Close-Up Newsletter - Texas Crime Prevention Association

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TCPA 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President:
Jeff McGowen
Deputy Harris County Sheriff’s Department
49 San Jacinto
Houston, TX 77002
Cell (713) 516 - 5836
Office (713) 755 - 8752
E-mail: [email protected]
First VP: Legislative Affairs
Steve Garst
Little Elm Police Department
100 W. Eldorado Parkway
Little Elm, Texas 75068
Work (972) 294-4525
E-mail: [email protected]
Second VP: Training
Jason Keller
Grapevine Police Department
307 West Dallas Road
Grapevine, Texas 76051
Work (817) 421-2192
E-mail: [email protected]
Third VP: Communications
Doug Sisk
Duncanville PD
P.O. Box 380280
203 E. Wheatland Rd.
Duncanville, Texas 75116
Work (972) 780-5027
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretary:
Rosie Salinas
Community Liaison, Austin Police Department
311 Burton Hill Rd
Austin, Texas
Work (512) 974-4736
E-mail: [email protected]
Treasurer:
Linda Furlow-Patty
Fort Sam Houston MP US Army
Reserve Terrell Hills PD
7040 Chimney Rock
Canyon Lake, Texas 78133
Cell (210) 896-2886
Work (210) 221-9686
E-mail: [email protected]
Membership:
Mark Brazelton
Gainesville Police Department
201 Santa Fe Street
Gainesville, TX 76240
Work (940) 668-4760
Cell (940) 641-6109
E-mail:
[email protected]
Sgt. at Arms:
Lennon Evans
Harris County SO.
17923 Rolling Creek
Houston, Texas 77090
Work (713) 759-9454
E-mail: [email protected]
Civilian at Large:
Michelle Lanham
Reduce Auto Theft in Texas (RATT) Task Force
1400 S. Lamar
Dallas, TX 75215
Work (214) 671-3738
E-mail:
[email protected]
Past President:
Vickie Stonaker Dallas PD
1400 S. Lamar
Dallas, Texas 75215
Work (214) 671 - 4384
Cell (214) 223 - 5610
E-mail:
[email protected]
The Alamo Area Crime Prevention Association
Welcomes you “Home”
To
Kerrville, Texas
Training Conference to be held at
Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel and Conference Center
January 13-16, 2013
Single rate $70.00 / Double rate $80.00
Includes full breakfast buffet each morning
Ask for the Texas Crime Prevention Assn. rate – code TCPA12013
For more information about hotel:
http://yoranchhotel-px.trvlclick.com/
Texas Crime
Prevention Association
November 14, 2012
Greetings Texas Crime Prevention Association Board of Directors and Members,
I want to thank each of you for trusting the success of this Association to me. In July I was
elected to my 1st full term as President of this Association. My pledge to you continues and I
will continue to work to improve communication between the state, regions and membership. I
have appointed Vickie Stonacker as Chairperson over the By-Laws Committee and a complete
overhaul of the by-laws has begun. I will work to improve TCPA visibility across this great
state and across the country. I’ve had the opportunity to visit some of the regions over the past
few months. I attended meetings in Central, West and the Gulf Coast regions and we were all
in North region for the summer conference in July. Trips to the other regions are in the works,
as time and my schedule permits. My next trip will be in the Alamo area sometime before the
winter conference.
The Texas Crime Prevention Association’s Winter Conference will be hosted by the Alamo Area
in Kerrville, TX, January 13-16, 2013. Alamo Area President Paul Gonzales and his Conference
Committee are working hard to make this year’s winter conference a huge success. Door prizes
are always welcomed, please send or bring door prizes to help support the winter conference,
please contact Paul.
Alamo area has some BIG shoes to fill. North Texas is coming off one of the Association’s most
successful conferences. For the first time in years all 9 regions were represented at the conference, the business meeting was about taking care of the Association’s business and we even got
out of the meeting a few minutes early. The state and regional board members held meetings
with their elected counter parts so the state and regional board members can better understand
the challenges each one is facing in hopes to better serve the membership and streamline some
of the application and registration processes and once again better serve the members of the
Association. One item that has been requested and will finally come to life is an updated list of
active members online.
Jason Keller has hit the ground running after TCLEOSE approved TCPA as a training provider.
