--- title: Christmas; Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets description: Georgia sheriff's deputies are spreading the holiday cheer canonical: https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-19T20:15:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:59.885Z og:title: Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets og:description: Georgia sheriff's deputies are spreading the holiday cheer og:url: https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets twitter:description: Georgia sheriff's deputies are spreading the holiday cheer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Georgia Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 19, 2015 8:15 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 19, 2015 8:15 PM UTC Sheriff deputies in Georgia are pulling over drivers this holiday season—only they’re [giving out $100 bills instead of tickets.](http://on.wmaz.com/1TWg0Nr) An anonymous donation to the sheriff’s office in Monroe County of a little more than $5,000 came with stipulation that the officers spread a little Christmas cheer by giving money out instead of tickets for minor infractions, Monroe County Sheriff John Bittick told local CBS affiliate WMAZ. “‘I pulled you over because (of) your heads lights’ or little minor violation(s) and typically, what happens with that is you would most likely get a ticket,” Deputy Timothy Campfield told a motorist. “Today we’re out giving something different than tickets. We’d like to give you a donation toward your family to help you with whatever you need to do.” The drivers were surprised by the officers generosity. “Can I hug you?” one driver asked. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/"},"headline":"Georgia Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets","datePublished":"2015-12-19T20:15:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:59.885Z","description":"Georgia sheriff's deputies are spreading the holiday cheer","url":"https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","georgia"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156080/georgia-cops-give-drivers-100-bills-instead-of-tickets/","name":"Georgia Cops Give Drivers $100 Bills Instead of Tickets"}}]}] ```