On Friday night, January 24, Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station hosted its annual installation dinner for the station’s various volunteer units including Search and Rescue, Citizens on Patrol, Equestrian on Patrol, Explorers, and YANA-You Are Not Alone. Ernest Figueroa provides a list of those honored…
The Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station took time to express gratitude to a variety volunteer groups, who donated over 17,000 hours of service to our community in 2019, responding day and night to numerous search and rescue missions, road closures, and extra vacation home patrols. At the annual installation dinner, held Friday night, January 24, Sheriff McMahon swore in the new 2020 Volunteer Officers and Captain Newport recognized individual volunteers for their accomplishments including:
Linda Fisher for five years of service with Equestrians on Patrol,
Mindy Ash and Orville Fangmeyer both with 10 years of service with Citizens on Patrol,
and Shirley Hackathorn for 24 years of service, and her late husband Les Hackathorn who passed away in June 2019.
