Advisory committee approves meeting transcript and recommends award winners; votes recorded

The advisory committee recorded several formal actions during the March 4, 2025 meeting.

Approval of prior meeting transcript - Motion: Approve the meeting transcript and action summary from the Nov. 19, 2024 advisory committee meeting. - Mover: Oborne. Second: Stalker. Outcome: approved unanimously (motion passed).

Awards recommendations (committee votes and motions) - Individual Achievement (winner): Joella Jimenez, Deputy Sheriff, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Motion moved by Oborne; seconded by Alicia Rosa. The committee recorded a 9–2 vote in favor of recommending Jimenez as the winner. Notes: committee also named Sergeant Kyle Carden (Santa Clara Police Department) as runner-up by subsequent committee motion.

- Organizational Achievement (winner): California State University, Long Beach — Center for Criminal Justice. Motion moved by Oborne; seconded. Outcome: passed (committee vote recorded on the record; exact tally not specified in transcript). Runner-up: Palm Springs Police Department Training Division (committee motion and second recorded).

- Lifetime Achievement: one nomination (Lieutenant Bill Smallwood, Kern County Sheriff’s Office) was discussed but the committee did not reach a motion to recommend; no award was forwarded in this category.

- Budd Hawkins Exceptional Service Award (winner): Kimberly Zaragoza, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Training Center. Motion to nominate Zaragoza moved by Oborn and seconded; the committee voted in favor (transcript records a unanimous recommendation).

These actions were recorded during the committee’s awards deliberations and will be forwarded to the full commission for final recognition at the June meeting.