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Commack Middle School Students Visit SCPD Headquarters For Police Week
Students visited stations including a mock crime scene, CPR and Narcan training, and spoke with the pilots of two SCPD helicopters.
YAPHANK, NY — Commack Middle School students helped launch Police Week in Yaphank on Monday, the Commack School District announced.
Students studying forensics and science history cinema and in leaders of tomorrow attended Day 1 of the week-long event at Suffolk County Police Department headquarters. In total, more than 1,000 students from across the county joined police officers at assorted stations during the opening morning.
The SCPD then invited groups to a grandstand to watch an exhibition of police vehicles and police dogs.
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The students visited stations that included a mock crime scene and CPR and NARCAN training and spoke with pilots for a pair of SCPD helicopters. They got to see the inside of an ambulance, try on SWAT gear, use police robotics equipment and try to lift the jaws of life hydraulic rescue tool.
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