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Italian ice treats, tours of police vehicles and speeches by Duke University and N.C. Central University football coaches were all offered at Durham Police Department Headquarters on Saturday.

The event was Safety in Numbers, a mini-fair to raise awareness for National Night Out, an annual event which will take place on Aug. 3 this year to highlight police-neighborhood safety efforts.

Despite the sweltering heat on Saturday, parents and children showed up at the event for the chance to chat with officers, get the behind-the-scenes information on how they operate and tour the heavily armored police vehicles.

Corporal D.P. Rausch showed off the armored vehicle for the Selective Enforcement Team, which conducts raids, searches and barricades similar to a SWAT team.

“L.A.’s got the SWAT team. We just didn’t want to be called SWAT,” he said. “We’re SET.”

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