Salvation Army Helps Make Bicycle Headlight Program Successful

Oskaloosa Police Department

THANKS TO A DONATION BY THE SALVATION ARMY, THE OSKALOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO HAND OUT 38 BICYCLE HEADLIGHTS TO CYCLISTS WHO WERE IN NEED OF A LIGHT.

OVER THE SUMMER, OSKALOOSA POLICE OFFICERS CARRIED BIKE HEADLIGHTS WHILE ON PATROL. WHEN OFFICERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, HEADLIGHTS WERE GIVEN OUT TO RIDERS INSTEAD OF A CITATION OR THEIR BICYCLE BEING IMPOUNDED. THIS PROGRAM GAVE THE OFFICERS A CHANCE TO HAVE A POSITIVE CONTACT WITH CYCLISTS, EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE BIKE LAWS IN IOWA AND HELP ENSURE THEIR SAFETY BY BEING VISIBLE AFTER DARK WHILE ON OSKALOOSA CITY STREETS..

OFFICERS RECEIVED POSITIVE FEED BACK FROM RIDERS WHO RECEIVED A LIGHT AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE.