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MATC STUDENT
GROUP HONORS AREA POLICE OFFICERS
The Criminal
Justice Association (CJA), a club for law enforcement students at Madison
Area Technical College (MATC), and Gary Pechmann of Pechmann Memorials
in Madison, recently donated a memorial recognizing fallen police officers
to the college.
“We
wanted to show our respect for the officers in our district who gave their
lives,” explains Jamie Hanson, president of CJA and second-year student
in the Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement program. Hanson says the group
would like to add a plaque in the coming year to display the officers'
names. He estimates that about 12 officers in the MATC district have been
killed while on duty since the 1920s. The group is in the process of collecting
the names.
The students
planned, designed and raised money for more than a year toward the purchase
of the granite memorial that reads, “Dedicated to those officers
from the MATC District who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their
communities.”
The club
raised $1,200 for the project, and Adam Osborn, a member of CJA and recent
graduate of MATC's program, designed the memorial. Pechmann Memorials
donated the balance of material costs and the labor to create the monument
that now stands in a glass case at the college's building at 2125 Commercial
Avenue where the criminal justice programs are located.
“CJA is run and directed entirely by the criminal justice students,”
says Jack Pace, criminal justice instructor and advisor to the program.
“Club activities are split between educational events, including
field trips to correctional facilities and law enforcement agencies, and
visits from guest speakers. The students made the memorial their project,
and I think it speaks for itself.”
MATC
offers a two-year Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement degree program leading
to an associate degree in applied science and a Law Enforcement Academy
for law enforcement officers and eligible civilians.
MATC
is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 colleges
and serves approximately 50,000 individuals annually. It provides a comprehensive
curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult basic education
and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as customized employee
training. MATC provides training in more than 100 career programs. It
awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas and certificates, and offers
non-degree courses. The college serves all or parts of 12 counties located
in south-central Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses
and various locations throughout the district.
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Last
Modified:
August 24, 2004
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