Fourth-grade students at Bayview Avenue Elementary School celebrated Valentine's Day with a tribute to their favorite Freeport police officers at a special Adopt-A-Cop luncheon held on Feb. 14.
The Adopt-A-Cop program reaches out to the students of all four Freeport elementary schools to foster a relationship between the students and local law enforcement that will hopefully continue as the students expand their horizons within the community and beyond.
"This is about cops giving back to the community on their own time," said Officer Steven Rampanelli, the coordinator of this Freeport Police Department PBA program.
Before lunch was served, each fourth-grade class had a turn performing for the visiting officers. There were presentations of original songs, poetry and essays. School board trustee and Freeport police officer Michael Pomerico was applauded by all who attended for his sponsorship of the pizza luncheon.
