POLICE CALL BOX UNVEILING CEREMONY - FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015
The City of Saskatoon’s (City) Planning and Development Division, partnering with the Saskatoon Police Service, invite citizens to attend a commemorative Police call box unveiling ceremony outside of the Sturdy Stone Building.
Join His Worship Mayor Donald Atchison, Deputy Chief Bernie Pannell, and City Archivist Jeff O’Brien as they unveil a replica call box and celebrate the history of how it was used in the first part of the 20th Century.
Police Call Box Unveiling Ceremony
Friday, May 22, 2015
1:30 p.m.
Outside the Sturdy Stone Building
Corner of 3rd Avenue and 22nd Street
The City has created this heritage interpretive element on 3rd Avenue as part of the streetscape project currently underway. The call box will house a digital audio playback device that invites passing pedestrians to listen to audio tracks featuring short dramatized stories of policing in the Downtown.
The call boxes were actively used by the Police and Fire Departments between 1912 and 1960 to report incidents directly to headquarters. The project is located in what used to be known as Beat No. 1, the area bounded by 19th Street on the south, 23rd Street on the north, 4th Avenue on the east, and 1st Avenue on the west.
A second call box has been installed in the lobby of the Police Station (76 - 25th Street East) featuring interviews conducted with retired police officers who actively worked the beat during the use of these boxes.
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