Georgia Cops Trade Tickets For Treats, Hand Out Ice Cream At Traffic Stops

Georgia Cops Trade Tickets For Treats, Hand Out Ice Cream At Traffic Stops

This police department knows how to keep it cool.

Officers in Warner Robins, Georgia, issued ice cream treats instead of tickets to residents on Thursday, the Telegraph reported. The initiative was part of a fundraiser for a nearby children’s hospital -- and the results were pretty sweet.

Traffic Stops For Blizzards” was the city’s effort to support Dairy Queen’s Miracle Treat Day -- an annual event with the company that partners with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. For every treat sold on July 30, 1 dollar or more was donated to hospitals in the network, among them Macon’s Children’s Hospital Navicent Health, in an effort to raise awareness for pediatric health.

However, recipients first had to make a violation to merit the sweet treat. “If I don’t follow procedure, I’m violating [the]Fourth Amendment rights of the people I pull over, officer Ed Smith told the Telegraph. But the offenses were minor, and resulted in ice cream over a fine.

“I’m kind of glad I got pulled over now,” Logan Watson, who was pulled over for faulty tail lights, said to the news outlet.

The police department’s sweet act comes a month after a Minnesota officer spent his last day on the job handing out gift cards to people in his community. Cmdr. Brian Peters, of Brooklyn City, surprised residents with $50 certificates to Target and a local grocery store, ABC News reported. "My goal was to walk around the city and just find people that could maybe use a little extra cash or income to buy the kids some toys,” Peters told the news outlet.

According to the Miracle Treat Day website, nearly $2 million will be donated to children’s hospitals across the country.

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