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SECTION MiyD Police recruiting second in a series Blacks hired on merit constable says NOT The foilowinK I part In of article about police by the Police This week reported talks to a and a constable accepted the force itisnltr being under Hie old restrictions training become a with the Regional Police Force In on effort to familiarize Hilton uniformed officers with tin ethnic backgrounds the police deportment has inlroduced a 12 day cultural Officials hope lo ex post every uniformed officer in Hilton police force lo cultural IrdininR 1988 But is cultural training enough Staff Strficnl Ron Sullivan of the Human Department says then is a for problems in with vinous ethnic groups by not fimlhar with their Only six per cent of Ifnlton a police force t insists of visible minorities The force intends compare mat number v the brt ikdown of ethnic groups lo be releas ed in fill of this Any wide between Ihe Hon of police force the will attempt be it recruiting Staff Sullwnsiid Attempts are being made lo the community in composition of ft ret illhough an exact duphca lion would be irnpnclicil SulliA in sill Hill officer Brown a black QUESTIONS ANYONE Const George Community Relations and Crime Prevention and Const Kim or the Regional Traffic Bureau were at the Optimist Kama Monday to answer questions from the police whether the topic was recruitment police duties prevention Herald photo It used to be that While with the public crop up only occasionally problem with fellow police officers is not a problem Nobody voiced any problems about working with me I don t know who a on the force and I probably rot likely to find out he Mid But there have been incidents earning some concern Out of some people I ve had contact with on the force there have been people that I am not sure of be said Jokes and com men la about his col or are common and Individual remarks don bother him but jokes all day by different officers who don realize they might be the lenlh one to make the remark can get on Officer Brown nerves Some people think it a all in fun and they really have a problem Others are just insensitive and don I think before they open their mouth he said When you re on the force a few wrong words in ihe wrong places and you re finished You don know what kind of damage can be done Some officers flre over- sens live said Officer Brown There arc a few people wllh a chip on their shoulder They make their own he said Officer Brown believes he has been given even handed treat office ruing of ethnic should not play a in deter recruits should lo bring tin police force in with the community he said toI it the expense of hiring a i more qualified while police Brown doesn know if he hired in July of because he idets iron told how scored tht tests so I knew how they did romp ither recruits 1 likt to feel that 1 got hired on siidOffittrlirown forces I look at minorities I doubt if I would been hired it the of sevtn ago said In my mind If it hive been ihnt way vou t discrepancy that have ion he added Bui he agrees minorities arc crucial to he polkx If look at a force and if you just sec same of person all time so meone who meets all the criteria is going lo say why cant 1 iki Given iht media coverage of luck of minorities on forces black would have a good chance of on force but not any better Hun whites Officer Brown smd of rent minority recruiting procedures Officer Brown admits he las problems nth Ihe betoust of his But in most cases he J He said he suspctls the uniform rather than n l aligned areas with a Hit color of his skin that people arc higher population aiming ill think that If people Ireil ym bad its because of Family planning The Ministry of Is being asked for a family planning clinic in North Region is making the re quest to establish such a clinic in Milton a health department office The clinic Is to provide family planning counselling and other vices lo residents of Milton and Hills Regional council approved the idea in and Ministry officials gave tentative approval for this ex pension in March Total cost for the new clinic Is estimated all funding Be boat wise Registration is now taking place for Lets Be Boatwlse a boating wifely course for children co- hosted by Hills Public libraries and Georgetown Power The course alms to pro vide 9 to 13yearolds the knowledge to identify a boat in distress and lo call for radio Members of the Power Squadron will be conducting the course on Tuesday and Thursday evenings 30 30 m from June to June IB In the Children of the Georgetown Library The cost of the is for one child and for two children in Ihe same family For further information call the at 877 V Clothing s Fond farewell Doug McDonald the provincial field executive at Blue Spring Scout Reserve Is leaving to go to Red Deer Alberta as region executive tor Recently president of North District Gary Elliott presented Mr McDonald with a gill on behalf of the district Photo sub mitted TRIO HOW AVAILABLE ATOM HOWE AM STORE MOVIE RENTALS the uniform said Officir Brown plenty of with racial pro- lems both in and out of uniform When be attended West Humbcr Col School racial problems begin to crop up He admits its to till if It Is the uniform or he color of his skin ire limine When I was out uniform I hid people talking down to nit and I know it because of my skin color I been In a lion you don l know if they re just lee off it or If Ihey don I for the uniform It Slid Pro is directly of color i not been Brown but in Tall doesnt mean policemans better at his profession It Herald Stuff Before Dave McCartney stood no chance fulfilling his am billon to become police officer Bui In 1087 Dm McCartney earned the tilie of le he a full fledged r wilh the Police Nine ye would have been itcd from a candidate s list immediately not because of of or failure of or written tests or even at Iht whim of an interview ing officer Officer would mi I madt force f Ins physical stiturc f tall ind 140 pounds McCartney wouldn t Luc measured up to the of five feet ten inches and pounds demanded of male Ha linn Region Police officers started as a dispatcher in the rndio room in You have to merits he said It lack of size I helped me one wiy or the affected my job Cons McCartney had to gruelling physical given Hal cadets in the category is else in his group Th physical fitness part is lot mi rt strenuous now than it used to be said But he completed the sit tips pushups one and j In If mile run flexibility tests and 100 sprint just same as his nil torn No situations cropped whert his stature has ference he said Like other officers on Regional Police Puree McCartney believes it s uniform and officers personality that makes the difference not size of constable There no diffcrt whti r resist his human to I hick and remember Officer Brown he has i temper it comes to racial in and Inert some names which I just ah or recalled a case in which used the protection of a Jail cell to him He he wanted to retaliate but he checked himself first I thought is it worth losing year job lo tee at in the guv But there arc he said But it tan work the other wjy ton In some of his deal with Jamnicin teenagers I think would you more than whites he said is a between the people talk lo outside the uniform and in he said But he at tint to the uniform not is skin color I think in the imifirm I more respect the snmt mount from he wjnl to do Thit m foot in the door said Constable McCartney You Ind lo gel into Ihe pool j00 in Hut felt that 1 hid in equal opportunity Const McCirtncj said the toller ones had an idannge Now everybody is evaluated on to be n the way they fellow police of fleers or Ihe publlcl treated me the way they been treated iby me said Const McCartney Police officers are regard is equals and size or sex stand In iho way Const Met irlney said Once you re member of ihe police force you don I kinds of things he said 8779896 IF YOU DONT HAVE A LENNOX YOU MUST HAVE MONEY TO BURN Lennox central air conditioning systems cost less to 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