Shocks, Cops and Kids, 2004

Cops, Kids and the Great Outdoors

View the 2004 Cops For Kids Newsletter
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View the 2003 Cops
For Kids Newsletter
(requires Acrobat Reader -
download it for free)

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Kevin Easter Cops For Kids

We still vividly remember, as if it was yesterday, the details of a 14-year-old runaway killing Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Easter on January 8, 1996. From his tragic death has evolved an innovative program linking area law enforcement and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County through Kevin Easter Cops For Kids. With the outstanding participation and involvement of area law enforcement, this program has continued to grow, serving over 600 at-risk youth each year. In addition, this program is used as a model by many Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across the country. With the full support of Sedgwick County Sheriff Gary Steed, Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams, the Easter Family and the law enforcement community, this program provides crime prevention programs and recruits law enforcement as mentors for the youth in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

In order to fund this program, each year area law enforcement come together the last Saturday in February to bowl in the Kevin Easter Cops For Kids Bowl. The bowl continues to grow and leads all Bowl For Kids' Sake events. In the past eight years, over $750,000 in pledges and sponsorships have been raised in order to fund this program. This is a wonderful and exemplary commitment to the at risk youth in our community.

For more information on how to volunteer with Cops For Kids,
please call at 316-263-3300.