POLICEMEN BECOME
TRAVEL DIRECTORS

B.C. officers do their share in pro-
tecting government's investment in
tourism.

THE TOURIST and hunter
having become important factors men
of the B.C. Provincial Police Force
have added the role of travel direc-
tors to their extensive range of duties.

Official discourtesy can undo thou-
sands of dollars worth of effort by
our tourist agencies heads of the de-
partment believe so men of the force
are told to be considerate of the
stranger and to be as helpful as pos-
sible commensurate with their other
duties. .

To do this the police familiarize
themselves with the geography of the
province, the industries of the various
sections, the game and fishing areas,
distances between principal centres
and, on the more isolated highways,
distances and places where fuel and
oil may be purchased so that the tour-
ist will not be stranded with an
empty tank.

And when a tourist contravenes a
B.C. regulation unwittingly no offi-
cer pounces on him with a sarcastic
crack and a notebook ready to chalk
up another traffic scalp.

The tourist is corrected with tact
and courtesy.

Constable Gurney Commended for Heroic Act

—Photo by Charnell Studio.

Sub-Inspector W. J. Thomson of Nanaimo detachment of B.C. Provincial Police congratulates
Engineer Constable T. B. Gurney of P.M.L. 16, who plunged fully clothed into Somass
River and saved Harold Johnson from drowning on June 2. At a spectal gathering of fellow
officers at Port Alberni Engineer Gurney was presented with a scroll recording his deed, as
well as a substantial cheque. At thespresentation were Sgt. S. Service, Sub-Inspector Thomson,
Skipper Brooksbank of the P.M.L. 16, Constable McVie, Corporal Green, Constables Brown,
Currie and McIlroy, Radio Operator Withers of P.M.L. 16, Radio Operator Ramsay and
Corporal Howe.

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