The Association’s first test was at the summer conference. Jason and Warren Reaves with TGCCPA worked hard to insure the members at the summer conference were credited with every
hour of training they obtained. In some cases the training hours were visible on the members
TCLEOSE training record before many of our members made it back home. Many regions have
taken advantage of reporting their hours to TCPA. If your region is not taking advantage of
this and you find yourself scrambling each month trying to find some local agency to report the
hour for you, you may want to contact Jason and see how easy he has made it for the regions to
record and report the hours to TCPA. I want to personally thank Jason for working so hard to
make this another huge success.
We are one step closer with TCLEOSE recognizing the Certified Crime Prevention Specialist Proficiency. Steve Garst has exciting news about where we are in the process and what you
can do as a member to help make this a reality. Hopefully we will have an announcement at the
winter conference.
I want to take this opportunity to say Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
and Happy New Years. See you t the winter conference.
Upcoming conference locations include:
Year
Winter 2013 Summer 2013
Winter 2014
Summer 2014
Location
Kerrville
League City
need a host
TBA
Hosting Region
Alamo Area Region
Gulf Coast Region
Central Texas Region
Crime Prevention is everybody’s business, Thank you for doing what you do to make your community safer.
Jeffery P. McGowen, President
Texas Crime Prevention Association
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 713-516-5836
www.TCPA.org, P.O. Box 671624 Houston, TX 77267
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Congratulations to all the
2012 TCPA Award Winners
Outstanding Crime Prevention Agency
Small--Trophy Club
Medium—Hays Co Sheriff’s office community Outreach Unit
Large- Austin PD
Outstanding Crime Prevention Specialist
Small- Chris McCaslin- Greenville PD
Medium- Leslie Willingham—Denton County Sheriff
Large- Rosie Salinas- APD Office of Community Liaison
Specialized Agency- Westchase District –Mark D. Hubenak
Outstanding Crime Prevention Specialist- Overall
Chris McCaslin- Greenville PD
Outstanding Crime Prevention Manager
Jonathan Caylor – Fort Hood Police Department
Outstanding Citizen Crime Prevention Award
Tom Mills—Trophy Club PD
Outstanding Media Award
Fort Hood Public Affairs Office
Outstanding Corporate/Business Award
Westchase District
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Texas Crime Prevention Association
Sergeant Steve Garst, L.C.C./C.C.P.S.
1st Vice President – Legal Issues
November 6, 2012
As many of you probably already know, the efforts to have TCLEOSE recognize the Certified Crime Prevention Specialist designation as a proficiency certification is nearing reality. At their September 2012 meeting, the
TCLEOSE Commissioners considered a number of proposed rule changes and one of those was our proposal.
After my email exchanges with the Executive Director Kim Vickers, I learned how the process goes so I will
summarize it here.
First, a rule change is proposed and brought before the Commission at one of their quarterly meetings. There,
they may ask questions and make comments. They then vote to either approve or disapprove the recommendation. A favorable vote at this point does not make it an official, permanent rule yet. It merely means that they
approve the recommendation to make it a permanent rule.
The proposed rule is then submitted to the State Registry for public comment. The public has ninety (90) days
to make comments for or against the proposed rule. If you would like to do that, the comment period is still
open for a few more weeks. The electronic submission goes to: [email protected] or you
may write Mr. Kim Vickers, Executive Director, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education, 6330 E. Highway 290, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78723-1035. (I would recommend that you use the
electronic option.)
After the public comment time period has expired, the Commissioners consider the proposed rule change again.
They take into consideration any and all public comments, as well as any other information that comes to their
attention since the previous meeting. There, if all goes well, and there are no changes to the original proposed
rule, the Commissioners vote again. A favorable vote at this point will make it a permanent rule.
The next meeting for the commissioners is in December, 2012. The proposed rule has an effective date of January 17, 2013, so if they vote in favor of the rule change at the December meeting, the rule will go into effect on
that date. To date, I’ve heard nothing to indicate anything other than a favorable vote from the Commissioners.
Below my signature, I’ve enclosed an exact copy of the rule change as proposed. After reading it, if anyone has
any questions, I’ll be glad to address them or forward them to the proper person should that need arise.
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It is my understanding that those who already hold a C.C.P.S. certification from T.C.P.A. meet the qualifications
so they are effectively grandfathered. The actual mechanics still need to be finalized however it is my understanding that they will submit their TCLEOSE record and/or a copy of their existing C.C.P.S. certificate, along
with their application. Again, mechanics still needs to be finalized so do not take any action currently. Once all
the details are finalized between T.C.P.A. and TCLEOSE, everyone will be advised on how to proceed by the
T.C.P.A. President.
