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 Anne Arundel County Police Department Partners with the Severn Library April 2017 | Volume 10 | Issue 4
   *In honor of National Library Week (#NationalLibraryWeek),  April 9–15, 2017, the COPS Office is pleased to feature the partnership work  between the Anne Arundel County Police Department and the Severn Branch of the  Anne Arundel County Public Library.* Dozens  of children gather around Corporal Russell Ziebell to show him their  construction paper patrol cars, ask questions, and get hugs. Earlier, he and  library associate Christeen Moore read stories about police as part of  ‘Community Helpers’ Preschool Storytime, a library program for children to  build early literacy skills needed for school readiness.  Cpl. Ziebell is with the Western District  Police and Community Together unit of the Anne Arundel County Police Department(AACPD).  He works with organizations and community members throughout the  western district, including the Severn Branch of the Anne Arundel County Public  Library (AACPL). At this library event, more than 100 participants—children and  their parents—spent the morning with Cpl. Ziebell and learned about the police  department. Branch  manager Ashley Rogers originally reached out to the police for assistance with  possible safety concerns related to a gun legislation meeting scheduled in the  library’s public meeting room. Cpl. Ziebell followed up with support, and the  library has called on him since for other assistance, including Preschool  Storytime and other community programs. The  AACPD is also involved in library staff trainings and support for library  employees. The police Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) visits library staff  meetings to provide information on CIT and resources such as theAnne Arundel  Community Warmline, a hotline for family and children handled by staff or the  crisis response team. Officers also provide active shooter training and teen  and adult mental health training to library staff who work with community  members at library branches. These trainings and meetings also provide  opportunities for the police and librarians to learn about additional resources  and strengthen relationships. The  police department and the library also engage in a number of other partner  activities, including the following: Coffee with a Cop is an ongoing program at various library branches, including  bilingual Coffee with a Cop events at Brooklyn Park Community Library.
          	AACPL events in which police have participated, including Every Child Ready to  Read storytimes, Summer Reading Kickoff events, Community Heroes Day, and  information tables by the AACPD. Every year the AACPD brings the Bearcat to the  Anne Arundel STEM Day event at Glen Burnie Regional Library.
          AACPL supplies books and materials as requested to the AACPD to have in their  literacy bags for kids when they are in contact with cops like at the station  and in the cop cars, as well as materials for AACPD’s bags at the Anne Arundel  County Fair.
          The AACPD has hosted trainings at library branches: 
          	Judy Center and Teen Mental Health Training  at Brooklyn Park Community Library
          		Maryland Natural Resources Police – hunter  safety instructor training at Odenton Regional Library Cpl.  Ziebell reports that his days are varied but he is engaged with community  members or working on projects to provide support to residents in the Western  District and throughout Anne Arundel County. It is obvious from the warm  compliments of library staff and the hugs and smiles of children at the recent  storytime that Cpl. Russell Ziebell has a strong, established relationship with  the community members at Severn Branch, Anne Arundel County Public Library. Ashley Rogers
          Branch Manager
        Severn Community Library Elizabeth Simpson
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