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Orono Weekly Times, 21 May 1980, p. 7

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■ V- 1 '- Murray lawn & garden equipment Tractors 3666, ROLPH DOMINION HARDWARE ORONO, ONT. 983-5207 1 Constable Johnson demon- switches in a police cruiser strates the buttons and that operate the flashing lights and siren. Police Week Newcastle by Sheri Yeo Police Week in Ontario was and on 'this occasion, police observed from May 12th to 16 stations organized tours of Tomorrow's policeman - Johnson'S hat to get the real wheel of a police cruiser, today? Chris dons Constable effect- of being behind the their facilities. Thursday I joined a group of students from the Newcastle Nursery School on their tour through the Newcastle Ontario Provincial Provincial Police Station. I was just as awed as the young students as we followed Constable Schultz through the 1 station. We started fifst in the dispatch room where the radio is housed. We heard some calls going in and out through the dispatcher The next stop on the tour* was the cells. Nobody wanted to get locked in (even for fun) so after a good look at the small quarters and hard beds, we continued on. " The highlight of the whole tour came next. The motorcycles motorcycles ! Each student got to sit on the bikes, pretend he or she was a police person, even 1 talked into the radio. On television, when someone someone gets booked by the police, he has to have his fingerprint taken. All of my little friends had their print taken and were able to keep the card with the print on it. One fellow was upset that he got his hands dirty by doing this. The cruiser was our last attraction and everybody got to sit in the car, watch the lights flash and hear the siren. We looked in the trunk of the cruiser where we found blankets, shov«els and a crow bar for accidents and a riot stick for controlling crowds.. Constable Johnson showed us how the radar worked and he checked the car, just bÿ getting its' license plate num-' ber to see if it was stolen. It wasn't. Constable Schultz wound up the tdur by reminding the kids that policemen are your friends - whenever you see a policeman or woman, you can go to them for help. With that, the children were given safety stickers and they went (Continued page 8) Constable Schultz holds the get locked in - as students. School take a peek in a cell, door open - nobody wants to from the Newcastle Nursery photo by Sheri Yeo An interesting demonstration And away we go Orojio Wvekh I inii-s, V\ <'<Hi<x<la\, Max 21si. l!lxi>-7 The chief takes over Calling all cars! This the motorcycles at the New- radio, he calls for assistance youngster sits astride one of castle O.P.P. Using the hand to get down off the large bike.

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