Wow - a Policeman at School

On Tuesday a police car drove right up to our classroom door!
Scott came inside and talked to us about being a police man. He said he wasn't a hero but we still think he is. Police Officers are heroes because they look after us and help us stay safe.



Here are the answers to the questions we asked Scott.

How did you learn to do your job?
You have to go to a school to learn to be a police officer. It is a police college and you go there for 6 months. You learn to be fit and about the law, you then learn on the job for two years.

Has anyone left and changed their job ?
Lots of people become policeman. Some people do it for a short while and then go and do something. You learn lots of different skills when you are a policeman.

Have you ever had to use a helicopter or ambulance as part of your work?
We sometimes have to help the ambulance and fire fighters if they needs us at their job.

Where do you keep all your special things that are needed in your job?
We need lots of special things but most of our things are on our belt. We use the pen mostly to write things down.

What tools do you use for your job?
Handcuffs
Baton – it looked like a light sabre
Pepper spray
Radio - to let our friends know where we are.
Pen and notebook

Why do you do your job? Do you like it?
It changes all the time and I don’t know what I am going to do from one minute to the next. One day I was in court and then in the afternoon I was in a helicopter.

Have you saved anyone before?
No I don’t think I have saved anyone.

Is it hard to do your job?
Sometimes it is hard, sometimes if people don’t want the police to be involved.

Do you feel like a hero?
No. We don’t because we love our job and we enjoy helping others.

Other questions some of us wanted to ask...
Why do you have a walkie talkie?
So we can talk to people
Can a policeman be a baddy?
We have 10000 people in the police and a few will not be good people.
Do Police have guns?
The AOS Armed Offender Squad have guns. These are special policeman with special training that are able to use guns.

Other interesting bits of information.
Normally Scott looks for clues and doesn’t wear a uniform. He is a Detective.
Every person in the whole world has a different finger print. This is a clue they can leave behind when they do something wrong. When people touch things they leave a finger print behind.
Scott looks for people that have done things. We can also test skin or hair that is left behind, we can talk to people who have seen things to find information.