I hope you are as excited as I am about this becoming a reality. I believe it will raise the bar for all those individuals who seek the C.C.P.A. certification. It will add credibility and stature to all of those individuals who
meet these higher, continuing education standards, which will benefit not only or organization and individual
members, but the citizens we serve as well.
Thanks for all you do in crime prevention.
.
Sincerely,
Steve Garst, L.C.C.
Certified Crime Prevention and CPTED Specialist
Rule as submitted follows:
Chapter 221, Rule 221.39
Crime Prevention Specialist Proficiency
(a)To qualify, an applicant for a crime prevention specialist proficiency certificate must meet all proficiency
requirements including:
(1)at least one year experience serving in a crime prevention assignment;
(2)successful completion of required courses; and
(3)pass an approved examination for crime prevention specialist proficiency.
(b)A certificate is valid for two years.
(c)To keep the certificate valid, the holder must successfully complete an update course or be assigned primarily
as a crime prevention specialist by the appointing chief administrator once every two years.
(d)If the certificate becomes invalid, a holder may obtain a new certificate under the application standards in this
section.
(e)The effective date of this section is January 17, 2013.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the
agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 14, 2012
TRD-201204862
I hope all your hard work with coordinating your NNO Events yield a successful event. Our
prays where answered as it was a beautiful fall evening.
The Office of Community Liaison Staff and Austin P.D. Explorers hosted a Chili booth at the
National Night Out Kick-Off Event. Target continues to be a sponsor of NNO and does it big
in Austin, Texas by providing give-a-ways and offers grants to all Texas Coordinators. If you
haven’t taken advantage of that go to their website next year and apply or check with your local
Target store for more information.
The Austin Fire Department is another huge sponsor of NNO and Crime Prevention in General. Pictured is Tiffany Taylor, Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr and
Rosie Salinas.
I hope to see you all at the Mid-Winter Conference in Kerrville. Also, I took the liberty to invite
all the State NNO Coordinators from Law Enforcement Agencies across the state to consider
becoming a member of TCPA and to take advantage of our training. I obtained the list from
Matt Peskin, Director of NATW.
Thank you all for your dedication to
TCPA and Crime Prevention.
Rosie Salinas, CCPS
State TCPA Secretary
State Chair, National Night Out
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Texas Gulf
Coast Crime
Prevention
Association
By Tony Valdez, President
TGCCPA is proud to announce we will be the hosting region for your Summer Conference in
2013. The conference will have a lot of dynamic speakers, new activities for all members and
great hospitality service for all to enjoy. The site for the Summer Conference 2013 will be held
at South Shore Harbour Resort – 2500 South Shore Blvd, League City, TX. 77573, 1-800-4425005 for hotel reservations. Early registration will be available soon on our website www.tgccpa.org
TGCCPA is partnering up with American Textiles and Recycling Services. ATRS collects, sorts,
donates and resells used and out of style clothing, shoes, toys and household goods from all
over the country. They create jobs in local communities and emerging nations and keep millions of tons of textiles out of landfills every year.
TGCCPA would also like to extend its support and ideas to all regions. Please feel free to contact us by email www.tgccpa.org or by public service Officer Tony Valdez President of TGCCPA (281) 337-6370.
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2013 Summer Conference Host
Texas Gulf Coast
Crime Prevention Association
South Shore Harbour Resort & Spa
2500 South Shore Blvd.,
League City, Texas
Let’s help them out and support these
regions, we all know how hard it is to
put a conference together.
Central Texas Crime Prevention Association
Has Won the Bid for Hosting
2014 TCPA Summer Conference
location to be determined
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West Texas Crime Prevention Association
We just had our first recruiting meeting for the southern area of the WTCPA in Midland on October
25. There were some old members that were ready to rejoin the group as well as some new ones present. State President Jeff McGowan was there to show his support and speak about the opportunities
that TCPA offers with membership. We appreciate President McGowan and the support we are getting
from TCPA in our rebuilding efforts.
