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t t Allsummer I had wanted to be a safety patroller,and my wish finallycame true this year.

I wanted to be a patroller because I like people,and because over the years, many people have diedbeing hit by cars, so I am helping to prevent that.

WhenI wear the uniform and stand Ohthe sidewalkhelping adults and children, I feel proud to say

I am a safety patroller. ~ ~. RaJ<.havan,school safety patrotl~r

75Years and More Than70 Lives Saved

Patrollers'safetyrecordunequalledby any otlter program of its type

IIn proud of the foresight that CAA had in 1929 when it developed tlm School SafetyPatrol Program Imagine 75 years ago, with so fewer autos on the road than there aretoday. I\t tlIP. time tllf~re were too many vehicle related accidents with young

pedestrians age four to 14 So CAA started the program 10 help keep youngstf'rs safewhile crossing streets in Quebec and the patrol program has since spread to every CAAclub in Canada

Our patrollers show up a little early every morning and give up part of their lunch hourand aftet school time to monitOl road crossings around schools They wear distinctivesafety vests and wam fellow studpI11Snot to cross when traffic is coming When the roadis deal, t.hey allow them to cross These simple instructions have saved more than 70

. lives over the yearsPicture Ihis You drive your child to school. say goodbye and shut your door The child

slips and falls under the vphide If it were not for a patroller on (Iuty your child wouldhave been dragged underneath the vehicle. This sounds horrible. but is just one of themany documentHd cases where a patroller has saved a life

The credit Fm Ihis success can be attributed to the strong partnerships between CAACentral Ontario, top -notch training by police officers. teachers and hus operators. Hutthp most important people are the dedicated patrollers who report fO/duty every schoolday, rain or shinf'

To c:nmmemorate the program's 75th anniversary, we're rolling out the first-of-it') kind.virtual bus safety dassroom for school children. It.s a real, 50 passenger yellow bus. bulyou 11never forget iI if you see it. The outside is plastered with safety messages. ourpalroller characters and bright colours On the inside. there are TV monilors to showsafety videos 10 patrollet trainees and other students. Our police partners will likely runthousands of school children through training programs in this mobile classroom

CAA Centrnl Ontario offers Incentives to patrollers throughout Ihe year Each May.about 1.000students. teachers and police officers attend a three-day Ottawa JamboreeAswellas a week klTlgtraining camp, where patrollers become patrol captains, there's apatroller of the year award that includes a $500 cheque.

I WClSa patroHer and know that it made a positive impact on me and my community.The patroller motto "Safety is our specially, .still rings "ue anN 75years of keeping youngsters out of harm's way Takf' pride in

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your community whet! you see our student volunteers in their .'

bright safetyvests becauseIhey are keepingyour childrensafe. .

And remembel to rhank your local police oft'icers, teachers.,;i'uhus operators and patrol1ers before this school year ends l

By William F. Wright.Chairman of the Board

CM CentralOntario

Community awareness of studentpatmllcrs and their important role a!>traffic safcty specialists reached anew height al more IImn 100 Torontoschools in September 2002"CAA Central Ontario i1.pmviding asafety patrol !lug 10 each Torontoschool that has gone the I:XlnImile toimprove student safety with apatmller prognun," said AnnaH~Ikidii't, trank !'oalet} specialist,CAA Central (}ntarin

e rectangular nag is brightnge like the vests students wear

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£eir patrol post!i and depicts two

sa ty patrol characte~. Each sidere resents onc of the traJitiol1al three

R's of traffic safely planning:education, enforcement and engineer-ing.

A four..sided Ilag was selectedhecause CAA Central Ontariobelieves in a founh E. 'hveryoody'needs 10 make traffic safety a priority.not just schoul patrollers

"We are pleased to participate inany traffic safety programs. especialIy one that will enhance the ,atety ofchildren," said Toronto Police ChiefJulian Fantino.

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Ibe safety patrol program'!> remark.able hislory of preventing childmjuries in traffic i~ Ihe Iheme of ane" motto fur ahoul 17,000 schoulsafety patrollers in Iht' CAA CentralOntario club territoryThe motto 'Snfety is our speciahy'was selected f:rom more Ihan I ,SUOentries suggestcd hy studentpalrollers during an April contest~ponsored hy rAA Central Ontario.The mono is being incorporated intoa line of patml matcri~tls distrihutedannually at no cos I 10 "chools b)CAA Cenlral Onlario,

'Safcly is our specialty' stood out

because it, message is meaningful 10e\cryone, whether you're a parent,leacher 01 studenl

I"'irst year Bramptnn patrollerKevin Cunha, IJ, suhmi"ed the win-ning mullll and wun a pizza party.commemorative T.shirts for thepatrollers in his school and a familyseason's pass 10 Paramount Canada'sWonderland. all courtesy of ('AACentral Ontario.

