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Photo Credit: Esther Robshaw On August 26 th Warwick held their National Night out event. To Kick off the National Night Out Ceremonies on August 26 th , Mayor Avedisian and Council Woman Donna Travis thanked everyone for coming out to the event. It was suppose to be held on August 4 th but was rescheduled due to the storm. At National Night out there were many different groups/organizations that had tables set up such as The Greater Warwick Lions Club, Buttonwoods Crime Watch, Citizen’s Police Alumni Group, and the Oakland Beach Crime Watch and many more.   Some of the groups that were present were 211, American Red Cross, Gloria Gemma Foundation, and the Warwick Emergency Management Agency Mobile Command Center. ATV Demo Officer Maggiacomo -Photo Credit Esther Robshaw For children there were a few fun activities for them such, as the Warwick Fire Department ‘s Fire Safety House, Bounce House, and The Slide.   During the night there were three demonst...

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been particapting in an online boot camp hosted by Katie McFarland from ( Mom’s Little Running Buddy).  You might be wondering how this online bootcamp works,  well for Katie’s groups on every Sunday she would send us a list of work outs to complete along with a challenge for each day. For week 1 this is what we had to accomplish.  Also Katie would do quick demo's of the work out moves on her periscope so we could know how to complete them the correct way without getting hurt.     During the second week everything was laid out again including the daily challenge which I liked very much. I found the challenge to be very helpful!  During the course of this online boot camp I learned some new work out movements that I never knew before!

-  K9 Viking Warwick Police RI, his handler is Officer Aaron Steere. I believe every police department in Rhode Island should have police K9’s. The reason why they should have the K9’s is because they can help out in many different aspects.   These types of K9’s are not like our regular dogs! These police K9 dogs are certified in narcotics detection, patrol work, building searches, area searches, tracking, article recovery, and criminal apprehension. The schooling for the K9’s and handlers lasts 6 months. Also they are trained in handler protection.   For the dogs to know what to do their commands are in given in German/Czech.  Some of the police dogs come from Europe.  Many of these police K9’s are aggressive dogs compared to the one’s in airports where they are more passive.   The difference between aggressive and passive ones are that the aggressive dogs will scratch and bark when they find what they are looking for, the passive dogs are the ones ...

Last night was our last citizen's police academy class :(. During our last night they gave us a tour of the police station! During the tour they showed us the cell block, special detective unit, breathalyzer room, and also where the dispatchers work. They even explained to all of us a little bit about what the dispatchers do and how they can tell which units are where.  After the tour we went back to the room for the  graduation, at this time they showed us the video from the night  when we did the role playing scenario's. It was quite funny to watch! At the end they provided us with our certificates and T-Shirt's. This was a great 8 weeks for sure and I had many new learning experiences!

On Saturday May 17th 2014 we had an introduction to firearm safety and demonstrations. At the beginning of the class they showed us how to properly load a gun and also pass the gun off to another person.They also showed us a video on keeping ours selfs safe while shooting that day. The instructors also showed us how to stand while we are shooting and they also told us how to hold the gun. During this time we had to wear the bullet proof vest and hear protection. This was also a great experience. We got to see how to shoot a gun and the training that the officers go through. 

On May 13th during the week 6 of our class we had an exciting class. The reason why it was exciting was because it was really hands -on. They provided us with real life scenario's that we had to do. We had to be the police officers and the police officers played the role's as the citizen's in the cars etc. During this time they gave us 6 different cases to complete. The first scene was a Disturbance. The second scene was Felony Car Stops. The third scene were Interview and Interrogations. The fourth case was Traffic Stops. The fifth scene was Crisis Negotiations. Last but not least was the sixth scene and this was a 911 Call. Also while we were completing these 6 different scene's the instructors were giving us and evaluation. This is where they made comments for us to let us know how we did. The reason why they did the role playing for us was so we could see what it's like for them when they go to different calls. Also they wanted us to handle different situations....

On the May 7th of the Cranston Citizen's police class, we learned about their BCI unit they have. BCI stands for Bureau Criminal Information. During this class they showed us their BCI crime unit truck they have. The crime unit truck is used for murders, and shooting when they occur. They use this because they have tools in this truck that they can secure evidence in. In this truck they have a nice (flat screen T.V.). Another section they showed us at this class was how they can measure we bullets went through. For the third part of the class they took us into the BCI lab and showed us how they get fingerprints off soda cans etc. We also got to try this for our selfs. For this we had to touch the soda can and then use the black dust to wipe the soda can with the brush until we could see the finger prints starting to come out.