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Penticton Community Policing is hosting a free event at Gyro Park today focused on child and youth safety.

The organization has a booth set up in the park, offering free materials for youth and parents.

That includes:

• Free personal ID kit to take fingerprints of kids for records
• Information on proper carseat installation
• Free tour of a police car for kids
• Information on personal and online safety
• information about initiatives such as Crime Stoppers

The team will be on site at Gyro until 2 p.m. today, Thursday Feb. 13.