Philly police officers spend Christmas Day delivering gifts to families

Merry Christmas thank you all so much so it's so heartwarming it's beautiful when you think about policing people only think about law enforcement right well a larger component just as significant as law enforcement is service and we brought some gifts with us today this is the first time in maybe years something special has ever happened to us so today we're actually participating in an annual tradition here at the 14th Police District Distributing gifts to families this is a team this is a team effort so we have a homecooked meal you made my day thank you thank you we selected based upon positive circumstances kids have done exceptionally well as well as some families that unfortunately fell on hard times or went through some you know extraordinarily uh unfortunate circumstances throughout this year I'm actually glad I got to witness that I'm actually from 14th District so uh it's a personal investment for me to be able to serve the public in a community I grew up in oh my goodness you have another Barbie you got me a gift did you make this I'm awar it all right Police Department as a whole each district has community relations officers in their District have a happy holiday right too and we uh do community relations or uh great events such as this Merry Christmas we have our uh pedak which stands for police district advisory Council this isn't a dream this is real we also have our police chaplain of every Faith they come out as well to help us out in the community um to bridge the gap between the community and the police amen we love what we do um we're excited um and the holiday time is actually one of our biggest events and we're very excited each and every year um to come out and put smiles on the faces especially the children oh here you go buddy Merry Christmas the message that I hope that they see in true authenticity is that the police and the public aren't separate entities together we're one here Merry Christmas together we have the power to make the city safer cleaner Greener with economic opportunities for all well you got a lot of gifts now all right courtesy of the 14th District Santa Claus and all on my team all right bye all right you're welcome