Finding Lamby: Oxford Citizens United To Find Stuffed Toy

OPD's Twitter, made famous in 2015 during a smack talk war with Gainsville Police, run by McCutchen and Lt. Hildon Sessums, put out the photo of Lamby, and it lit a fire under the community. [...] we also had the community sending us pictures, saying, 'We're at Kroger, we're on University, we're out searching.' Not only were citizens retweeting and sharing the photo of the stuffed lamb and asking OPD for updates, Oxford businesses rallied, offering rewards for information leading to the safe return of Lamby. There were rewards offered from a $50 gift card at a sushi restaurant, to a pair of jeans, to a subscription to Oxford Magazine, and the offers kept coming in. Why did Oxford Police Department care about a lost stuffed animal simply because someone sent them a picture? Because it's about community, McCutchen said. In this day and age you want your law enforcement to truly care, and what we're trying to make people understand is that matters, it's important to someone.

 

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