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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, August 15, 2008 56 Pages www.independentfreepress.com You and Your Pet Lightning strikes Page 12 Health Care special section 8-Pages Brawl mars Bulldogs victory Page 21 Town to put $1M into aging arena Page 5 Editorial 6 Ted Brown 11 Sports 21, 22 Classifieds 26-28 Calendar 29, 30 INSIDE The annual Warriors Day parade will be held in downtown George- town tomorrow at 1 p.m. For photo coverage see Wednesdays edition. WEDNESDAY... While part of the job of the Halton Police is to watch how others are driving, a recently-released report is reminding officers to keep their own eyes on the road. The 2008 Police Vehicle Collision Summary Report, which was presented to the Halton Regional Police Services Board last Friday, found that in the first six months of 2008 there was a total of 66 police vehicle collisions, 44 of which were deemed pre- ventable. The reasons for the preventable collisions are listed as follows: in three incidents officers were following too close, six times officers were driving too fast for conditions, in 26 incidents officers failed to make sure the way was clear before they moved their vehicle, in one incident an officer failed to obey a sign, in another an officer made an improper turn, in two incidents officers failed to yield the right of way and in one report the officer backed up improperly. Four other accidents fell into the miscellaneous category. Halton Regional Police Chief Gary Crowell, who authored the report, noted that this years collision total is higher than average with 50 police accidents taking place during the same period of 2007, 37 in 2006 and 52 in 2005. GEORGETOWN CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 905-877-7818 or 905-877-8375 0% financing on all 2008 models. See us for details. i i ll . f t il . (905) 873-1655 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. City Jetta now starting at $16,900 *See Georgetown Volkswagen for full details and a decent cup of coffee. Georgetown Volkswagen 203 Guelph Street 9 0 5 . 8 7 7 . 5 2 8 5 georgetownvw.com City Jetta $0 downpayment* $0 securitydeposit* $0 firstmonthlypayment* Lease or Financeits your choice. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Halton Police officers and mem- bers of the OPP Provincial Organized Crime Enforcement Team stand outside a Todd Road warehouse Wednesday. Officers charged two men one from Georgetown and the other from Brampton after nearly $1 million in stolen property was found. See story page 3. Photo by Ted Brown Nature lovers The Brooks brothers, Tucker, 6, (left) and Lucas, 9, were among a group of kids learning about the environment at the Willow Park Ecological Centre in Norval Wednesday, as part of the summer camps held in the park. The kids would go on scavenger hunts, and look for the many diffferent influences of animals and humans on the environment. Photo by Ted Brown DAVID LEA Special to The IFP See STUDY, pg. 7 Police locate $1-million in stolen goods Police-related accidents on the rise in 08