Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell, right, pays the Walmart cashier as Investigator Hargrove Jones and Officer Rebecca Meeks load the purchases in carts during Shop with a Cop. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
Kids and officers participating in Eatonton Police Dept.’s annual Shop with a Cop program are all smiles before heading into Walmart for their shopping sprees. CONTRIBUTED
EPD Executive Assistant Tonya Thomas gets a hug from the child she shopped with. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
4-year-old Xavier Griffin helps his grandmother, Cassandra Solomon, push his filled shopping carts out the store after he shopped with a cop. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
Bruce Willis, 7, plans to enjoy cruising down a giant hill near his house on the bicycle he selected with Eatonton Police Communications Specialist Jody Davis. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
When Santa and his elves get busy this time of year, the Eatonton Police Department steps in to help. This year, 19 children in Eatonton had the unique opportunity to Shop with a Cop at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 20.Each child, accompanied by a law enforcement officer, was allotted an undisclosed amount of money to spend on whatever they chose. The decision-making process seemed...
