Camporee Patch 2007

=We are delighted to have the patches back
=and they will be at the Camporee for the
=scouts and volunteers in time for this
=weekend's event.

=A Lodi Police Department
=dispatcher reports that the patches
=were found as a result of a citizen
=complaint and diligent police work.
=A citizen called to report persons
=in or around Dumpsters (c).

=Officers Redding and Shaw responded and made
=contact with the subjects.  The officers
=noticed that one of the subjects had
=a patch stuck to his foot.

=The officers recognized the patch as one
=of those reported missing last week.
=They inquired of the subject where he
=had come in contact with the patch.

=The officers then responded to a church
=parking lot where they investigated the
=trash container.  Inside, they found all
=but about 20 of the missing patches.

=We would also like to thank an
="anonymous pug owner," the Lodi Police
=Officers' Association and
=John Fitzgerald of Euler Hermes Insurance,
=among others for donations for replacement
=patches.  We're fortunate now not to need
=the donations.