Despite furlough days cutting their pay, dozens of DeKalb County police officers contributed to help buy less fortunate children Christmas gifts.

This week, Chief William O’Brien delivered the gifts to two families. The families were chosen by the county’s child advocacy center, police said.

The department collected money from the officers at various precincts,

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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