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GREELEY CIVIC CENTER December 17, 1979
GREELEY. COLORADO 00631
PHONE ,3031 353.6123
To Whom It May Concern:
For over a year, efforts have been made to upgrade the arson control
efforts in the area. Application for a Federal grant was made with the
help of many people, especially Mike Maag from the Larimer—Weld COG. Members
of the committee that worked on the grant included;
Lt. Mark Wallace, acting chairman, Greeley Fire Department
Lt. Jack Van Arsdol, Greeley Police Department
Lt. Richard Estreich, Western Hills Fire Department
Lt. James Haywood, Weld County Sheriff's Office
Stan Peek, Weld County District Attorney's Office
Totally, over 400 Man Hours were spent preparing the application.
Unfortunately, we have received information that we were not successful
in our application. On December 13, 1979, an article appeared in the Greeley
Tribune (copy attached) which indicated the recipients of the grant awards.
We were not included. We have since received official notification of our
unsuccesful application from the LEAA.
I would like to express my personal thanks to everyone who assisted
in the process of writing the grant application. I would also like to thank
the Greeley City Council, Weld County Board of Commissioners, Western Hills
Fire Protection District Hoard of Directors and the Directors of the five
involved agencies (i.e. Greeley Fire Department, Greeley Police Department,
Western Hills Fire Department, Weld County Sheriff' s Office, and the Weld
County District Attorney' s Office.) for their support and interest.
It is my sincere hope that our efforts were not in vain . We established
that a formidable arson problem exists and will continue to exist until a
comprehensive program is instituted to meet the problem head on. I hope that
something will occur which will enable us to do just that.
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Sincerely,
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It. Mark Wallace, GFD
Acting Chairman, Arson Grant Committee
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"A COMMUNITY OF PROGRESS"
Dec. 17, 1979
Page 2
cc/ Chief Forbes, Greeley Fire Department
Chief Edington, Greeley Police Department
Chief Bailey, Western Hills Fire Department
Sheriff Andrews, Weld County Sheriff' s Office
Robert Miller, Weld County District Attorney
Mike Haag, Larimer—Veld COG
Pete Morrell, Greeley City Manager
George Hall, Mayor, City of Greeley
- Norman Carlson, Chairman, Weld Board of Commissioners
Carl Luther, Chairman, Western Hills Fire Protection District
Larry Hoyt, Weld Insurers Group, c/o Bartels & Noe Insurance Co.
John Blue, Chairman, Colorado Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention
c/o State Farm Insurance, Evans
Gary Hart, United States Senator
Lt. Mark Wallace, Acting Chairman, Arson Grant Committee
Lt. Jack VanArsdol, Greeley Police Department
Lt. Richard Estreich, Western Hills Fire Department
Lt. James Haywood, Weld County Sheriff' s Office
Stan Peek, Weld County District Attorney' s Office
"A COMMUNITY OF PROGRESS"
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WASHINGTON (CPI I —At- Arizona State Justice Hann- County. Wash.; $347,309 to the Wichita-Sedgewick County,
tempting to end an annual ing Agency; 5583.564 to the state of Rhode Island; $115,647 Kan.; $175,000 to Syracuse-
arson toll of 1,000 deaths and New Jersey Department of to North Las Vegas, Nev.; Onondaga, N.Y.; $154,877 to
E1 billion in damages. Vice Law and Public Safety; $162.382 to Kansas City, Mo.; Springfield Mo.; $103,106 to
President Walter Mondale has 8101,898 to New Albany, Ind.; $481.172 to the state of Lynchburg, Va.; $197,210 to
announced a major new at- $200,000 to Newark, N.J.; Delaware; $116,425 to Norfolk, Metropolitan Dade County,
tack against fire crimes that $483,209 to the Illinois Depart- Va.; $600.000 to the Conned Fla.; $85,539 to Middlesex
includes$8 million in grants to ment of Law Enforcement; ticut Justice Commission; County,N.J.; $145,844 to Tam-
24 states. $120,105 to Broward County, $600,000 to the Massachusetts pa, Fla,; $152,896 to Houston,
The plan coordinates Ha.; $59.350 to the state of Attorney General's Off ice. Texas; $137,160 to Tucson, '
federal activities spread Maryland; $191,000 ' to Also 564,000 tor the city of Ariz.; $412,941 to the Florida
among six agencies and Milwaukee. Wis.; $94,780 to Columbus. Ga.: $185,000 to Department of Insurance-Fire
departments, including train- Bolingbrook.Ill. Dayton, Ohio; $85,000 to Sioux Marshal:and$90,000 to Jersey •
ing and investigation, and Also, $166,310 to Snohomish City, Iowa; $199,840 to City.N.J.
combines the resources of — --
federal, state and local
authorities.
"We're announcing a major
new attack on the fastest ris-
ing crime in America,arson,"
Mondale said Wednesday. Arizona ' 2 Missouri 2
"No crime is more destructive Cal ifornia 1 Nebraska 1
or widespread than arson. It Connecticut 1 Nevada 1
destroys over$1 billion worth Delaware .1 New Jersey 4
of property every year. It Florida 4 New York 1
drives people from their Georgia 1 Ohio 1
homes, it burns their
businesses..." Illinois 2 Rhode Island 1
As part of the plan, the Law Indiana 1 Texas 1
Enforcement Assistance Ad- Iowa 1 Utah 1
ministration announced more Kansas 1 Virginia 2
than $8 million in grants for Lout s i ana 1 Washington 1
arson control projects to state, Maryland 1 Wisconsin 1
regional, county and local Massachusetts 1
governments in 24 states.
The funds will be used to
support programs for improv-
ing investigation and prosecu-
tion of arson cases, data
collection, analysis of
evidence and arson prevention
efforts.
San Francisco.for example,
receives a $194,000 grant to
appoint a full-time arson
prosecutor and other in-
vestigators. while a $200,000
grant to Salt Lake City in-
itiates an arson enforcement
program that includes 21-hour
investigators.
Other grants include:
$146,740 to East Baton Rouge
Parish, La.; $180,000 to
Omaha. Neb.; $374.782 to the
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