PHOTO GALLERY | Fifth-grade students get peek at how legal justice system operates
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Local elementary school students participate in a mock civil trial in the Grand County Courthouse Thursday afternoon as part of the annual Law Day event that is held each year at the beginning of May.
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A pair of young ladies don police tactical gear while checking out some of the equipment items and pieces of machinery that allow local law enforcement officers to perform their jobs.
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A group of fifth graders field questions from Grand County’s three commissioners during a session about the functions and workings of county government as part of the annual Law Day event on May 2.
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A pair of young ladies, both serving as lawyers for the plaintiff, go over their notes as they participate in a mock civil lawsuit trial in the Granby courthouse Thursday afternoon.
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Many of the students who participated in Law Day enjoyed a ride on the Colorado State Patrol’s “The Convincer” a machine that simulates a low impact vehicle collision of just a few miles per hour meant to convince riders of the need to wear seatbelts.
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Deputies from the Grand County Jail locked one willing young student into the jail’s restraint chair as part of their demonstration of the Grand County Jail and its operations.
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A wildlife officer from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows students antler sheds and animal hides as he discusses the state’s current antler shed gathering laws and other aspects of his role in the justice system.
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A Grand County Sheriff’s Deputy welcomes students to the Grand County Courthouse and directs them through the courthouse’s security entry point as they prepare to participate in Law Day.
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One lucky young lady got the honor of serving as judge during a mock civil trail she and her fellow students participated in on Thursday at Law Day.
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A sergeant from the Grand County Jail explains to students the process by which individuals who have been arrested for crimes enter the facility.
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A group of students pile into one of the utility vehicles the Grand County Sheriff’s Office relies upon for travel in remote regions as is required on a variety of calls, such as search and rescue calls.
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Fifth graders from across Grand County spent Thursday in Hot Sulphur Springs participating in a nationwide, annual program called Law Day. Typically held at the beginning of May, Law Day is a celebration and appreciation of the ideals of justice. Each year, students from West Grand, Granby and the Fraser Valley spend several hours touring the Grand County Courthouse, administration building, sheriff’s office and county jail with court officials and sheriff’s deputies acting as guides. Students even got to participate in a mock trial, heard before the judges that oversee Grand County.
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