DICKINSON- Lace your ice skates as the Dickinson Police department and West River Ice Center gear up to host their fourth annual Skate with a cop event.
Whether you are a beginner or an expert on the ice, Dickinson residents are welcome to attend the event aimed at furthering the sense of community in town. The event is free to attend, with admission covered by West River Ice Center and skate rental costs covered by the Dickinson Police Association for any child wanting to participate.
After working up an appetite from skating, participants can also look forward to enjoying the food and drinks provided at the event. The event will be held next week on Saturday, March 11, from 7 pm to 9 pm at the West River Ice Center.
Last year alone over 400 participants exchanged shoes for skates and hit the ice to enjoy an evening skating with local officers. The event was organized by Dickinson Police Officer Chad Hopponen back in 2020 as a way of showing the community that law enforcement is more than just a patrolling agency, but are fellow members of the community as well.
At that time, the organization of the event faced several challenges as COVID lingered preventing the first few events from taking place. Since the first event, hundreds of participants have been able to enjoy an evening on the ice while officers are able to make continue to form a bond with the community.
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“This is a very important event for all — the public, the police department — to get everybody involved in the community and ties that community together. It shows that again, we’re cops, but we’re also willing to skate and be normal people and have fun with the people in our community,” Hopponen said in a previous interview.
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