--- description: Shaq surprised a Gainesville police officer with a game of pickup basketball title: Shaq Surprises Florida Cop for Pickup Game With Kids image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Florida](/tag/florida/) ## Florida Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shaq Surprises Florida Cop for Pickup Game With Kids by [Jillian Sederholm / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Jillian Sederholm / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 24, 2016 3:54 PM CUT by [Jillian Sederholm / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Jillian Sederholm / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 24, 2016 3:54 PM CUT A Florida cop’s heartwarming response to a noise complaint about kids playing basketball proved to be a slam dunk with someone who knows a thing or two about the game. NBA all-star Shaquille O’Neal was among more than 14 million people who viewed video of Gainesville Police Officer Bobby White responding to a call about kids playing “loudly” in the street by joining the group in a game of hoops instead of shutting them down. The 4-time champ made a surprise stop at the Gainesville Police Department on Saturday to praise White and help the officer make good on a promise to “bring backup” for another pickup game with the kids. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shaq-surprises-florida-cop-pickup-game-kids-after-viral-hoops-n503136?cid=par-time%5F20160124 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/"},"headline":"Shaq Surprises Florida Cop for Pickup Game With Kids","datePublished":"2016-01-24T15:54:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:23:36.055Z","description":"\"These kids will never forget the day Shaq rolled up to their house to play ball\"","url":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/","keywords":["Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jillian Sederholm / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","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":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/","name":"Shaq Surprises Florida Cop for Pickup Game With Kids"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: Dashcam Video Shows Cop Playing Basketball With Kids","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/v0hjQ9uG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-24T16:31:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/v0hjQ9uG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4191812/shaq-florida-cop-pickup-basketball/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```