Members of the Fort Morgan community of diverse backgrounds came together last weekend for a Faith & Blue community cleanup.
The effort, coordinated by Fort Morgan Police Department Administrative Assistant Michelle Miller, involved officers working with residents to encourage faith-based communities to help beautify the town.
“If you were driving along Pratt Avenue or driving under the Main Street overpass, it wasn’t cleaning up by the local chain gang,” says Miller. “But it was several members of the Fort Morgan Police Department and members of the community working together to beautify the city.”
Volunteers met with officers and staff from the Fort Morgan Police Department to clear three areas of the city of trash and debris.
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Fort Morgan police, staff and community members participated in the Faith & Blue weekend to help beautify the community. Projects included roadside cleanup activities and helping older residents avoid noxious weed citations.(Brian Porter/Fort Morgan Times)
Dusty Quick and Jared Iungerich were among the cops who attended the “Chalk With A Cop” weekend at Faith & Blue. (Courtesy of Fort Morgan Police Department)
Dusty Quick and Jared Iungerich were among the cops who attended the “Chalk With A Cop” weekend at Faith & Blue. (Courtesy of Fort Morgan Police Department)
The Faith & Blue movement began in 2020, and Police Chief Lauren Sharp previously said, “Police officers and community members need to work together to improve connections and build communities where everyone feels safe and included.” There is.
“The community members and staff who attended the event enjoyed getting to know each other and learning from each other,” says Miller.
Mayor Lynn Diehl, who participated in the cleanup, took notes during the cleanup, noticing the opportunity to meet several residents she had never met before.
Areas cleaned included municipal land on Barlow Road, southwest of U.S. 34. The deal highlights weeds on its property high enough to kill a small child, and calls on homeowners and business property owners to address the problem of noxious weeds as well, so the city will We promised to do our part by dealing with these noxious weeds.
A small team of police departments also took advantage of the day to keep older homeowners from mowing and edging their properties to avoid writing code violation warnings for noxious weeds.
To wrap up the weekend across the country, preschoolers and kindergarteners had the opportunity to “cup and chalk,” Sharp said. This was an event at the Fort Morgan Police Department and Sherman Early Childhood Center where kids and cops did sidewalk chalk art.
“Events like this that help build those relationships will allow young officers who attend the event to be able to coach the same students about 16 years later when they choose a career in law enforcement.” It’s expected,” Sharp said.
