Santa Claus provides Christmas gifts to needy children with an assist from the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol and U.S. Secret Service.
Children at Leo Politi Elementary School laugh as they hug a costumed volunteer with the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Stanley Perez, 5, receives a gift at Leo Politi Elementary School. He said was going to give the gift to his mother. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Santa Claus shakes a student’s hand at Leo Politi Elementary School. The more than 1,100 gifts were donated by officers from the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division, CHP and the Secret Service. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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The Mounted Police watch students meet Santa at Leo Politi Elementary School. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)