HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 12121995 - 95-603 Board of Supervisors
Of
Contra Costa County, State of California
IN REEOGNITGN DF UEUTENANT ROBERT VAN HDRST l
UPON HS RETIREMENT FRDM THE WALNUT CREEK
POLE DEPARTMENT FOUDWM 31 YEARS of SERVICE ] RESOLUTION No 9 5/6 0 3
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Robert Van Horst, has served 31 years in the Walnut Creek Police
Department, and has managed every bureau in the department, patrol, traffic, investigations and
administration, and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Van Horst is a graduate of the University of Southern California and holds a
Master of Public Administration degree from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He is also a
graduate of the Northwestern Traffic Institute has been highly influential in addressing what many
believe is this community's most significant continuing problem, and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Van Horst was selected to attend the first class of the Command College
sponsored by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, graduating in
January, 1986, a program which focuses on futures, strategic management and transition
management and has proven to be one of the foremost police management training programs in
the country, and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Van Horst developed a unique scheduling plan which combines one 8-hour
and four 10-hour shifts. This schedule allows optimum deployment of personnel to meet activity
loads, provides regular training blocks, allows continuity of supervision, and creates teamwork in
addressing community problems.
MHEREAS.Lieutenant Van Horst has been involved with the continuing development of the SWAT
.team. As commander, he assured that training has been appropriate and timely, and has been
aware of the development of new equipment in order to provide the necessary resources to carry
out this mission.
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Van Horst, as member of the command staff for 25 years, has played an
influential role in determining the direction of the department and assuring that services are in
measure to the needs of the community. He has always represented himself and the Walnut Creek
Police Department in the most professional manner.
NOW THEREFORE BE R RESOLVED.diet the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa C"qi does
hereby acimowledge and dunk
Lieutenant Robert Van Horst
and coag atulebe him for a job wall done and wish him wd upon his rsdr rm t on December 30,
1995 from the Walnut Cheek Poka Department,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote of those Supervisors present on December 12, 1995.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the
minutes of said Board of Supervisors.
IN I KE I I-- ) BY:
GAYLE BISII-C P
Supervisor. Dbafct W
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the Board of Supervisors effic a
this 1 rdo. 1995.
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