RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Police in Farmington, N.H., are issuing tickets all over town. But these are tickets you might not mind getting.</s>CHIEF JOHN DRURY: They're for a slice of pizza or a small French fry.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: That's Farmington Police Chief John Drury. And these tickets, or coupons really, are being handed out for good behavior.</s>CHIEF JOHN DRURY: Someone shoveling a sidewalk or pushing a car out of a snowbank.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's been lots of opportunity for that in Farmington. Chief Drury says they've had some nine feet of snow, which is actually how he got the idea.</s>CHIEF JOHN DRURY: It had been in between all these crazy snowstorms that we've had and we've all been dealing with. And this gentleman walked down sidewalk, and he walked across the crosswalk. And he climbed over a snowbank and got into the store he was going into. And I said that gentleman needs a metal.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Drury decided pizza was the next best thing. And a local shop donated coupons for police to hand out.</s>CHIEF JOHN DRURY: It's the little things that we do every day that can make a difference in people's lives. And the expression that you get when you hand somebody these is priceless.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Drury says it gives police a chance to engage with their community in a different kind of way.</s>CHIEF JOHN DRURY: We got into this profession to help people. Unfortunately, sometimes, we have to help them into a pair of handcuffs.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: But if you do someone else a favor or just do the right thing, you might get a free pizza. And even in mid-March, there are plenty of opportunities. Today's forecast for Farmington, a 90 percent chance of snow.
Getting a ticket isn't all bad when it's in Farmington, N.H. Police Chief John Drury tells NPR's Rachel Martin that officers there are giving out pizza coupons for good behavior.