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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 11 - 5 26 Division's Mercier is cited by RCMP for award | By Chris Hall Port Perry Star For the first time in its storied history, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police honoured officers from other services during a special ceremony recently. Among them was Inspector Chuck Mercier, commanding officer at the Durham Regional Police Service's 26 Division in Port Perry. During the special cer- emony last month RCMP Commissioner J.P.R. Murray presented Insp. Mercier with the Mounties' highest honour, the Commissioner's Accommodation, for his "dedication and innova- tive approach in develop- ing the Major Course Management course and manual". Insp. Mercier received a large pewter plaque and a special medal for his uniform. The project for which he was cited outlines clear practices and princi- ples for investigative techniques and various roles officers, such as vic- tim management and media management. It's a guide for officers involved in large scale investiga- tions. The MCM describes how a crime scene should be managed, and how evi- dence and data should be catalogued, analyzed, and stored. Work began on the MCM in 1992 at RCMP's Canadian Police College in Ottawa by Sgt. Mike Shaver, an officer with the RCMP. Insp. Mercier became involved in 1994 with the presentation and resource part of the project. Since its creation, the MCM has been presented to more than 750 officers nationally and interna- tionally. It has also caught the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other police ser- vices in Australia and the United Kingdom. The MCM was also rec- ognized for its importance in the Guy Paul Morin Chuck Mercier, it is one Teachers to view curriculum Durham District School Board secondary teachers will receive training in secondary reform at a half-day ses- sion to be held May 28. Students at public sec- ondary schools will be dis- missed at lunch time on May 28 so that teachers may spend the remainder of the day preparing for implementation of the government's new Grade 9 curriculum beginning in September. Teams of teachers from each school have been trained in the new curriculum and they will pass on their exper- tise to their peers at the in-school sessions. Although the date had not been scheduled, the half day was accounted for in the board's plan to make up time lost by stu- dents in the strike last September. The Durham District School Board waited to schedule the half day of training until pertinent curriculum doc- uments and materials had been received from the ministry. * retractable ° stationary * basket CLASSIC ALUMINUM Show TOON: 60 Vanedward Dr. THEN KUT KERR! _--- GA 66H 985-0075 ETIRTITN TITER RST] FY BY I investigation and the Paul Bernardo case. During a review in 1996, a provincial judge recommended that Ontario adopt the princi- ples of the MCM course for its police officers. But, for his part, Insp. Mercier downplays his role in the creation of the MCM course and manual. "This isn't an award for for the Durham Service and the team behind the MCM," he said. "It has been recognized internationally as an out- standing practice... a superior method of inves- tigation." LATLOM Associates Inc. DRIVER TRAINING CENTRE Port Perry, Ontario NEXT COURSE STARTS: \% Ea Oo (Wednesday & Thursday Nights 6 - 9:10pm) OF | IY Register Now 985-4547 Ministry of Transportation Approved Courses DY "2 2) NUTRITION PROS, Antioxidants - What Are They? by Joan Hood, R.D., C.D.E. Antioxidants occur in foods eaten every day and are also made by the body. Vitamin C. E. BETA CAROTENE and SELENIUM are all antioxidants found in foods. The body's normal use of oxygen produces harmful by- products called free radicals. 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