Linda has been my best friend for the last 30 years and she is a police officer with the Ottawa Police Service (if you had known the two of us as kids and teenagers, police officer and teacher were probably not at the top of the list of our chosen professions!). On Monday, she and her recruit, Constable Katie Ste. Marie came to visit us. Constable Katie read us Fancy Nancy, then Linda took some time to talk about safety and what to do in an emergency. She was very impressed with how much the kids knew about safety precautions, and we got a good laugh at how many of them were quick to try and turn their parents in for their lead foot!
Afterwards, Constables Linda and Katie took us for a tour of their police cruiser. The kids got to sit in the back, "ride" shotgun and even sit in the driver's seat. They even put the siren on as they left, much to the delight of the neighbours, I'm sure! It was a great event and the kids really enjoyed meeting some of our uniformed helpers up close!
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