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Cops Send Gangsters 'Bad Santa' Card

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After they sent a Christmas card to known gangsters and drug dealers last year, Abbotsford Police Department drew a little fire for an image showing Chief Bob Rich dressed as Santa in full flak gear, machine gun included.

Undeterred, the cops are mailing cards to their very particular list again this year, but with a nod to last year's critics. This season's greeting is titled "Even Santa Makes Mistakes" and depicts Father Christmas writing out lines on a chalkboard that repeat, "I will not play with guns."

Inside, the message remains the same:

If you are reading this, you are on the list of people APD is asking to make a change in their lives. I know it is pretty likely you have had a much more difficult life than most of us. The hard truth is that nothing can be done about that. It is what it is.
But it is also true that it is never too late to make a different choice about the rest of your life. You can leave crime behind if you are willing to change your life. You can get help to beat an addiction that is taking over your life.

The card ends with a number recipients can call to begin receiving help, and with a quote from Albert Einstein printed on the back:

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Abbotsford Police Christmas Card Plea To Gangsters

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Christmas card front (credit:Abbotsford Police Department)

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Christmas card inside. (credit:Abbotsford Police Department)

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Christmas card inside. (credit:Abbotsford Police Department)

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Christmas card back. (credit:Abbotsford Police Department)

Hostages For The Holidays(05 of40)

This started off as a fun game... (credit:We Know Memes)

Howling Holidays(06 of40)

The family that howls together... (credit:Reddit)

Hi Tech Holidays(07 of40)

We wonder who texted this idea to everyone else in the family. (credit:Huffington Post)

Nonsensical Cheer Card(08 of40)

He's clearly a performance artist. (credit:Reddit)

Tricky Perspective Card(09 of40)

The antlers are bigger than the whole sleigh! (credit:Reddit)

Lonely Christmas Card(10 of40)

One way to show your ex-wife you're annoyed with her. (credit:Reddit)

Blinking Holiday Card(11 of40)

This solves the problem of one person being upset about taking a bad picture. (credit:List Of The Day)

Dudes In Sweaters Holiday Card(12 of40)

Those sweaters can join our list! (credit:List Of The Day)

Human Cats Holiday Card(13 of40)

It seems like only a matter of time until those dogs/reindeer revolt. (credit:List Of The Day)

Ghostbusters Holiday Card(14 of40)

Given our love of a good pun, we can appreciate "ho ho ho ya gonna call?" (credit:Bored To Death)

Baby In A Box Card(15 of40)

This right here is commitment. (credit:Reddit)

Flying Dog Holiday Card(16 of40)

This makes sense. (credit:Reddit)

Bros In A Tub Holiday Card(17 of40)

So there's this... (credit:Reddit)

Man/Dog Love Card(18 of40)

If there's a place to be controversial, it's in a holiday card. (credit:Reddit)

Neverending Story Holiday Card(19 of40)

This right here is what photoshop was invented for. (credit:Reddit)

Bros Holiday Card(20 of40)

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Old School Holiday Card(21 of40)

We hope the mustache was just for the picture. (credit:Reddit)

Drinking Holiday Card(22 of40)

Let's hope that's apple cider. (credit:Reddit)

Sad Holiday Card(23 of40)

This is way easier than trying to get a good picture where both kids are looking at the camera. (credit:Reddit)

Blow Up Holiday Card(24 of40)

So so serious. (credit:Reddit)

Violent Navidad Card(25 of40)

"You see this year you have to be more like the leopard than the gazelle"- whoever pitched this card. (credit:Daily What)

KISS-ing Christmas(26 of40)

They missed a clear mistletoe moment. (credit:Reddit)

Reindeer Games(27 of40)

Getting someone from NBC News in there really helps too. (credit:Today)

Present Wrappers(28 of40)

Is the face "Christmas Wrappers" a thing. (credit:Pleated-Jeans)

A Little Pun Goes A Long Way(29 of40)

So do we think that's Dad's foot? (credit:Blogspot: Ungirdled Passion)

The Usual Suspects(30 of40)

Those are some chic stripes. (credit:Blogspot: Summertime Designs)

Classic Art(31 of40)

This family consistently brings it. (credit:Ho Hum Cards)

Just Strange(32 of40)

Patrick and Ethan are very progressive. (credit:Reddit)

Run Away!(33 of40)

The dog would not play along. (credit:Funny Or Die)

Butterfly In The Sky(34 of40)

The baby loves it! (credit:Tumblr: Official Princess Diana)

Super Christmas(35 of40)

Yelitza Caro-Jimenez:

Happy December(36 of40)

jmiller6724:
Don't mess this up for us!

The Ballinger Family Christmas Photo 2012(37 of40)

adrenalizd:
Silent Night:The only way we could get the kids to sit still long enough to set the camera on the tripod and to set the timer was to tie them up with what was available... LOL

Uncle Ross with nieces Cassidy who wanted her picture taken and Kennedy who did not.(38 of40)

Ross Runfola:
Uncle Ross with nieces Cassidy who wanted her picture taken and Kennedy who did not.

Dear Santa, We Can Explain....(39 of40)

Stacy Donlin Fisher:
Fisher Family of Ocean City, NJ.

Throwback(40 of40)

Keleigh Richardson:

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