A Chatham-Kent Police staffer is being honoured for her work in the community.
Kristine Jarvis works in the police information centre and yesterday, accepted the Police Services Hero of the Year Award for community role model.
“I am a person of gratitude,” Jarvis says. “I am extremely grateful to both the police administration and the Association (Police Association of Ontario) along with my staff sergeant and my family and all the people who supported me along the way, it’s certainly not something I do alone.”
Jarvis serves as a board member for Victim Services, and helps out with a number of community events, including the Polar Plunge, Shop with a Cop, toy and food drives, and events in support of the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre.
She is also a wish granter with the Make a Wish Foundation and volunteers for the Chatham Goodfellows.
“I work with some really fantastic people, inside the police department and outside the police department, it’s such a group effort,” Jarvis says. ” I couldn’t have done this without the love and support of my husband and my family, who play a great role in this as well.”
Chatham-Kent Police Chief Gary Conn says Jarvis is a credit to the force.
“She commits so much, to not only our organization, but to our community as a whole. She selflessly provides for others,” Conn says. “Kristine, with all of the charitable work that she does, she certainly personifies in every form and fashion what this award represents.”
The awards are typically handed out in a ceremony in May, but that had to be cancelled this year because of COVID-19.
