Joining forces
There were lots of officers available to help the families pick out gifts and other necessities at Walmart Monday night for the Shop With a Cop event.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
The children were able to pick out not only toys for themselves and their families, but also any other needs such as clothes, personal hygiene items or groceries.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
A girl smiles as Soap Lake Police Officer Robert Geates holds her up to see if she would fit any of the clothes on the rack at the 2023 Shop With a Cop event.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
Officers work hard wrapping the gifts just bought during the 2023 combined Ephrata and Soap Lake Shop With a Cop event.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
A girl picks out a toy to put in her shopping cart at the Shop With a Cop event Monday at the Ephrata Walmart.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
Ephrata Police Officer Marvin Canizales smiles as he speaks with a family during the Shop With a Cop event Monday night.
Rebecca Pettingill/Special to the Columbia Basin Herald
EPHRATA — While Shop With a Cop is not a new concept to law enforcement in the Columbia Basin, this is the first time that the Soap Lake and Ephrata Police Departments joined forces to host their separate events together this year.
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