A day in the life of a police officer

10/10/2025

Last Tuesday, on October 7th, our students had the chance, along with other schools, to meet the National Police in an exhibition that took place in La Ciudadela. 

Last Tuesday, on October 7th, the Primary school students from Colegio Evangelista visited an exhibition the National Police had prepared for the different schools around Pamplona. The outing lasted all morning, during which the students visited different stands around the park and even witnessed a live arrest.

Students left the school at first hour. 1st to 4th class went on the bus, turning the trip into an exciting adventure for them. Students in 5th and 6th class enjoyed the ride in the different vans that took them to their destination. They arrived at the park at 10:20 only to find that there were 700 more people already there. The park was full of diverse stands containing information related to the different areas within the police force. The children were allowed to ride their motorbikes (some were daring enough to turn on their engines), greet the horses, have their fingerprints taken for their ID card...

At around 10:30 the show prepared by the police began. It opened with the staging of a kidnapping and the intervention of the police to save the hostage. You could feel the excitement in the air as the multitude of people there tried to get a look at what was happening. Children’s heads went back and forth as they tried to see what was going on. The fortunate ones who had managed to get a front seat expressed their delight with "Ohs" and "Ahs," followed by the explosion of clapping. Our students were attempting to get a look amongst the heads of those before them when all of a sudden a shadow could be seen up on the wall. It belonged to a sniper. Other agents descended the wall using a rope, Mission Impossible style, in order to catch the kidnappers. Although the end of the scene could not be seen from where our children were standing, they were happy to know that the criminals had been caught and put away. After that excitement, police dogs took the stage accompanied by a cheerful robotic dog called Sira. A flying drone called Fermin also appeared on the scene and hovered above the children’s heads during the entire show.

Resigned to the fact that we weren’t going to be able to see and enjoy the show, the children were divided into two groups: the little ones from 1st to 4th class would go and have a snack, while the older ones tried to find a place in the front rows so as not to miss how the dogs identified colours with their sense of smell or how the horses paraded.

In the meantime, the youngest students took advantage to get a good look at the different stands around the park, which were easier to access now that there were fewer people around. The police attended them, affectionately inviting them to some exquisite nuts. They enjoyed dressing up as authentic policemen: they tried on their helmets, waistcoats, and their amazing but heavy bulletproof shields.

They took on the role of drivers as they climbed into the police cars; they discovered where the firearms are kept inside them, and they learned how to detect fingerprints in a crime scene, like true forensics.

At 12:30, the younger ones, and at 1:00, the older ones returned back to the school after having enjoyed a morning in which they became policemen for a day.