Santa came to town riding with the Portales Police Department.
Our Portales Police Department was handing out toys instead of tickets at the local Santa Cop event! According to Detective Chris Williams; “The Portales Police Department held our 2018 Santa Cop event on December 8, 2018 at the Memorial Building. This year we raised approximately $3,000 and had a generous donation from the community of toys for the children of Roosevelt County. On the date of the event we allowed approximately 200 children to receive a toy from Santa, provided them with a candy bag and a hotdog.
The number of children we saw is down from previous years. The Portales Police Department has been holding this event in this forum for the past 5 years. The Department has conducted a similar event for several years now.
The event this year was assisted by our local CYFD Investigators, The Portales Womans Club, Ms. Veronica Cordova’s family and several of our PD employee’s families. We will continue to hold the event as long as we are able to do so.”
