SANTA SWEARING IN CEREMONYOPERATION OPD SECRET SANTA: SWEARING IN SANTA'S ELVES By now you have probably heard about our top secret operation carried out the past couple of weeks throughout the City of Ocala. A total of $4,200 was given to citizens via random acts of generosity, made possible by 14 anonymous donors. Before Officers Wissinger, Barry, Garcia, and Howie could carry out their mission they had to be sworn in by Santa himself! Surprise gifts were given during consensual traffic stops (no violations), parking lot, bus stop, and park encounters. As expected, most citizens had their guard up and were skeptical as to why an officer was asking to speak with them. Worried they had done something wrong, the officers reassured them they hadn’t and proceeded to share OPD’s well wishes for the holidays along with a $100 bill. There was laughter, there were tears, and many hugs exchanged. All of the encounters were captured on camera and video footage will be shared on the OPD Facebook page beginning tomorrow and leading up to Christmas!
Posted by Ocala Police Department on Thursday, December 14, 2017
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