Officers with the South Bend, Indiana, Police Department are doing their best to spread Christmas cheer this year by giving out hundreds of boxes of food and toys to needy families.
The officers volunteered to distribute these boxes to people at the Salvation Army Kroc Center this week as part of an annual drive before Christmas.
About 1,600 people showed up at the event, Fox News reported.
“The South Bend Police Department jumped at the chance to help connect with our community by spending the last two days handing out these boxes,” Christine Karsten, the police department’s media liaison, said.
“Our department really works hard to engage and serve our community all year long, especially during the holidays,” Karsten added. “It is a great way for them to interact with families, adults, kids, outside of routine police work, and they really enjoy it.”
Other police departments across the country are also getting into the holiday spirit.
In Orlando, Florida, the police force wore red Santa hats on Saturday and gave out gifts to more than 200 children before Christmas.