Ronie Nosner is not only feeding her husband before his shift, but she is also feeding 500 D.C. police officers before they go on patrol during Wednesday’s inauguration.
Feeding the officers of D.C. Police’s sixth precinct is nothing new to Nosner. She has made a few dozen sandwiches at home for around 70 officers for their shifts before the last two inaugurations.
“This time we recognized due to COVID and because a lot of the restaurants being closed due to the high security in D.C. that we may need more,” Nosner told WTOP.
Through the kindness of her friends, family and people in her hometown of Purcellville, Virginia, this year she is feeding 500 officers during their inauguration shift.
Nosner, her friends and members of the Metropolitan Police Department went to their local Jersey Mike’s, picked up subs and delivered them to the sixth district police station Tuesday night.
“They have a minimum of 12 hours for a shift, but they can work up to anywhere from 12 to 18 hours and even 20 hours,” Nosner said. “This may be the only a meal that they have within that time frame, if they even get the opportunity to eat. It is a huge thing for them with our restaurants in D.C., a lot of them being closed, it takes the pressure off on how we go ahead and feed these ladies and gentlemen.”
Each officer is getting a sub, snacks and Gatorade for when they are on patrol.
“I could not have done this all myself. It is just very humbling during this time to see that people want to help when there is so much negativity against some of our law enforcement officers. And just to see how they came together as a community to make this happen is just really humbling, so thank you,” said Nosner.
