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Nearly 100 students are learning about police procedure this week thanks to the Coquitlam RCMP.
On Wednesday, The Tri-City News was invited to see the fifth annual Junior Mountie Police Academy, which put the youth through obstacle courses and taught them about vehicle stops such as how to investigate a crash and stopping an impaired driver (Lorna Saunders, a volunteer at the Mary Hill community police station in Port Coquitlam, gargled mouthwash for the experiment).
Some 230 young people applied to be part of the five-day camp, with 96 accepted — up 32 from the previous year.
The kids were picked in a blind lottery. Meanwhile, the public can visit the camp's emergency vehicle show 'n shine tomorrow (Friday) from 9 a.m. to noon at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam).
The event is free and includes a landing of the RCMP helicopter Air One between 10 and 11 a.m.
