COVID-19 could play the role of the Grinch this year. Kingston police asking for help to identify poppy box theft suspect “Unfortunately, though, it’s a different type of shopping because we don’t have the children with us, which obviously is disappointing for the officers,” Koopman said. “They loved being paired up with an individual student here within the Kingston area.”Police didn’t want to put the program on hold, so they asked the 40-plus students involved to submit lists, and on Monday, officers tried to fill those lists.
Koopman says it would have been nice to have the students on hand to help, but said those doing the shopping did just fine.“It’s nice to have the direction.