Tarnpreet Saroya, a Grade 5 student at Caledon Central Public School, is interested in being a police officer when she grows up, and she was able to get a taste for the job recently. Tarnpreet, 11, was named Chief for the Day of Caledon OPP and Inspector Tim Melanson was happy to relinquish his spot as detachment commander. There were 43 young people who submitted essays explaining why they should be chosen, and Tarnpreet said she wrote about her hobbies, and why she thought she should be chosen. “I’m confident, I’m hardworking and responsible,” she said, adding she wrote on behalf of her twin sister Tarleen, who didn’t want to compete against her. “I really like the job and I think it’s cool to be a police officer.”
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