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Community Action
CAA School Safety Patrol
They keep your kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews safe each and every day but do you even know they're there? CAA school safety patrollers are at work and it's time to get to know them. Here's how:
- Find out if you're "Smart like a Patroller" for your chance to WIN a CAA Orlando Family Vacation or a family season's pass to Canada's Wonderland.
- Visit one of our CAA store locations in the fall of 2008 and pick-up a free CAA School Safety Patrol giveaway.
- Send an eCard to the Minister of Education, thanking the Minister for supporting the program for more than 75 years.
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Safety Patrollers
Keeping children safe for more than 75 years
The CAA School Safety Patrol program is a joint effort between CAA, the police, school boards, teachers, parents and more than 25,000 dedicated student volunteers who give their time to ensure their peers remain safe at road crossings and on school buses in South Central Ontario.
A rich history of accomplishments and value
Since the program's inception, there have been more than 80 documented cases of patrollers saving others - mostly fellow students - from serious injury and death.
Kids like Shpend Bytyqi and Devdutt Kamath who prevented a grade one student from being run-over by a car or Jared Nesbitt who used his fire safety skills to put out a fire in his own home and Elizabeth Blenkarn, a grade 5 student, who administered first aid to a kindergartener who hit his head during a bus ride. Last year, patrollers contributed more than 3 million volunteer hours to their communities.
Who are safety patrollers?
Safety patrollers are student volunteers who have been trained by local police services to use potentially life-saving skills while on duty. More than 55 Ontario police services have partnered with CAA to deliver a top-notch training program.
You can easily spot patrollers in your community by the lime-green vests they wear. In fact, only on-duty foot and bus patrollers can wear these vests, which are easily recognizable to students, motorists and pedestrians.
The responsibilities of safety patrollers
Student foot and bus patrollers are trained by local police services to use potentially live-saving skills. There are two types of patrollers:
- Bus patrollers - Help the bus operator in getting passengers to their destinations in a safe and orderly fashion. The patroller does this by encouraging responsible behavior among students, while riding the bus, and by controlling the boarding and exiting of students in accordance with the bus operator's instruction.
- Foot patrollers - Monitor school crossings on roads around schools. These safety specialists keep students from entering the roadway when it is unsafe to cross, and they remind students of important safe crossing rules. Unlike crossing guards, patrollers don't stop or direct traffic.
Send an eCard to the Minister of Education
Do you think safety patrollers are doing an excellent job and feel that your school community is safer because of the work these young kids are doing? Send a Thank You eCard to the Minister of Education so CAA can keep the program alive.
Start a program in your community
The School Safety Patrol program is used by 800 schools across Ontario, and is recognized and endorsed by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and the Ontario School Bus Association. To start a program in your area, simply contact the community service officer of your local police service and ask about implementing the program.
School Safety Patrol forms
Find the forms you need - including applications and supply order forms.
School Safety Patrol Alumni
Were you once a CAA School Safety Patroller? We want to hear from you! Send us an email at schoolsafetypatrol@caasco.ca and tell us who you are and what area you used to patrol. It's time we re-connect!
School bus safety tips
With more than 800,000 children relying on school bus services each day, mishaps still occur when school bus safety guidelines are either overlooked or unknown. Parents, motorists and students can ensure the well being of everyone on the road by following a few simple safety guidelines.
There's a lot to know about road safety
When driving, there are many things to watch out for – children and pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers.
CAA's rich history
For more than 100 years, CAA has been keeping roads safe and advocating for the rights of motorists.
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