'Shop With a Cop' Gives Local Children a Chance to Shop for Families

The Anne Arundel County Police Department in conjunction with the Severna Park,  Annapolis and Fort Smallwood Optimists Clubs will participate in the annual regional “Shop With A Cop” program beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 3).

The program provides holiday shopping money to children so that they can shop for their families while being accompanied by a uniformed police officer, according to a press release. It is coordinated by the Optimist Club with corporate sponsorship from Wal-Mart and Outback Steak House. 

Officers from the police department will accompany children from their homes to  the Wal-Mart at 407 George Clauss Blvd. in Severn. Lunch will follow at the Outback Steak House in Glen Burnie.