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Show Your Offlctil Orem-Ccneva Times Pacpad Pep June 11, 14 & 15 OR F M wsummewes CCD J 7 A) , . i Ilium llli,,, 5 1 !' K 0 lid l Orem's Public Safety Department, 200 employees strong, has been selected by the Summerfest parade committee to serve as grand marshal for that event. Pictured here with Chief Mike Larsen (second from left on back row) are representative rep-resentative members of the department. . ac S on Dira Din) o f i?ecG: parage go-auncO DUDacoCnaD BYREVABOWEN Times Reporter Orem's Summerfest , parade committee departed depart-ed from the customary a bit this year, and instead of selecting an individual from the community to be honored as the parade grand marshal, chose just over 200 the city's entire Public Safety Department. ' Chief Mike Larsen, director of the Public Safety Department, said he was contacted by Jackie Brown, parade chairman, and informed that the parade committee had decided that, in light of events in the nation and the world this year, the group would like to have the department serve collectively col-lectively ai grand marshal. Larsen said he agreed the action would be appropriate. appropri-ate. "We're in a unique situation situa-tion here," Larsen declared. "We are not just police, or just fire, but we're police, fire, and emergency emer-gency medical services all in one. Larsen explained that Brown left it up to him to determine exactly how the department should be represented. rep-resented. "We put together a program with representatives represen-tatives from each division," he said. Six employees of the department, plus three motorcycle officers, will appear in the parade. The six will include last year's winners of the "Police Officer of the Year" award, the "Firefighter of the Year" award, and the LeGrand J. Baker and Beth W. Baker Exemplary Service Award. "These people won the awards for their dedication and service to the community," commu-nity," Larsen stated. "We thought they would be an excellent group to represent repre-sent us." Rounding out the group of representatives will be a firefighter paramedic, a high school resource officer, offi-cer, and a community service serv-ice officer. Jeff Long was the 2001 winner of the "Police Officer of the Year" award. Long has been a patrol officer offi-cer and has been active in teaching a variety of community com-munity education courses, including the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Long was assigned back to patrol at the end of last year, according to Larsen. John Savage was named "Firefighter of the Year" in 2001. He works at . Continued on page 2 |