The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

GeorgetownActon Wednesday Aug 9 Haton Regional Police have made tremendous strides in past four years Regional Police have done a virtual turn about since being Muted in by the Ontario audit shows the shadow cast by various reports over the administrative and operational capabilities of the force have been soundly dispelled JamesHarduig The 15 page OPC audit says the Police have become a force others could learn from and should Our officers no longer in the corner with heads bowed low whilst whispering the name Halloa because are ashamed of the organization to which they belong declared The report from K Schulu lauds facility improvements accounting procedures numerous administrative changes instituted since Harding took over the helm the drastic improvement In force morale etc The report also makes 14 recommendations many of which Harding written response noted re already recognized and are either being delayed for budget reasons or in the process of being alimented Steps taken by Harding administration to enhance training and career development are applauded The force is also congratulated about the amalgamation of the old municipal forces which were tossed together when the regional force was born in rhere is a of dedication and loyalty among all ranks had not previously ex is ted Members no longer think of themselves as still being part of the smaller municipalities and now consider themselves as totally immersed In their loyalty and dedication to the Halloo Regional Police Force Schullz wrote The training needs are being adequately met for the police community and Regional Police Force The training now being afforded the uniform officers of the Force has made significant changes in the morale loyalty and EspntdeCorps or the Force However Schullz also writes that civilian personnel fed they have been overlooked when it comes to training and he suggests some courses should be auotedtotnem The force has unit criminal in vestigation units response team a regional drug squad and a polygraph bureau Halton a police are among the first to have a polygraph unit Schultz urged a fraud squad and traffic and fait and run units be established Harding responded they knew they needed the extra units but felt the additional IS officers allocated for this year should be deployed in the field to secure a greater degree of police visibility To reduce costs officers on the day shift must also attend court and their spots are taken on the day shift by policemen scheduled to work the afternoon and evening shifts Although th may save court call backs the and night shifts are often seriously depleted Schultz He reported urgent response time is reasonable but routine call responses are longir The is going to conduct an adequacy and work load study on the police with the full backing of the Police Commission and Force Record keeping is adequate wrote but urged a retention schedule bylaw be enacted to improve the situation Forms are being stored or destroyed without proper authorization from the Commission A formalized procedure for handling all property Is needed Schultz found In addition the property receipt tag system needs to be improved a three copy tag system should be adopted The Georgetown station property room is adequate clean and all items properly tagged The drug procedure in Is good but the storage space Is inadequate It is just a filing cabinet with no security locks The procedure for handling seized liquor been followed but Harding said steps are being taken to solve that problem The Georgetown police station was applauded for having full video coverage from the entrance to the cells for prisoner surveillance Other Last Wednesday the Acton Public Library held a Shannon Matthew GInn puppetsbowandhereSuurtGInn Kelly Shannon showoffsomeof the puppets used Government policies petitioned by stations do have problems in this area The Acton storefront station have cells Halton has an extensive crime prevention program and the sen ice is adequate Besides a sergeant and constable working in crime prevention to each district there also 16 officers working as There a school safety program seminars for the public on security and fraud Operation Identification and Provident a race relations program false alarms are being monitored special programs in the area of vandalism all officers attend sessions on prevent e policing and the chief and deputy arc out m the community talking to c groups and politicians The planning and research branch is functioning but understaffed and already there are officers working on in this area The police plan for refurbishing cruisers is somewhat unque and should interest other forces and on of some to propane has resulted in sign gicant savings Schultz stated Officers are neat and clean uniform pressed and leather shed ha r cuts are regulation length v no indication of this causing morale problems The procedure for new recruits is adequate and there is a fair ratio or women officers Thi Chief and Deputy Chief have many in novative ideas and practices Participatory Management Practices have been initiated wlthir all ranks of the Force and it appears to bo working veil A committee involving a member of the Assoc has ben formed and has created sense of fairness and impartiality that never existed before Th practice could be of interest to other police forces in the province and may well serve to lessen some of the morale and discipline problems they are Reg Pol Force is a young and vibrant organ with the continued support of ts citizens and governing authorities con become n the words as expressed by the rmon of the Board- the best pol force in the province The supervision system in place now in the Is adequate but changes will