In the early years it was to make presentations and let us know that the police are here to help if you need it, mischief at the school, and in high school they came to recruit. The early years presentations are great, and I am sure that most schools in the country get these presentations, it the recruiting sessions later that need to happen more. Recruiting presentations are a great tool to help give people an understanding on what the police go through. It resets the respect factor that high school students may have lost, it may change the opinion of a few, and it might get someone to apply for a job. Police VehiclesPolice vehicles should be easily identified by the public. There is no need to for police to disguise themselves in ghost cars to run day to day operations. If the operation is high risk for an officer, then use one for officer safety, but there is no need to park off the side of a road to catch people speeding, not wearing seatbelts, etc. Police need to be visible if the public need them and not hidden. This creates a mistrust and a dislike for police by the public. Officer AppearanceMost officers keep in shape throughout their career, but there are a few who don’t keep themselves up to the standards they had to meet while at the academy. The Edmonton Police Service has all officers under the
In the early years it was to make presentations and let us know that the police are here to help if you need it, mischief at the school, and in high school they came to recruit. The early years presentations are great, and I am sure that most schools in the country get these presentations, it the recruiting sessions later that need to happen more. Recruiting presentations are a great tool to help give people an understanding on what the police go through. It resets the respect factor that high school students may have lost, it may change the opinion of a few, and it might get someone to apply for a job. Police VehiclesPolice vehicles should be easily identified by the public. There is no need to for police to disguise themselves in ghost cars to run day to day operations. If the operation is high risk for an officer, then use one for officer safety, but there is no need to park off the side of a road to catch people speeding, not wearing seatbelts, etc. Police need to be visible if the public need them and not hidden. This creates a mistrust and a dislike for police by the public. Officer AppearanceMost officers keep in shape throughout their career, but there are a few who don’t keep themselves up to the standards they had to meet while at the academy. The Edmonton Police Service has all officers under the