Gina Bellisario - Lets Meet a Police Officer

cl verleaf books TM

Community Helpers

L ets M eet a

P olice O fficer

Gina Bellisario Illustrated by Cale Atkinson

For police officers and their families G.B

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bellisario, Gina.
Lets meet a police officer / by Gina Bellisario; illustrated by
Cale Atkinson.
p. cm. (Cloverleaf booksTM : community helpers)
Includes index.
ISBN: 9780761390244 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Police. 2. Occupations. I. Title.
HV7921.B4275 2013
363.2dc23 2012010393
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 BP 12/31/12

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Officer Gabbys Assignment

Today our class is having a visitor. Were going to
find out what a police officer does. We invited
Officer Gabby. She works at our school.

I keep our neighborhood safe, says Officer Gabby.
And our school ! says Madeline.

Officer Gabby is a school
resource officer. Thats
her assignment. Making
students safe is her job.

She stops cars at the crosswalk.

And she warns us about strangers.

Every police officer has
an assignment. Different
assignments have different
jobs. Traffic officers give
tickets. Field training officers
teach new officers. School
resource officers help students.

Did you get your assignment from police school?
asks Phoebe.
From my police department, says Officer Gabby.
First, I was a patrol officer. It was part of my
training. I worked hard. Then I got a new assignment.

Officers start training in school. Their
school is a police academy. They go to this
school after they finish high school. They
study the law there. They practice directing
traffic and other skills. The academy helps
them get ready for their assignments.

Were happy she did!

Chapter Two

Officer Ken and a K-

Most officers wear a police uniform. Special
clothes and tools are a part of this uniform.

10- at 1422 Pine
Street. Officer Gabbys
uniform is talking!

Whats that noise? asks Beckett.
My police radio, she says. Officer
Ken is on patrol. The radio is how he
shares information.

Officers talk over a police
radio. They use numbers. Some
numbers are paired with The
pairs are instructions. 10-
is tow truck needed. 10- is
I hear you. Using numbers is a
fast way of talking.

Officer Ken works in the neighborhood.
He drives a police car.
Some patrol officers use helicopters or
boats. Others ride bicycles or motorcycles.
Still others work on horseback!

Police cars have technology
tools. A radio sends messages.
A camera records what officers
see. Theres even room for a
computer. Officers look up
cars license plate numbers.
They also type reports.

Patrol officers get information on the go.
They use technology to help them do their jobs.

Officer Ken has a K- partner. K- partners are
also called police dogs. Officer Kens K- partner
is named Badge.

Sniffing out things is a K- partners job. Badge
finds people and hidden objects. And he wears
a uniform too!

K- partners use a special tool. That
tool is their nose! A dogs sense of
smell is a thousand times stronger
than a humans. Police dogs can
follow a trail for miles. They can pick
up a scent underground. They can
even smell things underwater!

Chapter Three

Team Safety

Do officers have people partners? asks Ben.
Many do, says Officer Gabby.
We also work with officers in
other towns, cities, states,
and countries. By teaming up, we
can keep you safer.

Police officers are part of a
community. A community is
a group of people who live
in the same city, town, or
neighborhood.

Go Team Safety! says Ben.

Not all police officers work in a neighborhood.
State police patrol highways. They keep
roads safe across the state.