What are CHOICE Police & Fire Trading Cards?

A fun and educational tool modeled after professional baseball style trading cards. Police and Fire cards promote safety messages and effectively build relationships between Children, Police and Firefighters in your community!

Why CHOICE Trading Cards?

Why have hundreds of departments used Police and Firefighter Cards for nearly two decades? The short answer is that kids love trading cards and can identify with them. So, what is the benefit? Why Police Officers? Why Firefighters?

Collecting cards bridges the gap between children and the Police Officers and Firefighters that serve their community.  Cards are a great icebreaker to open the line of communication and a familiar way for kids to get to know their local Police Officers and Firefighters.

The familiar and attractive card format encourages kids to collect and trade the cards to win valuable prizes. Our customers can tell you from their own experience that a Trading Card Program is one of the most effective communication tools available!

How do I Use the Cards?

The most effective way to use police and fire trading cards is to create a collectable set. Children in the community are challenged to gather all of the cards in the set and prizes are awarded to the winners. In many communities, the prizes are donated by local merchants.

Winners are drawn in each school in the community with top prizes of iPads, flat screen TVs, gift certificates and bicycles. With community support, several thousand dollars worth of prizes are given away!

“We chose Choice to manufacture the inaugural set of SSPD trading cards for our community and K-9 Officers. The results have been very pleasing and the cards remain much in demand by our schools, churches, and Civic Organizations.” – Sandy Springs Police Dept.

Steps to Get Started
  • Preferred file formats accepted are JPEG and TIFF 750 x 1050 pixels or larger.
  • For larger orders, try to take photos in a consistent vertical or horizontal format.
  • Do not cut or crop photos.
  • 35mm glossy prints are also accepted.
  • Check out our Photo Guidelines for help.

A Bio Template needs to be supplied for each unique card being produced. For orders of 1-5 Unique Cards, please fill out the bio(s) online form.

With orders of 6+ Unique Cards please type your bios in the Word Bio Template below and send electronically with your order. Download Bio Template

If you cannot send your bio(s) electronically, you can download a printable form, or call 1.800.999.2464 and we’d be happy to email you a copy.

Please note: There will be an additional $10.00 typesetting fee for each handwritten bio submitted with order.

  • Choose one of our web styles, here
  • CHOICE can customize a design style just for your department, with no additional fee!
  • … Or use a style from a card sample

All Styles will be customized to fit your department’s theme including colors, patch/badge, etc.