Junior Neighbourhood Support The Police come to school Police in the Community Big Day Out What a fantastic day we had! Can you imagine the surprise to come out of class and see six police vehicles waiting for you on the school play grounds! Get yourself handcuffed, locked in the wagon, wear riot gear, set off patrol car sirens and flashing red and blue lights, try to outrun a police officer - there was opportunity for everyone. Not surprisingly everyone was very well behaved!
Onto the next school, where we were joined by Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff. Again children had time to climb through vehicles and ask lots of questions but there was more to this visit. There was a special award to present to a young girl called Maddie. Maddie had saved her neighbour’s house and possibly the neighbours’ lives when she woke in the early hours one morning and smelt smoke. She then woke her mother who looked around and saw the neighbours’ porch was on fire, and phoned 111 for Fire and Emergency.
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