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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />January 20, 2005 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />107 CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS DONATE NEARLY ~6,000 HOURS TO EPD IN 2004 <br />ODOT BEGINS WORK ON I-~05 OVERLAY PROJECT <br />AURORA BUILDING RECEIVES HUD "DOORKNOCKER AWARD" <br />THE DRAWER BOY OPENS AT HULT CENTER <br />SANTA CLARA NEIGHBORS INVITED TO PREVIEW DRAFT PLAN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK <br />RUGGED VOLUNTEERS MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AT DELTA PONDS <br />EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN SUPPORTS COMMUNITY SERVICES <br /> <br />~07 Citizen Volunteers Donate Nearly ~6~000 Hours of Service to EPD in 2004 <br />In 2004, 107 citizen volunteers donated 15,914 hours of <br />service in 40 different assignments through the Eugene <br />Police Department's Volunteers in Policing (VIP) <br />Program. Thirty-two volunteers are graduates of the <br />Citizens' Police Academy. The volunteers range in age <br />from 17 to 85. <br /> <br />Volunteers provide support in each of the department's <br />four divisions. Examples of volunteer assignments <br />include: helping staff a VIP booth at the Lane County <br />Home Show; filing police reports and citations in the <br />Records Section; wearing the McGruffthe Crime Dog <br />costume at community events; fundraising; role-playing <br />for special team scenario trainings; shuttling vehicles to <br />and from Fleet Maintenance and restocking patrol vehicle trunks; helping staff maintain community <br />access to the four neighborhood substations; collecting and organizing memorabilia for a police museum; <br />reviewing police reports and entering data for the Financial Crimes Unit; giving consumer scams, fraud <br />and identity theft prevention presentations to community groups; issuing citations to violators of disabled <br />parking spaces, conducting home vacation checks; sending letters to the registered owners of speeding <br />vehicles as part of a traffic calming effort and partnership with the Planning and Development <br />Department's Neighborhood Radar Program; preparing certified copies of audio tape records for the <br />Communications/911 Center; assisting with production of the department's monthly newsletter; providing <br />reception for the Property Control Unit; filing fingerprint cards for the Forensic Evidence Unit; and <br />electronically entering pawned property for the Operations Analysis Unit. <br /> <br />The Eugene Police Department is currently recruiting for additional volunteers to help staff the four <br />neighborhood public safety substations (Bethel, City Center, West University and Whiteaker) and to <br />provide reception for a volunteer-staffed police information line we hope to implement. For more <br />information, contact Volunteers in Policing Program Coordinator Carrie Chouinard at 652-5355 or <br />carrie, f. chouinard~ci, eugene, or. us. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />January 20, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />