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Artscene No Chance in Hell now on stage A WBDF victory over the U.S. Sports www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE Stay Connected! Friday, July 4, 2014 | 24 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon Police pick up lead in Tweetathon by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff 23° 12° 26° 13° 28° 16° 27° 20° Constable calls it a day on the job by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Halton police are calling their participation in last Friday's 24-hour Global Police Tweet-a-thon a success stating it generated not only a lot of public interest, but also a tip in a cold-case homicide. But at this point, they won't say which one. The Tweet-a-thon saw approximately 1,000 police services from around the world share photos, videos, current investigations, crime prevention, safety tips and more via Twitter in an effort to create ties between the social media community and law enforcement. Halton police also used the event to share information about cold cases, including homicides, missing persons and sexual assaults. In the end, they got the audience they were looking for with four of the police service's Twitter accounts being see Police on p.8 His uniform may be laden with medals, but as one Oakville constable retires after 30 years with the Halton Regional Police Service, he says his greatest sense of pride comes from the people he helped. Const. Shane Crawford, 54, bid the police service farewell June 30 -- closing the book on a career, which led him to foot patrol in Burlington, aboard the Halton Police Marine Unit, and back to high school as a liaison ofcer in Oakville. An Oakville Trafalgar High School graduate, Crawford said while the police service has been very good to him, he has been dealing with some medical issues and, after 30 years, it came time to leave. "I was blessed to be with the police service at a time when the leadership allowed people to come up with ideas and supported them," said Crawford. "That allowed you to really work with people with the full resources of the police service behind you." Born in St. John's, N.L., Crawford served with the Canadian Forces for nearly eight Const. Shane Crawford, after three decades with the Halton Regional Police Service, is now of cially retired. The of cer has years before joining the Halton police in walked the beat, patrolled on the water and worked as both a village and school-liaison of cer. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville 1984. Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) see Constable on p.7 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N T H E M A G N E S G RO U P I N C . 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!