For a second year, the Evesham Police Department will again partner with 7-Eleven as it celebrates its 21st anniversary of “Operation Chill.”
Each year, 7-Eleven, Inc. helps thousands of local police officers recognize the younger generation.
This year, officers from the Evesham department will be utilizing this partnership to enhance the department’s efforts to promote bike helmet safety and preventing head injuries.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), head injuries kill an average of 52,000 people per year and send almost half a million youth ages 14 and under to an emergency room annually.
To help bring awareness, 7-Eleven has supplied the Evesham Department with free Slurpee drink coupons.
Evesham officers will be handing out these tickets to kids who are observed wearing a helmet while riding a bike, scooter, skates, or skateboard.
This is department’s way of rewarding those who are properly protecting themselves against injury.
“Our agency is always looking for unique ways to reach out to the public we serve and promote a good cause,” said Chief Christopher Chew. “Positive community policing is at the core of any progressive, successful agency. We pride ourselves in being leaders in this area.”
This program will run from throughout the end of the year.
