One innovation, the ice cream truck, has been luring children and adults alike to the street for a century. The trucks are now a staple part of summer in the U.S.

The Norwich Police Department has launched a new community engagement initiative called the Ice Cream Patrol. According to a ...

And it’s not just ice cream shops and trucks — Shake Shack and other chains are selling more milkshakes, too. A Mister Softee ice cream truck in August of 2020 in New York City.

The truck now reads, "To protect … and serve ice cream." Since then, the truck has been to more than 50 events in Chicopee and is often found "patrolling" the city's parks.

“I don’t know why the ice cream trucks can’t sell ice cream after 8 p.m., it’s so weird,” young Lynn resident Zynalia Phoeurng told WHDH. “They’re a small business.