"Drop the gun and let her go now!" shouts Hill, as he adopts a comâ€" bat stance and levels his revolver at the man. Instead, the gunman curses and threatens to shoot the woman immediately. It is a Mexican standoff with an innocent bystander the potenâ€" tial victim. Heart racing, blood pounding, oblivious to the terrified screams of other customers and tellers, Hill has to make a split second decision in this deadly battle of wills. What is he to do? "STOP!" The voice of the instructor brings reality to a crashing halt. "Justify your By GORD KOLLE Special to the Beaver "Drop it pig or she dies!" Halton Police Constable Kim Hill hears nothing, sees nothing but the handgun shoved against the head of the frightened woman customer in the bank. â€" Automatically, the police offiâ€" cer draws his own weapon and aims it, trying to get a bead on the gunman struccling with the terrified woman. Computer system helps police decide when and how to use their weapons Halton Regional Police Constable Kim Hill takes on ‘F.A.T.S.‘ Dave Coons Chair of the board Information meetings are being held to explain Grade 1 and Grade 7 French Immersion programs starting in September, 1993. LOCATIONS of the information meetings: Sunningdale Public School Thursday, January 21, 1993 7:00 p.m. Falgarwood Public School Thursday, January 28, 1993 7:00 p.m. Pine Grove Public School Monday, January 25, 1993 7:00 p.m. of the Halton Board of Education an information meeting on the FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAMS You are invited to attend "Pursuing Excellence in Education Through Commitment and Service" The device will hone the reaction skills police officers need in a potenâ€" tially violent or death dealing conâ€" frontation. The average officer does not deal with consistently explosive situations, but FA.T.S. training is expected to sharpen reaction times to the point where police can effectively actions," says Staff Sgt. Bob Barss, as he rises from behind a squat machine known as EA.T.S., or the Firearms Training Systems Simulator. What Hill has just experienced is a fabricaâ€" tion, a computer generated simulation so convincing it appears to place the participant in a real life situation. EA.T.S., is a computerized laser disk program which reproduces situaâ€" tions to test a police officer‘s judgâ€" ment and reflexes. A bank, a country road, basically any type of environâ€" ment is reproduced full size complete with people and perpetrators. Officers are then invited to participate by assessing potentially violent situations in the movie and reacting to them. If they fire their guns, the laser disc proâ€" gram registers hits. Linbrook Public School Tuesday, January 26, 1993 7:30 p.m. Q.E. Park School Wednesday, January 27, 1993 7:00 p.m. For further information please call 847â€"1550 Bob Williams Director of Education handle themselves and consider the use of force as an alternative solution. F.A.T.S. was developed by the military and used by the United States Marine Corps and Army for infantry training for the invasions of Panama and Iraq. Police say the training "YOUR COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTRE" 125 CROSS AVE. (Across from the GO station) (See ‘System‘ page 12) s STAR CLEANERS CUSTOM TAILORING "0 We have moved to our new location at 148 Randall Street to serve you better! We now offer drycleaning services at 50% off. Offer expires February 28/93 Other services include * Remodelling and Alterations sound systems _«* e | e0%° puo" Ey Ga\e s