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Wednesdsay February 23, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A3 N ew Halton officers bring different expertise to job Five new officers ju st assigned to Oakville range from a highly trained English police officer to a constable bom in Egypt. This group wa$ am ong 17 new officers welcom ed into the ranks of Halton Regional Police during Friday's swearing-in cere mony in the Regional Council chamber. Fifteen o f the new constables are new to policing w hile the rem aining tw o have previous police experience - one in w est ern Canada, the other in England. Among the O akville officers is Susan Biggs, w ho spent nine years w ith the M etropolitan Police Service in L ondon, England - four years walking a beat, five years with the British equivalent o f the TR U (Tactical and Rescue Unit) team. A Burlington resident since March 1999, Biggs was selected to sing God Save the Queen and serve on the Colour Party and Drill Team at the Ontario Police College M arch Past Ceremony. Having earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Psychology at. the University o f Surrey, Biggs enjoys running and ice-skating and is learning the rules o f hockey and lacrosse. Mississauga's M ark A braham hails from Cairo, w here he was raised by a Coptic Egyptian fam ily, then immigrated to Canada when he was 13. Studies at the University o f T oronto and L akehead U niversity w ere rewarded with degrees in politi cal science and psychology. A braham served in the Canadian military prior to being hired by Halton Regional Police. He is also a volunteer with the M ississauga C rim e Prevention Association. R obert F elske m ajored in Sociology at the University o f W estern O ntario w ith a sec ondary concentration in C rim inology and deviance. W hile attending school he worked at a local halfway house and was part-time counselor for federal inmates on day parole. For the year prior to being hired by Halton Regional Police, Felske was a correctional and youth officer at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre. Niagara Falls' Paul Fretz has a background in everything from law enforcem ent, physical edu cation/sociology to healthcare and has worked with C anada Custom s and Excise as a special constable w ith H am iltonW entworth Regional Police. Jerem y Smith o f Burlington is a graduate o f H um ber C ollege's Ambulance and Emergency Care Program who served with the H alton-M ississauga Ambulance Service as a duty manager. He brings with him 12 years o f pre hospital em ergency experience. Sam antha Brown, an Oakville resident for 10 years, will be assigned to G eorgetow n. A Kinesiology graduate o f York University, she is a volunteer sis ter with the Halton Children's Aid Society. W hile attending the Ontario Police College, Brown was a m em ber o f the drill team. Chantal Verrier, born in Montreal and raised in Oakville, is fluent in both French and E nglish and has a degree in C rim inology and Political Science. She worked as a child and youth worker prior to being hired by Halton Regional Police. C lass leader o f the Halton recruits at O ntario Police College, Verrier also volunteers with Child Find Ontario. She will be assigned to Burlington. Other notable officers include Fernando Vieira, assigned to G eorgetow n, w ho speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. His m other came all the way from Portugal to witness Friday's ceremony. A nh D ieu w as b om in V ietnam and raised in India before coming to Canada in 1985 and graduated from Algonquin College's Law and Security pro gram. H e then studied Sociology and A nthropology at Carleton University. He will be assigned to Burlington. Paul Foley has been assigned to G eorgetow n w hile D avid Constantini, Paul Kapshey and C ole R epta are assigned to Milton. Thanks for the badge honey. Paul Foley plants a kiss on his fiancee Jennifer, an O P P constable as H alton Police C h ief Ean A lgar looks on. Photo by Peter C. 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