Item 2AAGENDA ITEM # 2A
MAY 11, 2009
STAFF REPORT
City of Atlantic Beach
Commission Meeting
AGENDA ITEM: Superior Achievement Awazd
DATE: May 4, 2009
SUBMITTED BY: Michael D. Classey -Chief of Police
BACKGROUND:
The City of Atlantic Beach Personnel Manual Section 27-OS provides for a Superior
Achievement Award. In general, a superior achievement is an accomplishment that has
resulted in monetary savings to the city.
While Officer Chase Jamison has been with the Police Department, he been very active in all
areas of traffic enforcement, particulazly making DUI arrests and training new officers on
how to identify impaired drivers. Utilizing his own initiative, he researched and located a
Florida Department of Transportation grant for a DUI enforcement vehicle. He wrote the
grant application and developed the operational plan for this grant.
The Police Department was awazded this grant in the amount of $36,025. This allowed the
city to purchase a brand new Ford Crown Victoria. It also provided funding for all necessary
equipment for the vehicle such as a laptop computer, radar, digital camera system, a portable
breath testing unit and all other necessary equipment to fi>Zly outfit a police vehicle.
Officer Jamison demonstrated great initiative and follow through from beginning to end. The
department has taken delivery of the vehicle and it is in the final stages of being outfitted.
BUDGET: $1,801.25
RECOMMENDATIONS: To recognize Officer Chase Jamison for this achievement and
present his award.
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