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 South
Windsor Police Services relies on taxpayer dollars as well as public
and private gifts to maintain the level of police service appropriate
for our community. Our budget is under constant scrutiny.
Unfortunately, we are forced to sacrifice each year during our budget
preparations, and projects or
equipment we propose to participate in or purchase are deferred to
future years. It is important that a modern police agency maintain
pace with the constantly evolving fields of crime detection and
prevention. In addition, our increased reliance on technology driven
systems has put a great strain on our fiscal resources. We currently
have computers in every police cruiser that keep our officers in
constant contact with our police dispatcher, our police records
database and other officers both in South Windsor and neighboring
communities. We employ the use of wireless computer technology so our
officers who work out side of a police cruiser also have continued
access to our police records database as well as state and federal law
enforcement databases. Access to these systems allows our officers to
have at their fingertips information that in the past could only be
retrieved by making a trip to the police station and submitting a
query on a single designated computer or by telephone. These modern
methods of policing are often misunderstood or not understood at all
which results in inadequate funding. It is through the continuing
generosity of those who recognize the importance of equipping our
officers with the tools necessary to fight crime in today's world that
we are able to keep our department modern and provide the highest
possible level of police service. Please consider a bequest to South
Windsor Police Services. Your legacy; safety, security and
professionalism for your family and community.
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The following language may help you and your
attorney when drawing up a bequest that meets your needs.
- General Bequest. If you intend to make an outright
bequest of cash, securities, or other property by designating
a specific dollar amount, a particular asset, or a fixed
percentage of your estate to South Windsor Police Services to
be used for general purposes:
"I give, devise, and bequeath to South Windsor Police
Services, a Connecticut municipal police department, the sum
of $________(or a description of the specific asset), for the
benefit of South Windsor Police Services for its general
purposes."
- Specific Bequest. If you intend to make an outright
bequest for a specific purpose, such as to support a
particular program or purchase a particular piece of
equipment:
"I give, devise, and bequeath to South Windsor Police
Services, a Connecticut municipal police department, the sum
of $_______ (or a description of the specific asset), for the
benefit of South Windsor Police Services to be used for the
following purpose: (state the purpose). If at any time in the
judgment of the Chief of Police of South Windsor Police
Services it is impossible or impracticable to carry out
exactly the designated purpose, he/she shall determine an
alternative purpose as near as possible to the designated
purpose."
- Residuary Bequest. If you intend to leave the
residue portion of your assets after other terms of the will
have been satisfied:
"All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, both
real and personal, I give to South Windsor Police Services, a
Connecticut municipal police department, for its general
purposes."
- Contingency Bequest. If you wish to make a
contingency gift, so that South Windsor Police Services will
receive a portion of your estate if your named beneficiary
does not survive you:
"I devise and bequeath the residue of the property, real
and personal and wherever situated, owned by me at my death,
to (name of beneficiary), if (she/he) survives me. If (name of
beneficiary) does not survive me, I devise and bequeath my
residuary estate to South Windsor Police Services, a
Connecticut municipal police department, for its general
purposes."
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