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bwwfla l econontist suntribune community safety thursday may3 2001 0 community do you know someone who needs health care cafe or personal support athome we provide community care placement information and referral services access i f people of all ages through a visible single point of access services are centre- v funded by the ministry of health for eligible clients of york region ccachelping you access your health care system call 1888470ccac 2222 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sun tribune shops on steeues 404 scars outlet store v off- price evefydafu plus everyday good values prices in effect from friday may 4 to thursday may 10 2001 unless otherwise stated while quantities last all sales final saving offers may not be combined no exchanges returns or price adjustments i ktw- 5 the already reduced priceson all offer excludes footwear- t jhe alreadyreduced prices 6hail coverings selected zh ariadditibrial prices on all womens fall spring trench 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it was a flight in early january that certi fied the programs value on january 18 a snowmobile driver hit a pressure crack on cooks bay in lake simcoe smashing his sleigh and leaving the operator alone in the dark with a broken leg and battling subzero temperatures although he managed to use his cell phone to dial 91 1 he only managed to mention something about a communications tower before his phone went dead we believe that in this inci dent we saved a life on this day we truly believe that explained const dave saunders a flight officer with air 2 the forces air support unit r the air 2 helicopter responded over the scene in four minutes and the accident wasnt even on the lake once on the scene we were able to direct offi cers and the georgina fire department to the scene given the location the injuries and the temperature that night our ground unit would have spent hours looking for him he would have died saunders added in that instance we paid our price for the unit last week saunders joined pilot jay mcmackin and deputy chief terry kelly and provided yorkregion council with a update about the fulltime helicopter ini tiative armed with a 577000 operating budget for 2001 we believe that in this incident we saved a life on this day we truly believe that kelly admits theres been a learning curve with the heli copter a 1995 turbinepowered enstrom 480 donated lastyear by charles burnett a nephew of machine is used more for train ing purposes than rescue efforts we anticipated we would receive complaints about the noise because it is something new in policing kelly explained and in every instance we send a flight dispatcher out to the complainant to discuss it in the last seven months of 2000 air 2 responded to 716 calls including 56 possible impaired driving charges 41 reports of breakandenter 40 drug calls and another 19 weapon offences 18 robberies and 18 motor vehicle injuries officers are so busy taking control of a massive situation at accidents that we can be busy looking for victims mat may have been thrown from their vehi cles saunders said we are looking in the fields and ditches saunders said the number of grocery magnate galen weston v air 2 staff whieftonsistfofejl phones now in use have two fulltime pilottwo fulltime increased the calls to police officers and an alternate has been instrumental in training exercises and locating missing people such as the elderly and young children while police districts receive numerous phone calls when the chopper is flying above their neighbourhood only 13 official noise complaints have been reg istered with people upset the about suspected drunk drivers on the road a response ideal for air 2 since the helicopter can reach the scene much quicker than a cruiser the force is expanding the helicopter use for more than just missing persons and pinpoint ing illegal marijuana crops deploying the bird to patrol busy roads nftpolein miw i no payments til feb 2002 or had a dime foi ttery limei someone 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