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A young shopper poses with a Local 673 member at the "Shop with a Cop" event

“Shop with a Cop” Brings Smiles in Chattanooga

August 11, 2010

Police officers have a tough job, dealing with crime, violence and horrors most people never have to confront. So when they get the opportunity to do something that makes people smile, they embrace it—like they did with the recent “Shop with a Cop” Day in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

“We just love this part of the job,” said Phil Grubb, president of IBPO Local 673 in Chattanooga. “We raise funds all year round so that we can do things like ‘Shop with a Cop.’”

Twenty-five police officers took children from 25 local families to a nearby store to shop for back-to-school clothes and school supplies. Grubb said it was hard to tell who had more fun: the kids or the officers.

Building good relationships with local young people, Grubb explained, benefits kids, cops and families. “Kids who learn police officers are their friends grow up to be teenagers who don’t get into trouble,” he said. “The more we can build good relationships now, the better it is for us all when they get older.”

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