Othello, ACSO, WSP officers bring holiday cheer
The 2024 Shop with a Cop event helped 10 children and their families this holiday season. Each child picked out toys, clothes and gifts for their other family members with funding from the Othello Police Department, Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Washington State Patrol.
NANCE BESTON/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
The Othello Police Department, Othello Police Explorers, Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Washington State Patrol did their annual Shop with a Cop event Saturday at the Othello Walmart. The children made their way from lunch to Walmart in police vehicles, lights flashing and sirens blaring. When they arrived at Walmart, the officers made several laps around the parking lot – with a crowd gathering outside the main doors.
After the police vehicles parked for the annual Shop with a Cop Walmart staff members welcomed the officers and shoppers at the front door clapping and cheering.
The Othello Police Department, Othello Police Explorers, Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, shoppers and Walmart staff pose for a photo at the beginning of the annual shop with a cop event.
Yesania, one of the Shop with a Cop participants, tests out her final choice. Othello Police Department officer Martin Garza said she was pretty nervous but eventually she did tell them she wanted a bike and after careful deliberation she picked out a pink bike to match her jacket.
Yesania, one of the Shop with a Cop participants, tests out her final choice. Othello Police Department officer Martin Garza said she was pretty nervous but eventually she did tell them she wanted a bike and after careful deliberation she picked out a pink bike to match her jacket.
Officer Brock Denney and an Othello Police Explorer help their Shop with a Cop child pick out gifts for him and his family.
Deputy Levit and his assigned Adams County Sheriff’s Office Deputy begin their shopping journey. Levit picked out a bike, a dining table and chairs for his family and a variety of other little goods.
Jesus and two Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies discuss potential items to get with the remaining funds. Jesus alongside Levit (not pictured) decided a dining room table and chairs would be a good gift.
Othello Police Department officer Brock Denney checks out with a Walmart employee after the 2024 Shop with a Cop event. Denney and his shopping buddy picked out gifts for the boy and his family members Saturday.
Othello Police Department officer Fernando Lopez and Elisa load her presents into the police vehicle after completing the Shop with a Cop on Saturday.
OTHELLO – Blue and red lights flashed, and sirens blared down East Main Street in Othello on Saturday before turning into the Walmart parking lot. A handful of police vehicles from Othello Police Department, Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Washington State Patrol made laps around the store's parking lot, children waving through passenger windows and shoppers watching the scene go down.
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