Lincoln Parish Sherriff deputies are visiting homes, not because they have a warrant, but because they have groceries. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Matthew Henderson says they started doing grocery pickup for the elderly this week and have expanded to helping others that are at-risk.
“Whether it be people with compromised immune systems or for instance we also opened up to the Lousiana Center for the Blind that’s located here in Ruston as well,” said Henderson.
Residents place their orders online, then call deputies telling them which store and the order number. Henderson says they launched the delivery service on Monday and it has taken off.
“We’re constantly getting calls in daily, we have a table that has pending orders for the day and there’s probably half a dozen orders on there for the day and the phone is ringing with more and more coming in,” said Henderson.
Henderson says although none of the deputies ever thought they’d be in delivering groceries in law enforcement, they find the experience rewarding.
“They are truly loving it, they get so much delight out of it, seeing the appreciation from customers they are delivering to, it’s just been a great thing for everybody,” said Henderson.
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