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Officers treated to free coffee

Hendersonville police Lt. C.T. Letterman and officer Mike Capps enjoy a cup of coffee at Joey's Bagels.

By Bill Moss, Published: October 17, 2016

Stand TALL — Thank A Local Lawman — is partnering with Joey's New York Bagels this week to give the servants in blue free coffee and soft drinks this week.

Law officers from the Hendersonville and Laurel Park police departments and sheriff's office and the Volunteers in Partnership began streaming in for free coffee and soft drinks just after 8 a.m. in the first its first "Coffee for Cops" event. Fletcher police officers were expected to visit the Joey's location on U.S. 25 at I-26.

Among some of the law enforcement personnel who were first to be served and thanked with free coffee by Joey's staff were Hendersonville police Lt. C.T. Letterman and officers Cameron Singleton and Mike Capps. Sheriff Charlie McDonald and his wife, Jennie, as well as V.I.P. volunteer Hale Meserow and marketing coordinator Allison Nock from the sheriff's office also visited. More police and deputies were coming in as the first arrivals were leaving.

Joey's New York Bagels is the first local restaurant to offer this program which is available this week to all County law enforcement in uniform or with ID, and opened both its Hendersonville and Fletcher stores in support of the coffee for cops effort which will continue throughout the week, ending on Saturday. Stand TALL is planning on working with other area providers throughout the county to offer free "Coffee for Cops" one week every month.

Stand TALL is a collaborative enterprise of the Sentinel Patriot Club of North Carolina, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. "With so much happening in cities across the nation involving law enforcement, I wanted to do something to let our men and women in "blue" know that they are respected and appreciated," organizaton founder and chairman Ron Kauffman said. "I believe it's important to say 'thank you for your service,' and to do so now, rather than wait until one of them is injured in the line of duty. There's just not a good reason to wait to say thank you to the people who protect us every day of the year."