About the
Foundation
The Glendale Police Foundation
works to encourage every citizen to become active, involved and
responsible in supporting law enforcement to fight crime. To
that end the Foundation raises funds through donations to pay
for a variety of items and programs that would not otherwise be
available to the Department and its Officers. In addition the
Foundation produces the annual Police Appreciation and Awards
Luncheon and the annual Christmas Party for the officers.
Our History
Reflecting
the
Glendale
Police Department’s longstanding commitment to public service, a group of local citizens led by Raymond D.
Edwards, then Chairman of the Board of Glendale Federal Bank,
organized and incorporated the non-profit Glendale Citizens for
Law & Order in February of 1968.
Through the years, GCLO raised funds from
the community to support numerous activities to help keep
Glendale, its residents and businesses safe – purchasing and
distributing many videos for Glendale’s young people and their
parents, securing grants and funding hundreds of
Neighborhood Watch signs and most recently, spearheading fundraising activities for the purchase and maintenance of
The Glendale Police Canine Unit
and sponsoring the Police Appreciation and Awards Luncheon.
The goals of a quarter century ago
continue to be fundamental today. Glendale
has grown into a thriving center of finance and trade. With that
growth has come many of the problems typical of large
metropolitan areas. However, through the efforts of the
Glendale Police Department with the support of
its citizens,
Glendale
remains one of the safest cities in
California, and in the country.
GCLO has turned a page in its history to
become The Glendale Police Foundation vowing to preserve its
original goals for the Police Department and the Community. The
Foundation will endeavor to be of even more support financially,
and as otherwise needed, to continue to promote the safety of
Glendale. |
The Glendale Police
Foundation
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