The William Robert Courtnage Community Service Bursary
2007 / 2008 - Lacy Spellen & Kristina Hoppe-Schaus
Pictured along with Crime Stoppers Scholastic Committee Chairperson Don Wilson are the 2008 Crime Stoppers William R Courtnage Community Service Bursary winners - Lacy Spellen (left) of McKinnon Park Secondary School and Kristina Hoppe-Schaus (right) of Cayuga Secondary School. Each student has been awarded $1000 in honor of their achievements with Student Crime Stoppers in their respective high schools.
Crime Stoppers of Haldimand, Norfolk and Tillsonburg is once again pleased to announce that two area secondary school students will be the recipients of this year’s Crime Stoppers William Robert Courtnage Community Service Bursary. Ms. Kristina Hoppe-Schaus of Cayuga Secondary School and Ms. Lacy Spellen of McKinnon Park Secondary School, were both selected to receive a $1000 bursary in recognition of the contributions that they have made in improving and developing the concept of Student Crime Stoppers in their respective schools.
“Our program takes great pride in awarding these bursaries to graduating students to honour the contributions that they have made to their Student Crime Stoppers program as well as their community in general,” said Gord Little, chairperson for the program. He added, “These two awards are very special as they will not only serve to assist dedicated students in their pursuit of a higher education, but their presentation also helps Crime Stoppers of Haldimand, Norfolk and Tillsonburg to celebrate what is a very special 20th anniversary year for our program.”
As part of the bursary application, each year students are asked to write an essay commenting on a different topic. This year’s applicants were asked to give their personal comments on “Crime Stoppers – Reporting is Being a Responsible Citizen.” Very appropriately, one of the winners – Spellen - in her essay states, “Within a community, it becomes not only the job of the police to keep it safe, but also the job of its citizens.” This comment not only very closely mirrors one of Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles of policing which were introduced in the early 1800’s and have become the foundation for policing today (“The police are the public and the public are the police….” ), but it also stresses the importance of what Crime Stoppers is all about – a community based program; owned and supported by members of the public.
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