Redmond Police Department to participate in Chief for a Day celebration
Published 12:42 pm Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) in Burien will hold its Chief for a Day celebration on Aug. 21.
In partnership with local law-enforcement agencies and the communities of Washington state, Chief for a Day is about celebrating the lives of children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening or chronic illness.
This year, 34 law-enforcement agencies — including Redmond — will sponsor a child to participate in the event. Each law-enforcement agency will provide their honorary “chief” or “sheriff” with a hand-tailored uniform and a gift basket that will include items for the child and their family such as toys, movie passes, gas cards, various gift cards and more. This year’s participants range in age from 3 to 14 years old.
The children and their families will be transported to the WSCJTC in police cars by police escort. The motorcade will be leaving ShoWare Center in Kent at 9:45 a.m. heading to the WSCJTC arriving in Burien around 10:15 a.m. It will travel through Kent, Des Moines, Normandy Park and unincorporated King County using a route to be issued soon.
The sponsored children will be sworn in as chiefs and sheriffs at 11 a.m., have lunch with all attendees and academy recruits and then participate in outside presentations provided by law-enforcement agencies and criminal-justice entities including K-9 units, bicycle patrols, SWAT, rifle units and more.
