August 18, 2006
For Immediate Release
For an interview:
Tracy Marrott
(801) 420-7271
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http://www.uvsc.edu/police/
UVSC Campus Police Awarded Heroes Grant from Wal-Mart
The UVSC campus police were recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the Orem Wal-Mart store. Every year, each Wal-Mart store gives between $30,000 and $60,000 to their individual communities, and this grant is part of their annual contribution to the Utah county area.
“Wal-Mart has been good to work with and is always great to the community,” said Tracy J. Marrott, director of public safety and chief of police at UVSC.
The grant money received is part of the Wal-Mart “Heroes” grant, which is awarded specifically to smaller law enforcement agencies. UVSC Officer Jake Shuler wrote the grant proposal and the money will be used specifically to update some of the lights on campus police vehicles.
“Because of budget constraints, we have a difficult time keeping up on the repairs of our vehicles,” Marrott said. “If it wasn’t for grants like this we wouldn’t be able to function as efficiently as we do.”
The grant was awarded to the UVSC police at the Orem Wal-Mart store on August 16.
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