Glendale police pay a special Easter visit to Cerritos Elementary

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First-grader Michelle Solorzano looks at the Easter goody bag she and other students received from Glendale police officers, at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The Cops for Kids program brings local students goody bags at certain times of the year. Students at the school received goody bags which included Glendale Police safety items and some plastic easter eggs with candy.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police Sgt. Craig Tweedy, left, and GPD Community Service Officer Amy Tate, right, brought Easter-themed goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

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Along with her students, first- and second-grade teacher Ashley Hamilton, right, holds some Easter goody bags given to them by Glendale Police Sgt. Ben Bateman, left, at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

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Glendale police officers brought a truck full of boxes with Easter-themed goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

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Glendale police officers, like Officers Joe Borbon, left, and Vincent Jackson, right, brought a truck full of boxes with Easter-themed goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

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Glendale Police Sgt. Ben Bateman gives a candy to Aedan Aceves for answering a safety question at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Sgt. Bateman, and Cmdr. Theresa Goldman, rear right, brought Easter-themed goody bags for the children.

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Glendale Police Sgt. Ben Bateman, left, and Cmdr. Theresa Goldman, right, carry boxes of Easter goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale police officers brought a truck full of boxes with Easter-themed goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale police officers brought a truck full of boxes with Easter-themed goody bags for children at Cerritos Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

By Alene TchekmedyianStaff Writer

March 18, 2016 12:33 PM PT

Glendale police delivered roughly 500 Easter gift bags to students at Cerritos Elementary School on Tuesday.

Organized and funded by the Glendale Police Officers Assn. on behalf of its Cops for Kids program, the event allowed police officers, civilian employees and volunteers to interact with Glendale’s youth.

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Officers distributed reflective snap bracelets, as well as Cops for Kids pencils and Easter treats to every classroom.

“It gave us an opportunity to go out and talk to kids in classrooms, to talk about police being their friends and to emphasize the safety aspect of them traveling in cars and being out on the road,” said Glendale Police Sgt. Ben Bateman.

Alene Tchekmedyian, [email protected]

Twitter: @atchek

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