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Outreach with treats

Hub police hope to build community relations with Operation Hoodsie Cup

The police department launched its Operation Hoodsie Cup initiative yesterday. Officer Cynthia Beckford-Brewington gave ice cream to about 100 youths at the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester. The police department launched its Operation Hoodsie Cup initiative yesterday. Officer Cynthia Beckford-Brewington gave ice cream to about 100 youths at the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
By Travis Andersen
Globe Staff / July 24, 2010

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Community policing is getting a whole lot sweeter. Last night, Boston police launched Operation Hoodsie Cup, an outreach initiative that will send officers in an ice cream truck to different neighborhoods to hand out frozen treats to the city’s youth. (Full article: 521 words)

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