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Show 0 ' New 'patrol car' begins Kays, duty By GARY R. BLODGETT KAYSVILLE It talks, it blinks its eyes and it makes a loud wailing noise. What is it? It's "P.C., the Patrol Car." P.C. is wanted by the Kaysville Police Department. They'll even pay $4,000 for his services. P.C. is an innovative and effective effec-tive way to teach the public especially children about public safety. Kaysville Police Department Depart-ment is raising funds for the purchase purch-ase of P.C. and most recently received re-ceived a $200 check from the Kaysville Kays-ville Chamber of Commerce. "The shape of the animated patrol pat-rol care makes him the ideal symbol sym-bol for our department," said Patrolman Pat-rolman Richard Evertsen, who along with Officer Dave Helquist are conducting the fund raising campaign. With his cartoon features of eyes, nose and smiling mouth, he presents a positive and friendly image im-age of local police officers. P.C. can also communicate with chil dren at their eye level; and when he moves, he's not all threatening. P.C. likes to get hugs and kisses from his small friends after he spends a few minutes telling the little ones how to look to their police officers as friends and helpmates. help-mates. To get the attention of children, P.C. maneuvers around the classroom clas-sroom with siren blaring and flashing light atop his dome. P.C. is well-built with several moveable parts, including the moving eyelids that allows it to wink, blink and even go to sleep. P.C. can talk to his friends through a built-in cassette player or through the voice of a police officer ip another room. A two-way wireless wire-less voice system allows the operator oper-ator to talk and listen simultaneously. simul-taneously. P.C. is on order from its Spanish Fork manufacturer and should be ready to meet his friends at the opening of school in a few weeks. |
