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 District of
Columbia
Washington
Metropolitan Police Reserve
Corps
By Lieutenant Ray Eluhow
4th District
Reserve Commander
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington,
DC
The
Washington Metropolitan Police Reserve Corps was established in
1950, to assist the regular force and to be an integral part of the
Department. Reserve Corps members may perform the same duties
as a regular member of the Department in the course of augmenting or
supplementing the activities of the Department. Reserve Corps
members may only perform those duties for which they have received
competent training and for which they have been certified by
authority of the Chief of Police.
Members of the
Metropolitan Police Reserve Corps are members of the
Department who serve without compensation and who perform a
variety of duties with, and in support of, the career Police
force.
Reserve Officers are
assigned to various units of the Department, and they work to
provide a variety of Law Enforcement activities. Many Reserve
Officers will be assigned to a Police Service Area (PSA) in one
of seven Patrol Districts. Others may work in a
specialized unit and will work in support of the Patrol
Districts.
Reserve Officers
serve the Department in different ways, depending upon individual
experience and qualifications and upon the time commitment they are
able to make. Some Reserve Officers may work indoors in a
Patrol District. Others will work side-by-side with Patrol
Officers performing front-line Law Enforcement activities. And
others still may work alone, providing Uniform Patrol in their own
community as a fully empowered Police Officer who possesses the same
equipment and service weapon as career Police Officers.
Web
Author Note: Visit their web site at
www.copscops.com/reserves.html
to learn more about recruitment and
training requirements for this fine group of Reserves.
Also, Lt. Eluhow has a great 9-11 salute page. Check it out at
www.copscops.com/blessusa.htm
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MPD Receives Homeland
Security Grant
Letter of
Recommendation to
Mayor Anthony Williams (August 30, 2002)
from Kathy Patterson
Submitted by Metropolitan Police Reserve Officer Richard
Bartel
MAYOR ANTHONY
WILLIAMS
JOHN A WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
DEAR MAYOR
WILLIAMS:
I
WRITE TO SEEK YOUR ASSURANCE THAT YOUR COMMITMENT MADE ON JULY 18,
2002, AT THE FIRST DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO SUPPORT THE
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT (MPD) RESERVE CORPS WITH HOMELAND
SECURITY GRANTS STILL
STANDS.
AS
YOU KNOW, AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WE ATTENDED ON THIS ISSUE,
GOVERNOR TOM RIDGE, JOHN BRIDGELAND OF THE USA FREEDOM CORPS, AND
LESLIE LENKOWSKY OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE ("THE CORPORATION"), EACH STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF TURNING
THE "WAR ON TERROR" INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN EXISTING
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. CONSISTENT WITH
THIS REASONING, THE CORPORATION DESCRIBED THE $400,000 HOMELAND
SECURITY GRANT ISSUED TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AS
FOLLOWS: "PLACEMENTS WILL BE IN PRE-EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CORPS AND VOLUNTEERS IN POLICE SERVICE
AND WILL ALLOW FOR THEIR EXPANSION." IN MY REMARKS THAT DAY, I
REITERATED MY COMMITMENT TO MPD'S RESERVE CORPS AND NOTED HOW
PLEASED I WAS THAT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WAS RECEIVING THESE
FUNDS AT A TIME WHEN CHIEF CHARLES RAMSEY HAD MADE A PUBLIC
COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE RESERVE
CORPS.
I
WOULD APPRECIATE, THEREFORE, AN UPDATE ON YOUR PLANS FOR HOW THE
$400,000 WILL BE SPENT. BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF RESERVE OFFICERS
IS CURRENTLY INCREASING AS A RESULT OF RECENT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS,
THERE IS A PRESSING NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF
EXISTING AND NEW RESERVES. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
GRANT MONEY BE USED FOR THESE
PURPOSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR RESPONSE.
SINCERELY YOURS,
KATHY
PATTERSON
CC: DEPUTY MAYOR MARGRET KELLEMS / CHIEF CHARLES
RAMSEY
Web Author
Note: NRLO is proud to report that the MPD received the
funds!
