Cops & Kids Day is back for 2022! This year's event is scheduled for Sunday, September 18th from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Westerville Sports Complex (325 N Cleveland Ave).
ROAD CLOSURE: To allow room for programming, County Line Road will close between Vesper Way and Cleveland Avenue, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Cops & Kids Day is designed to build relationships between law enforcement and the community. Agencies throughout the state attend this annual event, and cruisers, helicopters, motorcycles, tactical vehicles, and K-9s will be on display. Kids are also able to participate in arts and crafts, inflatable gyms, and other activities. Local hospitals and safety organizations also attend the event and provide various child safety materials, promotional items, and other interactive exercises.
The first 1,000 children in attendance receive a gift and admission is FREE!
Contact (614) 901-6457 for additional info.
Food trucks will be onsite and have food available for purchase!
Food trucks in attendance:
- Grilled Cheese Gangsters
- MediterraneYUM
- Skyline Chili
- The Funnel Cake Station
- Tuscoe Shaved Ice
- Blendon Township Police Department
- Central Ohio Crime Stoppers
- Columbus Division of Police
- Columbus Public Health
- Columbus Regional Airport Authority Police Department
- Delaware Police Department
- Department of Veterans Affairs Police Department
- Dragon E's Black Belt Academy
- FBI
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office Drone Team
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office (S.W.A.T.)
- Gahanna Division of Police
- Genoa Township Police Department
- Hilliard Division of Police
- Ohio State Highway Patrol
- Madison Township Police Department
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Security
- New Albany Police Department
- Newark Division of Police
- ODNR- Parks and Watercraft
- ODNR Division of Wildlife
- Pataskala Police Department
- Plain City Police Department
- Powell Police Department
- Reynoldsburg Police Department
- Shawnee Hills Police Department
- The Ohio State University Police Division
- Whitehall Police Department
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