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Actifest Profile: John Slavin
Age 66, London, Ontario
People
Jan 17, 2010

CAREER/RETIREMENT STATUS: Worked in policing for 28 years. Retired in 1994.

• Joined the O.P.P and worked at Lindsay Detachment and Peterborough Headquarters
• Taught at the Ontario Police College from where he retired
• Developed and taught the first Physical Fitness Program for Policing in Ontario, plus other training programs
• First crime-prevention coordinator for the Province of Ontario
• Instructor-trainer for First Aid training with the St. John Ambulance
• Past lieutenant governor for Optimist International
• Special security officer for the Toronto Blue Jays

PREVIOUS SENIOR GAMES  PARTICIPATION:
• Gold-medal winner in swimming at the London Senior Games,  and competed in swimming at the Ontario Senior Games in Hamilton
• Gold-medal winner for the London Senior Games and the Ontario Senior Games in slo-pitch in London

DO YOU INTEND TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR? HOW?
• Presently the district coordinator for the London Senior Games
• Hope to participate in the London Senior Games and Ontario Senior Games in slo-pitch

HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THE SENIOR GAMES?
• Usually on the ball field five days during the week in the spring and summer

WHAT BENEFITS DO YOU GET FROM STAYING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND INVOLVED?
• Feel better physically and get to enjoy the company of others.