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Meet SMPD for Coffee or Ice Cream, Tomorrow in Santa Monica:

Meet SMPD

Join your Santa Monica Police Department Neighborhood Resource Officers (Beats 3 & 4) for coffee or dessert and conversation. No agenda or speeches. 

This event is a chance to ask questions, voice your concerns, and get to know the officers in your neighborhood.  

  • Thursday March 24, 10am-11:30am at Groundwork Coffee, 1601 Montana Ave, Santa Monica
  • Thursday March 24, 6.30pm-8pm, Coldstone Creamery, 1824 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica

 

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