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The La Vista Police Department is inviting Pokemon Go players to join them to hunt some wild Pokemon in La Vista’s Central Park this afternoon.

“We’ll go #CatchThemAll,” said Police Capt. Jeremy Kinsey.

He said several of the department’s officers will be at the park at 1:30 p.m. to assist in hunting. And some members of the Papillion Fire Department may also make an appearance.

The park is near Edgewood Boulevard and Valley Road.

Kinsey said he downloaded the game app Monday to check it out before letting his kids play. He started playing after lunch with another La Vista captain, and they caught a Pokemon outside the restaurant.

“Of course, we were running around looking like idiots catching these Pokemon,” he said.

In the wake of recent events, he said, the game is one of a positive things people have been talking about. He saw the “hunt” as an opportunity for community engagement at an integral time.

Pokemon Go has already had “an enormous impact,” he said.