UTC Police Department To Hold Cell Phone Drive To Benefit Victims Of Abuse - Chattanooga Pulse

The University of Tennessee astatine Chattanooga Police Department is hosting a foundation donation thrust from Jan. 23-28 to cod physics devices for victims of home maltreatment and intersexual assault.

The donation thrust is simply a concern betwixt the UTC Police Department, the 911 Cell Phone Bank and the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults.

The 911 Cell Phone Bank, nationally recognized for its enactment with instrumentality enforcement and unfortunate advocator groups, collects each tiny physics devices—including smartphones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches, iPods, iPads and crippled players.

They are past refurbished and distributed upon petition to instrumentality enforcement agencies and nonprofit organizations crossed the country. 

As portion of this collaboration, the UTC Police Department volition beryllium provided reloadable Trac phones. In turn, the phones volition beryllium given—at nary charge—to survivors of narration abuse; successful incidents of narration violence, abusers volition often destruct the victim’s compartment telephone oregon device.

The UTC Police Department has partnered with the Mocs women’s hoops squad for the donation drive. Patrons bringing immoderate tiny donatable physics devices to the games connected Jan. 26 vs. UNC Greensboro (7 p.m. tipoff astatine McKenzie Arena) oregon Jan. 28 vs. Western Carolina (2 p.m.) volition person a “Buy One, Get One Half Off” connection for a wide admittance ticket.

Devices should beryllium brought to the container bureau astatine Gate 2 oregon Gate 3 to person this offer; UTC Police unit volition beryllium wrong the arena to cod the donated devices.

People who would similar to assistance victims of narration unit and person an physics instrumentality to recycle—but cannot marque it to the games—can driblet them disconnected astatine the donation postulation container successful the UTC Police Department beforehand lobby astatine 400 Palmetto Street.