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The Hazelwood Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) Unit presented a large check to Mayor Matthew Robinson for the amount of $264,166.50, which represents the amount of money they saved the City by donating 8,521.5 hours of service.

Several members also received a Presidential Volunteer Service Award from The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in recognition of their voluntary contributions to the Hazelwood Police Department (HPD) over a 12-month period.

The Hazelwood VIPS Unit provides a valuable service to the HPD by doing the mundane, but necessary work around the station in order to keep more officers on the streets patrolling neighborhoods.  These volunteers do the chores that normally would have been assigned to other police personnel.  Many of the tasks they perform include setting things up for municipal court nights, helping the Court Division with paperwork, filing in the records room, and shredding documents.  They also drive police cars back and forth to the garage for repairs, help check on prisoners in the city jail area, and provide security detail for city events.

The HPD began its VIPS unit in 1996.  Over the years, this organization has gone from providing 1,500 hours to more than 15,000 volunteer hours each year.  Currently there are 25 active volunteers who perform over 33 tasks throughout the department.  In 2007, the Hazelwood VIPS Unit was recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) as a model police volunteer program.

Hazelwood police volunteers who received their President’s Volunteer Service Award at a recent City Council meeting for the number of hours of service over a 12-month period:

BRONZE AWARD (100-249 Hours)

Ruth Bohm                  219.75

Runette Travis           210.75

Jeanne Bethel 188

Tina Pellerito             162.50

Pat Herrmann            127

SILVER AWARD (250-499 Hours)

Ruth Podorski 469

Dennis Lammert        400.5

Joyce Hollman           393

Dolores Kruep 377.75

Clyde Carron              349.5

Chuck Herrmann       329.25

GOLD AWARD (500 or more Hours)

Tony Podorski            1237.5 **Lifetime Award – 4,000 hours

Jack Weber                 934  **Lifetime Award  – 4,000 hours

Stella Brown               681.5

Pat Corzine                 625

Dona Carron               563

Ted Johnson               555.75

Rose Littell                 547.5  ** Lifetime Award – 4,000 hours

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