Pulaski College No. 8 in Passaic NJ, in the early '60s was an alternative time. You needed to be at least in the 4th rank and our rates had 18 Patrol Children, two Sgt, one Lt, One Capt, and a Key, who manned the corners of downtown Passaic in water, snow, sleet, and hail. The Officers, Main, Chief, Lieutenant, and Sergeants had yellow straps to distinguish them and had to be 5th graders (the highest grade inside our school) and their work was to check on every one of the other articles to ensure we were there and doing our job. We also had a Quartermaster who needed treatment of the equipment, water equipment, flags, etc. He had the standard typical jobs and had a gold Patrolman badge BUT he used a yellow Officers strip and was regarded an official

In the school as well as manning the roads, we'd Patrol Guys at specific opportunities to start and shut them for the small young ones, but we had "Monitors" in the college it self to watch the halls. The "Monitors" had the same program to the Patrol Children but not as structured and managed.

I don't know if this is distinctive to NJ, but we had a "Chief" in addition to another officers and whoever was Chief ensured the other officers did their job. It absolutely was a REAL string of order! We use to take trips, particularly for the patrol boys. Another Passaic colleges we met on the trips had Patrol guys and THEY also had a Chief. The Patrol Boys were huge back then, even the Catholic Colleges had Patrol Boys. Even though we're able to have, we didn't have women in those days and I can't recall if our badges said "College Security Patrol" or "College Boy Patrol" but we called ourselves "Patrol Boys" ;.

On poor climate times, we came in early and grabbed the orange raincoats and caps and went out to the specified edges (up to 9-10 blocks away) very nearly as much as the old Passaic Large School. The raincoats and hats reminded me of the old sailor's raingear. A "Maggie May" cap that has been just like a downturned Sailor hat and the raincoat was long and bulky. Are you able to envision nowadays? A fourth grader position in the center of the streets Personalised badges for schools in Passaic, with their back, looked to traffic and ending vehicles!! No signals, no standard just a bright gear across your chest gave you the power to regulate traffic and people compensated attention. We were the initial people up and prepared and the final to have house after school. At the end of the shift when the college bell rang each morning, the Patrol Child nearest to the school yelled down the block, "DISMISSED" and each part might relay and shout it down to another until it achieved the furthest corner. Several years later while operating home from the sales contact I noticed the "DISMISSED" being yelled out and it produced a look to my face. When I bothered to check about, I found these little kids with red (ours were white) devices with badges leaving their given posts. Did I think, were WE that young to possess this type of duty? I couldn't believe we did that at therefore young an age. I remember being the greatest kid about!!!!!

Commonly becoming a Patrol Boy, you were advised by some body and we had principles that WE enforced and followed. Still another way was if your Patrol Boy requested you to "sub" for him a couple of times. "Subbing" designed that you wore someone's gear temporarily if they certainly were sick or out for your day and you needed around their article (you didn't get the badge, the "real" Patrol Boy wore that on his belt over his trousers pocket while he was not on duty. It was great to be always a Patrol Child in the event that you haven't guessed). At the conclusion of the "duty" or day, you offered it back once again to whoever you had been subbing for. If you didn't record for duty a lot of instances or had way too many subs for number good reason, you had been fired. Think it or not., those conclusions were remaining to the Main and Leader the fifth graders! We went our plan (obviously under the attention of the Principle)