{"id":38099,"date":"2022-12-06T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=38099"},"modified":"2022-12-06T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:34:37","slug":"genesee-county-30-children-will-participate-in-shop-with-a-cop-at-walmart-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/genesee-county-30-children-will-participate-in-shop-with-a-cop-at-walmart-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/30 children will participate in &#8220;Shop with a Cop&#8221; at Walmart this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"714\" data-attachment-id=\"38100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/genesee-county-30-children-will-participate-in-shop-with-a-cop-at-walmart-this-saturday\/shopwithacop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?fit=768%2C714&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,714\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"shopwithacop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?fit=768%2C714&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?resize=768%2C714&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?resize=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shopwithacop.jpg?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Police Department in collaboration with the Village of LeRoy Police Department and Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office will hold the 8th annual \u201cShop with a Cop\u201d event this Saturday, December 10th at Walmart, located at 4133 Veterans Memorial Drive in Batavia.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 30 children will be participating in Saturday\u2019s event and any excess funds raised will be banked towards next year\u2019s event. Each child will have the opportunity to take a photograph with Santa and meet their individual police officer before browsing the store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to acknowledge the hard work and effort put forth by our officers into organizing this event for the community and in particular Detective James DeFreze who does a tremendous job every year in putting this event together,\u201d said Batavia Police Chief Shawn Heubusch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are proud of the efforts of our department to have started this event 8 years ago and by partnering with the Le Roy Police Department and the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, this has become a highly anticipated event in the community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donations have been received from Wal-Mart, H.E. Turner &amp; Company, Inc., the Batavia Police Benevolent Association, Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA), the Bonarigo and McCutcheon law office, and other members of the community. Approximately $2,800 has been raised to date.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those interested in donating, can contact Detective James DeFreze at jdefreze@batavianewyork.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn behalf of our department, the Village of LeRoy Police Department and the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office we would like to thank Walmart for their generosity and assistance in making this event possible,\u201d Heubusch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sourced via CRIMEWATCH<small>\u00ae<\/small>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/post\/area-police-departments-collaborate-annual-shop-cop-event\">https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/post\/area-police-departments-collaborate-annual-shop-cop-event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Batavia Police Department in collaboration with the Village of LeRoy Police Department and Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office will hold the 8th annual \u201cShop with a Cop\u201d event this Saturday, December 10th at Walmart, located at 4133 Veterans Memorial Drive in Batavia.\u00a0 Approximately 30 children will be participating \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/genesee-county-30-children-will-participate-in-shop-with-a-cop-at-walmart-this-saturday\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-38099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-shop-with-a-cop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9Uv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12583,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/04\/genesee-county-57-kids-to-participate-inshop-with-a-cop-event-this-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":38099,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/57 kids to participate in&#8221;Shop with a Cop&#8221; 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