Shop with a Cop San Diego: San Diego County Police Agencies, SeaWorld & Target raise $30,000 annually to provide 300 disadvantaged children with $100.00 worth of holiday gifts and to have them interact with law enforcement officers in a positive setting.

Shop With A Cop Photos

2007 Event Photos	Photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus provided by Target®

Open the 2007 Event Photos	Open the 2007 Target® Photos with Santa & Mrs Claus
More Photos of Shop with a Cop 2007 courtesy of Officer Marcus Macias of National City Police.
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This Year's Event

This years was lead jointly by the Carlsbad and Oceanside Police Departments.

The event took place at Sea World and the San Diego Sports Arena Target store on Saturday, December 6, 2008.

Thank you to all the agencies and officers who participated in 2007. A special thank you to our 2007 sponsors: Target, Sea World, ECHO (Employees Charity Organization of Northop Grumman and the County of San Diego. We look forward to your participation in next year's event.)

2007 Event

This years was lead jointly by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

The event took place at Sea World and the San Diego Sports Arena Target store on Saturday, December 1, 2007.

2006 Event

This past year's event was lead jointly by the Coronado and Harbor Police Departments and took place at Sea World and the Sports Arena Target store on, Saturday, December 2nd.

The Children enjoyed a kids' breakfast at SeaWorld followed by the world famous Dolphin Show (where many kids and officers found out about the Splash Zone). Check out the amazing dolphin photos in the photo gallery.

Many children have never been to SeaWorld and to enjoy such a great show, with dolphins jumping and water splashing - this is a memory these children will never forget.

Then the Children rode in a police caravan to the Sports Arena Target. Santa Claus flew by in a helicopter and eventually landed to welcome in the children to Target, where they had $100 to spend.

Some children went over the $100 and officers chipped in to help cover the cost of tax/etc. This year, children created a list and many of those lists included toys for themselves and all of their family members. With Target's low prices, the $100 went a long way.

Thank you to all the agencies and officers who participated. A special thank you to our sponsors: Target, SeaWorld, San Diego Port Authority, and North County Yamaha.

A Special thank you to Kimberly Hunt who emceed the event and to KUSI News who televised the event live.

“Shop With A Cop” 2006
Benefit Motorcycle Ride

The motorcycle ride took place on October 21st.

Thank you for participating

Click here to learn more about 2005's event.
Saturday, October 8, 2005

“Shop With A Cop” 2005 PHOTOS!!!

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Click here to see Past year photos

View some of the letters we receive from participating children
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The primary purpose of the "Shop With A Cop" program is to provide 300 disadvantaged children with $100.00 worth of holiday gifts and to have them interact with law enforcement officers in a positive setting. This year's event is being hosted by San Diego County District Attorney's Office and the
San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

This year's event went great, everything ran smoothly.
The children enjoyed the breakfast and entertainment at Sea World.
Then they rode in police vehicles to Target,
where they purchased $100.00 worth of toys, clothes, and more.
Click on Photos to view last year's photos

Click here to view the videos

"Since 1994," law enforcement agencies throughout the county of San Diego, along with SeaWorld San Diego, Pepsi Bottling Company and Target, have participated in a program called “Shop with a Cop.” This program was designed to benefit underprivileged children between the ages of five and twelve years old.

The purpose of this event is to provide a happier holiday season to less fortunate children and to have the children interact with law enforcement officers in a positive setting.

Thanks to sponsors and donations from the community, each child is allowed to purchase a $100 worth of merchandise at Target with a law enforcement partner. Needy children are identified by schools, churches and social services agencies. The goal is to accommodate 300 children, which means $30,000 has to be raised each year.