The program was on Forgery/Debit/Credit card abuse and was presented by officer Zach Upton of the
San Angelo Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit. It focused on a successful program started at
SAPD several years back called “See It’s Me”. The program encourages customers to show ID when
giving a check or using a card. The idea came about when retailers were reluctant to ask for idea for
fear of offending patrons (this is still prevalent from discussions we had in the meeting). Businesses
signed on with the program and displayed “See It’s Me” materials on their cashier counters to encourage customer participation and lesson the blow of requiring an ID. When first instituted, the program
focused on forged checks and provided a dramatic decrease in the forged checks being passed. However, credit/debit abuse rose to fill the void in the criminal’s pocketbooks. The program is being retooled
to be all inclusive.
The north area is going strong with good membership numbers in those areas. Our Vice President
Mike Mezger, Secretary Stormy McCullar and our members have made it possible. Meetings have
been hosted by Randall County Sheriff’s Office, Pampa PD, Potter County Sheriff’s Office, and Hereford PD. I appreciate the efforts of Mike, Stormy, Mickey Blackmon, and Chad Stevens in helping us
host these events. It really helps to move them around so that more can attend the meetings.
We are back at Randall County SO for our November meeting on 11/1/12. The program will be on K-2
which is becoming a real problem for some areas of the panhandle.
Kudos to Jason Keller for making the TCLEOSE reporting process
work for us in West Texas. He has been very supportive and we
appreciate the efforts he is making for TCPA in training.
Again we appreciate the backing of TCPA and its membership in
our rebuilding efforts. Rome was not built in a day and we have
a way to go. If any of you know officers in our area that would
be interested in joining TCPA and WTCPA, please encourage
them to join us.
Randy Harris
325 658-8375
[email protected]
By- law amendment suggestions
For discussion
Membership,
The goal of the 2012 by laws committee is to clarify areas of the by-laws that have had more than one
interpretation. The committee does not recommend going back and make any changes to past TCPA
business.
The by-laws committee could not find documentation where membership voted on the Policies for
Operation and Procedures that we have been operating under. We do know that the current Policies for
Operation and Procedures were written back in 1993 by the TCPA President Terry Garrett. They were
never presented at that time to the membership for a vote. They were used as a guide for that Executive
Board of Directors. It is believed that they were presented to the membership at some time and membership voted to not use them as a TCPA document. The by-laws committee has not been able to find
any minutes that confirm such a vote occurred.
The bylaws committee recommends going back to the Standing rules. A print of the Standing Rules
was found in a TCPA magazine dated 1989 and will need to be updated. The contents of the Standing
Rules will be information vital to the day to day operation of the TCPA Executive Board of Directors.
Changes to the Standing Rules may be changed by a 2/3’s vote of the Executive Board of Directors
only.
To properly document any amendments voted on by the membership, the last article of the by-laws will
be followed with a dated signature page with every member of the by law committee, the TCPA secretary and TCPA President. The Standing Rules will follow the signatures.
The committee has not been able to locate all documentation that the current by-laws have been properly voted on by the membership. Sections of the by-laws were moved from the by-laws to the Policies
for Operation and Procedures without a membership approval, nothing can be moved from the by-laws
without membership approval. Policies for Operation and Procedures were changed with a majority
vote of the Executive Board of Directors of those present at that time.
Membership needs to keep in mind that Standing Rules will not need membership approval to be
changed. Some suggestions for the Standing Rules, they should consist of conference requirements,
how to bid and run a conference, TCPA Awards that are awarded at the Annual conference, requirements for these awards, award nomination forms, Prestigious awards awarded by TCPA, how the
awards came to be, who they are named for, Glenn Connor award, Louise Bocock followed by a brief
biography, Past recipients and nomination committee intent to run forms
A draft of the proposed by-law amendments have been sent to all of the Region Presidents. A member of the by-laws committee will be available to attend your membership meetings in November and
December to discuss any amendments that may be addressed before the Mid-winter conference. At
the Mid-winter conference on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 5 pm the by-laws committee will meet with
members that want to discuss amendments. There will be further discussion at the Mid-Winter general
membership meeting. See you at Mid-Winter
Vickie Stonaker,
Past TCPA President,
Dallas Police Department
214-223-5610
Members,
I am excited to report that we had another successful National Night Out throughout the region. Weather did
hamper some of our NNO kickoff events, but the block parties throughout the region were thriving and roaring
with residents and public safety officials. We like to thank all those agencies who responded to Rosie Salinas
request for National Night Out pictures, news articles, advertisements, and videos for the National Night Out
state book. The NNO state book was put together with officers from Hays Co SO, Travis Co SO, Pflugerville
PD, Fort Hood PD and Austin PD. It was estimated that 40 hours of manpower of National Night Out Materials into a Category 9 State NNO Award binder. Next year, we could always use more material and manpower
in putting this binder together. If you would like to help out or want to know more information about how to
contribute please email [email protected] or [email protected] . We will include you
in our 2013 NNO State Committee meeting (Location and time TBD 2013).
