and Walnut Creek, and discuss crime-prevention tips and highlight the Neighborhood Watch program. Silva will give a presentation on pedestrian safety. Redmond and Byrne will discuss how the city of Walnut Creek deals with traffic safety.