Volume 1, Number 10 | October 2018

Celebrate Halloween

Costume Contest DEC employees are encouraged to dress in costumes for Halloween on Oct. 31 (Oct. 30 for B and D Platoons.) Have your photo taken when you arrive for work. By Nov. 8, give your supervisor your vote for the winner, who will get a $2 5 gift card. If you are not dressing in costume, you must wear your proper uniform attire. Trunk-or-Treat DEC will be decorating a vehicle and passing out candy to kids at the Richmond City Justic Center, 1701 Fairfield Way, starting at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31. Workers are needed for decorating before the event and passing out candy at the event. Please get your supervisor's OK and email Karen if you are interested.

Congratulations on retirement Terry Storrs retired on Aug. 31 as a communications officer with 30 years of service.

CALEA assessment of DEC, Oct. 8-10  Representatives from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) will be onsite, Oct. 8-10, to examine all aspects of the policy and procedures, management, operations and professional services of the DEC. The assessors will sit in different positions and interview various staff members as part of the assessment.

‌ "When Seconds Count" Monthly Training

Special congrats to Kathy Berg, DEC's longest-serving employee, on her 32nd year work anniversary!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month information for men

September in review

Graduation postponed, trainees start in new program Because of Hurricane Florence concerns, the 29th Basic Dispatch Academy graduation scheduled for Sept. 14 was postponed. On Sept. 17, the graduates began their on-the-job training under a new pilot program. The Training Department conducted their telephone training process with Chantae Layne and April Tyler. See more photos from the 27th-29th academies

DEC at first responder events, Community Walk and Health and Safety Fair in September DEC staff talked with a total of 164 adults and youth during September events, which included the First Responder Prayer Breakfast and Community Day on Sept. 8, City of Richmond 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 11, Rosedale area Community Walk on Sept. 25, and the City of Richmond Health and Safety Fair on Sept. 27. Thanks to everyone who helped! Additional outreach events through 2018 Get your supervisor's OK, then email Karen to sign up Suggest events for DEC to join See more photos

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What would you like to see in the monthly emailed newsletter? Let Karen know! Send your information for the November newsletter by Oct. 22.

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