Hanover Park police show fun side at picnic
Hanover Park police rolled out hot dogs, K-9 demos and face painting for the annual COPS Day picnic Wednesday.
The event - COPS stands for Community Oriented Police Strategy - is meant to help connect residents with officers, dressed in polos and jeans, in a more informal setting, organizers say.
Police booked a DJ and White Sox mascot Southpaw for the two-hour picnic at Spring Wood Middle School on Arlington Drive.
Coop, the Schaumburg Boomers mascot, was there too.
The department also raffled off four bikes and a 32-inch television with proceeds going to the Hanover Park Hurricanes, a youth football team.
To check out some of the action, visit the department's Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Eli Andrews, 6, right, and his brother Zeke, 3, try on some emergency equipment with the help of Hanover Township Emergency Services volunteer Edward Novit.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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