[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1944]
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  TRIBUTE TO THE GREEN BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE HERMAN 
      GOLDSTEIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING

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                            HON. MARK GREEN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 23, 1999

  Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be able to share 
with my colleagues some wonderful news from my district--the Green Bay 
Police department was recently awarded the prestigious Herman Goldstein 
Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing.
  The national award formally recognizes the truly outstanding job the 
Green Bay P.D. continues to do to serve and protect our community. I 
would particularly like to recognize Green Bay Mayor Paul Jadin, Police 
Chief Jim Lewis, as well as Steve Scully and Bill Bongle. Officers 
Scully and Bongle are the community policing officers who submitted the 
presentation for this award, and continue to do the innovative police 
work that earned it.
  The community policing program is so successful because it tackles 
crime in a creative new way--giving police the flexibility to work 
within communities to find the best solutions to the problems certain 
at-risk neighborhoods face. Rather than simply reacting to crime and 
pushing it out, community policing seeks to attack crime at its 
source--focusing on prevention, and effectively choking off the root 
problems that cause crime in the first place.
  The department's community policing program in Green Bay's North 
Broadway area achieved much more than just this award. Police calls 
dropped 25 percent from 1997 to 1998, and they're down a whopping 58 
percent since 1993. This impressive reduction means so much more than 
any award could ever express. This success story means local residents 
and businesses have experienced a genuine and dramatic improvement in 
their quality of life and and work. The officers involved, the Green 
Bay P.D. and the entire community can be proud of this extraordinary 
accomplishment.

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