Citrus Heights, CA (MPG) - The Citrus Heights Chamber’s Education Committee honored Sergeant Jeremy Garrison as the Education Committee’s 2017 Youth and Family Services Officer. The award was presented at the Chamber’s August 8, 2017, luncheon held at the Citrus Heights Community Center.

Sergeant Jeremy Garrison has been employed with the Citrus Heights Police Department (CHPD) since 2008 and promoted to Sergeant in 2009.  Combined with his prior employment at the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department, he has over 20 total years of law enforcement experience.  Jeremy is a dedicated leader whose primary focus is building strong relationships between the youth and students in our community and law enforcement.  Since joining CHPD, Jeremy has initiated, implemented, and enhanced numerous programs specifically designed for police officers to engage in positive and productive ways with the youth in our community. 

CHPD’s Police Activities League (PAL) was established in 2009.  Jeremy has been an active member of the leadership team and serves on the board.  He has volunteered many hours of his own time to participate in PAL activities and events.  Jeremy is always one of the first to commit to any type of PAL event and watching him interact with the kids is inspiring.  He naturally and easily makes them feel appreciated, respected, and deserving. 

As the Sergeant of Youth and Family Services, Jeremy leads the Explorer Program and had committed himself to not only the success of the program, but, more importantly, the success of the youths.  In 2016, there were only six members; so, he heavily recruited participants and the program now boasts over 20 members.  He requires each member to maintain an exemplary grade point average and demonstrates respect and service within the Citrus Heights community.  Explorers graduating from the program have gone on to become honorable members of the military, as well as college and police academy graduates.  He had trained and prepared Explorers for the recent Explorer Competition in which they placed 5th overall.  Just last month, Jeremy even dressed in his Class A uniform to provide an Explorer a chauffeured ride in a CHPD patrol car to a high school prom.

Jeremy is also the supervisor of the department’s outreach to local schools.  He ensures that the School Resource Officers are holding students accountable to lawful and respectful behavior, but, more importantly, building the relationships with those students and teachers that can have a lasting and life-changing effect.

Jeremy represents the law enforcement profession in an exemplary manner 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Jeremy is a proud law enforcement leader within his department and the Sacramento region, and was also recently named the recipient of the prestigious 2017 Citrus Heights Police Department Exceptional Service Ribbon.  Jeremy also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Union Institute and University in Ohio.  However, if you ask him, his proudest achievement is that he is a devoted father and has loving family.

For these reasons and more, Sergeant Jeremy Garrison was nominated as the Citrus Heights Chamber’s Education Committee Police Person of the Month. 

Lunches for Sergeant Garrison and his guest were sponsored by Rosa Umbach, Education Chair.