On Saturday November 14th the Jeffrey S. Parola Foundation donated a check to the Maine State Police Tactical Team.
The $10,000 donation is the largest the Foundation has awarded to the Tactical Team since its first donation in 1995.
For the past fourteen years the Jeffrey S. Parola Foundation has donated a portion of its fundraising proceeds to support the unit of the Maine State Police known as the Tactical Team.
The Tactical Team, formed in 1982, originally consisted of a handful of State Troopers armed with limited equipment.
Today the team consists of 23 members with primary responsibilities within the Maine State Police agency.
Recognizing the need for safety related training and equipment, the Jeffrey S. Parola Foundation has made its annual donation to the Tactical Team part of its mission.
One of the first pieces of safety equipment purchased through a donation from the foundation, a human body shield, saved the life of a tactical team member at a shooting in Brownville in September of 1999.
Sergeant Nick Grass was on hand with members of the tactical team at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy on Saturday to receive the check donation.
The Jeffrey S. Parola Foundation is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization established to honor the life of Trooper Jeffrey S. Parola who died on the 13th of November, 1994 while responding to a tactical team call.
Please visit the Jeffrey S Parola Foundation at
www.jeffreysparolafoundation.org, to learn more about the foundation and its efforts within the Maine Community.