FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- What goes on in a Military Police Station? How do Military Police work? What cars do they drive, what tools do they carry when they work?

Students from Scurlock Elementary School, located in Raeford, North Carolina, found out the answers to those questions when they took a tour of Fort Bragg’s Provost Marshal’s Office Wednesday, December 8th.

Janise McFayden, a counselor at Scurlock Elementary School, developed a program which helps children at the school explore vocations in the world around them, teaching them what is necessary to work in those jobs.

The students spent a few hours learning what goes on in a military police station. The students were able to see the evidence room, the inside of a traffic investigator’s vehicle along with the Fort Bragg 911 call center.

The first stop on the tour was the evidence room and a visit with Kenneth Pietrzyk. Pietrzyk showed the children what types of items come into the evidence room and how he stores the items.
Pietrzyk also explained how the evidence is first brought in by the police, how it is stored at the Provost Marshal’s Office and the process which must be taken when evidence is taken to the courtroom for proceedings.

After the evidence room, the students spoke to a traffic investigation officer who showcased a Fort Bragg Military Police Traffic Unit vehicle. The kids had a chance to see inside the Sports Utility Vehicle and look at the equipment that is needed to investigate a traffic incident.

Moving on from the vehicle, the fifth graders got to see the inside of the Fort Bragg 911 Call Center located at the Department of Emergency Services. Debbie Holfelder walked the group through the call center and answered questions.

The students were met at the end of the tour by a Department of the Army Police Officer, a Military Police Investigator and two Military Working Dog Handlers. The first question of many- What kind of food do the Military Working Dogs eat?

Connected Media