Dozens of Calgary students were able to go on a shopping spree on Wednesday thanks to the Calgary Police Service’s 18th annual ‘Shop with a Cop’ event.
The event saw 27 children from nine different schools paired with police officers and given $200 to spend at Marlborough Mall.
The money, donated by the mall and the Calgary Police Youth Foundation, serves as a reward for the students’ volunteer work, academic excellence, sporting achievements or other sorts of community service.
“This is truly an opportunity for us to engage the community,” said Const. Munya Mwayi, District Four Community Resource Officer. “It brings so much joy not just to the students, but to our officers as well.”
“This allows us to show the other side of policing, a side of us where we can show that there’s a compassionate side of policing that’s often missed, but it’s also a chance for the …