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(PHOTOS) Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge

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(PHOTOS) Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge

A Checker Cab on display during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.
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Tucker, GA — The Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge were held at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24.

It was the car club’s second annual fundraiser for DeKalb Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 10’s Santa Cop (Shop with a Cop) program that provides Christmas gifts to underprivileged children.

Rick Ellis, founder and president of Georgia Cool Cruisers said 100% of the proceeds from the day will go to the program.

Find out more about the all makes and models car club and future cruise-in’s at: georgiacoolcruisers.org.

Officers Lugo (front) and Walker from city of Atlanta Police Department’s Community Oriented Policing section came out to the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Corporal Warren Gregory brought the Doraville Police Department’s Ford F-150 to the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Stone Mountain Park Police Officer Zach Hill with his patrol car at the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Communications Supervisor Terry Thomas with one of the Stone Mountain Park Park Ranger vehicles during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

DeKalb County Schools Police Officer B. K. Akers shows equipment inside the department’s newest addition to the fleet, a 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Sgt. J. Houston, on the left, and Cpl. A Clement brought a pair of Georgia State Patrol muscle cars out for the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Jim Keller poses with his 1915 Ford Model T during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Three-year-old Raelyn Bailey gets a push from her grandfather Richard Bailey during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Alex Nash shows his mother’s 1951 Chevrolet pickup during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

An American flag flies from the sun visor of a classic car on display during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Dan Flores and his granddaughter Rain check out the vehicles during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Brian Bunderson snaps a photo during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Dylan Holcomb with his 1965 Ford Galaxie “Mayberry Sheriff” car during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Vehicles of all makes and models fill the Handy Ace Hardware parking lot in Tucker during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Scott Donaghy with his 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Jack Gilleland looks through the passenger side window at the occupants of his 1939 Chevy Pickup “Dirty Rat’ during the Georgia Cool Cruisers Santa Cop Cruise-In and Cop Car Challenge at Handy Ace Hardware in Tucker on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse.

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