It was another successful year of Shop With A Cop in Uintah County. Vernal Police, Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, Naples Police, Utah Highway Patrol, FBI, Adult Probation and Parole, Division of Natural Resources, Uintah Basin Consolidated Dispatch, and more participated to give local kids a positive experience with law enforcement on Saturday. Santa of course delivered another show stopping performance being dropped off in the Walmart parking lot by helicopter. Vernal City Police has been participating in Shop With A Cop for 29 years and it continues to grow each year. They started with 25 kids receiving $25 dollars each to shop with an officer. That has increased to 65 kids with each having $100 dollars to shop with. The Division of Child and Family Services works with the police department to compile the list each year. Kim Boren with Vernal City Police says it’s an event that law enforcement looks forward to the entire year.
