Local middle school students recently surprised the Ocala Police Department with a car wash.

Local middle school students surprise Ocala Police Department with car wash
Howard Middle School students helped wash a few of the Ocala Police Department’s patrol cars

According to an OPD Facebook posting, students from Howard Middle School (1655 NW 10th Street) showed up at OPD’s headquarters on Saturday and washed multiple patrol cars.

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The students scrubbed each patrol car
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One of the patrol cars is being rinsed clean
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The students posed in front of the clean vehicles

OPD was appreciative of the students’ hard work and kind gesture. Detective Ridge thanked them with pizzas.

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OPD Detective Ridge thanked the students with pizza

In November, the generosity of the Ocala Police Department’s officers was on display when they donated Christmas decorations and turned Thanksgiving bonuses into meals for local families.

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