“We bring children that might otherwise not have a good Christmas get to come to the store,” Lt. Rene Gonzalez of the Michigan State Police told WJBK-TV. “They get $100, sometimes a $150 gift card to go and shop for themselves or family.”

Amid all the good cheer — not to mention a high concentration of law enforcement personnel — one woman got the bright idea to try a bit of shoplifting.

Police said a Walmart staff member notified a trooper participating in Shop with a Cop that a female was trying to steal $727.86 in merchandise from the store.

[People don’t go into this line of work because of a high intellect. I’m surprised she made it to 62 years old without written instructions on how to breathe. — Ed]