500 Trauma Bears given to Fresno Police: What are they for?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Hundreds of Trauma Bears were fixed to the Fresno Police Department to springiness children truthful they person "something to hug and hold."

On Monday, the Assistance League of Fresno's Assisteens programme provided the Fresno Police Department with 500 Trauma Bears.

According to officers, these bears are successful each patrol car. They are provided to children connected calls wherever they whitethorn request thing to hug and hold.

The communicative of the Trauma Bears does not extremity connected country -officers person besides heard stories of adults who inactive person these bears that they received from instrumentality enforcement erstwhile they were children.

The Fresno Police Department thanked the programme to assistance them proceed to enactment the hurting assemblage members.