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Dewey Beach Public Safety Day entertains, informs

Children’s activities, giveaways, demonstrations highlight inaugural event
First responders and police officers from across Sussex County gathered for the inaugural Dewey Beach Public Safety Day Sept. 21. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTOS
Ellen Driscoll
September 25, 2024

First responders and community helpers from across Sussex County joined together for the inaugural Dewey Beach Public Safety Day Sept. 21 at the Dewey Beach Lions Club.

Children enjoyed games and activities, adults picked up information and resources from a host of public agencies, and everyone took in a free barbecue lunch. 

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company firefighters used the jaws of life and other extraction tools to demonstrate how they can dismantle a vehicle to reach occupants inside.

Officers from Dewey Beach and Ocean View engaged in K-9 demonstrations in which their four-legged partners showed how they can find missing items and subdue a subject.

Police departments from Ocean View, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, Dagsboro, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Fenwick Island, Milton and Milford joined Delaware State Police, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Company, Sussex County EMS and the U.S. Coast Guard Indian River Inlet Detachment to meet with community members.

Envirotech, Delaware Department of Transportation, Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce, Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement and the Cape Henlopen Bookmobile were also on hand.

The event was sponsored by Dewey Business Partnership, Highway One, Dewey Beach Lions Club and Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce.

 

Enjoying the day’s activities are (l-r) Craig Longanecker, officer Dylan Dowling, Mayor Bill Stevens and his wife Janine Stevens.
Sgt. Mark Burton of Ocean View Police Department provided information on Smart911.com, PulsePoint and other public safety apps.
Sporting elaborate balloon headbands are Kennedy Schaeffer, left, and Addie Decktor.
Morgan Huber sits patiently as Dewey Beach police dispatcher Melissa Squier paints a design on her face.
Inviting folks to spin the Community Bank prize wheel are (l-r) Pam Varvaro, Elysia Wilson and Jeanne Stone.
Cape High FFA club member Sam Gossett brought goats and bunnies.
Dewey Beach Mayor Bill Stevens imagines a career as a police officer.
Dewey Beach police officers Dylan Dowling, left, and Cpl. Carl Kurten welcome attendees to the event.
Cape Henlopen School District Supervisor of Early Learning Audrey Dempsey brought a Bookmobile loaded with free books for children.
Adrien Kluchnik was excited to get a police officer hat.
Fern Kluchnik, with mother Arin Kluchnik, said she wants to be a book illustrator when she grows up.
Jimmy Cramer tries out Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement’s impaired driving simulator as Cpl. Marc Russell of DATE looks on.
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company members (l-r) Connor Anderson, Parker Shandrowsky and Cody Meade use the jaws of life and other extraction tools to demonstrate how they can dismantle a vehicle to reach occupants inside.
RBVFC members Connor Anderson, left, and Parker Shandrowsky peel the hood from a car.
Envirotech’s Katheryn Meixner, left, and Jacquelyn Toggart brought a sampling of small water critters including dragonfly nymphs and crayfish.
Hayden Cramer drives the Delaware State Police robot while DSP Cpl. Coban Goertz, left, and Jimmy Cramer observe.
DSP Cpl. Patrick Jackson, left, and Cpl. Al Jones brought Trooper Dan and passed out giveaways and information.
Dewey Beach police Cpl. Carl Kurten, left, handles K-9 Smoke while Ocean View police Cpl. Justin Hopkins portrays how the police dog subdues a subject.
Meeting with members of the public are (l-r) officers Adam Ur, Dewey Beach; Sgt. Casey Lewis, Milton; Sgt. Colin Schmidt, Dewey Beach; and Cpl. Keith Shyers, Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement.
Representing Delaware Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Control police are (l-r) PFC John Rhodes, Cpl. Kevin S. Dorney II and seasonal officer Layne Smith.

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