Cops shock drivers with
gifts instead of tickets
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Jeff Lampl
Jeff Lampl
“See
to it that no one misses the Grace of God”
Hebrews 12:15
USA
Today Network Elissa Koehl,
USATODAY 3:12 p.m. EST December 10, 2014
Lowell Police Chief Steve Bukala says they pulled over 50 drivers for the
original video (that you can watch here) and handed out about 30
presents. The gifts provided by UPtv totaled almost $7,000.
A
police officer hands out a gift in Lowell, Mich.(Photo: WZZM)
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There
is almost nothing worse than looking in your rear-view mirror and seeing
flashing lights. No one likes to be pulled over, especially around the
holidays when there are so many errands to run and gifts to wrap.
But
residents of Lowell, Mich., were shocked when they received something other than
a ticket after being pulled over by police. Instead of a ticket and a fine,
these drivers were given gifts.
This
idea came about thanks to UPtv, a family programming network
that chose the Lowell Police Department to help them film a promotional video as
part of its "Uplift Someone" Christmas initiative.
To
pull this off, the police officers pulled over drivers for various reasons: an
item dangling from their rear-view mirror, illegally tinted windows, even snow
covering a license plate. Most drivers couldn't believe it when they were
presented with gifts.
Watch
the video above to see two ladies scream and hug the gift-giving officers.
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