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 Capital City Challenge Police Motorcycle Training and Competition

 The Florida State University Police Department Motor Unit placed first in the team competition in the 2012 annual state-wide Capital City Challenge held May 5 at Doak Campbell Stadium. The annual challenge, in its eighth year, attracted participants from both local agencies and agencies form across the state. Justin Maloy, Florida State University Motor Officer, was named Mr. Rodeo in recognition of best overall performance for three separate events, including the individual competition course, the challenge course and the slow ride.

FSUPD Motor Unit 1st Place Team

The 2011 event raised more than $15,000 for the Leon County Special Olympics and $5,000 for Kidz1st Fund. Since donations are still coming in for this year’s event, the total amount to be donated has not been determined but the Capital City Challenge Executive Board looks forward to making another substantial donation to these two worthy charities.

"We are very appreciative of our supporters and especially Coach Jimbo Fisher for his support" said Chief Perry. We are already looking forward to next year's challenge." More than 35 officers participated in this year's event, which tests the skills of police motorcycle officers in a competitive arena.

FSU Has a New Public Event Calendar

Information Technology Services (ITS) at Florida State University has launched a new public events calendar. Synchronizing with department calendars and adding events to calendars is now a streamlined process.

The new calendar offers greater functionality as it ties in with the university’s email system (Microsoft Exchange), mobile app (FSU Mobile), and web content management system (eZ Publish). The calendar also allows sharing of events through social media and provides email alerts when events are changed.

The team of university stakeholders, led by ITS Director Ken Johnson, determined criteria for the new calendar system and evaluated several systems to meet the needs of the university community. The project was funded by government stimulus funds for 2010-2011.

Departments can promote events from their calendars to the university key events calendar, which shows highlighted university events.

For more information on requesting a department calendar go to http://its.fsu.edu/events.

To view the new university calendar, go to http://calendar.fsu.edu/.

To find out more about FSU Mobile, go to http://its.fsu.edu/mobile.

Story courtesy of Debbie Kelly