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Police recognized for community Thanksgiving outreach; city staff unveil plans for 75th anniversary
Summary
Chief Flynn thanked volunteers and sponsors for the police departments Thanksgiving outreach and unveiled a redesigned badge; city staff presented plans for the citys 75th-anniversary programming, including historic markers, a Bee Garden and community storytelling.
At the Jan. 5 council meeting Chief Flynn presented the police departments "Serving Beyond the Badge" Thanksgiving program, which provided more than 75 fully cooked meals to residents in need and involved officers, staff and volunteers including Mayor Troy McCoy and City Manager Chris Swanson. The chief recognized businesses and individuals who supported the event and described the effort as part of the departments community partnership work.
Chief Flynn also showed a redesigned department badge, explaining elements of the new design (Mount St. Helens, Battleground Lake, the western hemlock and an American bald eagle) and noting the badge rollout marked the citys 75th anniversary.
City staff member Alicia presented the 75th-anniversary planning framework for 2026, proposing a website landing page, historic markers linked by QR codes, community storytelling ("75 stories for 75 years"), interactive murals, a Bee Garden legacy project, street banners, a possible city fair and student engagement through Battleground University. Staff asked council and residents for ideas and pledged further planning work and outreach.
