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Save 12-13 November 2011 for a full weekend of training for all volunteer officers in Massachusetts.  We have received a grant from MEMA to help subsidize this training conference.  The 2011 Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) will be held at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester, and at the MPTC Boylston Academy.  The conference theme is "Preparing for the Future."

The conference committee is working with the MPTC to put together a treat training program for you.  In addition to the training, there will be a social event held on Saturday night at the Beechwood Hotel.  Special overnight rates are available at the hotel:  just mention the conference when you book your room.

This is an opportunity for RLEOs from all over the Commonwealth to build friendships.  We are all very focused on serving our individual communities:  this will be a great chance for us all to work together.  Please let other volunteer officers know about this conference.  We will provide more details in the near future.  If you have any questions, please contact me directly at:   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Looking forward to the Lake County (IL) Sheriff's leg of the Torch Run for the Special Olympics this Sunday morning! I think we have nine Reserves from the Unit willing to partake in the run with donations. See you then, bright and early! It's great to see our Sheriffs supporting Special Olympics. Oklahoma County's LT. Avery will be carrying the torch for six miles in Greece. This is community policing at its best.

The Hillsboro Police Department on Friday honored its reserve officers during an annual awards ceremony. 

The banquet, held at a Hillsborocountry club, recognizes the reserve officers for their time and dedication to the community, said Lt. Mike Rouches, Hillsboro police spokesman. Reserves work with full-time officers and provide support to patrol, investigations and youth services. They also participate in community events. 

Hillsboro Police Chief Carey Sullivan (left), Officer Brian Hallin, Sgt. Steve Vuylsteke, and Lt. Jim Kelly.

During the ceremony, Officer Brian Hallin, who joined the department in 2005, was named Reserve Officer of the Year, Rouches said. The award commemorates former Hillsboro Reserve Officer Gerald H. Erickson, who died of a heart attack while searching for an armed robbery suspect in 1980, Rouches said.

Hallin serves as the agency's reserve training coordinator, a position he's held for five years. Rouches said in the last year, Hallin gave 426 hours to the reserve program.

Hallin works closely with the department's training team, which has helped in his training of the reserves, Rouches said. He's a certified firearms, Taser, use of force and defensive tactics instructor  .

See the full article at the following link:

http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2011/05/hillsboro_police_department_honors_reserve_officers_during_annual_awards_banquet.html

From left: Cumming Police Chief Scott Burgess, Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt and reserve officer Jonathan Clapp.

Officer Jonathan Clapp received his certificate for completing field training and will become a full member of the department. Clapp, who will serve as a reserve officer, has had the same training as a full-time officer.

"They do a lot of work with us," Burgess said.

There are 14 full-time officers and five reserve officers in the Cumming Police Department.