The Salem Police Department on Saturday gave away 41 bikes and one bike frame and tires that had gone unclaimed over the past two years.
The 41 bicycles all lined up to get a new owner at Saturday’s Salem Police Department bicycle giveaway. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
There were 68 who received numbers to be able to pick out a bike for as long as they lasted. The police department handed out numbers as people arrived for the bike giveaway. Each bike was registered before it was taken home.
The long line in the Salem Police Department parking lot waiting for numbers to be called to get a bicycle. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
The giveaway was scheduled to last from nine to noon, but all the bicycles were gone by 10:15.
The Salem Fraternal Order of Police received $20 in donations to the Shop with a Cop program.
