101 committee donates funds to Oakland PD

The money will go toward the purchase of safety equipment.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 5:30 p.m. April 17, 2020

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Committee of One Hundred of Orange County has made a monetary donation to the Oakland Police Department that will assist with the purchase of ballistic shields and vests.

This equipment will help better protect officers in the field.

“I would like to thank The Committee of One Hundred for this generous gift and their charitable support to the men and women of the Oakland Police Department,” Oakland Police Chief John Peek said. “This donation will go a long way to help modernize and protect our personnel should they need to respond to extreme situations and encounters.”

The Committee of One Hundred of Orange County is a nonprofit focused on law-enforcement agencies.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.