Bishop Police Department Announces Annual Shop with a Cop Event

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11-13-25

The 2025 Eastern Sierra Shop with a Cop event is coming soon.

This event is designed to help give area students and their families in need a joyous Holiday  Season. We have worked with our local school staff and School Resource Officer, as well as the  School Resource Officers from the Mammoth Lakes Police Department and the Mono County  Sheriff’s Department to identify and invite 50 area students from Inyo and Mono counties to  participate in this year’s event, to be held on December 13, 2025.

This year’s event represents an exciting return to in-person shopping – a tradition and core  purpose that has defined the program since its beginning. On the day of the event, each  participant will be picked up at their home by their assigned law enforcement partner and  driven to the Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fairgrounds, where the Bishop Lions Club will be  cooking up their famous pancake breakfast. After breakfast, we will all line up for our annual  ‘Code 3’ ride down Bishop’s Main Street on our way to The Bishop Plaza. The festivities will  begin with a special visit from Santa, followed by a shopping adventure for the children with  their law enforcement partners at Marshall’s and Big 5. Generous community volunteers will be  at both locations to wrap each child’s gifts.

Law Enforcement agencies from Inyo and Mono counties participate in this event and include  the Mono County Sheriff’s Department, CHP – Bridgeport office, Mono County Probation  Department, Mammoth Lakes Police Department, California Department of Fish and Wildlife,  Bureau of Land Management, CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit Law Enforcement, U.S. Forest  Service, Inyo County Sheriff’s Department, Bishop Police Department, Bishop Paiute Tribal  Police Department, Inyo County Probation Department and, CHP – Bishop Office.

Eastern Sierra Shop with a Cop is entirely donation-driven, and the continued support from the  community, both near and far, each year is what makes this program the success it continues  to be.

Donations are accepted at the Mono County Sheriff’s Office, Inyo County Sheriff’s Office, Bishop  Police Department, and Mammoth Lakes Police Department. Please make checks payable to  ESPOA (Eastern Sierra Peace Officers Association) with “Shop-with-a Cop” written in the memo  line. ESPOA is a 501(c)3, and your donation is tax-deductible.

News Staff