Nampa Optimist Club

Winner - Respect for Law 2000

Nampa Police

Optimist International - Friend of Youth

Letter of Nomination
for Patrolman Leonard Claunts

     I would like to nominate Officer Leonard Claunts for the "Optimist Officer Of The Year." During the past year Leonard has been involved in many projects in the patrol division and throughout the department. Officer Claunts is identified as a leader by his peers both on his patrol shift and in the tactical unit.
     Leonard was recently appointed as the assistant team leader of the tactical unit. This position is defined as the leader of an immediate action team that will be deployed in life and death situations that are encountered by the special weapons and tactics team. This will be an important part of the incident command system being adopted by NPD.
     Officer Claunts has been involved in training members of his patrol shift in tactical approaches as they apply to the day to day operations in the patrol division. This training enhances the safety of all the officers on the shift.
     Leonard is also one of the many officers that can be counted on to assist with special projects. He was able to assist with the current shift scheduling by completing several surveys of his peers the ideas from these surveys actually became policy.

         Thank you for your consideration to this matter.
         Lt. Wiley

     Officer Claunts is one of those officers that constantly offers to accept responsibility. He is a peer leader in the department. He recently agreed to serve as the Assistant Team Leader for our Tactical Unit. Membership in the Tactical Unit at times can pose a risk to the officer.
     Officer Claunts has served as a field Training Officer. He has served as a Detective. He currently is assigned to patrol.
     Some officers work hard and get little public recognition. Officer Claunts is one of those.
     We would be pleased iff he was awarded the "Optimist Officer of the Year" award.

         Alan Creech, NPD Chief

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