Before you say it, I know my son’s birthday was in December, but we are just getting around to having a little friend’s party for him in February! It’s tough sharing the holidays with your birthday!
We held a small party for ‘A’, with a couple of his close friends. The theme was police…
We started with a lunch of “hero” sandwiches. The decor kept was simple with blue plates, napkins, red cups, and blue and silver balloons (the party favors)…
We then went on our own little field trip to the Rocklin police department!
Waiting for the presentation to begin…
Officer Mike gave us an excellent lesson on interaction with strangers, and also different items that a police officer would keep with him…
Since we could not take pictures, or speak, in the 911 dispatch room , Officer Mike explained to us what we would be seeing….a huge screen that took up a whole wall. On the left was a series of closed circuit camera screens that patrolled the whole police station. The middle showed the status of all the Rocklin police officer. He explained the codes of the status. On the rights was a map that showed where the police cars were located, and also an aerial view of a designated neighborhood.
This is the evidence locker room, where evidence is recorded and placed in lockers. There is a secure room behind the lockers and only people that are authorized to go in there are allowed to open the lockers from the back and store the evidence properly.
This is where they test drugs…
Showing us the jail cells…
A view from inside the cell!
The firing range!
This shredded and compressed tire material captures the bullets and is 15 feet thick!
Officer Mike shows us a paper target of a bad guy and his victim…
Back at home, the kids enjoyed a “policeman’s favorite treat”…donuts!
Big ‘A’, carrying three girls!
