CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO

Members of the Niagara Regional Police Service often try to reach new heights, but some of our Members have done that quite literally. On February 20, 2004 Inspector Gregory O’Neil reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa. He along with his climbing guides are pictured here proudly displaying the Service’s colours atop of the Uhuru Peak in Tanzania. The Uhuru Peak is known as “The Roof of Africa” and is 5895 meters (19,335 feet) above sea level. The climb up takes fours days for the ascent as your body needs that much time to adjust to the altitude. The decent only takes two days . Detective Sergeant Jim McCaffery reached the summit of Kilimanjaro on February 24th, 2003.

ASSISTING AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

Following the terrorist activities in the United States on September 11, 2001, the Niagara Regional Police Service offered the assistance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) Teams to New York.  Two teams from our Service met with members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), and assisted in the roles of peer counselors to NYPD members that had been affected by the events of 9/11.  Members of the CISD teams assisted NYPD officers during this time at the World Trade Center site and other sites, and witnessed first hand the carnage that became known as Ground Zero.

Recognized for their training and experience in dealing with Critical Incident Stress, team members from Niagara were requested to lead a number of group sessions, and provided assistance first hand to many of the police personnel that experienced the traumatic affects of losing friends or relatives in the attacks.