These sweet police officers are redefining the phrase “protect and serve” now that they’ve got their own ice cream truck.
Thanks to the efforts of Officer Darren Derby of the Pittsfield Police Department in Massachusetts, the county’s law enforcement recently purchases their own ice cream truck so they can give away ice cream and popsicles to the community.
Derby first got the idea for the initiative after he read about Boston and St. Louis police officers doing something similar. While Pittsfield is a relatively small city, he believed free ice cream to be a good way for law enforcement to build ties with the people.
This is not the first time that Derby has…