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A crossing guard (North American English), [1] lollipop man/lady/person (British, Irish, and Australian English), [2] [3] or school road patrol (New Zealand English) [4] is a traffic management personnel who is normally stationed on busy roadways to aid pedestrians.
Junior safety patrol is a voluntary group of crossing guards involving older students helping younger students cross streets in elementary and middle schools across the United States and Canada. Both the Chicago Motor Club and the St. Paul Police started programs in 1920.
Traffic guards, also known as traffic controllers and flaggers, are trained to set up warning signs and barricades to slow down the speed of traffic in a temporary traffic control zone. When they are on scene they will set up equipment to warn approaching traffic about the incident.
The school year started with a mix of crossing guards and police officers manning posts at the district's two high schools, four middle schools, one intermediate school, 10 elementary schools and ...
A beloved crossing guard in New Jersey is being remembered as a hero for protecting two students from an oncoming driver, authorities said. Bruce Morlack, 74, died in the crash on the morning of ...
[1] - US DoD, The United States Military Rank Insignia All Warrant Officer grades are authorized, but not used by the Air Force [2] - Office of the Law Revision Counsel. "U.S. Code TITLE 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, section 207(a)-Grades, ranks, and titles of commissioned corps (2006)" (PDF).
The U.S. Coast Guard took possession of the school in 1957 and established the Reserve Training Center or RTC. The purpose of the RTC was to become the home of Coast Guard Officer Candidate School RTC was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT in 1998. RTC was formerly a large summer training program for reservists.
The Crossing Guard is a 1995 American independent drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Sean Penn. The film stars Jack Nicholson , David Morse , Robin Wright and Anjelica Huston . It tells the story of Freddy Gale, a man who has been tormented for more than five years by his daughter's death in a car accident.