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the HERALD Page Community Wednesday October Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 91 1 Fire Information 8771 1 33 Police Non Emergency 1 Hospital Distress Centre 8771 21 1 No injuries Halton Regional Police report no one was injured in a twocar collision that occurred Saturday night at Mill St and Willow St Police say a man driving a Ford pick up had stopped on Mill St behind another vehicle with his foot on the brake After he stop ped a Chevrolet coupe driven by an Acton man applied the brakes too late to avoid his vehicle and slid on the wet road surface into the rear of the pick up The pick up was lightly damaged while the coupe was severely damaged Police charged the Acton man with careless driving Charges pending Police say charges are pending following their investigation of a twocar collision at Winston chill Boulevard Oct 10 where a Nor val womans 1984 Ford sedan was severely damaged Police say the accident occurred after a GMC pick up driven by an Acton man struck the sedan as it was turning west off Winston Churchill Boulevard into a private drive The Acton mans pick up was moderately damaged and he sustained no injuries The woman suffered minor injuries while a passenger in her car sustained major injuries Both were taken to Georgetown District Memorial Hospital and later released Alarmed Police say two would be thieves fled after they set off an alarm in a Craig Crescent house they were at tempting to break into Police say the culprits slipped a lock on a side door of the residence entering the laundry room Once inside the residence they set off the alarm which awakened the residents of the house Police called in the Peel Canine Unit Halton s canine unit is on holidays and the dog was able to follow a strong scent for two blocks where it abruptly ended Police believe the culprits had a vehicle Nothing was reported stolen and police are continuing their in vestigation Slashed tires Police are looking for a Georgetown youth who may be responsible for slashing two tires and scratching the paint on a Georgetown mans car Police say the man s son took the car and three friends to Crossways Oct and parked the car in the store parking lot While they were in the store someone slashed the tires and scratched the paint As the complainant and friends were about to leave in the vehicle a male walked to the car shouted for the complainant to get out The com refused and the suspect kicked the drivers door sideview mirror causing damage say police Three charged On Oct on information received police officers attended a Lilac Lane residence and arrested a year old Georgetown man He was charged with break enter and theft stolen property over and mischief under Stolen property was also seized at the home He 11 appear in Milton court 21 Prohibited weapon A 16yearold Toronto male was charged with being in possession of a prohibited weapon after police searched his knapsack Police say the accused was a passenger m a car that is the subject of an in The accused consented to a search and police found a prohibited butterfly knife in his knapsack The accused will appear in Milton court Nov 15 Pickup problems A Georgetown man 1990 Dodge Dakota pickup was severely damaged after it began ex mechanical problems causing the driver to accelerate in to the rear of a large truck on Moun tamvieu Rd and Maple Ave Oct Police say the man was southbound on Mountainview when he hit the rear of a very large truck severely damaging his vehicle However the truck he hit didn t even notice and drove awav with minimal damage say police There were no injuries and no charges laid Quiet thief An unknown thief stole a television Nintendo machine Game Boy briefcase and cash from a home in Georgetown Oct 16 while residents of the home were asleep in their beds Police say the unknown cuipnts used a screwdriver to slip the door lock on a garage door to enter the home A waterbottle was found outside the home and seized for fingerprinting The victim her husband and their four children were all asleep in their beds at the time Police have no suspects Pullet bhtz Over worth of ammunition casings and casing reloading sup plies were stolen from a Georgetown home Oct 16 Police suspect unknown suspects may have been aware the home owner had a well set up bullet casing re loading system his shed The thieves stole a press loading dies weigh scales worth of gun powder worth of gun cleaning kits a drill lantern and other tools Before leaving police say the culpnts pried open the trunk of the property owners vehicle possible looking for guns but found nothing Police are con tinuing their investigation House breakin Unknown culprits broke into a Georgetown home Oct 15 and stole worth of items including a VCR cassettes liquor and cash Police say the thieves entered by slipping the bolt on the front door Police are continuing their in vestigation Crime Stoppers looking for concerned citizens Crime Stoppers of Halton under its constitution allows for a Board of Directors to number strong At present there are only members on the Board Sergeant Dan Fair the police coordlnator for the program has been authorized by the Board to request through the media that any interested person submit a resume to Crime Stoppers of Halton Any concerned citizen