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DC Metropolitan Police Reserve Level 4
Class 4-02-1
Submitted by Metropolitan
Police Reserve Officer Richard Bartel
Upgrade class of MPD
Reserve Corps Level 4 Class 4-02-1. There are over 100 Reserve
Police available in DC with full arrest powers. Level 1
Reserves are also armed.
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The Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJPD)
Bulletin now
available: "Lessons Learned from Safe Kids/Safe Streets"
This bulletin reports
results from an evaluation of OJJDP's Safe Kids/Safe Streets
Program, which applies a comprehensive,
collaborative approach to child mistreatment.
Resources: "Lessons
Learned From Safe Kids/Safe Streets (NCJ213682) is
available online at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=235184.
Print copies may be
ordered online at http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/alphaList.aspx. Search by document number for quick
accesss.
The January/February News
at a Glance is now available which features the recent "Project Safe Childhood National
Conference" wich was addressed by Attorney
General Alberto B. Gonzales. The issue includes reports on the
training initiative "Mobilizing New
Mentors Through Faith and Community Based
Collaboration" and recent gang prevention
training conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy in
San Salvador by Dr. Phelan Wyrick, OJJDI's Gang Program
Coordinator. While on the OJJDP web site, be sure to subscribe
to the OJJDP News at a
Glance and browse through past
issues.
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The President's Volunteer
Service Award
Click the
link above to go directly to the Presidential Award web site
 
"The President's
Volunteer Service Award" is an initiative of the President's Council on Service and
Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community
Service and the USA Freedom Corps and
is administered by the
Points of Light Foundation &
Volunteer Center National Network. 
This initiative of the
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation honors
America's Volunteers and encourages even more Americans to get
involved. The Award is administered by the Points of Light
Foundation. Go to the web site at www.presidentialserviceawards.gov for
more information on the Award, meet the Council, view Award
packages, learn how to earn the award, and how to contact
.
Recipients
receive:
-
an official President's
Volunteer Service Award pin
-
a personalized
certificate of achievement
-
a note of
congratulations from the President of the United
States
-
and a letter from the
President's Council on Service and Civic
Participation.
NRLO is an official "Certifying Organization" for
this award - Click here for more
information.
NRLO Members Only
Click here to
read about a Police Department's Chief of Police in the
State of Washington who is also honoring his
Reserves with this Award by registering his
Department as a "Certifying Organization".
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Volunteers in Police
Service
(VIPS)
Click on link above to go to the VIPS home
page
Be sure to check out VIPS' on-line
webcast link below to hear commentary on the importance of this
country's "Ultimate Volunteers"
The VIPS Events page allows you to search for
upcoming VIPS related events and activities (i.e., trainings,
seminars, networking opportunities, presentations, exhibits, etc.)
in your community. You can search for events by category, date,
state, or region. Please select an event to view event details and
to register online (if applicable). http://www.policevolunteers.org/events
The Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)
program is an effort developed by the U.S. Department of Justice in partnership
with the International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP). This program was created to support
President Bush's USA Freedom Corps initiative and is one of two Citizen Corps programs administered by the
U.S. Department of Justice.
The VIPS program is designed
to address the increasing demands on state and local Law Enforcement
agencies in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September
11th. At a time when Law Enforcement's limited resources are
being stretched even further, some agencies are turning to civilian
volunteers to enable Police Officers to be on the front lines,
working to make communities safer.
The IACP's role in this effort
is to administer the program, encourage Law Enforcement agencies to
list their programs in the VIPS database, create best practices and
resource documents, both for agencies setting up new programs as
well as agencies enhancing their current programs, and help citizens
learn more about Law Enforcement volunteer opportunities.
