Local business offers pizza and protection
11:53 p.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007
Topeka — Citizen's gathered Saturday to learn what to look for when it comes to crime in their neighborhood, and one business is using it as a chance to keep its employees, and you, safe.
At Topeka's Citizen's Patrol Training this weekend, residents learned what to look for when it comes to suspicious activity in their neighborhoods. They learn what to report and who to report it to - things like drug paraphernalia in their streets and yards – things that may indicate criminal activity.
Mary Lou Woodward is the director of marketing and training for Domino's Pizza in Topeka, and says keeping their employees safe is priority, and that the community is also benefiting from their late night pizza patrols.
"I have children and grandchildren still going to school here in Topeka. I want to make it the safest place to live as possible. When I talk about my community it's not the neighborhood around me; it's the entire city," says Woodward.
Dominoes has teamed up with the Citizens' Patrol Coalition. By putting their people through the citizen's training, they too are learning what to look for while they're making deliveries.
"I go into harms way every time I deliver a pizza, and being able to recognize dangerous situations or things I need to avoid - it just keeps me safe,” says Dominoes employee Don Rust.
Police continue to see a rise in enrollment for the Citizen's Patrol Training class, and next time you order a pizza, you can eat well knowing that there is extra help out patrolling the streets.
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