- December 13, 2025
Officer Carlos Ortiz and Teron Rayam have fun shopping together during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ormond Beach Police officers wait to be paired up with a child for the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Chiann Mims is ready to go shopping with Officer Cade Norton at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Officer Robert Pearson and Treyrone Allen wave during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Lt. Thomas Elkins and Daniel Weaver are ready to shop during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Sgt. Jim Voegtle picks Michael Hernandez up during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Pyppir Van Wagner and Officer Cierra Devane are ready to shop during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Cpl. John Dovine and Aleaha Brantley are excited to shop during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Cpl. Jay Brennan, Angela Millsap, Chief Jesse Godfrey and Kennedy Postell wheel into Walmart at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Zane Bertram is ready to shop at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ta'deja Hinson, shopping with Officer Jessica Fowler, picks out a new toy at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Michael Hernandez picks a new toy at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
A'Lanni Tillman browses the aisles as Officer Gregory Stokes waits to help her fill up her cart at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Officer Cade Norton points out a new toy for Chiann Mims at the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kayden Weaver shops with Officer Kevin Myers during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kennedy Postell shops with Chief Jesse Godfrey during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Savannah Neely picks out a lightsaber during the third-annual Shop with a Cop event at Walmart on Friday, Dec. 6. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
A shopping cart, tinsel, $100 and several aisles of toys.
Ormond Beach Police Department's third-annual Shop with a Cop program on Friday, Dec. 6, granted 25 children from the five local elementary schools with a chance to Christmas shop for themselves and their family members, and to do so with a police officer. OBPD partners with Walmart every December to bring this program to fruition.
The program aims to create a positive relationship between officers and students, a press release states. The kids arrived at Walmart with a motorcade of police vehicles, complete with flashing lights and sirens. From dolls and stuffed animals to lightsabers and toy trucks, the kids perused the store aisles and picked anything they wanted, up to their $100 limit.
