er of a grocery store â€" along with nes and telephone numbers of comâ€" tee members. All of the Oakville "communities", Ve box numbers in the Oakvflle ver‘s Phone Alone service. There‘s also the Officer in the ools program in which a community er spends one day a week in each of ille‘s high schools. "They‘re not e to catch kids doing anything ng or to spy on them, just to interact in a practice game with members of Kids Showing Pride (formerly the Kerr et on June 11th between high school students, merchants, seniors and memâ€" rdins, Dallas Desjardins, Melissa Hull, Nelson DaCosta and Mario Mirassol. them, have lunch with them, er their questions, give talks on 578 Kerr Street 844â€"7272 â€" 34441782 OAKTOWN 20e commend you on your fine efforts UPPLY LTD. | PROCOR with Community Policing £$53 ROYAL BANK everybody‘s business We Support the Men Women of the NHalton Police Service OAKVILLE 827â€"7406 TORONTO 255â€"2696 Other efforts that will allow the police to get to know their community and its members and viceâ€"versa is the Rideâ€"Along program. An 11â€"yearâ€"old program, the police invite anyone who‘d like to ride along with an officer on a shift to learn more about policing. drugs, You and the Law and personal safety and assist students with projects on the law, said Prasad. The program has been running for four years. The PEACE (Police Ethnic and Cultural _ Education) program â€" is designed to give students of different OAKVILLE, ONT. L6J 5B1 (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) The STEP (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program) team in Oakville, Constables Ed Rasieulis and Jeff Springstead, move around town â€" notifyâ€" ing the public of their moves through local media â€" and do speed and seat belt enforcement as well as targeting local problems of school area traffic safety. A speakers‘ bureau program sees officers giving talks to community groups free of charge on topics ranging from personal safety, safety issues in the home and office, sexual assault/date rape, domestic abuse, streetproofing children, home and business security, to drinking and driving, shoplifting, crime prevention through environmental design, robbery prevention, fraud, drugs, and safety for seniors and elder abuse. Police also offer free home security checks in which Crime Prevention Officer Constable Dave Cravero will visit the home giving pointers on safety tips, locks and alarms. A Task Force out of Oakyville‘s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) sees Constables George Schmidt, Kevin Baird, Scott Mason and Jodi Thomson often working with the TRACE unit and tackling specific problems like daylight house breakâ€"ins, business breakâ€"ins and thefts from auto in specific areas. The task force has been highly successful and boasts high arrest and property recovery rates since it began in January 1993. There are also Village Constable proâ€" grams. In downtown Oakville Constable Gary Ribble patrols on foot and has become wellâ€"known to local residents, business people, seniors and youths who can talk to him personally about probâ€" lems. On Kerr Street Constable Ellie Van Vliet does the same job, while Constable Mike Michalski is the officer known in Bronte. ethnic and racial backgrounds from local high schools an insight into police work. Working in Coâ€"operation with the Men Women of Halton Police Service Neighborhood Watch is another suc Irene McCauley Chair HAMILTON AUTOMOBILE CLUB TOWN CENTRE TWO 230 North Service Rd. ille, Ontari Cliff G. Byrnes Director IAMILTON a |mM°EN "We‘re trying to get closer to the community and what we‘re trying to erase is the apathy. Once we are able to do that, even to some small degree and get cooperation from the public, our job will be easier and the community will be richer for it,"said Prasad. The Senior Volunteers service sees groups of seniors volunteering their time to get back to victims of crimes to see if they need anything and to keep them up to date as their case proceeds through the court system. Police Alert is a police computer which keeps neighborhoods and busiâ€" ness areas up to date on any criminal activity or trends. Alerts are sent to the neighborhoods or business areas via the telephone. S.A.L.T stand for Seniors and Law Enforcement Together and allows seniors and the police to form a partnerâ€" ship to address their particular concerns. Constable Gary Ribble is the service‘s S.A.L.T. representative. The Halton Regional Police Service also priovides a Victim Services unit which sees trained individuals comfortâ€" ing anyone who has suffered a serious trauma through a criminal activity or personal tradgedy such as the loss of a loved one. The service is staffed by volâ€" unteers and is offered free of charge on a 24â€"hour basis to anyone requiring help. Those wishing to arrange for a police speaker, home security check, more information about the various police proâ€" grams or about their community‘s Community Consultation Committee, can call the Oakville district police staâ€" tion on White Oaks Blvd. at 825â€"4777 for Sgt. Prasad at Ext. 22220. cessful police program in which Oakville is divided into 57 Neighborhood Watch zones. Those interested in finding out if their area has a Neighborhood Watch can call the proâ€" gram coâ€"ordinator, Rosina Barley at 825â€"4777, Ext. 22223. Dave Whiting Chair Bob Williams Director Oakville, Ontario LH 587 Custom manufacturers of automotive and consumer products. 1455 North Service Road East, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H 1A7 (905) 815â€"0600 Quality is Job 1. Is Happy to Support the Efforts of the Police in Our Community Proudly Supports Halton Regional Police d1 THE OAKVILLE MILTON AND DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOARD â€"~ CANADA /2 After May 13th the number will be IS A PROUD MEMBER OF OPERATION PUBLIC ALERT 257â€"3461