Monty the Safety Bear was joined by four members of the Strathcona County Crime Watch Association executive on the crime watch float at the South Cooking Lake Trail Days Parade on August 19.
Several hundred people lined the streets of the small hamlet for the parade, which was also held to mark the South Cooking Lake Community League's 100th anniversary.
A Strathcona County Enforcement Services officer was behind the wheel of a pickup truck pulling the float while three other officers - two on all-terrain vehicles and one on a bicycle - rode in behind.
As the float rolled along the 2 km-long route, Monty waved to the crowd. Also on board was SCCWA president Bonny Burton and board members Chuck Hutchings, Gary Sears and Gary Poignant.
The Strathcona County Enforcement Services members who participated in the parade were; Michael Binczyk, Michael Bjornson, Walter Filiplic, Josh Hughes, Steve Landry, Dave Murray, Steve Schmidt and Tracy Zaborowsky.
Also attending the event was local MLAs Kyle Kasawski and Nate Glubish along with Strathcona County Mayor Rod Frank and councillors Lorne Harvey, Glen Lawrence and Corey-Ann Hartwick.
The Cooking Lake area, now home to about 270 people, first started as a farm in the 1890s.
Photo1; Strathcona County RCMP Sgt. Beth Philipp and Satina Koscielny, telecommunications supervisor for Strathcona County RCMP and Enforcement Services, demonstrated the county's new 9-1-1 system during the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce's Trade Fair at Millennium Place on Saturday, April 13. Strathcona County was the first jurisdiction in the country to transition to the Next Generation (NG9-1-1) network last October.
Photo2; Chris Ulmer holds his pet lizard Sunny in his left hand while picking up a Strathcona County Crime Watch Association water bottle with his right hand during the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce's Trade Fair at Millennium Place on Saturday, April 13.
Photo3; Swag items ranged from water bottles to key chains to pencils to lip balm at the Strathcona County Crime Watch Association booth at the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce's Trade Fair at Millennium Place on Saturday, April 13.
Photo1 : Chris Lestus with daughter, Lilly, and son, Lincoln, at the Strathcona County RCMP and Enforcement Services Bike Rodeo at the Strathcona Athletic Park on May 11.
Photo2; Lincoln Carey, navigates through the bicycle obstacle course during the annual Bike Rodeo at Strathcona Athletic Park on May 11.
Photo3 ; Strathcona County Peace Officer Steve Schmidt looks on as Nicole Mudryk, her daughter, Claire and son, Maine, enjoy some quality time on an Enforcement Services quad vehicle at the Bike Road on May 11.
Photo4; Strathcona County Crime Watch Association executive members (left to right) Bonny Burton, Gary Sears and Al Kolenosky provided information and smiles during the Bike Rodeo on May 11.