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On May 30, 1990, the Colton Police Department received the Governor's Award for <br />its grant program - Colton Crime Resistance Action Project. The Governor's <br />Award is one of eight awarded statewide iia the area of Public Safety and Colton <br />Police Department is one of two police departments to receive this award in the <br />Public Safety Program category. The plaque was presented to Chief Paul Connolly <br />by Govenor George Deukmejian during ceremonies held at the Annual Governor's <br />Conference on Victim Services and Public Safety that was held at the Anaheim <br />Hilton and Towers. <br />The award culminated a two year state grant, funded by the Office of Criminal <br />Justice Planning. <br />The grant, which is funded on an annual basis, was initially written by Lieutenant <br />Patrick Crowe and was designed to involve the police department with various <br />government agencies, the business community, the school district, and community <br />based organizations, in a combined effort to reduce crime in the community. <br />The first year saw innovative programs such as McGruff on school buses. <br />McGruff the crime fighting dog, with a police officer, rode on school buses to <br />promote safety to elementary aged students. Bilingual Neighborhood Watch <br />programs were started throughout the city to encourage non- English speaking <br />residents to help protect their neighborhood. <br />The second year grant was written under the guidance of Lieutenant Randy <br />Heusterberg, which continued with the original programs but added a strong <br />emphasis on child identification. A child fingerprint program called "Keep 'Em <br />Safe" was initiated and has fingerprinted over 3000 children from all over the <br />Inland Empire. The program has been adopted by many local police departments <br />as well as agencies in Northern and Central California. <br />The program would not have been successful without those individuals assigned to <br />the job; Officer George Nunez and Community Services Officer Barbara Butler - <br />Bratton, two highly enthusiastic persons who kept the program on-line and were <br />successful in encouraging the community's support. <br />D.A.R.E. Officer Mark Walters and Sergeant Frank Sullivan helped in writing the <br />grants and was instrumental in the department receiving the grant awards. <br />Chief Connolly was proud to accept the award on behalf of the police department <br />and the community. ORIGINAL e7_e ;-10 <br />FILE NO. ................... <br />