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Working with the Community
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Tip-a-Cop
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Tip-a-Cop at Coco's Bakery Restaurant was held on Thursday, April 23. Public Safety Officers assisted regular wait staff for additional "tips" which were donated to Special Olympics. More than $2,000 was raised at the annual breakfast event.
Officer Murayama "service with a smile."
The next Tip-a-Cop for Special Olympics is:
Wednesday, August 19, 5pm-9pm
at the Firehouse Grill & Brewery,
111 S. Murphy Avenue
in Sunnyvale.
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Working with the Community
Health and Safety Fair
The 2009 Sunnyvale Health & Safety Fair held on Saturday, May 30th was a great time for all who attended. Participants enjoyed a variety of interactive and educational displays and live entertainment from karate demonstrations to high flying stunt bicycle shows.  Sharkie Teaching bike safety
Over 30,000 pounds of personal documents were dropped off by residents and shredded by CINTAS.
Bob Cormia Safety checks bikes
The Safe Kids Coalition inspected and helped parents safely install 32 child safety seats. More than 80 children participated in the Soccer Clinic hosted by the San Jose Earthquakes Street Team and lots of children and adults got to try street hockey at the Mobile Shark Tank.
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DPS Captain Honored
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, Captain Douglas Moretto received a Hero of Humanity Award from the International Association for Human Values for his leadership of the Sunnyvale Challenge Team.  The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) works to foster human values throughout the world such as non-violence, peace, compassion and enthusiasm for life. Through educational programs that help to release stress and through humanitarian initiatives around the world, IAHV is re-kindling human values in every corner of society while cultivating an attitude of service toward others as a norm, not the exception. The Heroes of Humanity award was established to recognize members of our society who have gone beyond the boundaries of everyday life to demonstrate their commitment to human values in our communities. These individuals and/or organizations create a better world. These champions inspire the hero that is within each of us. Heroes of Humanity is an event in which we honor and celebrate these individuals and organizations by bringing attention to their lives and their achievements.
2009 Heroes of Humanity Award winners are the San Francisco 49ers Academy, Silicon Valley Faces, Oakland Leaf, Captain Doug Moretto/Sunnyvale Challenge Team.
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Your Local Crossing Guard
Name: Carmen Oceguera
Sunnyvale Location: San Miguel Elementary School
Intersection: Amador Avenue/ San Miguel Avenue
Helpful Hint: "Cross the street with a calm and patient demeanor."
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EXPLORER OF THE MONTH
Daniel Belnap has been a member of the Sunnyvale DPS Explorer Post since 2007.
Daniel Belnap, Explorer of the Month
Daniel is 20 years old and currently attending De Anza College. Despite being a full-time student and a part-time employee at Long's Drugs, Daniel has helped the community by accumulating nearly 100 volunteer hours. |
SUNNYVALE DPS UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE
June In the Schools - "Sober Graduation" (12th grade)
June 6 & 7
Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival
June 17
DPS Volunteer Recognition BBQ
June 22
Special Olympics/Law Enforcement Torch Run
Sunnyvale Public Safety receives the torch at Halford/El Camino Real and passes to Los Altos and Mt. View Police Departments at Knickerbocker/El Camino Real
Challenge Team Meeting
7:00-8:00 A.M.
June 26-28
Special Olympics Summer Games at UC Davis
June 27
Dinner at the Dump
"Serving up a Trashy Affair" benefit for Sunnyvale Community Services, Project Help, Leadership Sunnyvale, and Rotary Club of Sunnyvale events.inSunnyvale.com
June 27-28
Sunnyvale Amateur Radio Emergency Services (SARES) Field Day
Summer Movie Nights
at the Firehouse
Open to children K-5 and their families. Showtime is 6:30 P.M. Call for reservations:
408-730-7140 408-730-7501, TDD
June 24: Wall-E
@ Fire Station 1
July 8: E.T. The Extraterrestrial
@ Fire Station 2
July 15: Herbie the Love Bug
@ Fire Station 4
July 22: Freaky Friday
@ Fire Station 3
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For questions and comments about the Sunnyvale DPS newsletter Beyond the Badge,  you can e-mail us at: pubsfty@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us
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 Message from the Chief
Grants, Grants, and More Grants I wanted to share a few of our recent grant award success stories. Over the past few years, DPS has become very successful in winning competitive grants - from DUI enforcement, to special service vehicles, to community cardiac education programs - we've focused our efforts on finding funds that will allow us to better serve the Sunnyvale community. In the past four years, we've secured more than one million dollars in grant funding that directly results in better service delivery. Two grants that will be put into action soon are:
- The Federal Firefighter Assistance Grant worth almost $300,000 will provide mobile computers for all our fire engines. These computers will allow for much quicker response to emergencies because of mobile mapping capabilities, they will allow us to access important emergency information in the field, and they will track the location of every fire engine - 24 hours a day.
- A portion of the Federal Department of Homeland Security Grant, which awarded $193,000, will be used for patrol car mounted cameras that automatically read license plates - up to 4,000 each minute - and will check those license plates to ensure the car is not stolen. These cameras will be mounted on a few of our patrol cars. If a stolen car is located, GPS will identify the location of the vehicle so that officers can take action. These automated license plate readers will be of great value to DPS, as we have almost 500 vehicles stolen each year in Sunnyvale. We really expect great things with this grant project.
