Send this page to someone via emailSince the summer of 2024, off-duty first responders in Lethbridge, Alta., have been working with youth in a fun new way. In total, 404 youth under 18 years old have joined police and firefighters through Off the Record in a variety of sports during 15 separate sessions. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. He says they hope the initiative could even help kids understand what a career in policing could mean. “Pretty much at every event we have different youth coming up to us, asking questions, how to become an officer, what we had to do to become an officer.