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z Volume 3, Issue 14
January, 2015 Cactus Park Precinct Commander Kevin L. Robinson
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Inside this issue:
Shop With A Cop 2
Shop With A Cop continued 3
PNP Coordinators Christmas Dessert 4
Holiday Candle Safety & Maria Uhing
Retires & A Moment With Your Mouse 5
Officer Freund Retires & Over the Edge 6
Training and Announces and Community
interest Links 7
Precinct Events & Newsletter links 8
Community Partnership Events 9
Officer Mark Wardian made con-
tact with a home owner concern-
ing the burglary of his home. Un-
known persons broke into the
home and stole paint, tools, a
vacuum and other remodeling
supplies. Officer Wardian ac-
quired the necessary information
and completed a burglary report.
As part of his investigation he
canvassed the neighborhood and
looked for the stolen items.
Officer Wardian located some of
the victim's stolen property in an
alley in the neighborhood and
returned the property. The home
owner wrote a letter to the Phoe-
nix Police Department regarding
this incident and his contact with
the officer. He was quite thankful
that Officer Wardian found some
of his property, saving him the
expense of replacing the stolen
items. Most importantly, he did
not expect this level of police
service from Officer Wardian or
the Phoenix Police Department.
In response to this positive police
contact, he wrote the attached
letter to commend the officer.
I am writing to commend Officer
Wardian for the handling of my
Burglary loss. After investigating
my loss, he drove through the
alleys in my neighborhood look-
ing for my lost items. He returned
to my home within a few minutes
with several items, including the
most valuable, saving me the
expense of repurchasing them. I
did not expect the follow up Of-
ficer Wardian gave and want to
thank him and the Phoenix Police
Department for the service.
Caring Officers: by Sgt. Rodrigo Hernandez
Partnerships: Precinct Schools, and Target Corp.
Shop with a Cop
The Phoenix Police Department in
partnership with Target, Phoenix
Law Enforcement Association
(PLEA), and other generous dona-
tors, enabled 92 children to par-
ticipate in the annual Shop with a
Cop program.
Each “shopper” was provided a
breakfast prepared by the Kiwa-
nis Club. Then, they had the op-
portunity to visit with Santa. After
this, they were paired with an
officer and given $150 to pur-
chase clothing and toys for
Christmas.
Officers are volunteers from the
School Resource and Community
Action Squads. The officers who
participate have often times been
a “shoperone” in the past and
look forward to helping out each
year.
The time spent shopping allows
the officer and child to interact
and get to know each other.
Some of these children have
never had positive interaction
with police before, so this pro-
gram affords them the oppor-
tunity to build trust and confi-
dence in law enforcement
officers.
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Thank you for all of those that collected or made donations for the shoppers and made availa-
ble funds to add to the number of children making it a very successful occasion. In addition to
the donations were the vendors and supply companies that in some cases provided services at
no charge so that the funds went directly to the children. Also thank you to all those
that worked so hard to provide a positive
experience for all involved.
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Cont.
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The annual Citywide Civilian Coordinator Christmas dessert
get together was again a great time of planning, chatting
discussing, mingling, and of course lots of calories! Bringing
the citywide neighborhood leaders together with City Coun-
cil members, Command Staff and Resource Officers is al-
ways a good time to discuss neighborhood issues.
Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol and Christmas Treats
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A Moment With Your Mouse
Volunteer with NSD
https://www.phoenix.gov/nsd/programs/volunteer The NSD Volunteer Network works to meet community needs by harnessing the power of volunteers and commu-nity partners. From training Blight Buster volunteers to remove graffiti, to helping residents in need through our Volunteer Assistance Program - we do it all in an effort to reduce blight and improve the Phoenix community.
A monthly insert for your education and
familiarization with the incredible diversity and
bountiful resources available to you by the City.
Holiday Candle Safety
A Candle Meant To
Decorate . . .
Can Devastate!
Recent trends in-
volving the decora-
tion of candles as
well as decorating
with candles could
bring disaster to your home. While they can
enhance the mood and bring warmth to a
room, candles must be used properly to pre-
vent a fire in your home.
Make sure that candles are secured in stable
non-flammable holders, such as
metal, ceramic, or glass. Anything
made of wood or decorated with
dried materials or fabric is asking
for trouble. A candle should never
be used without some sort of hold-
er; otherwise, it can burn down to
the surface on which it stands.
Keep candles away from flammable
materials including papers, towels,
and silk and dried flower arrange-
ments. Keep in mind that curtains
can drift across a candle flame and
ignite.
