Happy Valentine's Day
from Your Friends at the 100 Club!
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Tyler Quinn
Vallejo Police Department
End of Watch: February 9, 2022
On February 9, 2022, Officer Tyler Quinn passed away unexpectedly in his home. Tyler was a Vallejo Police officer since 2017. Prior to that, he worked for the Fairfield and West Sacramento Police Departments. Tyler was only 35 years old. Tyler will be missed by his family, friends, co-workers, and the Vallejo community.
Tyler’s family has been dedicated to public safety for many years having owned and operated Quinn’s Uniforms in Vacaville. Tyler was a second generations police officer, his father having served as a Fairfield police officer.
The funds being raised will go to Officer Quinn’s family to cover any memorial expenses, funeral expenses, and any other unforeseen expenses.
Thank you in advance for remembering Tyler and assisting his family.
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We Need Your Support!
As we start a new year, don’t forget to pay your annual dues to continue your membership in The 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties!
Many members have let their membership lapse, so now is a good time to renew!
The 100 Club has ongoing costs for supporting family members of fallen officers, as well as the need to support our scholarship fund, and other activities.
The pandemic has restricted our fund-raising activities and we really need your support! We’ve made it easy for you to renew. Just go to the Membership page of our website and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Thank you for your continued support of The 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties!
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100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties
Community News
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Please Join us in Congratulating
Solano County's New Captains!
FAIRFIELD — Two Solano County sheriff’s lieutenants – including a career-long member of the county office – were promoted Wednesday to captains, Sheriff Tom Ferrara announced.
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Congratulations to Captain Bill Elbert!
Bill Elbert, who started his law enforcement career with the Solano County Sheriff’s Office on May 9, 2005, is staying in the same division, but moving from Professional Standards and Compliance lieutenant to captain.
Elbert had previously been promoted from sheriff’s deputy to sergeant
June 8th, 2014, and became a lieutenant Nov. 5th, 2017.
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Congratulations to Captain Michael Pimentel!
Michael Pimentel began his law enforcement career with the Suisun City Police Department and was hired as a deputy sheriff Aug. 5, 2002. He was promoted to sergeant Nov. 27, 2011, and to lieutenant May 7, 2017.
Pimentel has been serving as the Investigations Bureau lieutenant and is now assigned as the Field Operations Division captain.
The promotions are effective Sunday.
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The 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties
Community Uplift
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Celebrating Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month this February, we’re featuring Black peace officers who not only made history but played a significant role in shaping policing in our country. The inspiring individuals spotlighted here were among the many “firsts” in the profession who shattered the color line, paving the way for increased diversity in our ranks and inclusive departments that better reflect the communities we serve.
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Bass Reeves
1838-1910
Bass Reeves, the heroic lawman of the American West said to have inspired The Lone Ranger, was the first Black American commissioned to serve as a U.S. deputy marshal west of the Mississippi River.
Prior to beginning his storied law enforcement career, Reeves was a slave in Texas who escaped at the outset of the Civil War. He hid in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and took refuge with native tribes in the area. While laying low, he learned tribal languages and customs and trained extensively with a pistol, all skills that would serve him well later in life as a peace officer. In 1863, with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Reeves became free and moved to Van Buren, Arkansas, where he became a landowner, husband and father.
In 1875, Reeves was one of the 200 deputy marshals recruited by U.S. Marshal James F. Fagan and Isaac C. Parker, the judge for the Federal Western District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to help “clean up Indian Territory,” which was part of the court’s jurisdiction and had become a haven for outlaws. Reeves was selected for his knowledge of the tribes in the area.
Reeves served as a marshal for 32 years and garnered a reputation for ruthlessness and his unmatched ability to catch criminals — he reportedly had arrested 3,000 people in Indian Territory by 1901. Reeves retired from federal service in 1907, but continued to wear the badge as a policeman in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for two years before his death.
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Georgia Ann Robinson
1879–1961
Georgia Ann Robinson was the first Black female police officer to be hired by the LAPD in 1916, and history suggests that she was the first Black female police officer in the entire country.
Robinson began her career with the department as a volunteer before becoming a full-fledged officer. She was assigned as a jail matron, a role that was historically the first for women in law enforcement, which entailed tending to the needs of female inmates and delinquent children. Later, she worked as a juvenile and homicide investigator. In this role, she recognized the city’s need for a women’s shelter and established the Sojourner Truth Home.
