Mesquite residents Bobbi Kuspa and John Swanson and Mesquite Police Dept. Sgt. Wyatt Oliver on the outpouring of support.
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Ainsley all right,
thanks Jillian,
you will love this story.
One Nevada neighborhood is going
glow back. The blue
mesquite police, sharing this
image, showing every house
lighting up their porches in
blue to show the supporter for
the police officers there. The
department saying quote they say
a picture is worth a thousand
words, but there arent enough
words to explain what this
picture means to us
here. To tell us more is sergeant
Wyatt Oliver in the Mesquite
Police Department, and
so nice residents who helped
organize these lights.
Have you Bobby? Can you say PA
and Sean Swanson
good Morning to all three of
you
good morning,
good morning,
good morning,
Ainsley Bobby, I will start
with you. Your neighbor did this
first and you followed.
You were the second person in
the neighborhood to do this
right,
correct
Ainsley. So why did you do it?
Well, because we like to
support our police and we had
done this one other time
we have a neighbor that lost her
son in the line of duty.
Well, those light bulbs burned
out
when my neighbor got the blue. It
was time to start all over again
for our police doing their great
job here in Mesquite
John. How did you get
involved?
Well, once Bobby gets
involved in something she
starts, and I think im the
only one, my age stupid enough to
get up on a ladder,
laughter
Ainsley, so how many homes are
lit up in your neighborhood.
We have at this moment
because two more lit up last
night. We now have forty
Ainsley thats great,
so sergeant Oliver. What does
this mean to you and your
department
yeah? This is so important to
us.
You look at the picture and you
can tell that its a very
powerful image and actually
drive through there at night.
Its more brings out a lot of
emotions, especially with
everything going on in the
country. Right now.
It means so much to us that our
community has come together to
express the show of support for
us
Ainsley. You know our country
is divided rise now Bobby.
Have you had any backlash?
Absolutely not
were just getting. Where can we
get these light bulbs, but we
dont want to tell too many
people yet because we are still
ordering
John just placed another order
last night,
Ainsley? Okay,
so how are you all search,
paying individual light bulb, but
you are buying them in bulk.
We are buying them and been
buying them in sixes and tens
and people just pay them for it
thats how its working?
We are just a neighborhood
and thats how our neighborhood
works.
Besides John, there is about four
other men that are grayly
climbing ladders. To put the
light bulbs up,
Ainsley John, you be careful
doing that. Are there other
neighborhoods that have followed
you?
Yes,
we just found out that there is
a neighborhood right next to us
that are trying to get
permission from their Hoa to
start the program, not a
program, but to start this
Ainsley sergeant Oliver. I know
you are about an hour and fifteen
minutes fleet of of LOS Angeles,
LAS Vegas.
Tell me about your community
whats, the makeup of it.
We do have a large retirement
community,
but we have a lot of young
families as well.
We are a great mix right along
interstate one hundred and fifty six thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. There are a
lot of people coming from all
areas of the world
Ainsley. What was the reaction
from the community?
Sorry to cut you off?
What was the reaction from the
all of the police officers that
you work with and the community?
Are you hearing good response
and are a lot of people
traveling into this neighborhood
to go? Take a look at the lights
yeah!
I havent heard if anybody
actually going out of their way
from out of town just to visit
the neighborhood.
All the officers are very
grateful.
You know like we said before
this community really supports
us, the citywide does,
and that starts from the mayor
and City Council.
They have always supported us
and
Ainsley Bobby. Do you mind if
people do bring their kids
its such a teachable moment for
them and drive through the
neighborhood,
absolutely thought?
In fact, we were out the other
night looking at some of the
lights that had gone up that day
and we had, I think two or
three cars go by up and down the
street. Looking at our lights,
no, we dont mind
Ainsley, okay.
Well, God bless you all.
Thank you so much.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-17.