{"id":135630,"date":"2023-03-01T09:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=135630"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:19:07","slug":"deep-fried-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/01\/deep-fried-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-fried conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sweet smell of donuts filled the air in the Student Union Market and near the Hangar for the first Donuts with DPS event hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/public-safety\">Wright State University\u2019s Department of Public Safety<\/a> on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event was a great opportunity for Wright State students and employees to chat with police officers and dispatchers while grabbing a delicious treat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hope they get to see us more than just a cop, they see us as a person,\u201d said Zach Norman, a police sergeant who greeted hungry students outside the Hangar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Norman said he hoped the free donuts and conversations with students encouraged them to be less hesitant and approach police officers if they ever need assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey were super funny and they were making me laugh,\u201d said Lolita Gonzalez, a first-year student majoring in political science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bill\u2019s Donuts in Centerville and Tim Horton\u2019s on campus donated the donuts for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State students and employees were able to chat with police officers and dispatchers while grabbing a delicious treat during\u00a0Donuts with DPS. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/01\/deep-fried-conversation\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":135634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,715,4847,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-public-safety","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135643,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135630\/revisions\/135643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}