Residents of Fort Smith got a chance recently to pick the brains of members and they got to drink coffee as well.

Members of the Fort Smith detachment were at Javapunks, the coffee shop located at the NSixty Trading Company, to take part in whatSA国际影视传媒檚 known as Coffee With A Cop on March 12. Residents were invited to sit down and talk about whatever they wanted with a Mountie for part of the afternoon.

Sgt. Cagri Yilmaz, the detachment commander with Fort Smith , said this was a member-driven initiative through Const. Jesse Woodward, who arrived in Fort Smith in July 2022 right out of Depot, the SA国际影视传媒檚 training facility in Regina.

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Not all members of the detachment were on hand as some were helping with the set-up of the Wood Buffalo Frolics, he added, but the feedback that was received was excellent.

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One of those talks even resulted in a possible career choice for one person, Yilmaz added.

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Yilmaz said this probably wonSA国际影视传媒檛 be a monthly event, but itSA国际影视传媒檚 something he would like to have happen again.

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