[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E998]
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FOUNTAIN CITY POLICE CHIEF JEFF LIEBERMAN HONORED: MARCH 1999 NATIONAL 
                      POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH

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                             HON. RON KIND

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 18, 1999

  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Jeff Lieberman, 
Police Chief in Fountain City, Wisconsin. Chief Lieberman was honored 
recently by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund as the 
National Police Officer of the Month. Chief Lieberman is the first and 
only small-town law officer ever to receive this honor.
  Chief Lieberman was chosen for this honor because of his dedication 
to children, his phenomenal 99 percent conviction rate and his close 
ties to his community. At Fountain City, Chief Lieberman established 
the Police Awareness and Learning Safety (PALS) program. The PALS 
program gives children at the Cochrane-Fountain City elementary school 
the opportunity to know and interact with a police officer. PALS is 
designed to provide children with knowledge, skills and attitudes 
regarding their personal safety, placing emphasis on decision-making 
and the choices they make in their lives.
  Chief Lieberman's commitment to his community, and especially the 
children, makes him a model police officer and truly deserving of this 
recognition. As this nation struggles with problems of violence in our 
schools and our communities, Chief Lieberman is pro-actively working to 
prevent problems from developing. We need more police officers like 
Chief Jeff Lieberman.
  The people of Fountain City are fortunate to have an outstanding 
public servant in Chief Lieberman. I commend Jeff, his wife Kim and 
daughter Paige, for their love and dedication to western Wisconsin and 
I congratulate Jeff on this honor.

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