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Community Trash Pickup

Join the Mesquite Police Association and Councilman Jeff Casper tomorrow (Saturday, March 4th) at 10:00 AM for a trash pickup to help keep Mesquite beautiful. Councilman Casper will be leading a trash pickup in his district in Casa View Heights. @MesqPoliceAssoc Our first responders already give so graciously & now they are helping clean up

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Mesquite Elks Lodge awards Police Officer of the Year

On February 27, the Mesquite Elks Lodge #2404 presented their annual awards at the City Dignitary Awards Banquet. The lodge named Mesquite Police Officer Dennis Arnold, Jr. as Police Officer of the Year; Mesquite Firefighter/Paramedic Samantha Criswell as Firefighter of the Year; and Diane Wright as Mesquite Citizen of the Year. Officer Arnold joined the

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MPA Buys Snow Cones for Wilkinson Middle School Students

The Mesquite Police Association, in conjunction with the Mesquite Police Department, provided snow cones to roughly 1,000 Wilkinson Middle School students as a “thank you” for their recent generosity toward a former teacher’s aide who lied to the staff and students claiming that he had cancer. Over $11,000 was raised for the former teacher’s aide via

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Taking the Plunge

This year’s Mesquite Polar Plunge event to raise money for the Special Olympics of Texas brought out a large crowd. The event took place at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the City Lake Aquatic Center, with special guests Kat, Emma and Cheyenne of the Dallas Stars Ice Girls. Many of Mesquite’s Police officers, including Police Chief

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Issuing Cowboy Hats

The Mesquite Police Department is going cowboy, y’all! In recognition of National Hat Day on Sunday, the police department recently announced the majority of their police officers have begun wearing cowboy hats as a part of their uniform. “This cowboy hat is an alternate to the standard-issued hat all police officers receive as a part

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City Council Approves Lateral Transfer Program

MESQUITE, Texas (Mesquite Police Department) – December 20, 2016 – The Mesquite City Council approved the addition of a lateral transfer program to the Mesquite Police Department at last night’s City Council meeting. The program is intended to help recruit experienced police officers by granting service credit from other Texas and out of state agencies,

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