Mayor Hawkins-Manuelian ● Vice Mayor Lewis ● Councilmember DeGolia ● Councilmember Holland ● Councilmember Widmer Town of Atherton
Proclamation
IN RECOGNITION OF POLICE TRAINING MANAGER AND ASST. TO THE CHEIF JENNIFER J. FREW
WHEREAS, Jennifer Jaye Frew, a veteran Atherton employee with over 31 years of service to 3 agencies in her law enforcement career: Mountain View Police Department from 1990-1992; Palo Alto Police Department from 1992-1997 and the Atherton Police Department from 2000-2024; and WHEREAS, the City Council, Town staff and Police members of the Town of Atherton, along with the entire community, would like to honor the contributions that Jennifer has made during her public safety career while managing the hiring, training and administrative/personnel duties for all sworn and non-sworn staff; was voted by her peers from the San Mateo County Training Managers’ Association for the roles of Secretary, Vice President and President; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer’s involvement started at the age of 2 when her father, Retired Sgt. George Carr began his career in Atherton; where she grew up visiting him in the old police building on Ashfield Road and attended briefings and went on ride- a- longs where she saw her father’s love for the organization and for the residents he served; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer also volunteered and coordinated Holbrook Palmer Park events for 7 years, which included showing the facilities, preparing contracts, meeting clients in the park and billings with Finance; and WHEREAS, because of Jennifer’s longevity in addition to her training manager expertise have made her an invaluable asset to this organization while receiving 100% POST compliance in the areas of training and hiring since she began in 2000; and
WHEREAS, Jennifer worked tirelessly over the years to ensure that her hard work and dedication provided all police personnel thousands of hours of training, was the first person every applicant met while going through her testing processes, providing never ending guidance, a mom’s ear to listen and sometimes lecture, driven over 400,000 miles to and from work while balancing family, children and her own health issues; and NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of the Town of Atherton, and on behalf of the Atherton City Council, I hereby commend the outstanding service performed by Jennifer Frew during her career and wish her well in the next chapter
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Town of Atherton to be affixed this 18 day of December 2024.
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Diana Hawkins-Manuelian, Mayor
Town of Atherton