Robinson’s 12-year law enforcement career ended abruptly when she was blinded by an inmate while trying to break up an altercation in her jail. After leaving her police work behind, she continued to serve her community by working at the Sojourner Truth Home and partnering with community leaders and the NAACP to fight for the desegregation of schools in the city.
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Homer Garrott
1915–1998
Homer L. Garrott became the first Black California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer in 1942 and remained the agency’s only Black officer for 13 years.
Garrott was assigned to the East Los Angeles division; however, his hiring was not well received by some of his peers and members of the community, who, led by a local newspaper, petitioned for his removal from the department. Despite their efforts, the CHP stood by its decision to employ Garrott. He spent most of his 22 years on the department on motorcycle duty.
In 1954, Garrott began attending Southwestern University School of Law while off duty. He graduated in 1957 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1960. Four years later, he retired from the CHP to work in the Los Angeles court system. He was a deputy public defender, a Juvenile Court referee and a Los Angeles Municipal Court commissioner, and was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan as judge for the Compton Municipal Court in 1973.
Garrott retired in 1984, but he remained active in his community and continued to serve as a part-time judicial officer and Superior Court referee.
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Willie L. Williams
1943–2016
Willie L. Williams became LAPD’s first Black chief in 1992, taking the helm from Chief Daryl Gates, who stepped down following the Los Angeles riots that erupted after the acquittal of the officers who violently arrested Rodney King. Williams, who had previously served as the police chief in Philadelphia from 1988 to 1992, was tasked with restoring trust and positive relationships between police and Black communities in Los Angeles.
Williams persevered through a difficult tenure as chief from 1992 to 1997. However, despite the resistance and hostility he faced from union officials, the rank and file, and the Police Commission as an outsider brought in to turn around a department in turmoil, he largely succeeded in his goal, which he realized through community policing.
This approach, which integrated officers into the communities they served, garnered strong approval ratings from residents and praise from city officials.
Williams also fought to change the LAPD from within, advocating for the hiring of more female officers, addressing sexual harassment and discrimination, and reshaping officer training, discipline and more.
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ATTENTION ALL 7th & 8th GRADERS! Are you interested in learning more about law enforcement? The youth academy shares first-hand information on how and why the department operates, and takes a look at the culture of police work and the organization.
Whether you are interested in criminal law, forensics, investigations or want to find out what it takes to be a police officer, the Woodland Youth Community Police Academy is for you.
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Be who you needed when you were a teen! PAL uses traditional recreational programming (fun and choice based) as a gateway to engage teens in programming and activities that support the development of the social and emotional skills required to develop a positive self-identity and become productive and active members of our community. As a PAL Center volunteer, you are on the front lines of creating fun and engaging experiences for local teens!
Bring your talents to the Fairfield PAL Teen Center and give local teens a place to go and grow by:
- Hosting the front desk to make sure all members sign in and out
- Distributing daily snacks and following funders recruitments
- Answering phone calls
- Assisting with games leadership, leading craft projects, and hosting contests and activities
- Introduce new games and activities
May also depending on interest:
- Deal cards for card games
- Host nail painting seminars
- Lead dominos tournaments
- Teach billiards clinics and host tournaments
- Instruct hair braiding workshops
- Facilitate skin and makeup clinics
- Other workshops and session based on interest
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McDonald's
699 Beck Avenue
Fairfield, CA 94533
Hours:
Monday through Thursday 7 AM to 10 PM
Fridays 6 AM to 10 PM
Saturday and Sunday 7 AM to 10 PM
Owner: Lisa Tolbert
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Fairfield Subaru
2525 Martin Road
Fairfield, CA 94533
Showroom Hours:
Monday through Saturday 9 AM to 7 PM
Sundays 10 AM to 6 PM
Service Hours:
Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM
Saturday's 8 AM to 4 PM
Closed on Sundays
Owner: Wahid Khugiani
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Your business can be featured in our next newsletter for a donation of any amount to 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties
If you would like your local, brick-and-mortar business featured in our Local Business Spotlight, please email info100clubsyc@gmail.com
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to The 100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties at no cost to you!
Now available for i0s users!
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