CENTER — On Saturday, Jan. 29, Coffee with the Chief was held in Center at the United Methodist Church.

Coffee and pastries were provided by the church. The informal meeting was attended by over 10 people from the community.

Center Police Department Chief Dale Meek invited guests to the monthly meeting, Sheriff Dan Warwick and Capt. Ken Wilson from the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office took part in the meeting and talked to Center residents.

The gathering opened with questions about the K-9 that is being donated to the Town of Center, named Wrangler. Wrangler is set to be trained by CPD in specific after-basic obedience training and then donated to an in-need agency from Colorado. A committee of community members and a CPD dispatcher will decide which in-need agency will receive the K-9 after the training.

“We may have a buyer for one of our other K-9s," Chief Meek said. "If the sale goes through, we will be able to put those funds back into our K-9 program. These types of sales keep our program self-sustaining.”

Several attendees asked questions about the sale process and how the dogs are trained.

Questions were also brought up about how to evict a person who has not been paying rent, and this also brought up the question of how the state rules have changed regarding evictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting wrapped up with several citizens asking about crime trends in Center with the Chief giving an update regarding recent crime.