The Capistrano United School District offered the following commendations at a recent Board meeting to Lt. Brad Virgoe, Sgt. Mike McHenry and Deputy Lance Christensen. Also honored was civilian Heather Premac.  

Deputy Lance Christensen:  Deputy Christensen has been with the Sheriff’s Department since 1993 and has demonstrated a continued interest in the area of Juvenile Crimes throughout his career. 

After serving as a patrol officer in the City of Mission Viejo, Deputy Christensen developed a reputation for truly knowing his constituents and developing relationships with students in an effort to proactively steer them away from criminal activities.  Deputy Christensen has always been an integral supporter of the city’s annual Red Ribbon Week, allocating personal time to support each of our CUSD schools and teaching the 6-week “Say No to Drugs” awareness course. 

In 2006, CUSD was fortunate to sponsor Deputy Christensen as a School Resource Officer through our Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant.  With his experience as a “Trainer of Trainers” in the California School Resource Officers Association, we benefit from Deputy Christensen’s expertise, as he has provided numerous opportunities to educate teachers, parents, and students about the dangers of drugs, including drug recognition and symptomology. 

Deputy Christensen has also assisted with the implementation of the “Is Your Teen at Risk” community forums and is an active participant in coordinating with the school district’s emergency preparedness procedures and site plans and has worked extensively with Sergeant McHenry and Mike Beekman on our web-based safety plan program which we refer to as CUSD-ER.  It is because of the commitment of people like Deputy Lance Christensen that CUSD is renowned for our outstanding district safety programs. 

Thank you, Deputy Christensen for the positive difference you have made in our school district. More...