 Well, sometimes an encounter with police warns bad news. The Brainerd Police Department, though, is proving that's not always the case. Dairy Queen AAA and local police departments have teamed up for the I Got Caught program. If children are caught practicing good safety habits while riding their bike, scooter, or inline skates, they're rewarded with a free small ice cream from Dairy Queen. The children are ticketed by local police and then they simply turn in their ticket to get their free treat. Two really big goals come out of it. One, it's good community policing. It's positive interaction for our police department to do something fun and rewarding and positive with kids. But two, it is to help kids be safer by wearing helmets to help bring down the number of head trauma incidents that happen to kids from falling off of bikes and getting in crashes. The I Got Caught program runs throughout most of the state and tickets are valid at Dairy Queen until the end of the calendar year. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.