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Wormely and Madison Turn in Their Badges After Stellar
Careers with TPD
This summer, on July 1,
two long-time members of the Toledo Police Department,
Officer Floella Wormely and Sergeant Anita Madison,
brought together their families, friends and co-workers and
had a joint celebration of their retirement from TPD.
Wormely
is retiring after 32 years on the job. A member of the
Police Prevention Team since the early 1990’s, Wormely has a
long history of community service on the job and although
she will no longer be an officer after July 1, her service
to the community will continue uninterrupted.
Among Wormely’s many
accomplishments is the founding of S.T.R.I.V.E . in 1997.
S.T.R.I.V.E., a summer educational program, offers students
not only the opportunity to study for state-mandated tests
but also the chance to actually take the OGT (Ohio
Graduation Test) during the summer session in order to
complete a key requirement for graduation.
She will continue with
S.T.R.I.V.E. after retirement.
After 22 years on the
Toledo Police Department, Madison retired on the same
day as her good friend. And, as is the case with Wormely,
Madison, whose main focus over her years with TPD has been
community involvement, will be continuing that interaction.
Madison, who has been a
school resource officer, then a community services officer (CSO),
eventually joined the Internal Affairs Division. In 2012,
Madison received the assignment that has brought her the
greatest degree of professional satisfaction when she was
assigned to the Toledo Community Initiative to Reduce
Violence (T-CIRV) unit. “The effort to reduce violence among
gang members is the most important part of it,” says
Madison. “And the community aspect is the most important
part of that. The community aspect is not a different piece
– we are getting the community to help reduce violence in
their own neighborhood.”
Madison will continue to
be involved in the community aspects of T-CIRV after
retirement.
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