Peel police and patrollersmake the top of their class

SL'huul !'afcty patrollers and pulicein Pl~d Rl~gion ~amcd bo1h of CA A

«'ntml Ontarill'" 2001 1)31ml pro.gram it\\ard... hy going the extra mileIn edUl'att' (,'hildren ahuut traffi~

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Peel Regional Police j" the fourthannual r~dpienl ut' CAA ('cntlalOntario', Safcty Pal ro I PoliceAchievement Award

Const Brendn Dawson's impres-sive commiment to huilding a fir..t-rate safety patrol program distin-gui!>hedPeel from mort' Ihan 40 othereligible polk-e services

Dawson was Ihe driving forcebehind recruitment driw that almostIripled the number of safety palrollersin Peel elementary schools to mon.'than 2,()(){)from 700 during the 2001Sl.'huulyear

"I'm thankful 10 have Iremcndou~1.'0opt'ration from buth the puhlic and...eparale ..dWl'1 boards in PeelRegion," !'ohe,aid "The Icachers an.'really enlhusia...tic abmn the palrnllt'rprogram ami it, aim to cdlll~alt'youngsters ahml1 traffic fety. aswell as to introdul'c senior' students 10

I.'itizenship and other positiw com.munity orirnted value's"

T'he CAA Ccntml Olltarin pon-"tlTedaward Included .1 $1JXXJprize

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that Peel Regional Police will use 10enhance 100'alsafety patrol at:tivities

Mississauga studenl BrandonSoeiw, who has been a "afelypalroller al All Saint" calholic "chnolfor Ihe past two years. is ('AACentral Ontario's patroller 01 the yearfur 200 I

Extmordinary e,.,ampll~sof leader-ship, such as organizing sduHJI busS<lfet)'sessions and evacualion drillsfor Ihe. entire school population, setSoeiro's nomination for top patrollerapart from the others.

"Brantlon consistently shows a sincere interest in the safety and wclfurcof younger students," said ("nnnieGale, principal, All Sainls CatholicSchool. "He's a role modd for olh('rpatrollers and sl~hoolchildren. alwaysdedicaling hi!>hest en-urt In the ta...kalhand and <;trivin{!for eJlcdlence IIIevcrything he does:'

('AA Central Outarw awarckd

Sudro, 1\ n $~OOchl~q\lcaml:j (:11111mClUomti\ol'wull-hanging lu Wl'.,!!ni,e hb Dchit'vement

Getting to know the schoolsafety patrol program

A' historical overview.,': .. , ,

The s<:hool safely palrol programias developed in Canada during the920s. At thal time, Ihe popularily ofIL

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dle aUlOmo)1e was qUlC )' nsmg anchide-related c.'olli!'>ion..involving~d~slrians aged four to 14 were occur

iog al all alamlingly high rateThl; patrol prognuo's aim is to

mIce' and edm:ale elementary schuolhildren from hecoming injured uriIIed in traffic hy employing safeIrecl.crossing practices.

',/vhat patrollers do... .

There are two types of school safetyatrnllers foot and OUS

Po.)t patrollers monitor school c.:ros~gs on roads around schoob Thc"c

afety specialists keep studenls fromnlering the roadway when It's un'itfe) cruss and remind youngsters of

mportanl safe crossing rule~:

Look all ways hefon' enteringthe roadwayWalk across the road. don't runAvoid crus!'.ing hetween parkedvehiclesTry to L'WSSat corners or usecrosswalks and he wary of turnmgvehicles

Waleh for long, safe gaps in 'lank

It is important tll understand the dil.erences bt~1ween foot pal rollers androssing guardsCrossing gUtlrd~are adults who are

egally empowered h\ stop tfame onoadways and conduct their duttes inht' middle of thl~nmd. Uul patrnller~'emain nn Ihl~sldewalk amI l110nilm'chool lTossings where the nonwtlow of traffic has frequenl /-taps (hatlIow students !Clsafel)' crns" Ihe mad'atroller;, also work with ,'wssing

guards to provide an e1(lrameasure ofIf'afety at school L~rossings

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Bus patrollers help Ihe bus opemtorslransport ..t\Jdents to their destinationsin a safe and orderly manner. Theymonitor sludent behav iour un ,he husand advise (he bus operator of anyunsafe practices llnder the direction ofthe bm, operator, hus patrollers helpcontrol the Oow of students boarding orleaving the bus Bus patrollers willstop the now 01'students on 10the road-way until the bus operator indicates itis safe to cross. The dedsion to allow,he students 10cross the road rests sule.

