NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and law enforcement officers (LEO\'s) from all over the North State will be honoring the month by wearing official pink patches through the end of the month.

The purpose of the LEO\'s efforts is to show support for survivors and fighters of breast cancer, and also to raise awareness for the need to screen and treat breast cancer.

One in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer during their life.

Men are also affected by breast cancer with 2,650 cases expected to be diagnosed this year.

Agencies from all over Northern California are participating, including the Butte County Sheriff with a bear on the patch, and the Chico Police Department has a pink bordered patch with four design elements, as you can see in the video provided in this story.

In Redding, a business has joined in to support the cause again in 2021. The company is called Signarama. The business owners have purchased and donated pink patches for several North State fire and law enforcement agencies.

In 2021 two new Shasta County agencies have joined the cause. Redding Firefighters and the Shasta County District Attorney\'s Office are participating this year for the first time.  In Shasta County, all proceeds from patch sales will go to the Nor-Cal Think Pink efforts.

Patches are being sold for $10 each or $40 for a set of all six of the Shasta County pink patches. Checks must be made payable to "NorCal Think Pink."

Individual patches will be sold at all participating agencies except for the Redding Fire Department.  Redding Fire and Police patches can be purchased at the police station on Cypress Avenue. Marshal\'s patches can be purchased at the courthouse and all others in the lobbies of the various agencies.

Action News Now has been told that all participating agencies will have their individual patches and the set of six patches for sale while supplies last.