be needed as thesrzeofthcForcegrows Schultz notes A participatory managing concept practised by the sen or command of the force is ap preciated by constables and is good for morale and the number of off quilting the force is minimal Written performance appraisals for officers was viewed as a live step which should be ex tended to civ I an personnel have an excellent rapport with court officials Schullz quotes from Crown At Jim who says Halton police have the best prepared Crown briefs in the nation and all nil cases are properly investigated and quality charges la is also pleased with he administrative and organ progress the Force has made in recent years Pedestrian hit minor injuries An Acton woman hospitalized after the suffered minor Injuries accident she was taken when she was hit by a home car at the Main and Mill The driver of the St intersection last vehicle which hit the Tuesday night woman was Clarence Ida Cripps Willow Harding Main St St need to be South Kay Hart centre Is one of the six surviving Marie Georgetown BcarrivJIlt members of the original of Little Cornwall Owen Sound Missouri Ontario in members of the Saskatchewan Mi Forest London and family gathered la At Urn at the Band pictured here are front row left to right Annie Saturday for their year reunion It was the Bailey Kay Hart Frost Back row first time Kay and her husband Bob Rd George llotchklsi and Tom hosted the reunion Guests came from Toronto Ballmafad Visitors here for holidays her three daughters spent he long weekend camping with friends near Bradford Amle O Connor Invited a few friends to help celebrate her 12th birthday Saturday July 31 Mrs Louise Clellan and family from Drug charge An Towns resident and a Guelph man face charges of possessing a narcotic following a routine police check last week The 16yearold youth and a year old Guelph man were rested July after they were found to be In possession of marl LSD and hashish oil according to reports from Halton Regional Police British Columbia are spending a holiday with her parents Bud and Eveline Snow Ashley Bird returned home on Saturday after spending a week at the Teen Ranch camp in range Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Howard who recently became grandparents again when their youngest daughter Phyllis and husband Alan became the proud parents of a baby boy Glad to report that Mrs Jessie Ma dill is home from hospital and recovering from recent eye surgery Nancy Shortill who plays with the ladies soft ball team was com over the weekend with other senior girls teams from Ontario The winning team will compete with the finals later in Newfoundland Mrs Elizabeth Heath is visiting Floyd and Edna Shortill and family She is from Monahans Texas and lsacousinof Floyd CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY ACTON UNIT CAUL 8532225 Chicken Club Members Watch for of Chicken Club Picnic Wild wood Manor Farm August 21 1982 mora da tall next week Sponsored by the Optimist Club Drug Abuse Committee By STEVE ARNOLD Opposition members of Parliament are going to spend the summer months circulating a petition against the policies the Liberal government and Otto will be in the thick of 1 Conservative MP said in a telephone interview from Ottawa last week that the petition was developed in response to a growing tide of resentment of the economic policies of Pierre I ve been asked a hundred limes in the last few months just what an ordinary person can do to help change the leadership In Ottawa he said This may not be the only answer but I think a lot of public opinion in a particular area can help to Jar the government into action The petition being circulated by the Con is addressed to the GovernorGeneral and ask him to dissolve Parliament and call a general election Asked if he thought the petition campaign would Social services not high priority actually move the GovernorGeneral to action Mr Jelinek admitted I not going to ho my breath waiting It really depends on the results of this petition and others across the country As an example of the of support for a change in government Mr noted a recent page ad published in the Globe and Mall calling for signatures asking for a change Another man in western Canada hopes to collect million to bribe Pierre Trudeau Into resigning In the House of Commons recently Mr challenged back bench Liberal members to speak out against the economic policies of the govern that arc doing so much damage to the country Simon CHARTERED 0109 877 0100 5 Wesleyan Street Georgetown Ontario 2E2 The fact that Regional government puts greater stock in water solid waste and job creation than social services t come as a shock to CAS worker Joan Lee who stresses that only time and education can change governmental priorities Ms Lee who will be Interim acting CAS executive director during the summer months was one of several members of the CAS professional and socio services com mlltee to recently learn the Regions priorities from Regional planner Ed Bab during a committee meeting The whole area social services is not yet understood If ttTIIAIIi7 ASUS Is your car taking you for a ride It costs you 19 cents to dnve your car just one kilometre If you dnve just kilometres a day to and fromwork thats Or 00 a week Or 1 a year And that doesn tindude daily parking If you take GO Transit to work A it costs just 5 cents a kilometre And we II do the parking M tt97IIAIlSiT Parsons Leach Tuxedo Royale When Only the Best Will do after Six the Grey Cutaway Specializing In Tuxedos rental and sales AM I J i Tuxedo Royale will offer the finest in quality and service OUR PRICES WILL PLEASE YOU Stop by and reserve yours today BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE 7934322 Hrllcrest Mall North York Shendan Mall Parkway Mall met York