Those near Center Street and U Avenue may have been wondering what all the hub bub was about last night. Students in the Huron Citizen’s Police Academy got to see a law enforcement traffic stop from the OTHER side of the steering wheel Thursday night. The eighth week of the Academy was all about making regular and felony traffic stops. The night began in the classroom for the basics….
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/06/hpdawk8-1.mp3|titles=hpdawk8-1]The classroom portion included information on officer safety and how to address a stopped vehicle. The class drove to wide, smooth, paved roads of U Avenue and Center Street on Huron’s west side. Officers Mark Johnson, Cory Borg and Mark Bruggeman took groups of students in patrol cars while three students offered personal vehicles as “bad guy” cars. Officer Sam Freng played the role of dispatcher for the mock traffic stops…
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The officers then demonstrated felony traffic stops…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/06/hpdawk8-3.mp3|titles=hpdawk8-3]Students also had the chance to try the more intense felony stop…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/06/hpdawk8-4.mp3|titles=hpdawk8-4]Next week the Huron Citizen’s Police Academy will cover the roles of School Resource and Code Enforcement Officer and students will get to use the Department’s Use of Force training simulator. To see videos of the night’s activities stop by the Performance Radio News page on Facebook!