The Central Texas area is anxious and excited about the direction of crime prevention. There are some members
within the region that are apprehensive about these changes that are occurring and that is OK. We are ready to
embark on this journey to help the state in improving the crime prevention courses, the quality of material, and
having instructors held accountable for the quality of teaching to prospective members and members. There is
a lot of hard work and coordination that goes on behind the scenes with the state board members. Most of these
board members are sacrificing time away from their job and home to make sure that they serve the members.
Members of the State Board are continuously looking for ways to improve our interest and continuity of the
regions. In turn at the regional level, we have been doing everything we can to assist the board by providing
representatives from the region to by- law committee, training committee, and to public information committee.
It is a much needed partnership to meet our goals together.
As the fall holidays come around, CTCPA members throughout the region are preparing for Holiday Crime Prevention Programs with neighborhood watch groups, school age children, and our seniors. If that is not enough
to keep our members busy, we are getting geared up for toy drives for the Blue and/or Brown Santa programs.
Some of our school, college and university CTCPA members are in mid season with football games and providing crime prevention programs in between. No matter what the agency, there is no lack of work for our members in the region. It seems that August was yesterday, today is October and tomorrow it is Christmas.
We are also getting ready for our November elections for the CTCPA 2013 board in November and CTCPA
regional awards banquet in December. We look forward to seeing you all again at the Mid Winter Conference.
From the Heart of Central Texas, we wish you and your family a Happy and Safe Holiday season. For those
of us that have to work the holidays on shift or off duty, be careful, watch your six, and come home to a nice
holiday meal.
Andrew Samarripa, Jr.
CTCPA President
[email protected]
(254) 288-4913
Duty Cell (254) 289-4750
See CTCPA Newsletter at: http://www.ctxcpa.org/newsletters/CTCPA_FallNEWSLETTER_2012.pdf
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FAR WEST TEXAS CRIME PREVENTION ASSOC.
2012- 2013 Regional Board
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President- Jeffery Bell (El Paso Police Dept.)
Vice President- Leslie Canada (El Paso Police Dept.)
Treasurer- Luis Gomez (El Paso Police Dept.)
Secretary- Rey Chavez (UT El Paso Police Dept.)
Master at Arms- Henry Slack (El Paso Police Dept.)
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NIXLE
TCPA Community: Official Information Via Text, Email and Web Message
We just launched a new and improved Community Notification Service called “Nixle” to improve communication with membership, vendors and other constituents. The system provides
a quick, efficient, and secure way to disseminate real-time information to subscribers. Through
www.nixle.com, TCPA will be able to send text messages SMS (standard text message rates
apply for subscribers without text plans with their cell phone providers) and e-mail alerts to subscribers in a specific area. We have been importing members to the database according to their
regional affiliation. Please encourage any new subscriber to register for our new Community
Information Service at www.nixle.com (Search: Texas Crime Prevention Association) or send
a text to 888777 and text your regional affiliation acronym/keyword (CASE-SENSITIVE) as
listed below.
KEYWORDS
AACPA Alamo Area Crime Prevention Assoc
CTCPA Central Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
ETCPA East Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
FWTCPA Far West Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
NTCPA North Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
STCPA South Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
TCTCPA Texas Chisholm Trl Crime Prevention Assoc
TGCCPA Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Assoc
WTCPA West Texas Crime Prevention Assoc
The information we publish via this service can be sent directly
to you via text, email and/or web message. The service is
secure, reliable and easy for our group to use. YOU decide what
information you want and whether you want it sent to your cell
phone, email, or just simply over the web. I hope everyone had great National Night Out events!
I have some exciting news for TCPA members! We have obtained the PayPal “Here” – a
mobile payment device. This means that at the Mid-Winter Conference in January (and
other conferences) we will be able to accept credit and debit card payments for merchandise. The “Here” will allow the same safe and secure transactions that you have with
PayPal online. We swipe your card, you sign with your finger – it’s that easy! We can
even email you a receipt automatically. I hope you are as excited as I am!
Speaking of merchandise, I will bring LOTS of it with me to the Mid-Winter Conference!
