A MILLICENT supermarket car park was the temporary base for 18 lycra-clad police officers at lunchtime last week.
The Victorian police officers were midway through a 1000km charity cycle ride from Adelaide to Melbourne.
They were taking their pledge to serve the community to the next level by raising funds for children with cystic fibrosis.
The Woolworths supermarket car park in Davenport Street was used as a lunch stop as the company is one of the sponsors of the charity ride.
The riders and their support crew later stayed overnight in Mount Gambier and were given an escort to the Blue Lake city by the South East Highway Patrol.
The ride finishes in Melbourne on the weekend with the proceeds going to Cystic Fibrosis Community Care Victoria, which supports around 700 Victorians.
This is the second year the event has been staged.
Acting Sergeant Greg Green said they undertook the event in 2016 and raised over $40,000.
He said the 18 riders were hoping to raise more this year.
The event holds special significance for Sgt Green as he is father to a daughter aged seven who suffers with cystic fibrosis.
It is the most commonly inherited life-shortening chronic illness affecting young Australians with no cure.
The disease primarily affects the lungs, pancreas and digestive tract.
Every nine days in Australia a person dies from this disease and many are in their teens.
The average life expectancy of a person with cystic fibrosis is just 37 years, but sadly around 50pc of people with the condition will not survive to half that age.
