NJ Town Marshal Shares Details about Bike Safety Event Planned For May

Posted on April 23, 2019
Author Jacque Ryan, WKVI

After receiving a great turn out during April’s community event, officials at the North Judson Police Department are already making plans for next month.

Town Marshal Kelly Fisher informed the Town Council last week that the 2nd annual Easter Egg and Dog Bone Hunt had an even bigger turn out than the first year they held it. 

She shared, “We jumped up to 75 kids this year, that’s about twice as much as we had last year. On the Dog Bone hunt we were up to 14 dogs, which was also up from last year.”

Looking ahead, Fisher said the Police Department is interested in holding an event to highlight bike safety and promote the use of the town trails. She said the free event will require pre-registration and it is tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18th.

Fisher explained, “We’ll have a bicycle safety course, with cones and so forth and we’ll have an instructor out there.”

She continued, “Also if something is wrong with their bike, they can bring it up and we’ll fix it. It could be a flat tire or a broken chain or something, we are capable of doing that.”

In addition to offering the safety course and the repair services, the department will also be providing some donated bikes. Marshal Fisher said she has already collected some but they’re looking for additional donations.

She noted, “If anybody has an unwanted bike that they want to pass along, contact us, because we’ll have some available.”

You can contact Department officials through the NJPD Facebook page or by calling 574-772-5914.