In October 2003 the San Clemente CC! Leadership Council won a community-oriented policing award from Orange County Human Relations for its work over the past six years.

Among the community groups represented were the Capistrano Unified School District, the Boys and Girls Club, the San Clemente Library, YMCA, the San Clemente High School Interact Club, the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the City of  San Clemente.

“This was a great award because the other four winners were all police officers, where ours were community members,” said Leslie Haight, crime prevention specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.