聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Cst. Alexa Dubeau has joined the Carlyle RCMP detachment and already loves living in the area.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic,鈥� she said as she described her first five weeks in the community.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dubeau arrived in Carlyle on Feb. 12 and is enjoying her first posting with the RCMP; a profession that she has been interested in since high school.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Originally from North Bay, Ontario, she worked with the North Bay District Humane Society for seven years as an animal control officer; she then moved to Winnipeg where she worked in Child Family Services helping kids reintegrate into society and helping foster kids.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 During this time, however, her goal from high school of becoming an RCMP remained a dream.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚 decided to apply January of 2016 and I went to Depot on July 31st of 2017,鈥� Dubeau stated.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭raining was great. It was long, but it was really good. The second half went really fast, the first half was a little bit slow 鈥� there was a lot of paperwork 鈥� but I learnt so much and I got into the best shape that I鈥檝e been in, in my life.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 With Carlyle as her first posting she has already become a part of the community.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he community is great,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e very pro-police, which is nice to see because I鈥檝e heard rumours that other places are not as friendly.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Being that this is her first position, she鈥檚 noticed that there are many people who don鈥檛 slow down for emergency vehicles and just reminds motorists to slow down and pull over to ensure everyone鈥檚 safety for when an emergency vehicle鈥檚 lights are on.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Aside from her policing duties, Dubeau is excited to become part of the community and will be coaching soccer this year.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚鈥檒l be coaching the 11 and under team this year,鈥� she said smiling. 鈥淚鈥檝e played soccer my entire life; I played competitively in Ontario.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Although she says it鈥檚 weird not to be able to play soccer, she鈥檚 very excited to be able to coach the team sport, which develops more than just soccer skills but also life skills.聽
