On a wintery, rainy afternoon two days before Christmas, Westminster police officers partnered with local churches to provide a hot meal and warm clothing to individuals surviving on the streets. They were found seeking cover in strip malls or living in tents in parking lots of abandoned businesses and within the tall shrubbery at freeway exits and interchanges. As Homeless Liaison Officer Nicole Brown puts it, the officers were out there to offer “that little kernel of care that goes a long way.” “You’re never going to win the battle, but if you get one person off the street, or…