Dallas Sheriff’s Posse | Holiday Shopping Tour

We volunteered with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse for their annual Holiday Shopping Tour to provide kids a very merry Christmas. A portion of our closings for the last 2 months were used to provide families Christmas this year. Thank you for your continued support.

It’s the little things that matter most.

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse provides much needed assistance to local school children. This is a unique program that allows local school children to shop, on their own, to buy gifts for themselves and their family.

Area school officials provide lists of children to the Sheriff’s Posse. Teachers and counselors help the children prepare a shopping list ahead to time, and then Sheriff’s Posse members and volunteers escort them through participating department stores and allow the children to select their own gifts. Making their own purchases is a fun and self-esteem boosting experience for children who often do without.

 

Helping maintain law & order. 

Volunteer Horseman

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse is a volunteer group of reserves, who are also horsemen.  Their primary responsibility is enhancing the image of the department through community involvement.
The posse is utilized in many different functions including: search and rescue, escort service for dignitaries, public relations and security at special events in or outside of Dallas County — all at the direction of the Dallas County Sheriff.

Mounted Patrol

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse Mounted Patrol is a volunteer group of reserves who are also horsemen. The Mounted Patrol operates with legal authority in and outside of Dallas County under the orders of Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown, helping maintain law and order. In addition to representing the department through community involvement, the Posse’s special and unique skills are called upon and utilized for some very specific and specialized functions.

Crowd Control & Event Security

The presence of a uniformed, armed officer on horseback is exceptionally effective in controlling large crowds and providing security at large-scale events. One Sheriff’s Posse officer on horseback can accomplish the same effect as several officers on foot or in a squad car. Police departments have described the Posse as “indispensable” and as “having prevented disasters and riots” at sporting events, concerts, circuses and outdoor festivals.

Missing Person Searches

When a child, elderly person or other individuals are reported lost, the Posse forms Search & Rescue teams on horseback and foot — far more effective than cars at locating the missing person.

Security Escort for Presidents and Dignitaries

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse was the first in Texas and one of very few in the nation to receive certification to work with the Secret Service and has provided security escorts for Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and President Barack Obama.

Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse

214-664-0499

info@dallascountysheriffsposse.org
 
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Posse is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Contributions are tax-deductible.

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