The Metropolitan Police Department continued this year the program began last year to provide new winter coats to kids in DC who have never had one.  The first distribution was for three children in Southeast DC,  The second distribution in Northeast DC was at a community center.  Deputy Chief Dianne Groomes and other on and off-duty officers helped get the coats, hats, scarves and gloves matched up for mothers and grandmothers who were taking the more than 30 new coats home for their kids.

 This year, MPD has scaled back plans for this year's coat distribution and plan to have given 200 children new winter coats before Christmas.