Unsere Mitglieder Mathias Urbansky und R. Haller geben Interviews für Presse und Lokalfernsehen in Lynchburg und tragen wesentlich zur Festigung der Städtepartnerschaft bei.

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German police officers welcomed in city

Two police officers from Lynchburg’s sister city, Glauchau, Germany, took part in the D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony Monday at T.C. Miller Elementary School.

The sister city program is designed to foster friendship and communication between different countries. Glauchau became Lynchburg’s second sister city in 2007. The officers arrived in Lynchburg last week and will leave Wednesday.

“They’re doing a good job here,” said R. Haller, a lieutenant in the Glauchau department. “They’re really kind and close to the people here. But I think we’re doing a good job, too.”

Mathias Urbansky, chief of police in Glauchau, said the pair came to Lynchburg to show their American colleagues how they do police work.

“It’s been a great experience for both sides,” said Capt. Ryan Zuidema of the Lynchburg Police Department. “I think it was interesting for the students to see police officers from another country.”

From Left, Maj. Wayne Duff, German Chief Mathias Urbansky, Captain Ryan
Zuidema, and Lieutenant R. Haller talk before the D.A.R.E. gradation
at T.C. Miller in Lynchburg. The German police officers are in down from
Lynchburg sister city. Photo by Nick Adams