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Peabody police trying to teach kids about bike safety

PEABODY, Mass. — Peabody Police are trying to teach dozens of kids a safety lesson.

The department says it took bikes away from 30 kids who weren’t wearing helmets.

The bikes were taken to the police station and kids had to go with their parents to pick them up.

The children and their parents were given a copy of the helmet law, a helmet, a water bottle and a coupon for ice cream.