For Coatesville Police, ‘Shop with a Cop: The Sequel’

Unusual circumstances result in replay at Parkesburg Walmart By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times As the children eagerly await the results, Coatesville Sgt. Rodger Ollis uses the price-checker to help them stay within their budgets. The children’s gifts were wrapped and the sirens silenced from the law-enforcement caravan, but days after another successful “Shop with a Cop” program,...

From start to finish, ‘Shop with a Cop’ proves a blast

Collaborative, community-involved event draws rave reviews By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Coatesville Cpl. Jonathan Shave offers assistance to his shopper at the price-checker. Behind him, Det. Kevin Campbell waits for his turn. Throngs of unsuspecting customers grabbed parking spaces and shopping carts to brave the bustling crowd at Walmart on Saturday morning, oblivious to the...

Coatesville-area ‘Shop with a Cop’ a roaring success

From siren-blasting caravan to shopping carts, children get crowd-pleasing ride By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Torey, 7, shows her enthusiasm for the “Shop with a Cop” program as Chester County Deputy Sheriff Natalie Berry pushes the cart. The scene looked as alarming as it sounded: Two school buses blowing a red light on East Lincoln Highway with more than 30 emergency...