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Cops Dress As Superheroes, Visit Stony Brook Children's Hospital

SCPD's Sixth Precinct Cops Who Care also came bearing gifts. See video and more photos inside the story.

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Officers from SCPD’s Sixth Precinct Cops Who Care dressed up as superheroes and visited the Stony Brook Children's Hospital Friday afternoon.
Officers from SCPD’s Sixth Precinct Cops Who Care dressed up as superheroes and visited the Stony Brook Children's Hospital Friday afternoon. (Courtesy: Suffolk County Police Department)

STONY BROOK, NY — Patients at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital got a nice surprise and special holiday delivery Friday afternoon. Members of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Sixth Precinct Cops Who Care paid them a visit in superhero garb.

John Skippon, police operations aide, dressed up as Captain America, while detective Jennifer Fortunato donned a Captain Marvel outfit. Other officers joined them, delivering presents to the children.

This marked the third year Cops Who Care officers visited with pediatric patients in hopes of brightening their holidays.

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