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GOVERNMENT MAYOR RON reports GV WELCOMES K-9 STRYKER A new officer has joined the Greenwood Village Police Department and this recruit is working (and playing) hard to prove he is top dog of the department. Greenwood Village welcomes K-9 Officer Stryker! Stryker is a 13- month old Belgian Malenois who arrived from North Carolina — the same place from which K-9 TAG and the late K-9 Magnum joined us. Once he gets settled with his new handler, Officer Jeff Mulqueen, Stryker will begin his law enforcement training in Narcotic Detection and Patrol to include learning how to effectively search for suspects. In addition, Stryker will also be trained to work with the Police Department’s Emergency Response Team (ERT, also known as SWAT). Lots of work and obedience training will be required before Stryker is ready to take big bites out of crime in our community. Once he has graduated from K-9 field training, citizens will be able to Ron Rakowsky rrakowsky@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-486-5741 meet Stryker and see him patrolling the neighborhoods or attending special events. Welcome Officer Stryker to Greenwood Village! Stryker RAMBLE WITH RON IN SEPTEMBER Have some ideas or suggestions to share about living or working in Greenwood Village? Walk and talk with Mayor Ron Rakowsky from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. (weather permitting) on: Wednesday, September 13 — Westlands Park, 5701 S. Quebec Street Thursday, September 18 — Tommy Davis Park, Swim Club Lot, 9200 E. Orchard Road. Registration is not required. For more information, please call the Mayor’s Office at 303-486-5745. Check for updates of the monthly schedule for Ramble with Ron at www.greenwoodvillage.com. Arapahoe County Sheriff and Commissioners, Tri-County Health Department Executive Director and Greenwood Village Mayor remembered those who have died from drug overdoses on International Overdose Awareness Day Aug. 31, 2017. STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR OVERDOSE AWARENESS I have mentioned this before in my report and wanted to urge everyone to take a stance and support our state’s search of innovative options to save lives, increase prevention efforts, and remember those we have lost to accidental overdoses. August 31 was Overdose Awareness Day and I, as mayor, acknowledged this very important day to support prevention and remembrance. In 2016, approximately 50,000 people in the United States died from fatal overdose, 912 of those deaths occurred in Colorado. For the first time, overdose is now the leading cause death of Americans under the age of 50. We are losing people that can be saved, especially our youth. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence states one in four people report knowing someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers. Drug use does not discriminate by age, race, socioeconomic status or education level. Prescription drug misuse and abuse is a serious problem both in Colorado and the Tri-County Health jurisdiction (Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties). Each year, overdose deaths from opioid painkillers alone number around 300 in Colorado and about a third occur in our three counties. Such deaths are now more common than alcohol-related traffic fatalities. As recently as 2010-2011, Colorado ranked No. 2 in the nation among young adults ages 12-24 for self-admitted nonmedical use of prescription painkillers. Enough opioid painkillers are dispensed by pharmacies in the United States to supply each American citizen with enough painkilling pills to take one every four hours, around the clock, for a month. PG. 2 GV NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2017
GOVERNMENT CITY council NOT SURE WHO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE? Obtain a list of your state and national government representatives at www.arapahoevotes.com DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 Freda Miklin fmiklin@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4138 Leslie Schluter lschluter@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4135 Steve Moran smoran@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4133 T.J. Gordon tgordon@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4132 Dave Bullock dbullock@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4137 Darryl Jones djones@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4136 George Lantz glantz@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4134 Tom Bishop tbishop@ greenwoodvillage.com 303-804-4131 Let’s stand in solidarity to seek better options for our loved ones struggling with problematic relationships with drugs and alcohol. If you would like to learn more, please visit the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at corxconsortium.org. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP BRIEFING BY CONGRESSMAN COFFMAN In August, Congressman Mike Coffman gave a congressional briefing, hosted by Denver South Economic Development Corporation (DSEDC). I joined the Mayors of Centennial and Lone Tree, and Commissioners from Arapahoe and Douglas counties to hear the latest news and updates from Congress and learn of congressional actions that could impact our communities, and our local governments. continued on page 4 Left to right: Centennial Mayor Kathy Noon, Mayor Rakowsky, Congressman Mike Coffman, and Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet. SEPTEMBER 2017 | GV NEWSLETTER PG. 3
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