Together We Make a Difference: Breakfast with the Chief 2024
Hello Salem Police Foundation supporters! We’d like to send a resounding THANK YOU to all who attended the 2024 Breakfast with the Chief! If you missed it, you can watch it here (plus, you’ll get to catch a glimpse of SPD’s newest K9 “Trusty”!). Please take the time to soak it in. It’s less than an hour… […]
A Gift From Salem Health Foundation
Today, Salem Police Foundation was presented with a gift from the Salem Health Foundation in support of the year-end Salem PD Toy Drive! The Board of the Salem Police Foundation voted to match this generous donation 100%, in purchase of gifts for local families! Thank you to the employees of Salem Health for your generosity! Pictured here is […]
Interested in making an EQUIPMENT Donation?
Did you know you can donate EQUIPMENT to the Salem Police Foundation also? A couple weeks ago we were contacted by the family member of a Salem Police Officer who was wishing to donate two portable 360-degree scene lights. These will come in handy for major incidents during the graveyard shifts where there is low […]
Please Support Our Officers
All of us at the Salem Police Foundation hope that you and your family are healthy and safe during this evolving state of emergency. This is a difficult time for our community. The outbreak of the Coronavirus in Oregon reminds us of the vital work done every day by medical and emergency personnel. In these […]
Officer saves life, credits trauma kits as ‘priceless’
A trauma kit—one of 192 issued to all Salem police officers last year—made all the difference to one man last December when Officer Kristy Fitzpatrick used the kit to save his life. Fitzpatrick and two other officers were called to a motel room in North Salem following a report of a man attacking a woman […]
Carrick donation adds fuming chamber
Mike and Bev Carrick, flanked by the Salem Police command staff Salem Police have a new fuming chamber for processing fingerprints, thanks to the donation by Mike and Bev Carrick to the Salem Police Foundation. Mike responded to the need for the chamber during the Breakfast with the Chief event last February. His gift allowed […]