GALLERY: Kids, Cops and Cones

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Elkaisis Armstead, 11, reaches for a pass from Lt. George Chopek of the Prosecutors office during a Cops, Kids and Cones event Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Delsea Village Apartments in Millville. Joe Lamberti/Staff Photographer

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