OPP celebrates 100 years

(Northumberland County, ON.)- The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is celebrating its 100 year anniversary of the OPP. All three sites of Northumberland detachment will be hosting open houses starting with Cobourg’s site on the 5th October 2009, Campbellford’s site on the 7th October 2009 and Brighton’s site on the 9th October 2009.

All three offices will be open to the public for tours starting at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until 2:00 p.m. Detachment staff will be providing tours of the facility, providing refreshments and a barbeque.

The general public will have an opportunity to view a display of the various OPP cruisers, ATVs, motorcycle and boat. The canine team and members of the Emergency Response team will be present unless they are called away for a priority service.

The public will have the opportunity to meet some of the officers of the OPP’s Auxiliary unit and members of the Community Policing groups.

The 100 year celebration is Ontario-wide and is giving the province an opportunity to see how policing has grown and developed over the last 100 years. The open houses will allow the public to see the importance of their local detachment.

Former members of the Ontario Provincial Police, veterans and volunteers have all been invited to come to the celebration and there will be plenty of opportunity to meet them and renew acquaintances.