There are too many more to mention, almost 20 in play right now. As you see needs in the community, please let us know. We will try to find grants that might match the needs that you help us identify.
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Department of Public Safety 2009 Open House
On May 2nd, 2009 Sunnyvale DPS held its second Open House event. The event was the idea of Neighborhood Resource Officer Jenny Anton. She wanted to do something to open the department up to the community and take away the mystery of what goes on behind closed doors.
Car extrication demonstration The entire department put on a great show providing headquarters tours, dynamic demonstrations and activity booths. The one day event took months of preparation from every division of Public Safety and many departments throughout the city.
K-9 demonstration
The event was a great success and hopefully allowed us to build a stronger bridge between the police/fire department and our community.
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Police Academy Graduation
On May 15th, 2009, Sunnyvale DPS welcomed four new officers to the agency. Officers Jason Swick, Bryan Scott, Nicholas Epidendio and Timothy O'Connell graduated from the 144th Basic Police Academy held by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) located in Dublin, CA. The ACSO Police Academy is regarded as one of the most difficult Academies in the state.
Graduation day
The Academy started on Nov 3, 2008 with 27 recruits. The 28-week Academy consists of 1056 hours of training which includes 80 hours of Defensive Tactics training, 136 hours of Firearms Training, and 24 hours of intense Emergency Vehicle Operations Training (EVOC). That does not to exclude the strenuous academic requirements, which included 40 academic tests and 14 real-life scenarios.
Give me 50!!!
These four officers excelled at the Academy and their hard work both on- and off-duty paid off in the end. All four ranked in the top five of the class. Officer Swick received two awards for being the top performer in firearms training and the top performer in performance manipulative domains, which include defensive tactics training, EVOC, and scenarios.
The thin-ing Blue Line...
Congrats to our new Sunnyvale DPS officers on a job well done!
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DPS Public Safety Awards
The week of May 10 through May 16 was National Police Week. The Sunnyvale City Council and the Department of Public Safety honored a number of very important members of the Department and the Public at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday May 12, 2009.
Deputy Chief Ron D'Alba presented two life saving awards to Officers Orval Jones and Adam Gottfred. They responded to an emergency medical situation involving Mary Roth, the wife of a former DPS officer who was lost in the line of duty. They applied the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and introduced a shock which brought Mrs. Roth's heart rhythm back into a functional state.
PSO Jones and PSO Gottfred with Mary RothDeputy Chief D'Alba also presented a citizen life saving award to Dr. Ra Singh and Ricky Silva for recognizing a person suffering a heart attack at a City swimming pool and putting into action CPR and the AED, saving the life of Frank Chow. Deputy Chief Mark Strivers introduced Keren Orly, who fought off a violent intruder who had broken into her home. She fought to protect her children without thought of her own personal safety. For this heroic effort, Ms. Orly was given the Citizen's Award of Valor. Joanne Gallo, Public Safety Dispatcher was present at the ceremony. Joanne was the Dispatcher that handled this harrowing call. Chief Don Johnson introduced Lieutenant Steve Drewniany. Lt. Drewniany is responsible for developing Sunnyvale's life-saving AED program and installing AEDs in public buildings and companies around our City. Lt. Drewniany, in conjunction with the American Heart Association, started the CPR Anytime program teaching students in our high school life saving procedures which they in turn are sharing with seniors in our community
Chief Don Johnson congratulates Lt. Steve Drewniany
Finally Chief Johnson awarded Officer Jim Davis the Distinguished Officer of the Year Award. Officer Davis was honored for his hours of dedication to the children in schools in Sunnyvale.
 He was also instrumental in developing Parent Project, a program to help restore peace in homes where strong willed children were causing havoc. Officer Davis also volunteers as an Advisor to the Homestead High School Key Club and Sunnyvale Middle School's Builders Club.
Officer Davis with his daughter Donna and son Jason after the ceremony
These are organizations that instill the spirit of volunteerism in the community.That evening's awards showed that Public Service makes a difference. Lives were saved. Homes were protected. Service beyond the call of duty was recognized. We commend all of the officers and public honored at this event and for their work and contributions to the community every day.
That evening's awards showed that Public Service makes a difference. Lives were saved. Homes were protected. Service beyond the call of duty was recognized. We commend all of the officers and public honored at this event and for their work and contributions to the community every day. |
Working with the Community
SARES Field Day
Emergency Communication Demonstration
June 27-28, 2009
The Sunnyvale Amateur Radio Emergency Service (SARES), associated with the Office of Emergency Services for the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, will demonstrate emergency remote deployed communications during its annual Field Day event.
Thousands of radio amateurs and clubs in North America and elsewhere in the world participate in this Field Day once a year to hone their skills at providing rapid communications during disasters and other emergencies. In the United States, this event is usually the the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating each year. This event is in association with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day. The ARRL is the national association for amateur radio ( www.arrl.org).
 
Erecting field antennas A remote station on the AIR This exercise will be conducted at Raynor Park, 2565 Quail Avenue in Sunnyvale on June 27 and 28 and will run from 11A.M. Saturday through 11A.M. Sunday. Visitors are invited to drop by and see radio communications first-hand, learn about amateur radio and emergency communications, and if interested, even talk on the air. | |
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