who wishes to become involved in this rewarding program is invited to send a letter to the nominations committee of the Board of tors of Crime Stoppers of Halton The Board is looking for people who are self motivated concern ed and accessible Please for ward any resumes to Crime Stoppers of Halton co Box 2700 Bronte Rd Oakville Ontario or call or for further information 11 Division welcomes new District Commander By LISA POT The Herald For the first time in his years of service with the Regional Police Service Staff Inspector Richard Dawson has been tran sferred to North and he says he can wait to get involved in the community Staff Insp Dawson is Division Georgetown Acton and Milton new District Commander replacing Staff Inspector Richard Kivell who held the post or just over a year and a half The two actually traded places with Staff Kivell taking over Staff Insp Dawson s former job as Director of Staff Services where he 11 be involved in police ad ministration finance human resources recruiting and training Staff Insp Dawson took over command Oct and said coming here is like going back to when I fir st started policing in Burlington because it s like going back to old time policing I was out walking the other day and the people here wave and talk to you he said Likewise he can t wait to get out and talk to the community One of his first plans is to go out walking the beat with the village constables to get to know local business owners and residents He also has plans to join one of the local charitable organizations probably the Rotary Club which he is presently a member of in Burlington Staff Dawson has quite a record of community involvement Besides the Rotary club he is president of the Burlington Minor Hockey Association president of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treat ment Program ADAPT and president of the Senior Officers Association which requires him to negotiate contracts with the Police Services Board My past record of community involvement will be a plus in this job he said I have strong ties to my community and I get along well with people One reason I want to join a service club in this area is to give something back to this com By getting to know people in the Third charged atEC Dairy A third man has been charged by Halton Regional Police in their con tinuing investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse at C Drury School for the deaf in Milton Ronald Hackett 54 of stein north of Guelph was charged with indecent assault and appeared m court Oct 15 for a bail hearing His next court appearance was set for Oct 28 Police say the man was arrested after a former student at Drury told police between Jan to Dec a teacher repeatedly touched her genitals on numerous occasion The alleged incidents did not take place the school but curred in the teachers car and home Mr Hackett was a teacher and guidance counsellor at the school from He was released at his bail on a assurance fee and told he permitted to have contact with the victim and was to keep the peace and be of good behavior Mr is the third person to be charged in this investigation Also charged is Harvey Bradley of Milton with two counts of rape and one count each of sexual in tercourse with a female under indecent assault assault and being in possession of a weapon for a pur pose dangerous to public peace The other person arrested is Gerald Hall of London who was charged with 12 criminal offences including rape sexual intercourse with a female under 16 and gross in decency Pointing to one of the areas with a high crime rate In Georgetown is Halton Regional Police Division District Commander Staff In spector Richard Dawson Staff Dawson replaced Staff Insp Richard Kivell Oct 15 who In turn took over Staff Dawsons old fob as Director of Staff Services Herald Photo community he hopes to learn about local concerns He has already determined three areas in North Halton which need special at rural break wilful damages and theft from autos Im looking to develop task for ces to address these three issues he said Staff Dawson has climbed up through the ranks to this position He started with the old Burlington police force in June as a cadet spending nine years in uniform For the following five years he worked in the Burlington Criminal Intelligence Bureau and in the youth bureau By July he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to District in Oakville where he stayed after being promoted to Staff Sergeant in Dec He left Oakville in Jan 1985 when he was transferred to human resources to be in charge of hiring training and fitness training It helped prepare him for his next promotion to Inspector and transfer to Support Services where he was head of record communication and computer services He spent a year doing that before being transferred to District 3 in Burlington in Jan He was promoted to Staff In Aug 1 and spent two months as Director of Staff Ser vices before coming to Halton Hills Staff Insp Dawson and his wife Margaret have two children 16- yearold Michael and 14yearold David FLYERS Watch for these MONEYSAVING flyers inside this edition of THE HERALD STEAK EXPRESS PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION CANADIAN TIRE If you did not receive your dyer please call our circulation department Monday to Friday a to 5 p m