Millbrook Police Department
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, the Millbrook Police Department will host its 15th annual Cops N Kids Day, at Village Green Park, beginning at 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM. This event is geared toward children from 3 to 15 years of age, but all are welcome. T-shirts will be provided for the first 1000 children to register at the event. There will be plenty of fun, food, and games during the event, at no charge, while our young people get an opportunity to interact with our local police officers, firefighters and other public safety officials. There will also be static displays and K-9 demonstrations during the event as well. This is an excellent opportunity for you and your children to meet your public servants in a relaxed and fun environment.
I’ve been in law enforcement for nearly 38 years and I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve been at a restaurant, grocery store, high school football game, and numerous places about town, when a well-meaning parent or grandparent says to a child; “See that police officer over there, he’s going to take you to jail if you don’t behave!” Reactions vary, but usually the younger kids will become shy and try to hide from us. Now imagine, if you will, you take that same child that you’ve teased about having the police take them to jail, to Auburn or Tuscaloosa for a football game and that child becomes separated from you in a crowd of over 100,000 people. Do you really want that child to be afraid of a police officer right now? Certainly not! Neither do the men and women who wear the badge…