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Friday, January 9, 2015
BY SCOTT LEFFLER
scott.leffler@eastniagarapost.com
On his way from Rochester to Niagara Falls this afternoon, Bryan Eaton was detoured through the Lock City on account of the winter storm closing the I-90. Eaton let that detour lead him straight to the Lockport Police Department.
While most people might hope not to encounter local law enforcement while on vacation, Eaton, a highway patrol officer with the Queensland Police Service in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was eager to stop by LPD in hopes of trading one of his Queensland police patches for a LPD patch.
On a five-week vacation in the States, Eaton brought 100 of his home department patches with him to trade while on his travels. While visiting Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, he has traded 60 so far.
In all, Eaton has 14,000 patches in his collection, which he's been building since the 1990s.
Traveling a lot helps. “Every couple of years, we try to go somewhere,” he said. His current trip is his fourth visit to the United States in the past 15 years.
He said while traveling, he picks a place with a police department every few hours and stops. “If I stopped at every place, I wouldn’t get far every day.”
scott.leffler@eastniagarapost.com
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Queensland (Australia) Police Officer Bryan Eaton and LPD Officer Dennis
Sobieraski trade patches this afternoon at LPD headquarters. (SCOTT
LEFFLER / ENP STAFF)
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While most people might hope not to encounter local law enforcement while on vacation, Eaton, a highway patrol officer with the Queensland Police Service in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was eager to stop by LPD in hopes of trading one of his Queensland police patches for a LPD patch.
On a five-week vacation in the States, Eaton brought 100 of his home department patches with him to trade while on his travels. While visiting Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, he has traded 60 so far.
In all, Eaton has 14,000 patches in his collection, which he's been building since the 1990s.
Traveling a lot helps. “Every couple of years, we try to go somewhere,” he said. His current trip is his fourth visit to the United States in the past 15 years.
He said while traveling, he picks a place with a police department every few hours and stops. “If I stopped at every place, I wouldn’t get far every day.”
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Monday, June 2, 2014
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| Lockport Police officers talk with cruise-goers during the weekly Monday Night Cruise at Ida Fritz Park. Tonight was Law Enforcement Night. (ENP STAFF PHOTOS) |
LPD attends Law Enforcement Night at Monday Night Cruise
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Lockport Police Chief Larry Eggert talks
with Alderman-at-Large Joe Kibler during
Law Enforcement Night at the Monday
Night Cruise.
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Police Chief Larry Eggert was in attendance, taking time out to talk to cruise-goers who stopped at the eastern end of the park to say "hi."
Also in attendance from LPD were Captain Anthony Palumbo, Officer Dennis Sobieraski and Community Policing Aid Mark Sanders. About 10 members of the Niagara County Auxiliary Police were also on hand — although they're there every week helping to keep the peace.
LPD equipment ranged from an official department mountain bike to a motorcycle, Corvette and K-9 SUV unit. The department also had weapons on display and readily answered questions from community members, who were eager to ask questions of the officers present.
Next week is 50s night at the car cruise, running from 6-9 p.m. as it does every week during the summer.
For the full cruise schedule, check the Monday Night Car Cruise web site.
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| With sunny skies and temperatures hovering around 80, it's no wonder the ice cream line was so long. |
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