News Archive
07/31/2009
STOP now has its own Facebook page entitled,
Illinois State University's Students on Patrol (STOP).
07/17/2009
Greetings!
It’s time for another update on what we’ve been working on this summer for the STOP program. I recently attended the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) training in Chicago and picked up several new ideas for promoting and sustaining our Students on Patrol program.
- One of the great things we are planning is STOP’s participation in the President’s Volunteer Service Awards program (http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov). The President’s Volunteer Service Award gives Presidential recognition to individuals and groups who have made a sustained commitment to volunteer service. Volunteers earn the award by completing a specified number of hours in support of several initiatives, including public safety. Depending on number of hours achieved in 12 months, recipients can receive:
- An official President’s Volunteer Service Award lapel pin
- A personalized certificate of achievement
- A congratulatory letter from the President of the United States
- A letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation
- We are also working with our county Emergency Management Agency on forming a local Citizens Corps Council (http://www.citizencorps.gov). Citizen Corps is FEMA's grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. STOP would be a part of the local council and be eligible for grant funding to support our initiatives.
- I have also recruited two more officers from our department to assist with the STOP program; Corporal Michael Gardner and Officer Jessika Lopez. We are hard at work reviewing and revising the STOP training and policy manuals to be ready for the new semester. Hopefully you will get a chance to visit with Corporal Gardner and Officer Lopez this fall as they are very excited to be part of STOP.
- Be sure to thank your representatives from the Student Government Association for agreeing to purchase 500 safety whistles. The whistles are a promotional item for Festival ISU this year and they help raise safety awareness on campus. We would also love to get some volunteers for Festival ISU this year to hand out brochures and recruit for STOP. I’m putting together a banner and brochures for the event.
- If you haven’t already seen it, STOP now has its own web page on the ISU Police web site and a Facebook page is also in the works, thank you Katie!
We hope all of you are having a safe summer and we look forward to seeing you this fall.
Chief Woodruff
