Ten year-old Dakota Filion, in Grade 5 at Pinecrest Public School, took over as Timmins Police Chief on Thursday, May 15.
Dakota won the opportunity through a contest hosted by the Timmins Police, as part of Police Week 2014. Her essay “What it means to be a police officer,” was the top entry of 73 essays received by the TPS.
Chief Dakota’s day started off by being picked up at school in a police cruiser.
From there, Chief Dakota came to the Timmins Police Service, where she was officially sworn in as Chief for the day.
Chief Dakota also received a tour of the Timmins Police Service building and had her fingerprints taken by one of the Forensic Identification officers.
During her tour, Dakota saw various aspects of policing including training and equipment.
Then it was off to the Timmins Square to visit the Timmins Police booth for Police Week 2014.
Finally, after a hard morning of running the police department, Chief Dakota took a lunch break, generously provided by Tim Hortons (Algonquin Drive location.) A big thank you to Rob Knox and Linda Venneri for lunch, and for the special ‘chief’ donut for Dakota.
The Timmins Police Service would also like to thank the media for attending ‘Chief’ Filion’s swearing in ceremony, as well as all students who entered the 2014 Chief for a Day contest.
Courtesy of Timminspolice.ca
