On November 5, 1998, the Bears of Den 1 and their families visited the University of Maryland Police Department in College Park.
| First, several of the officers talked to us about being a police officer and some of the tools of the job, like handcuffs. |  |
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Second, each scout was fingerprinted and we got to take the fingerprint cards home. This was pretty messy. |
| Third, we got to sit on a police motorcycle with the lights flashing and an officer took a picture for us to keep. |  |
Fourth, we pressed our hand on a white piece of paper. You couldn't see it, but there was a hand print on there. An officer put special black powder on there, and when she brushed it off you could see the print! This is called a latent print and it can be used to identify a bad guy.
Next, we got to see the communications room where all the 911 calls are received and the police cars are dispatched. We also got to see a holding cell where the police can keep a bad guy.
Finally, we got to see a police cruiser up close and when he got a call we got to watch him speed away with lights and siren blaring.
Thank you to the officers of the University of Maryland Police Department for their hospitality.
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