RES-10151 Loyal Service Appreciation for Steve BoozeRESOLUTION NO. 10151
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE EXPRESSING APPRECIATION
TO DETECTIVE STEVE BOOZE OF THE ORANGE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HIS MORE THAN
TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF LOYAL
AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY
OF
ORANGE.WHEREAS, Steve Booze was hired with the Orange Police Department on June
17,1985, after working with the Upland Police Department for 2 2 years; at this time,
the Background Investigator for the Orange Police Department was Robert H. Gustafson;
and WHEREAS, while Steve was in the Field Services Division, he worked assignments
in Patrol, Special Enforcement Detail (SED), SWAT Team, and was Corporal and Field
Training Officer before promoting to the Investigative Services Division in January 1987;
and WHEREAS, as a Detective he was assigned to Theft, Forgery, Major Fraud, Vice
and Narcotics, Backgrounds, and the Robbery and Homicide Units. Steve investigated over
25 homicides and was the case agent on the reopening of the 1965 Floy Redman homicide which
he solved when a fingerprint was identified through the new FBI fingerprint database. The
suspect was located in Texas, serving a life sentence for the murder of his mother;
and WHEREAS, Steve was one of the lead detectives on the Orange Disposal Service
trash investigation case (one of the largest fraud investigations in Orange County history).
This investigation took over three years to complete. Over 150 interviews were conducted with
over 300 boxes of evidence seized, maintained and logged. In 1998, the defendant was arrested
and seven years later was convicted of 47 of the originally charged 57 felony counts, recovering
over five million dollars;
and WHEREAS, in 1997, Steve was selected as the Officer of the Year by his peers. He
was the Police Association's President from 1996 to 2002, and currently serves on the Board
of Directors for Officers Give Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to recruiting
marrow and stem cell donors for the National Marrow Donor Program's
Registry; and WHEREAS, Steve plans to work part-time continuing to do backgrounds
after he retires.He will also spend time with his wife Sue, daughters Kelly and Traci, and
his two grandchildren David and Alyssa and the yet to be
named third grandchild.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City
Council hereby expresses sincere appreciation and congratulations to Detective Steve Booze for his
more than twenty-one years of loyal and dedicated service to the City of Orange and wishes him
a long,
ADOPTED this 27'h
day of February, 2007.
ATTEST:
g,
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 27th of February, 2007 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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