Photo Gallery: Burbank Boys and Girls Club children match up with Burbank Police Department for annual Heroes and Helpers event
A parade of carts roll out for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank Police Detective Mike Macias tries to negotiate the checkout line with a couple skateboards held up as there wasn’t any more room on the conveyor belt at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Children on the first bus arrive for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Members of the Burbank Police Department wait for three loads of children from the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank to arrive for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Community Resource Officer Angela Burrows talks with the first group of children before they are matched with an officer for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
McGruff, the Crime Dog, stands at the center of the start of police matched with children to begin shopping at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank Police Chief Scott LaChasse, stands at the center of the commotion as Burbank police officers and the children they are match with begin to shop at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A group photo with Burbank Police and children from the Burbank Boys and Girls Club for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The line of paid for carts with the children from the Burbank Boys and Girls Club and the Burbank Police officers they shopped with at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank K-9 officer John Embeleton listens to Ella Barrale-Truong, 6, and her brother Aidan, 7, describe a gift, with Burbank Explorer Ariella Teranzian arranging gifts in their cart at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Detective Harry Terrill, starts to evaluate the prices of the toys in his cart placed by the children he is escorting Ollie McCann, 6, and Jayden Magana, 7, at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Mark Fedirko, 8, jumps out of the cart he is riding in after he sees something he is interested in showing Burbank Police Detective Chris Racina at the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A parade of carts roll out for the Burbank Police Department’s annual Heroes and Helpers event at the Empire Center Target on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Thirty children from the local Boys and Girls Club partnered with Burbank Police officers, outfitted with Target gift cards, to Christmas shop at the store. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)