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Police volunteer (VIP) program reports rising hours; commission forms recognition subcommittee
Summary
The department reported increased VIP volunteer hours and described duties volunteers perform. Commissioners created a subcommittee to develop recognition criteria and awards for volunteers; two commissioners were appointed to the panel.
Lieutenant Carl of the Redondo Beach Police Department presented a summary of the department's Community Policing Volunteers (VIP) program to the Public Safety Commission on March 17, describing the program's history, duties and recent activity.
Lieutenant Carl said the VIP program began in 1994 and supports police work through traffic control at events, vacation checks, missing-persons searches, court runs, citation writing for parking and handicap-space violations, graffiti reports, and administrative…
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