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Highway Patrol Officers

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In June 2015, the California Highway Patrol received an urgent call for help. A 17-year-old boy had fallen down a steep waterfall while hiking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Highway patrol officers raced to the scene in a rescue helicopter. The terrain was too rugged for the chopper to land, so the pilot hovered near the waterfall while the flight crew hoisted the injured boy to safety, saving his life. Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn about how these skilled police responders stay calm, think quickly, and act fast to address serious situations in which people or animals are lost or in danger. In addition, readers will go behind the scenes to see how these everyday heroes train for a wide variety of emergency rescues, so that they are ready to help day or night.

 
Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 7
Reading Level Grade 3
BISACS JNF011000
Genre Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Copyright 2016
Publisher Bearport Publishing
Series Police: Search and Rescue!
Language English
ISBN 9781943553488, 9781943553822
Title Format Unlimited Access eBook, Savings Bundle
Dewey 363.2'332
ATOS Reading Level 5.3
Guided Reading Level O
Lexile Reading Level 920
AR Quiz Number 180512
Author Miriam Aronin
 

Booklist Review for Highway Patrol Officers

This entry in the Police: Search and Rescue series focuses on the rescuing side of things. It intersperses brief looks at police academy training and specialized vehicles and equipment, such as the Stokes basket, with accounts of actual rescues performed by named patrol officers. These dramatic feats range from the expected (airlifting a fallen hiker to a hospital, saving a couple from a burning car) to the strange (chasing off a cougar stalking a hiker, rescuing an abandoned Chihuahua from a highway divider). Color photos show both men and women posing in uniform, as well as some of the rescue gear they use, while the back matter offers leads for readers on the hunt for more information about the skills and training of these rescuers, or the people they save.

Booklist Review for Highway Patrol Officers

This entry in the Police: Search and Rescue series focuses on the rescuing side of things. It intersperses brief looks at police academy training and specialized vehicles and equipment, such as the Stokes basket, with accounts of actual rescues performed by named patrol officers. These dramatic feats range from the expected (airlifting a fallen hiker to a hospital, saving a couple from a burning car) to the strange (chasing off a cougar stalking a hiker, rescuing an abandoned Chihuahua from a highway divider). Color photos show both men and women posing in uniform, as well as some of the rescue gear they use, while the back matter offers leads for readers on the hunt for more information about the skills and training of these rescuers, or the people they save.

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