On Tuesday December 6th the Minneapolis Police Activities League partnered with Target to host the annual Shop With a Cop event at the Downtown location. More than twenty youth were teamed with police officers and community mentors to help the youth with holiday shopping for their families. This year’s event was possible thanks to a grant from Target.

This year’s event was attended by Assistant Chief Janee Harteau, PAL Board members Carlos Baires Escobar, Amanda Chavez, and Chris Murray. We were also joined by one of our civilian police employees and long time community activist Rowena Hicks. Many of the police officers that voluntarily participate in the program make it a point of doing so every year. The enjoy interacting with the youth and being able to provide some holiday cheer to inner city families.

Special thanks to the Target employee who helped to make this event a successful, Sean Ewaldt.

See photos of the event in our gallery.