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Page THE HERALD Wednesday February 14 1990 Police expand auxiliary force By ALAN MACK IF the Herald The Halton Region Auxiliary Police Force is looking for a few good people Auxiliary Staff Sgt Jim James said the force is looking to expand by another 10 people There are already 10 new people ready for training in midMarch he said but we need another 10 after them Staff Inspector Wayne said anyone can apply The re quirements for the unit are not that much different from a regular police officer he said He also noted although the auxiliary of ficers are trained in both handgun and Stick skills they do not carry guns Mr Jessop said they try not to place the auxiliary officers into any dangerous situations Auxiliary Officer John said They dont try to keep us out of them either If you are on a call can tell you how dangerous the call will be he explained Const Tatham joined the aux iliary police because he could not be on call as a volunteer fireman or ambulance He lives in Georgetown and commutes to his Toronto Transit Commission job of 23 years in Toronto He is a super visor for the Don Brockie an auxiliary officer for Oakville said he joined the force to give something back to the community Ive lived in all my life Const Tatham agreed and said think Georgetowns made up of a lot of volunteer people He cited the fire department ambulance service and service groups as ex amples of the volunteer bases in Georgetown That I believe is what makes this community a good place lo live he added Both auxiliary constables Brockie and admit parts of the training can be hard Const Brockie said the toughest part is learning the criminal code inten sively for four or five nights Youve got to be sure of it and understand it because it means much when youre out there Const Tatham noted that while the physical part of the training is hard it also gets people back in shape Jim James Staff Sgt of the aux iliary force said We think its one of the best auxiliary training packages He said the auxiliary police are trained to take charge in an emergency situation but are really only there to assist the Halton Regional Police officers I think its been very suc cessful he said It has brought a lot of good comments from the regular officers he added Staff Sgt James has been an auxiliary officer since 1964 when he joined in a class of people He was the only one remaining at the end of the program At the time he joined there were only five regular police officers in Georgetown He graduated his program in The same year the police depart ment swore me in as a special con stable Const said acceptance from the regular force has been good He could not stress enough how good the Halton police force is Theyre an excellent force he said Const Brockie said he believes theyre glad to have the extra manpower He also said the auxiliary police officers can bring a new point of view to the officers Const Brockie said the auxiliary force brings a little more realism and saneism back into the picture for the regular off ice Const Tatham agreed and said that society makes the police of ficers life very lonely and we show them there are people who care Staff Sgt James says he is look ing forward to the enlarged aux iliary force because he finds the auxiliary officers take pride in both their appearance and value Sunday shopping charges against drug mart will be dropped Several charges laid against Shoppers Drug Mart in Georgetown under the provinces Retail Business Holidays Act will be dropped says Ontario Provin cial Halton Regional Police were in formed by Mr Phipps early last week that an amendment to the act a year ago permits pharmacies under 7500 square feet to open Sundays with an unlimited number of employees Any charges laid against the pharmacy that resulted from the size of the store or the number of employees working in the store on a Sunday will be dropped Mr Phipps said But he didnt know how many charges will be dropped in town Police were laying charges against the pharmacy under the premise that there had been no amendment to the RBHA until this past Sunday Before the amendment phar macy owners could be charged with opening on Sunday if the business was larger than 2400 square feet and had more than three employees working When asked why police have been laying charges against Shop pers Drug Mart since the amend ment Sergeant Dave Pruitt of Halton Regional Polices 11 Divi sion in Georgetown said We received a memo about the amendment Feb 5 The amendment also states that police are no longer required to check to see if a store is open on Saturdays before charging its owner under the act for opening Sunday said Mr The law as it stood before the amendment stated that any store could be open either Saturday or Sunday but it couldnt be open on both weekend days Under the amendment store owners can open their businesses on Sundays as long as they close one day during the week Mr stressed the day of closing has to be consistent and it has to be for religious reasons If police charge a store owner for opening on Sundays the onus is on the owner to prove the store is clos ed regularly on another day for religious reasons to avoid a verdict of guilty said Mr FlightLine and Leather town West Wearhouse were the only two stores charged this past weekend for opening Sunday in Halton Hills A March court date has been scheduled in connection with the charges Cub car rally The first and third Acton Cubs met last Saturday at the Acton Scout Hall to have a run off before the North Halton District Annual Kub Kar Rally to be held on Feb 17 at the Acton Legion Registration starts at am The Regional Auxiliary Police Force is in the process of enlarging their force people New officers will go through an ex- tenshe training program After the training the officers work with the regular force Auxiliary Constables Don of seated and John Tatham of Georgetown are lo of Ihe Auxiliary officers that have been through the training and work with District 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