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They soon realized an 11-year-old girl and her mother had been living out of their car, so Marsh called the Homelessness Task Force to arrange housing for them, according to a Facebook post by the Huntington Beach Police Department.

As they waited, Officer Pricer, 38, decided to have some fun, and taught the 11-year-old how to play hopscotch.

"For an 11-year-old girl, to see a police officer towering over her is a scary thing," Pricer, a 13-year veteran, told The Register. "I was trying to break the ice and get her to feel comfortable with me."

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

Credit: Photo by Austin Kaseman