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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marine Board Honors Washington County Deputy with Officer of the Year Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Washington County Marine Patrol Deputy Jerry Roley was recognized for his outstanding efforts as the Marine Board’s 2014 “Officer of the Year” during the agency’s post-season law enforcement conference held
on October 28, in Bend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Deputy Roley has been a seasonal marine deputy for Washington County for eight years. His passion and leadership have been instrumental in the successes
of the county’s Marine Law Enforcement Program. During 2014, Deputy Roley showed his multi-faceted skills by filling the role of program supervisor while continuing a jam-packed seasonal patrol schedule on Hagg Lake. Roley also conducted classroom boater
education classes, coordinated a vessel maintenance program, facilitated the county’s boater compliance program and worked with the Washington County Parks Director to assess the future needs and expectations of the boating public on Hagg Lake.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Additionally, Roley served as a lead instructor for the Marine Board’s Law Enforcement Academy in Oregon City, Drift School in White City, and Jet
School in Gold Beach. Roley is excellent at fostering relationships with neighboring counties to improve inter-agency enforcement activities and investigations, and participated in joint training and regional patrol effort such as Operation Dry Water and
Make Way Campaigns. In concert with his ability to foster relationships, Roley also participates in a county initiative to improve access, safety and use of the Tualatin River for canoers, kayakers and other boaters..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Roley’s can-do attitude, willingness to help other agencies, and his ability to inspire others helped him rise to the top in the eyes of the Oregon
State Marine Board’s Law Enforcement Advisory Group who selected him as the 2014 Officer of the Year.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The Oregon State Marine Board contracts with 32 counties and the Oregon State Police for on-the-water marine patrol services and provides equipment,
training, and patrol boats to contracted agencies to enforce the boating laws and help provide safety for Oregon’s boaters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> For more information about the Marine Board’s Law Enforcement Program, visit
<a href="http://www.boatoregon.com">www.boatoregon.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Pictured: Marine Board Director Scott Brewen (left), Deputy Jerry Roley (Center) and Board Member Jen Tonneson (right).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ashley A. Massey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oregon State Marine Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">503-378-2623<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Ashley.massey@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Ashley.massey@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.boatoregon.com/">www.boatoregon.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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