Pictured: (l-r) Officers Busse, Mitchel, Rumschlag, and Loshe along with Jamie Gephart, Community Coordinator and grant writer.
The Adams County Community Foundation announced this week that the Decatur Police Department was recently awarded a grant for training mats. The DPD has a room in the MERIT Center that is set aside for the use of defensive tactics and other mandatory training, which necessitates training mats for officers’ safety. The training mats will also allow opportunities for trained officers to open this space to the public, offering women’s self-defense classes and some public defense tactical training classes.
Jamie Gephart, City of Decatur Community Coordinator and grant writer, expressed appreciation of the grant from the ACCF. Cathy Stucky, ACCF Board member and grants committee co-chair, stated that the Adams County Community Foundation is pleased to support the Decatur Police Department with these educational training resources.
“The ACCF wants our law enforcement staff members trained so they can be as safe as possible in their positions.”
This ACCF grant was made possible through unrestricted funds sponsored by the Adams County Community Foundation and Don Wood Family Community Enrichment Fund.
More about the ACCF: For nonprofit organizations serving Adams County residents, the next grant cycle due date is: Wednesday, October 11, 2023. For graduating high school seniors wishing to apply for the Lilly scholarship through the ACCF, this due date will be Wednesday, September 13, 2023 by 4:00 p.m. For current college students, the next due date is Wed., November 1, 2023 (students can apply only once per calendar year). These applications and details can be down-loaded from the ACCF website at: www.AdamsCountyFoundation.org.
For more information on ACCF grants for nonprofit organizations serving Adams County residents, ACCF scholarships available to local students, or on how you can contribute to an existing fund, or donors interested in learning how they can establish a named fund in the ACCF, please contact the Adams County Community Foundation at 260-724-3939 or email at accf@AdamsCountyFoundation.org.
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