Kids in Oviedo can soon begin collecting a new set of trading cards \u2014 featuring the city\u2019s newest police officers.<\/p>\n
The initiative is the Oviedo Police Department\u2019s latest effort to connect with the community, this time through collectible cards featuring its rookie officers.<\/p>\n
Each week, beginning in early January and continuing through spring, the department will reveal a location where the cards will be handed out, which could be a local business, a city event, a park or at after-school events.<\/p>\n
The cards feature a photo of the officer, a brief profile of their work assignment and a fun fact about themselves. For instance, the card featuring Bryan Santiago, a patrol officer hired in 2023, says that he \u201cenjoys watching the NY Mets play baseball as well as playing video games\u201d in his free time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis program gives our newest officers an opportunity to connect directly with the community in a relaxed and fun setting,\u201d Chief Dale Coleman said. \u201cBy meeting officers in person and collecting their cards, kids can learn more about the people who serve their city and strengthen the positive relationships we already have with Oviedo families.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cards also include an officer\u2019s \u201cpersonal motto.\u201d A card of Officer Renier Marrero-White, also a 2023 hire, includes the aphorism, \u201cLife is short. Smile while you still have teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCourage is not the absence of fear \u2014 it\u2019s the decision that something else is more important,\u201d said another, an Ambrose Redmoon quote featured on 2024 hire Officer Shaniya Jernigan\u2019s card.<\/p>\n
Starting Monday, the locations of the card drops will be posted to Oviedo PD\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n
Other outreach efforts by the department include a Community Police Academy, the car show Cops \u2018N Cars for Kids, Shop with a Cop and Fishing with a Cop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kids in Oviedo can soon begin collecting a new set of trading cards \u2014 featuring the city\u2019s newest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[112,28,114,266,115,139,141,140,5765,1014,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-100251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-oviedo","17":"tag-seminole-county","18":"tag-social"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}