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English as a Second Language Program
A Visit to Franklin Police Station
The ESL students and their teachers had a wonderful Friday morning at the Franklin Police Station with Fr. Charles Bisgrove, SCJ this July. In addition to all his other duties, Fr. Charles is also the Chaplain for the Franklin Police, and he helps families in the community deal with unexpected violence and death. He is a very kind person, and it was a really interesting fieldtrip.
We first went into the Police Station and had a tour of the facilities. It was really beautiful as it is a big, new building, with many offices, a courthouse upstairs; and it even has a police jail downstairs in the basement. We all had fun fooling around in the police jail; and then, afterwards, when we met the Police Chief, he told us that the ladies on the communication system had seen us having fun! We all felt embarrassed then as we had tried lying on the beds in the jail cages and had all measured our heights for the "mug shots". But, the Police Chief did not seem to be upset, and he was really nice to us and told us how difficult it is to be a policeman.
After he spoke to us and answered all our questions, the people at the station gave us free cups and pencils; and Fr. Charlie asked us to always remember to say a prayer for policemen when we see them out in the community doing their jobs. They are very brave men and without them, this society would not be as safe as it is. We are grateful for all their hard work.
After the police station tour, Fr. Charlie took us downstairs where we saw a demonstration of how police dogs do their work. The dogs that we saw were trained to sniff out drugs, and they were wonderful at their job and at protecting their officers. Officers and dogs are assigned to work together, and the dog lives in the officer's family with him, goes to work with him, and comes home with him. It seems to be a wonderful arrangement. After working a long time - for many years - a police dog can retire from the police force, and it can go to the policeman's home to live happily for the rest of its days on Earth. I thought the dogs were wonderful, the police officers were very brave men, and the station was beautiful.
Thank you especially to Fr. Charlie, and to our teachers, Ruth and Andrea, for taking us on this fieldtrip. It was really interesting, and it was a really good way to see an amazing part of life in the United States that we would not have been able to visit without being able to go with Fr. Charlie. It was great!
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