Harper College Police Department co-hosts Faith & Blue campus event

The Harper College Police Department, in conjunction with Harper's Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU, a faith-based organization) and First Baptist Church in Palatine, recently partnered to benefit the Harper community with a Faith & Blue event. Officers, CRU students and church representatives invited students, employees and others to decorate pumpkins and enjoy refreshments on October 9 on Harper's Palatine campus.

The nationwide Faith & Blue initiative was launched to facilitate safer, stronger, more just and unified communities by directly enabling local partnerships among law enforcement professionals, residents, businesses and community groups through the connections of local faith-based organizations. The initiative aims to recalibrate police-community relations through solutions-focused activities that are organized jointly by faith-based or other community groups and law enforcement agencies.

"The Faith & Blue movement, which is supported by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, is a wonderful opportunity in facilitating a productive engagement with law enforcement and faith organizations," Harper Chief of Police John R. Lawson said. "Working together on this community service project benefited the Harper students and the Harper community."