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Cops and kids enjoy regular lunch meet-up CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com In addition to serving up hearty helpings of pasta, salad and garlic bread at Dixon Grove Junior Middle School last week, Sgt. Brian Beadman also dished out plenty of high fives, selfies and smiles. Over the last five months, Beadman and a team of handpicked officers from 23 Division’s Somali Liaison Unit (SLU) have become weekly lunchtime fixtures at the Etobicoke elementary school – quickly becoming many
students’ most popular lunchmates every Wednesday. “This is what community-based policing is all about. Every time we come out, the kids all have big smiles on their faces – and that says a lot right there,” a uniformed Beadman said while sitting amongst of group of Grade 7 students in Dixon Grove’s lunch room earlier this month. “The whole goal and objective of this program is to help foster and promote an open dialogue with not only the kids, but their >>>PROGRAM, page 11
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Sgt. Brian Beadman (left) of the Toronto police 23 Division Somali Liaison Unit joins parent volunteer Cecilia Ahumada and students Saheba Fakhri, 13, and Anjie Bibiresanmi, 12, in serving up hot lunches to Dixon Grove Junior Middle School students.
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