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Deputy Chief Gary Schofield |
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| Deputy Chief Gary Schofield is in charge of Professional Standards Department of LVMPD. It relates to officers responsibilities and Internal Affairs. |
| His career’s experiences as a police officer include operations and narcotics department. In his presentation, he spoke about the recent shooting |
| incident at a local Wal-Mart. The suspect had fraudulent credit cards and when approached by police officers, he pulled again and shot at them. One |
| officer was wounded. Another officer ran toward the suspect and shot at him. This officer displayed great courage for doing so. This kind of response |
| by officers is the result of the excellent training received at the Police Academy. Deputy Chief Schofield then spoke about the Ambassadors of Hope |
| program. This program helps the homeless. Through this program, individuals donate tents, and Catholic Charities donate porta-potties. Deputy Chief |
| Schofield emphasized on the committed effort of everyone involved to get the homeless people off the streets and into shelters. Homeless people |
| live an average of 35 days per year on the street. Outreach programs’ goal is to get rid of homeless people’s habit to live on the street. Deputy Chief |
| Schofield praised as well all the Metro Volunteers for trying to make a difference in other people’s lives. He also spoke about gangs, and the tireless |
| work of Homeland Security in keeping residents and visitors safe. His theme for the night was “courage to do the right thing”. He ended the meeting |
| by taking questions from the audience. Judging by his honesty and caring attitude, all attendees were convinced that Deputy Chief Schofield is truly |
| dedicated to serving his officers and the society at large. |
| by Marvin Minushkin, reviewed and edited by Jacques Chiappini |