Bulletin for March 2-8, 2012
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| Provo City Police Chief Rick Gregory, Crime Analyst Leigh Ferre, Public Relations Director Matt Siafanua with Provo Rotary President Steve Densley. |
Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Programs and Events
March 15: Greg Hudnall, Student Services Director for Provo School District,
speaking about suicide in Utah.
March 22: Wayne Parker, Chief Administrative Office for Provo City, speaking about the new Utah County Convention Center
March 29: Gary Garrett, Vice-president for Community Relations for Nu Skin, speaking about the new Nu Skin building
Report of the Provo Rotary Luncheon Meeting held March 1, 2012
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| Jill Moon |
Today's meeting was held at Riverside Country Club. President Steve Densley conducted the meeting. Ron Roberts provide piano dinner music and accompanied the singing of the Anthem. Jill Moon lead the singing and the Pledge. An invocation was offered by Les Smith.
Birthdays were recognized for March for: Andy Anderson, Frank Gardner, Mike Jacobsen, Steve Smith and Gary Wiest.
Ray Beckham introduced his wife Janette as his guest today.
President Steve Densley announced that the board has decided to enlarge the annual "Service Above Self" award into an evening fund-raising event honoring those who have distinguished themselves in humanitarian service.
He also announced that Tom Powell, as the club's membership chair, is planning a membership dinner to introduce our friends to Rotary.
He also announced that Jim Calder will become the club's photographer.
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| Rick Hood |
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| David Rogers |
Rick Hood served as sergeant. During his time David Rogers introduced something called Middlemost Music. Greg Hudnall announced that in three weeks he will finish his doctoral studies and receive his PhD.
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| Greg Hudnall |
Greg Hudnall introduced today's speaker, fellow Rotarian and Provo Police Chief Rick Gregory. Rick was accompanied by two of his staff, Matt Siafanua and Leigh Ferre.
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| Provo's three policing districts |
The chief spoke about the direction being taken in policing in Provo. We operate on a concept called "Community-oriented" policing with the city being divided into three sections with a captain, lieutenant and dedicated police force over each.
There are currently twenty volunteers who drive police cars and patrol the neighborhoods to give a police presence and report anything suspicious. Last month those volunteers donated around 500 hours.
Leigh Ferre was introduced as the crime analyst and the brains behind Provo's crime reduction strategy. She spoke about the analysis being done to drive the police force's pro-active policing efforts.
Under-cover officers serve on the county's major crimes task force.
When asked about a recent attack on a female jogger on the Provo River Trail, Chief Gregory said they are still investigating. Every sworn officer is required to spend at least ten minutes each day on a section of the trail.
The chief also said the city is resurrecting the bike patrol and training officers for this duty.
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| Chief Rick Gregory (center) with Janette and Ray Beckham. |