The VIPS Program and web site
was officially launched at a ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia, on
May 30, 2002, by Attorney General John Ashcroft and IACP President
Bill Berger. Assistant Attorney General Deborah Daniels, USA
Freedom Corps Director John Bridgeland, and Chief Samarra of the
Alexandria Police Department spoke; President Berger, Chief of the
North Miami Beach, Florida, Police Department unveiled the web site
and described its purpose. Over 250 local Law Enforcement
Officers and Police Volunteers gathered at the Lee Center in
Alexandria to help launch this new program. Volunteers from
various Law Enforcement agencies were presented with a certificate
of thanks from the IACP in recognition of their
contribution.
Go to
the VIPS web site home page now at: http://policevolunteers.org or go directly to their on-site webcast at:
http://www.policevolunteers.org/news/webcast.htm to hear commentary on what your government thinks of
this country's "Ultimate Volunteers."
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"Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor"
Definition of "public safety officer"
The term "public safety officer" is defined as a person
serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as a
firefighter, law enforcement officer (including a corrections or
court officer, or a civil defense officer), or emergency services
officer, as determined by the Attorney
General.
Get
your nominations in for
this term!
Nomination Period opens May 28,
2010
The nomination
period for the 2009-2010 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor will
begin at 8:00 a.m. ET and will run through 8:00 p.m. on July 31,
2010. Visit their website for complete information.
"Public Safety Officer Medal
of Valor"
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/medalofvalor/welcome.html
The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of
2001:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/medalofvalor/valor.htm
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - The Justice Department accepts
nominations for the "Public Safety
Officer Medal of Valor" which is
the highest national award for valor by a Public
Safety Officer. The medal is awarded annually by the
Attorney
General to Public Safety Officers cited as
having exhibited exceptional
courage in the attempt to save or protect human
life."
"As a
nation, we owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who risk
their lives to protect and defend others in their own
communities," said former Attorney General John
Ashcroft. "This Medal of Valor recognizes
the sacrifices and bravery made by every Safety
Officer."
The Medal of Valor Board, composed
of representatives of the Public Safety community and the
general public, and appointed by the President, the Majority and
Minority Leaders of the U.S. Senate, and the Speaker and the
Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will review all nominations and recommend individuals
for recognition.
Nominations
are accepted for "exceptional acts of valor
above and beyond the call of duty." Go to their web site to find out
what the
deadline is for receipt of
nominations. Additional information on the Medal of Valor, including
the nomination form and procedures, is located on the Office of
Justice Programs' Web site at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/medalofvalor/welcome.html .
The Office of Justice
Programs provide Federal leadership in developing
the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer
justice, and assist victims. OJP is headed by an Assistant
Attorney General and is comprised of five (5) component
bureaus and two (2) offices: The bureau of Justice
Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute
of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention; and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the
Executive Office for Weed and Seed, and the Office of the Police
Corps and Law Enforcement Education. Information about OJP
Programs, publications, and conferences is available on the
OJP web site, www.ojp.usdoj.gov.
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Fax to NRLO dated
2003/07/21
Department Of Justice
Press
Release
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
www.ojp.usdoj.gov
Past
Honorees:
Six Recipients Were Honored
in
Washington, DC
March 22,
2004
Honorees represent fire, police, and emergency medical
services 
Prior to the
afternoon's ceremony at the Justice Department, President
Bush met with the "Public Safety Officer Medal of
Valor" recipients at the White House.
The recipients of the
2003-2004 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor are James
Ahern of Boston, MA, John Ahern of Boston, MA, Kevin Fitzhenry of
Bayonee, NJ; Michael Muniz of San Antonio, TX; Barry J. Ralston of
Amarillo, TX; and Marcus Young of Ukiah, CA.
"Your sacrific to our
nation is inspiring," said Deputy Attorney Gerald
Comey. "You have proven your commitment ot
keeping our citizens safe by willingly risking your own safety and
lives. This is the ultimate act of patriotism," he
said.
For the
complete story on these fine examples of service above
and beyond the call of duty and to see more photos of the
recipients taken at the Department of Justice when they were
honored during a public ceremony by Deputy Attorney General
James Comey and Associate Attorney General Robert
McCallum and to read individual profiles on each of their
acts of "valor," click here. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov.
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