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Local students gain insight into real police work _ '"'It'sreally changed our image of police officers," says Shelley Chapman. "I think the public in general often think that policeman are machines, that they are bound by hardfast rules," adds Cathy Casquenette, "but that's not the real way it is at all. They're highly skilled and they're nice people doing a good job." While both Chapman and Casquenette would be fhe first to tell you that their six-day visit with the Midland Detachment of the OPP is not necessarily designed to teach them greater ap- preciation of the human side of police-officers-- it's one of the bonuses that comes with being a student in the Law and Security Program with Georgian College in Barrie. The students are participating in a work week, thatincludes work in close quarters with police officers at both the Barrie and Midland OPP detachments. They are there to gain an insight into what the police forces are all about, by ac- companying police constables wherever they go--be it patrolling, court room work, radio room dispatching and investigation, or setting up a speed trap. In this week they'll do it all--and they'll work the same strange shifts as the police officers. The course itself, overseen by Georgian's program coordinator Robert Warman, is designed, ultimately, to prepare students to gain sufficient experience to acquire employment in any of several facets of police work, including customs officers, penitentiary work, or civilian police duty. No push over The course is certainly no push over as_ the students will attest to. While they are in the second year of the two- year program, their original class of 26 has been pared down to 13. The course outline seems demanding but challenging. "We take everything," "They've been really nice,' Shelley says, "We're with them all the time, and they'll answer any and all questions that we might have." The students explained that both have "Police Auxiliary" uniforms that are normally worn during the work weeks, but that OPP policy is not to allow students to do so--for the students' own safety. "They are concerned that we could be shot at during the course of an investigation,' Shelley explained. Neither girl seemed particularly upset however While we visited the girls at the OPP Midland detachment on Monday, both confided that it had seemed quiet, especially at an earlier two-day Casquenette said, a notation goes down in the book. Log books "While the log books of the detachment are off limits because of con- fidentiality," Cathy said, "we must keep our own record as well, without infringing on the con- fidentiality of the detach- ment." Both Casquenette and Chapman will be preparing a report for their program coor- dinator when they return to school, and odds are that before the week is out, they'll have much activity to fill their notebooks with. District Seven is cottage country one of them says, and cottage country generally means a high incidence of police at work, the students will, by week's end, have gained an in- sight into the various technical skills of Midland's OPP force-- and an insight into the human side of policemen. This advertisement is not to be construed as a public offering in any Province of Canada of the be made in the Province of Ontario and only when securities mentione 1. Such offering a@ prospectus has been accepted for filing by the Ontario Securities Commission New Iss the municipal Savings & loan corporation 300,000 Common Shares without par value Price: $7.50 per share of which may be s made by the prospec tus only, coptes red from the wndersi ich other dealers as may lawfully offer these securities in this province Shelley Che an says, session with the Barrie occurances. "a ee ee eae tees OPP, But for every oc- But besides the first SSS el ae Abnormal Psychology, Curence Cathy hand observation of Criminélogy, Police ee y, aJ Ms = Camuminieddone) < Gay" KEEP CANADIANS WORKING Wood Gundy Limited ernment studies and even some martial arts--in an THIS CHRISTMAS unarmed combat part of KEN KEELEY BUY CANADIAN MADE GOODS the program." Both students agree that the officers at the Midland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have been more than helpful. 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