Whenever children are in your
home, keep candles and matches
out of their reach. Never leave a
child unsupervised in a room with a
lighted candle.
Don't leave any candle unattended.
If you must leave the room, extin-
guish all candles; that way, you'll be
saving them for the times you will
be there to enjoy them!
The BEST way to fight fires is
to prevent them from starting
in the first place!
Maria Uhing Retires after 24 Years!
Maria Uhing has been in-
volved with the community
in and around the Cactus
Park Precinct, adding her
dedication and personal
interest.
Maria said “I’m just retiring–
I’m not leaving.”.
Maria served the City as a
Community Prosecution
Specialist with the City Pros-
ecutor’s Office for over 24
years.
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Community Action Officer Karen Freund
Retires after 20 Years!
Cactus Park Community Alliance honored Officer Karen Freund at the 2014
Annual Christmas Party/Monthly meeting at Helen Drake Senior Center December 3rd.
Frank Steinmetz presented her with his hand made “signature” Police patch stained glass coffee table from
his “Steinmetz Collection”. The board presented her gifts from the “naughty-nice” bag in hopes to send her into retire-
ment with style.
The official retirement ceremony with be Jan 9th at Helen Drake Senior Center at 1:00 pm.
Officer Luz Fernandez Goes Over The Edge for Special Olympics
Every year Special Olympics Arizona sponsors the fund-
raising event. It takes $1000 to support two athletes for
an entire year at Special Olympics and that’s the amount
each Over The Edge participant must raise. This year,
our own Officer Luz Fernandez was among three
phoenix Police Department participants. The
Plunge started very early on a blistering cold over
cast morning at the City scape building down
town Phoenix. The cold wind did not deter the
exuberant repellers or the crowd that came out to
cheer then “down”. This is just one of the numer-
ous fund raising event all through the year put on
by Special Olympics. The up and coming, very
visible Torch Run is another event and one that is
supported by Police Departments world wide .
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Effective January 1, 2015, the
Metrocenter Mall will no longer be open at
7:00 A.M.
The Metrocenter Mall as of January 1, 2015
will OPEN AT 10:00 A.M.
Anyone wishing to walk the mall is still wel-
come to walk the mall after 10:00 A.M. and
throughout the day.
February 7th
March 14th
May 9th
July 11th
August 29th
November 7th
To all the wonderful, gener-
ous, and thoughtful folks that
donated toys, brought in food,
flowers, and cards for the po-
lice officers that worked the
holidays: a heart felt thank
you from all of us here at Cac-
tus Park Precinct.
1) The UNA online magazine, www.UNAphx.org,
United Neighbors Association
2) Cactus Park West Neighborhood Association’s
Newsletter: Jan
3) Sunburst Farms HOA Newsletter
Area Online Newsletters and Links:
Send in your links to your community newsletters and get them placed
on this list:
January’s CPCA monthly
meeting will be at:
Helen Drake Senior Center
7600 N 27th Ave.
602-262-4949
Date: 1-28-2015; Time:
6:45 pm
Cactus Park Precinct Website: http://phoenix.gov/police/precincts/cactuspark
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Contact Phoenix Block watch Advisory Board
Phoenix Block
Watch Advisory
Board
In Partnership with the Phoenix Police department
Hosted By:
Phx Block Watch Advisory Board
Time:
6:30pm-8:30pm
Location:
Maryvale Community Center @
4420 N. 51st Ave.
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January Partnership Events
Jan 7th; Coffee with a Cop
JB’s Restaurant; 8:00 am
3567 W Northern Av
Jan 21st: PNP Briefing.
Cactus Park Precinct.
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Jan 27th; Block Watch Adv. Bd
Monthly meeting;
Maryvale Community Center;
4420 N. 51st Ave.
Jan 28th. CPCA/PNP
monthly meeting;
7600 N Helen Drake Senior
Center; 6:45– 8:30 pm
Feb 4th; Coffee with a Cop
7600 N Helen Drake
Senior Center; 8:00 am
January
Cactus Park Precinct Phoenix
Neighborhood Patrol
PNP Briefing:
R.E.A.C.T.
Cactus Park Precinct
January 21st
7:00—8:00 pm
Phoenix (Cactus Park) Neighborhood Patrol
February
For questions, comments or
suggestions pertaining to this
newsletter contact: [email protected]
So far this year 53 CPP PNP members contributed:
1690.2 hours and 1875.2 miles;
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