Posse Appreciation Event A Success.

The photo shows OVPD Chief Daniel Sharp making his remarks at the start of this year's Posse Recognition Event on March 28, 2012.   Chief Sharp and Posse squad leaders presented OVPD Certificates of Appreciation to the 2011 Frequent Flyers in attendance.

Also present to demonstrate their support of the Posse was Oro Valley Vice Mayor Lou Waters, OVPD Deputy Chief Larry Stevens, OVPD Executive Officer Lieutenant Kara Riley, OVPD Support Services leader Lieutenant Ed Schafer, Sergeant Amy Graham and Officer Jody Rammell.  The SCOVCA was represented by Board Members Janice Strassburg and Robert Hefner and General Manager Bob Mariani. We thank them all for attending.

Thanks, also, to Posse Secretary and Squad Leader Dee Bethke for handling the Master of Ceremonies task so well and for arranging for the tasty snacks and beverages.

Finally, thank you to all the 2011 Frequent Flyers and all Posse members for their contribution to their community.

Click on the photo above to view a slideshow of the event, and click here to view the slideshow that was being shown on the auditorium screens prior to the event.

Sun City Vistoso Posse members:  Want to be on the 2012 Frequent Flyer List?  Call your squad leader today and volunteer for neighborhood patrols.

Not a Posse member?

Posse Activity During March 2012.

(Summary)

• Miles Driven: 2863

• Open Garage Doors: 141

• Flashing House Lights: 19

• Cars Parked On Street: 347

• RVs Parked On Street: 60

• 911 Calls: 11

• Other: 22

The data in that report was obtained from all the Posse Watch Report forms completed by Neighborhood Patrols during March 2012.

View activity reports for previous months.

Date To Remember

April 2012 Service Anniversaries

There are no service awards for this period.

Posse $20 Weekly Drawing For Service

Apr. 2     Steve Lahood

Apr. 9:    Tom & Penny Hendrix
Apr. 16:   Darold Cutsinger
Apr. 30:   Vern Petterson

 

Congratulations and Thank You for your service!

From: OVPD Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

April 7th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. we will be having our first of two Shred A Thon events. This event will be held at Best Buy located at 11855 N. Oracle Road in the Oro Valley Marketplace.  First two boxes are free and $10 a box after that.   We don't specify the size of the box.  Please take advantage of this to help prevent Identity theft.

The photo was taken near the end of another successful Dispose-A-Med event in the SCV Social Hall on March 13, 2012.  Check out the large quantity of pills in the big jug on the table.  The event was administered by volunteers from OVPD and SCOV.  A Posse squad leader, Larry Lee, was one of them.  He's the guy in the white hat. 

Did you know that the SCV Dispose-A-Med events began through the initiative of the Sun City Oro
Valley Community Foundation and are staffed by Foundation and OVPD volunteers?  Larry Lee is also a member of the Foundation.

These SCOV Dispose-A-Med events are scheduled for the second Tuesday of every other month in the Social Hall from 9 to 11 AM.  Those dates for the rest of 2012 are May 8, July 10 and September 11

OVPD will be conducting the next Oro Valley Dispose-A-Med at Target on April 28.

After long-time Posse member and Squad Leader Dexter Jones retired from the Posse, Squad Leader Marian Horsley organized Squad A by herself.  That has changed:  Pat Monson has volunteered to take Dexter's place, and now Squad A has its full compliment of squad leaders.  Thank you, Pat, for agreeing to volunteer for this important task.

In addition to Marian and Pat, the other squad leaders are Dee Bethke, Florence Duckett, Larry Hoaglund, Larry Lee, Dick Mueller, George Puffett, Marilyn Rego and John Willis. Without the dedicated service of those volunteers, the Posse would not function. The entire SCOV community should be grateful to them for their service. Thank you Posse squad leaders!

The photo on the Home Page and on the cover of the March 2012 Tipster (at left) symbolizes the partnership that exists between your Posse and the Oro Valley Police Department (OVPD).  It exists, in large part, because a relatively small number of residents are willing to serve their community by being the eyes and ears of the OVPD during a large part of nearly every night of the year.  The result is that we live in one of the safest communities in Arizona.  But, we have a problem:  We often aren’t able to staff all of our patrols, especially during the summer.  We need more volunteers and we need more Posse members to go out on more patrols.  So, if you are in the Posse and haven't been on patrol in awhile, call your squad leaders and tell them you are ready for duty.  If you aren’t a Posse member, please join the Posse today.

Thank you OVPD and Posse volunteers for all you do for SCOV.

A special thanks to those on the Posse Frequent Flyer List below.  Those folks went out on patrol five or more times during 2011.  Take note of the person who went out the most.

The Posse Frequent Flyers for 2011.

Debbie ALLEN

Ron ALLEN

Norma ARMSTRONG

Bonnei ARNESON

Ken AYERS

Edith BAILEY

Joseph BAILEY

Del BALSTON**

JoAnne BLATT

Paul BLATT

Jo BOMAR

Lee BOMAR

Duane BOWEN

LaVita BRIONES

Nancy BROWN

Tom BROWN

Wayne BRUNING

Jan BUCHEL

Bob CAHOON

Jackie CAHOON

James COOK

Elizabeth DANIELS

George DANIELS

Payton DAVIES

Elaine DEETER

Dan DeGEORGE

Maggie DeGEORGE

Pat Di LALLO

Rich Di LALLO

Donald DICKERMAN

Leah DOTY

Mickey DOTY

Bill DUDLEY

Brenda ERICSSON

Dave ERICSSON

Ann FALL

Cathy FITZGERALD

Bert GUSTAFSON

Fred GUSTIN

Patricia GUSTIN

Robert GUTBERLET

Pat HANSEN

Steve HANSEN

Nita HAWKINS

Ed HELM

Ray HICKS

Richard HILL

Frank HOLTRY

Arthur HUMPHREY

Patricia IMES

Ronald IMES

Carol JOERS

John JOERS

David JOHNSON

David JOHNSON

Ken JORDAN

Larry KELLETT

Edward KENNEDY

Olive KENNEDY

Paul KIRSCH

Granville KNOX

Dale KNUDSON

Gerarda  KRABBENDAM

Frank KRIVITZ

Lynn KRIVITZ

Karen LEE

Larry LEE

Sylvia LEHMAN

Vern LEMIEUX

Marianne LERCH

Hal LINTON

Ingrid LINTON

Jane LUTZ

Martha LYONS

Robert LYONS

Hugh MADSON

Betty MATHUES

Harold MATHUES

William MAUK

Joe McNULLY

Fred McNULTY

Richard MUELLER

Jack NELMARK

John NJAA

Nancy NJAA

Jon NUS

Judi NUS

Ann OWEN

Theresa PETTY

Edie PHILLIPS

Clive PROBERT

George PUFFETT

Marilyn REGO

Dennis REYNOLDS

Sandra REYNOLDS

Carol ROHR

Terry ROHR

Margot ROTHENBUECHER

Howard RUBIN

John SCHULTE

Paul SCHWAGER

Bob SEGEBRECHT

George SMITH

Mary STEVENS

John TIEDJE

Elaine TOBER

Bill WALLACE

Jack WELCH

Bert WHITLEY

Ginny WILLIAMS

Jim WILLIAMS

Helen WILSHIRE

Jack WILSHIRE

Lawrence WOLF

**Del Balston, our Chariman, went out the most: 19 times!