Police plan open day

Press, 11 April 1978, Page 6

Police plan open day

Police dogs showing off: their skills in obedience.* hurdling, retrieving, and criminal work will be amongj the activities on view to the public at the Christchurch: police open day on Sunday.:* April 23. Such open days are com-, mon in the North Island, but;: this will be the first in Christchurch. It will be held at the police car-park in Hereford Street. h

Staff who deal with recruiting. youth aid. crime prevention. photography, fingerprinting. and communications uii] man 12 static displays.

[to answer questions about 1 ; their work. The fleet of white squadi cars- and the command 'vehicle will make up part of the transport display, andi jthere will also be information; jabout search-and-rescuej .work, police dogs, the drug; isquad, burglary squad, and. ; armed offenders squad. ' Constable Barrv Thomo-I son, of Ashburton, will pre-! sent his museum collection! ■of police uniforms, weanons.;

and phomgraphs. The demonstration will begin at 1.30 p.m. when the Christchurch face rescue* team, made up of both police-

'men and civilians, scales the 10-storey Post Office buildling opposite the police station in Hereford Street. A performance bv the i Christchurch police band will ; follow at 2.30 p.m. and police jdog handlers will give their; I display at 3.30 p.m. i Throughout the afternoon! I there will be conducted tours! of the cell block and the] ■ watch house areas in the ’main police station. I The open days “show that]

(the police are human and are! • not just robots in uniform,”l ! said the Crime Prevention! !■ Officer for Christchurch (Ser-| ■ geant Terry Blumberg).