Operation 10-24

We are the class of 2014 at the Criminal Justice Academy within Pinellas Park High School, located in Largo, Florida. License plates. Here comes the big issue.

Our curriculum includes law enforcement in almost every aspect, so when the local tragedy of the slayings of Sergeant Thomas Baitinger and K-9 Officer Jeffery Yaslowitz occurred, we knew we had to take action. As it seemed, just another ordinary day at school, it turned into the birth of what would be Operation 10-24. As we walked into our Civics/Social Sciences class lead by Mr. Richard Cross, he

introduced an idea he had brainstormed. At first, there was speculation amidst the idea, and it was iffy whether or not this was a plausible thought. As our rough drafts were due, we found that many, many students had thought long and hard about the ways that a license plate could possibly honor those law enforcement officers that have passed away and those that are still serving. After 150 license plates were submitted, they were weened out class by class. When it came down to it, Kaitlyn Veisz's design won. The design was a simple, but effective layout. A black/blue/black ribbon along the top and sides, with a rose under the arched saying "A man remembered never dies". As the paper gained more and more media attention, the class knew we were getting into something big. After several weeks of computerizing the drawn out sketch, the rose was removed, and the license plate is now up to license plate standards for the state of Florida. We are advancing further and further into the process of making this mere thought a reality. Our entire cause is centered around respect for law enforcement. The entire cause is devoted to memorializing, honoring, and reminding everyone of these fallen law enforcement heroes. On our license plate design, the phrase "A man remembered never dies" . This phrase was said at another fallen hero's funeral, K-9 Deputy Matt Williams and his partner Diogi of the Polk County Sherriff's Office., by Matt's best friend and fellow deputy, Mike Evans. This quote has led us through everything. It has been our motivation, our drive, and our reasoning. This initiative reminds everyone that you are not safe because you have locks on your doors, you are safe because these men and women risk their lives, day in and day out, to make sure this is our reality. Secondly, we have devised a plan that includes changing Florida law to see this license plate on the back of vehicles in Florida. We have a few hurdles to get past first. First, we need to raise $60,000 for production costs. Second, we need 1,000 pre-sale vouchers. Lastly, we need to have a marketing plan and a short/long term financial analysis. Luckily, thanks to Michael Koopman, that last hurdle is essentially taken care of. There was a Florida State Statute passed in 2008 prohibiting any more specialty license plate designs from being accepted until July 1, 2014. We need to, and will, change this. With support from the community, law enforcement, and political officials, we will make this happen. So you should look forward to driving past this license plate on the road in the forthcoming years.

10/30/2014

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to address an issue that we have encountered in the past week. AS you all know this memorial license plate was released for pre-sale on October 1st. Well, there was another law enforcement related license plate released on October 1st relating to retired law enforcement members. Just a friendly reminder to double check that when pre-ordering or in your pre-order voucher, that it says Fallen Officers Memorial License plate! If not, this does not go towards our 1,000 pre-sale total or goes to help our organization. Thanks everyone!

Fallen law enforcement plate available for presale

10/14/2014

Thank you to ABC Action News Tampa reported Christie Post for her time and effort on this news piece! We loved working with you and thank you for your support! Keep purchasing your pre-sale vouchers to honor our fallen law enforcement officers!!

Fallen law enforcement plate available for presale A new license plate to honor fallen law enforcement is close to hitting Florida Streets. It was created by the class of 2014 at the Criminal Justice Academy in Pinellas Park.

Students create license plate to honor police

10/14/2014

We are so honored to be apart of a community that is so supportive of our efforts to honor law enforcement! Thank you to Channel 10 news reporter Bobby Lewis for dedicating his entire day to making this story so touching and including one of our honored fallen officer's Lorraine Yaslowitz (wife of Jeff Yaslowitz, Officer of St.Petersburg Police). Don't forget to go and pre-order your vouchers! The sooner we reach 1,000 the sooner we can start helping law enforcement with training and other sources.

Students create license plate to honor police Some former Pinellas Park High students are to thank for getting the state of Florida a license plate to honor slain police officers.

10/07/2014

UPDATE: For those of you inquiring as to the amount o plates sold thus far, as of 3:30 today there have been 64 pre-sale vouchers sold. While this is an outstanding number for only a weeks time, we still need to pre-sell 936!! Unfortunately, until the pre-sale amount is reached, everyone will have to go into the DMV personally and purchase the voucher. Remember to share and encourage the great meaning behind this plate!! Thank you all for your support this far😊 Lets keep it going!

10/06/2014

Thank you all for your continued support of this memorial specialty license plate! This page has had 360 likes in just one week!!! Keep the support coming😄

10/02/2014

The Fallen Officer's Memorial License Plate is officially available for pre-sale in the state of Florida!! This license plate was originally a class project assignment by the freshman class of 2014 at the Criminal Justice Academy of Pinellas Park High School in Largo, Florida four years ago after the deaths of three St.Petersburg police officers. When the class of 2014 found out that no such specialty plate existed in the state to memorialize fallen law enforcement, as a class they rallied together to make this simply class project become a reality. Last Florida legislative session, with the help of Senator Jack Latvala and Representative Ed Hooper, the bill was passed as Florida law. A board of directors, who will soon be announced after the pre-sale is met, will distribute the money raised from the tag to help current law enforcement as well as future law enforcement through magnet programs and other organizations. The charity in which the funds raised will be held in is the Police and Kids Foundation ( www.policeandkids.com ). The Police and Kids charity will have no say in the distribution of funds, we have just partnered with them for the holding of funds. The current organization Chairperson, Lauren Lofton, has been the chairperson of the organization from the start and will continue to be chair on the board of directors. If there are any questions, please feel free to email her at her personal email [email protected]. You can go into any local DMV in Florida and order the pre-sale voucher for $33. Once 1,000 are met, they will then go into production. If 1,000 are not met soon, the plate will not be produced. Encourage everyone to purchase the plate to honor those who give so much to our community!

10/01/2014

Thank you to everyone who has bought the vouchers today!! If you could just comment how many you purchased on this post, we would love to get a general count of how many were bought today! Thanks so much!!!

09/30/2014

Pre-Sale Challenge!!! Take a selfie at your local DMV when you purchase your pre-sale voucher and post or tag this page!! We can't wait to see the fun times:)

09/30/2014

Two days until Pre-Sales start!! Get excited everyone!!

09/04/2013

The new Senate bill number sponsored by Senator Jack Latvala is SB132. We are still waiting on news of the house bill:)

05/07/2011

"A man remebered never dies!" Thank you to all of you who have helped Operation 10-24 along the way. If you would like to be included in our newsletter, please email our chairperson, Lauren Lofton, at [email protected] with your name and email address!

04/24/2011

All CJA students, please send your support letters in to our email ([email protected]) asap!!

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