San Leandro police give out bikes to disadvantaged youth

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Saturday, December 16, 2017
San Leandro police officers will be giving out hundreds of bikes to children this holiday season.
San Leandro police officers will be giving out hundreds of bikes to children this holiday season.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- San Leandro police officers will be giving out hundreds of bikes to children this holiday season.

The Police Officer's Association raised $28,000 to buy 520 bikes for the annual "Bikes for Tykes" program to serve underprivileged youth.

The kids who will receive the bikes were selected from a random drawing.

The bike giveaway starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Davis Street Family Resource Center.