Naomie Gagnon and Audréanne Fillion spend their first summer as police cadets for the Sûreté du Québec, in Sept-Îles. The two students in police techniques move everywhere in the city, by bike, on foot or by car, to remind the population the importance of security behavior on the road.
The two young women also give presentations on road safety, mainly to the elderly, but also to children in CPE and newcomers. They started this tour in June.
The population is increasingly aging. We try to raise awareness, give it a refreshment on road safety rules to avoid accidents and anything that could occur on the road
specifies the younger Naomie Gagnon.
Road safety presentations are given to the elders, children and newcomers.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Élia Rousseau
The presence of the police cadets extends from Sept-Îles to Port-Cartier, where they are present in several events, including the Festival du Vieux-Quai en fête in Sept-Îles. They walk around everywhere, at the beaches, in the Old Quai and at the Lac des Rapides, in terms of the Sept-Îles sector.
I want to ensure better security in the city.
Naomie Gagnon explains that she chose this summer work to educate people about the subjects that are close to her heart. It goes a lot through prevention. We can give reports of offense, but that will not solve the problem, so I go directly to the source to solve the problems present in Sept-Îles.
Police cadets do awareness of the population, but do not have the powers of the police.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Élia Rousseau
For his part, his colleague Audréanne Fillion decided to do this work to be able to interact with the population. We meet a lot with people. It can forge links for later in the police profession.
The experience is also a formative, according to her: It happens that people come to see us for problems and that we decide to call the police because it is a problem that we cannot solve, so we intervene a little with the police.
Audréanne Fillion (left) recalls that prevention is important for motorists as well as for cyclists and pedestrians.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Élia Rousseau
The local coordinator in community police at the Sûreté du Québec, Sergeant Frédérick Pelletier, supports the youngest in their prevention mission. He stresses that the goal is to inform the population about road safety.
Audréanne Fillion, Naomie Gagnon and Frédérick Pelletier make road prevention with the population.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Élia Rousseau
For newcomers, this allows them to know the variants of the Quebec road safety code. It allows you to put the foundations back, because it is not the same rules all over the world
he observes.
The presence of the cadets continues until mid-August. Next year, new cadets will take over from the North-Côtesiers.