Iy with the bus operator

How does the, -program operate? .

'Ibe School Safety Patrol Programoperates as a partnership invol\iing Ihe('AA. police services and schoolsEach partner assumes certain roles tosupport the program

CAA Cenlral OntariCl providc!' trainiflg resourl,~es. supplies and incl'ntivc"'UPPOI1to the School Safety PatrolProgram Examples (If this supportindudes'

·Provision of rdkl~tiVl~ salcty vC!,ts

11)wear 011dut~i· Training manual-; r(lf police.

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· PmCt~dural hmtdhooks for patroller,· School Satt~t~ Palmi Jamhnree is an

annual event that avr:rages an atten-dance of ~()() people. Hcld inOttawa, and s(~h{'duled to SHirt the'Thursday after Vicloria Day week.end and end on the followingSalUrday The primary aim of thisevent is 10 expose patrollers to his.torkal o;ites of interest where thc}can come to rccogni7.t" the impor-tanc.~eof discovering and prescT\ing0111'unique Canadian (.'ulture, TheJambor~e rewards patrollers for theirdedicated efforts to cnSUTL'the

safety of their fellow students.· Schoul Safety Patrol officcr~'Training Camp is an annual eventthat averages an altendance 01'200patrollers and ufticers. The weeklong "amp is held at Camp Sumac inOshawa and takes place in July Theprimary aim of this event is to trainpatrollers 10 becnmt' patrol OfftCt'N.About 14 hour, of inslmL'tion aredt~dicatcdtn training. whieh illdud{~stlu' Fundamt'nlills of palrol upertions.leade..<;hir. learn huillJing. problemsolving. hl,sting eOective IHl'etings.agenda preparation. first-aid andl"opcl u,;;c of tire cxtinguish.:!'s.('(lmbining the training wilh a sched-IIlcuJune\:" talent night. camp fireanti daily rencatiunal aClivities su\:h:I" swimming, bowling, and sp0l1ingiK"livilies, makesa run.filled weekIlron (~(Jndllsionof training.. each

"tlJ(J~ntattains Ihl' rank of patrol

raptain and is responsihk to helpIdminister Ihe School Safety Palrol

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· ratrollcr of the Year Award. a $~OOrash award and commemoratht:-I all hanging. 10one deser' iogalroller eal:h yenr. t'AAlGovernor Ocncral Lifesav ing

~edal is Ihl>highesl awanJ giwn 10embers of the School Safet)'

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d . Lontn utlOns ma e to socIety "yIchool Safety Patrollers who haw

lavc.d the lives of persons in immient danger.

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'olice services are primaril) rcsponle for training patrollers al thl"'

~bnlling of each !O.choolyear Traininllsisls of classruom instnJ\:tion. writexamination. and/Ut practical ext.'"

d, s during which patwlkrs mustde llm.,tratc a required level 01 proliCl ncy to conduct their dutjes At there uesl of schools, polict' may conductre sher-Imining ses.,ions as requiredOt er roks assumed hy police include

· l.i~tis()n with the CAA 10 involve'hools with CAA club in\,;enti\'e~. t)rdcring patroller resour<,'l~S fOl

'chools within their respectiveurisdktions· I~nforcing parking rc<;triclion... at,..troller crossings a...appropriate

· ,1Q.s-<;istingschools to organize andrnplcment local incentives

B ards uf F..ducationa~ responsible hIa( rove the use of a CAA'sp()JlS(}fI.~dpngram III theil "chollls, Oncea{1)foved. individual '\(~hool"admini..Ic daily patrol operation... Thi...In hides:

· 'r')decting Ihe location ot patrllllt.!'rossings in l'{)t\rdinatiol\ with plllio'

akillg arrangements with munit,:ial authurities to designate rarking

't'strktions aruund patroller cmss-,ings

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shiti Sdlcduling rcquircnwnts· Selecting patrollers from the"Iudenl hody· ()htaillillg part"lIlal \-',Insent forstudenl" IIIbe patrollersScheduling patwtk'l Iramingscs.,ions wilh police

· Monitonnl,1 patrol acti vities andequipment requirements· Holdmg regular palrol meetings· En..uring 11u.- stlu.lent body(~().(lperateswith patrol procedures· Suspension antVor dismissal ofpatrollers from duty who haveunsatisfat.'lnry pelfonnance· Creating an inct.~ntiveprogram forpatrollers

· As!\ignone leachera!-"palrolsup~rv isor"

All Ihr~e partners work closelylogether 10 heighten and ensure Iht~saft.'ty I'm young children on a dailybasis

Tht' Schuol Safety Patrol Progrdmhas bendits beyond safety The program exposes students to citizenship.teamwork. huilds a foundation for leadership skills tn develop. and huildsself-c<;teem

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program at school?

If some schools in your area arcpresently using a C AA-sponsoredSchool Safety Patrol Program, simplyI."c)ntal.'tIht.' communily servi,'c officelof your local police service to enquireaoout implementing tht' program andscheduling a training session for yourschool. (I' Ihe program is not operatingIII your area. ,'(msult Ihe followingched list

· Schedule an information 1Ilt.'ctingal whidl there is n polkt' service~nd s"hool ho.lrd rt~prcsentatinn,Invite 11('AA puhlic andt!:uvernml'nl affairs represental ivi.'III rorm the initial partnership andohtain an official commitment to

Implement the program from tht~hoard of edlll'alion and till' police"ClvitT

· Haw the school board. representative hold a School Safety Patmlinformation session wilh sl.'hool

principals and rnemhi.~...ofparent/teacher assndaliclOs 111eboard Ihen i..MIC'" an offil. hI!memorandum thal encourages andallows principals to involve Ihci!schools with a l 'AA sponsoredSchool Safety Patrol Program· School principals then determmepatrollcr ('rossing locations.arrangc fur parking restrictIOnssignagc tn be erected at IhcSt:'cros~ings. establish a patrnllel ('nOlingent from eligible students andassign a tcue-herto act as the patrolsupervisorPolice thcn nced 10Oet~onli1Cll"'clh~patrol supervisors fwm each.,choollo schedule training ses.sions and identify t>.quipmcntrequirements· Police order patroller equipmenland materials. such as safety vests,handbooh. lapel pins and memher.ship eards for eachparticipalingschool from ('AA prior toconduding Iraining· Pnli('c train patrollers and provideeach school with Ihe IIccl~ssar)'eqnipment· The palrol supervisor condul'ts aSchool SafclY Patrol infomlatinJ1assembly for the entire ..tudenthody .md parents 10 introduce tht~patrollers and explain tht' program· Shifts are scheduled, implementedand munitored by the patrolsupervi!\or

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( A.4i.4AA weeklong training e,tt'hung", IIIthe U/titt'd Stule, li"II ofli. 'el" i.md ftll/l

,m/i'fj' patrol/en uttelli.J i.I \I'I'I'k long ('a1ll1'

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Th,~Myt', The programdoesn't have a proven safetybenefit.i to I" Them are more

than 70 cases documentedsince 1960 in which a patrollf>rhas saved a person, usually afellow student. from seriousinjury or death.

ft t ~I1Jth Bus patrollersdiscipline students formisbehaviourl' t: Bus patrollersonly report anyinappropriate studentbehaviour to the bus driverTheir primary role is to helpchildren entcr and exitschool buses safely

Ifh NI)It! :The program is a liabiJityThanks to quality training materials and

guidelines, there have been no serious iJ~\1Tiesordeaths attributed to the negligence of a patrollerwhile on duty in the 75-year history of theprogram. In fact. Ontario 5 leading school boardimiurance provider .OSBIE. has never suffered a dainlresulting from the program And properly managedschool safety patrol., 1110a much smaller risk ofincurring a lawsuit than other exhawJricular schoolactivities Uk(~sports and athletics

The Myth Foot patrollers. likeadult crossing guards. areexpected to stop tmffic andescort students across the roadI ' Foot patrollers simplypmvent students from steppingonto the street when it's unsafeThey arc not trained or used asadult crossing guards who enterthe roadway to stop traffic