Crime Solvers Fifth Anniversary Awards Dinner

 
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★ ★★ Government of the District of Columbia METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON. D. C.. 20001 STATEMENT OF MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. IN; REFERENCE TO THE D.C. CRIME SOLVERS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AWARDS DINNER I AM PROUD TO SHARE IN THIS OCCASION, THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C. CRIME SOLVERS PROGRAM. WHEN I INTRODUCED CRIME SOLVERS AS ONE OF MY 13-POINT, ANTI¬ CRIME-FIGHTING PROGRAMS IN 1981, THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS WAS GREAT. THE POTENTIAL WAS GREAT BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED AND THE OUTSTANDING CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM. THANKS TO THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS WHO DONATED THEIR FUNDS, TIME AND TALENTS, THE PROGRAM HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR CRIME RATE. CRIME PREVENTION HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. GROUPS SUCH AS THE CRIME SOLVERS COMMITTEE HAVE CONSTANTLY DEMONSTRATED, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, THEIR PROFOUND INTEREST IN THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. YOUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN INSTRU¬ MENTAL IN HELPING ELIMINATE THE MANY DIFFICULTIES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ENCOUNTERED BY OUR DISTINGUISHED POLICE CHIEF AND MEMBERS OF HIS DEPARTMENT. MANY CRIMES MIGHT HAVE GONE UN¬ SOLVED IF NOT FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH CRIME SOLVERS. AT EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY, I DO NOT HESITATE TO