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LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT’S 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR PINNING CEREMONY AND HELEN REARDON VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION AWARD 

 

 

WHO: LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT RESERVE FORCES BUREAU AND THE COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.

 

WHAT: 2014 HELEN REARDON VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION AWARD AND PINNING CEREMONY. 

 

PLEASE JOIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN L. SCOTT AND MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT’S COMMAND STAFF IN HONORING SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS. DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH SWORN PERSONNEL FOR OVER TWO DECADES. THE SELFLESS HOURS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT’S NEARLY 3,800 VOLUNTEERS HAVE TOTALED A WHOPPING 414,707 IN 2013 AND IF GIVEN AN EQUIVALENT DOLLAR FIGURE WOULD AMOUNT TO $10,932,248. IT IS THIS UNSELFISH GIVING THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEPARTMENT’S SUCCESS IN BUILDING THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. 

 

EACH YEAR THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR NOMINATES ONE VOLUNTEER PER STATION OR UNIT. ONE VOLUNTEER IS CHOSEN BY A PANEL AND AWARDED THE TITLE OF HELEN REARDON VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. THIS AWARD IS BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS: ACCOUNTABILITY, LEADERSHIP, CAN DO ATTITUDE, PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY, AND CUSTOMER ORIENTATION. 

 

THE AWARD IS NAMED IN REGONITION OF HELEN REARDON WHO WAS SIGNIFICANT IN THE FOUNDING AND FORMALIZING OF THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IN THE MID 1980’s UNDER SHERIFF SHERMAN BLOCK. VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE ACHEIVED SIGNIFICANT HOURS THOUGHOUT THEIR VOLUNTEER CAREER WILL ALSO BE RECOGNIZED AND AWARED A LAPEL PIN AT THE CEREMONY. 

 

WHEN: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014, FROM 10:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. 

 

WHERE: SHERIFF’S HEADQUARTERS (SHERIFF’S MEDIA ROOM) 

4700 RAMONA BLVD 

MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA 91754 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT THE COMMUNITY/LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM’S AT (323) 526-5015 OR SHERIFF’S HEADQUARTERS BUREAU AT (323) 267-4800.