July 16, 2002
Contact: Terri Mills
(805) 756-6663
tmills@calpoly.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
TO: Editors, reporters, news editors,
photographers
WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., JULY 18, 2002
WHERE: University Police Department, Cal Poly
TOPIC: Introduction of the San Luis
Obispo Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
(SLO LEAF)
Law enforcement and community leaders from Cal Poly and the Central Coast will announce the formation of the San Luis Obispo Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation (SLO LEAF).
SLO LEAF is a nonprofit corporation formed to provide immediate and temporary financial assistance to local law enforcement personnel, active or retired, and their families, in response to need due to death, serious injury, critical illness or other catastrophic circumstances.
University Police will also discuss the first
recipient of assistance provided by SLO LEAF: University Police Officer Jennifer
Estelle. In November, Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is
currently on leave and undergoing treatment. However, her uninsured costs are
expected to be $10,000. SLO LEAF and the University Police Department are
working together to raise the $10,000 Officer Estelle needs to cover her medical
expenses.
Present at the press conference will be the SLO LEAF board of directors: County
Supervisors Katcho Achadjian and Harry Ovitt, Sheriff Pat Hedges, County
Narcotics Task Force Commander Craig Wright, University Police Officer Joe
Baranek, Arroyo Grande Police Sgt. John Allen, Sheriff's Deputy Tony Perry,
Senior District Attorney's Office Investigator Tom Tolbert, San Luis Obispo
Police Officer Dave Darbyshire, Highway Patrol Officer Connie Hunt and community
representative Jim Brabeck.
For details, please visit the SLO LEAF web site: www.sloleaf.org.
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