{"id":67650,"date":"2025-12-22T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67650\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:56:06","slug":"berks-law-enforcement-members-take-kids-shopping-for-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67650\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks law enforcement members take kids shopping for gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berks County Law enforcement members took children shopping as part of Crime Alert Berks County\u2019s 18th annual Shop with a Cop.<\/p>\n<p>The event Thursday highlights community partnerships, making the holidays brighter for local kids through acts of kindness and connection with law enforcement, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty five children received a visit with Santa, a $125 gift card and help from law enforcement officers picking out and wrapping gifts for their entire families at Boscov\u2019s North in Muhlenberg Township.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Jim Boscov, CEO of Boscov's Department Store, gives a gift card to Kaden McCoubrey of Schuylkill Valley Elementary, before he goes on a shopping spree with Northern Berks Regional police Sgt. Robert Wood during Crime Alert Berks County's 18th annual Shop with a Cop on Thursday at Boscov's North in Muhlenberg Township. Santa Claus, portrayed by Conrad Vanino, was on hand for the festivities. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Doelp)\" width=\"5167\" height=\"353\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/REG-L-ShopWithACopBoscov.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"3015316\" \/>Jim Boscov, CEO of Boscov\u2019s Department Store, gives a gift card to Kaden McCoubrey of Schuylkill Valley Elementary, before he goes on a shopping spree with Northern Berks Regional police Sgt. Robert Wood during Crime Alert Berks County\u2019s 18th annual Shop with a Cop on Thursday at Boscov\u2019s North in Muhlenberg Township. Santa Claus, portrayed by Conrad Vanino, was on hand for the festivities. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Doelp)<\/p>\n<p>The gift cards were provided by Boscov\u2019s and Crime Alert Berks County, and many officers pitch in their own money to cover additional gifts.\u00a0 After the shopping, everyone enjoyed a delicious catered dinner while holiday music played.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement participants included numerous officers from municipal police departments, along with officers from the Berks County sheriff\u2019s office, Berks County coroner\u2019s office and state police.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by Cumru police Officer Leon Grim and Christopher Nein from Mortgage America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berks County Law enforcement members took children shopping as part of Crime Alert Berks County\u2019s 18th annual Shop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-67650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}