Police share Halloween safety tips, treats with Verdugo Woodlands students

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While visiting Mr. Scott Richmond’s class, Glendale Police officer Ben Bateman shows a bag of Halloween goodies brought by officers for all students during the Cops for Kids event, at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police Dept. dispatch officer Kristin Haney, left, and officer Sharon Kim, right, spoke to children about safety during Halloween, while they visited Ms. Natalie Turner’s second grade class at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Glendale Police officers brought bags of Halloween goodies for all students during the Cops for Kids event at the school. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police officers Paul Fletcher, left, and Shaun Carlson, right, brought a box full of Halloween goodies for all students during the Cops for Kids event, at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police Sgt. Craig Tweety talks to Mrs. Sheila Abranian’s third grade students about street safety for Halloween during the Cops for Kids event, at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Glendale Police officers brought boxes full of Halloween bags for all the students. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police officers brought boxes full of Halloween goodies for all students during the Cops for Kids event at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Glendale Police officers and volunteers brought boxes full of Halloween goodies for all students during the Cops for Kids event at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, in Glendale on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

By Andy Nguyen

Oct. 24, 2017 5:30 PM PT

Students at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary got a leg up on their trick-or-treating Tuesday morning after officers with the Glendale Police Department handed out Halloween-themed goodie bags.

But before they received their bags, officers gave the students special safety tips ahead of the holiday, such as looking both ways before crossing the street.

The event was sponsored by the Glendale Police Officers’ Assn.’s Cops for Kids program. In addition to teaching students about street safety ahead of Halloween, the event was also a way for children to become familiar with law enforcement officials and not be fearful of them.

Volunteers filled the goodie bags with candy, pencils, stickers and erasers.

andy.nguyen@latimes.com

Twitter: @Andy_Truc