Warm vibes and cold ice cream when cops and kids get together in Millville
MILLVILLE -- In the Oakview Apartment complex in Millville, the silence was interrupted by an ice cream truck . The difference from any other regular time was that it was accompanied by the Cumberland County Prosecutor 's Office. Oakview Apartments, along with Delsea Village Apartments , were the first sites to benefit from the Cops, Kids and Cones Initiative. The Prosecutor's Office was able to create the program through the Matthew L. Tarentino Community Policing Grant , named after a detective who died in a car accident after returning home from work. The office received $5,381 from the grant to fund the event. Each child was given a ticket for free ice cream and a beach ball. "We are very grateful that the Attorney General's Office supports community policing throughout the state and we are really proud that we are the only prosecutor's office that received a grant," said Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb -McRae. "A lot of people don't...