Description: THIS AUCTION IS FOR AN USED VINTAGE FLYER TITLED" LOS ANGELES CHILDRENS MUSEUM PRESENTS OFFICER BYRD " OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA SAFETY MASCOT" AND HIS PARTNER OFFICER MIKE, 1970's, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY OFFICER MIKE AND BYRD!!!" Approximately 8.5 inches tall. a clean item. From internet dated 2006: Around 30 years ago Michael Simonsen, an LAPD officer, was interested in how teaching kids about public safety could be made more interesting. “After going to a few schools to teach kids about public safety I began to realize that the kids were more interested in my gun and uniform than in anything I was saying,” Simonsen said. After a trip to the zoo with his children Simonsen decided to look into training some type of bird to accompany him to local schools when discussing public safety. Jim Kling, a retired police officer who trained birds in Norco, liked Simonsen’s idea and gave Simonsen a parrot as long as Simonsen agreed to train the parrot himself. After six months of training, Simonsen adopted and named the parrot Officer Byrd. Officer Byrd was a big hit in not only Los Angeles City schools, but also throughout the police department as well. He became known as Officer Byrd 007 and was also made an official police officer of the LAPD. For about 30 years this “dynamic duo” provided children with knowledge about public safety and protecting themselves in certain situations that they might not have received anywhere else. “Over those thirty years I had about forty kids confide in Officer Byrd telling him about certain situations that they didn’t know how to tell anyone else,” Simonsen said. “Helping those children made me realize that kids were listening to Officer Byrd.” After about 30 years, Simonsen and Officer Byrd retired from the LAPD and continued doing local events. Please do see the sample pics.S&H costs will be $4.99 by USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL in the US. EBAY COLLECTS sales tax.International rates are much higher. Thanks for browsing this listing.strW0008
Price: 99.99 USD
Location: Oakland, California
End Time: 2025-01-24T22:17:28.000Z
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