HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/13/2005 - City Council - Minutes - RegularPRESENTATION
CONGRATU
LATING THE
SALEM
SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT
ON
RECEIVING
STATE
ACCREDITA
TION
June 13, 2005
A regular meeting of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held
in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 114 North Broad Street, on June 13, 2005,
at 7:30 p.m., there being present all the members of said Council, to wit:
Carl E. Tarpley, Jr., Howard C. Packett, John C. Givens, Jane W. Johnson, and
John Christopher Clemens; with Carl E. Tarpley, Jr., Mayor, presiding; together
with Forest G. Jones, City Manager; Joyce C. Bailey, Deputy Clerk of Council;
Frank P. Turk, Director of Finance; Joseph E. Yates, Jr., Director of Planning
and Development; Melvin B. Doughty, City Engineer; Melinda J. Payne, Public
Information Officer; and Stephen M. Yost, City Attorney; and the following
business was transacted:
The minutes of the regular meeting of May 23, 2005, were approved as
written.
The report by the City Manager of the City's activities for the month of
April 2005 was received and ordered filed.
Councilman Givens reported that the following Boy Scouts from Troop 51 of
First United Methodist Church are present at this meeting of Council for
requirements of the Communications Merit Badge: Dan Moody, Ken Moody, Kent
Davis, Eion Shelton, Carl Maxwell, Todd Edgell, Riley Newsom, and Nathaniel
Webber with David Edgell and Kurt Webber, the leaders of the Troop.
Mayor Tarpley requested that Council receive a presentation congratulating
the Salem Sheriff's Department on receiving State accreditation; and
WHEREAS, Ernie O'Boyle, State Coordinator of the Virginia Law Enforcement
Accreditation Center, appeared before Council stating it is his belief that the
primary role of government remains the same and that is the protection of life
and property of its citizens; as a result of this belief, there are Police
Departments and Sheriff's Offices in localities; every professional
organization has a validation process; in law enforcement, the Law Enforcement
Professional Standards Commission is the accrediting body for the State of
Virginia; the Certificate of Accreditation is validation that the Salem
Sheriff's Office joins the other law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth
that have achieved accredited status by proving to the Board that their policy,
procedure, operation, and dedication to service is beyond reproach; the
Certificate of Accreditation signifies that the Salem Sheriff's Department
joins approximately 50 other agencies in Virginia as dedicating themselves to
professional service to the citizens of Salem; he noted that Virginia has over
400 law enforcement agencies, and only one out of eight agencies in Virginia
has achieved this status; the Salem Police Department and the Salem Sheriff's
Department have achieved accredited status; James R. Bryant, Chief of Police in
Salem and member of the Executive Board of the Virginia Law Enforcement
Professional Standards, will help present the award to Sheriff Roger L. Surber
and his staff; and
WHEREAS, Chief James R. Bryant presented the Certificate of Accreditation
to Sheriff Roger L. Surber; and