Regional Treasurers/Presidents - I am still in need of names and addresses of each region’s Treasurer – not all the regions have provided me with the information. I need to
send out checks for the region’s portion of membership dues. Please email me at [email protected] with your Treasurer’s name, the mailing address to receive correspondence
and the regional affiliation. I would like this information, as soon as possible, so that I
can get the payments out to the regions in a timelier manner.
Warmest wishes during the upcoming holiday season!
See you in Kerrville.
Stay Safe - Linda
Michelle Lanham
Civilian at Large Report
Since July’s Texas Crime Prevention Association Conference, I’ve distributed TCPA membership information to several groups:
July
Event
Exhibit/booth, 2012 Sheriffs' Association of Texas Conference, Dallas, TX
Exhibit/booth, 2012 Texas Citizens Police Academy Association Conference, Waco, TX
Exhibit/booth, 2012 Texas Municipal Police Association Conference, Dallas, TX
August
Event
Exhibit/booth, Cop & Cross Church Safety Seminar, Wylie, TX
Exhibit/booth, Texas Citizens on Patrol Conference, Hurst TX
In the coming months, I hope to take time to contact area college and university media, marketing and public relations programs to determine if they might assist TCPA in creating crime
prevention PSAs.
2012 Summer
Conference Attendees
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News From South Texas
STCPA membership went from 20 in 2011 to 33 in 2012. We hope to continue with these members and working to increase our numbers. We've had two STCPA meetings in Kingsville, TX
since the summer conference, at their Police Dept. with some training by Rich Salinas. Hope
this helps you a bit. Peace!
As of today the Board Members are:
President:
D’yan Lopez-Garza
[email protected] and/or [email protected]
1st Vice President: Bernie Garza, Weslaco Police Dept., [email protected]
2nd Vice President: John Arguell CCISD-PD
3rd Vice President: Rich Salinas, KPD
Treasure : VACANT
Secretary: Lisa Jasek CCISD-Criminal Justice Instructor
Board member at large: Mariano Manzano-Retired CCPD
Board member at large: David Torrez-Retired CCPD
Board member at large: PaulaKay Olivarez-CCPD, Auto Theft Task Force
Board member at large: Pedro Vasquez-UT Brownsville, [email protected]
Past President: Pete Rivera, CCISD PD, [email protected]
New Certified Crime Prevention Specialists
During the Summer Conference, we had the following 21 students successfully pass the CCPS Test: Walter Candelari, Paula Kay Olivarez,
Allen King, Keli Hunt, Joel Baker, Jerrald Smith, Javier Castro, Kandy
Knowles, Gregory Baron, Mitchell Hutter, Preston Kyle, David Evans,
Edward Frank, Kris Taylor, Justin Buck, Maria Carter, Chris Stokes, Frank
Bradford, Lora Lynch, Chris Bianez and Hollie Shanklin. Once again,
congratulations to each of them for their hard work and dedication. Some
are pictured below with President Jeff McGowen and Vice President over
Training Jason Keller.
Ultimate Lock
one of TCPA Sponsors
A GREAT thanks to Keith Bilbrey
with KB Media for your continued
support of the Texas Crime Prevention Association. Your assistance
with the TCPA Website has been
priceless.
www.kbmediasolutions.com
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Lets remember our Fallen Members
Bob Hoffert, Houston P. D.
Sharon Baylor
Louise Bocock
Alan Bridges – Sheriff, Hays Co.
Janey Briscoe (Spouse of Gov. Dolph Brisco)
Irvin Brown
Mike Byron
Michael Byrum, Desoto P. D.
Dave Hooten, Garland P.D.
Ron Hopkins, Dallas P. D.
Frances Jackson, Ft. Worth P. D., C.O.P./C.E.R.T.
Richard Lewis, Galveston P. D.
C. E. Neal, Ovilla P. D.
Rickey Parker, Dallas P. D.
Richard Lawrence, Dallas P.D.
Johnnie Calderon
Ron Payne, Liberty Co. DA’s Office
Billy Cartwright, Houston P. D.
Susan Johnson Richards, Houston P.D.
Morris Covin,La Porte P. D.
Larry F. Rollins, TCPA President 1978 – 1979 & Life
Member, Garland P. D.
Glen Conner
Patrick Dallagher
David Dickson, Greenville P. D.
Chuck Evans, AACOG
John Fonda, Benbrook P. D.
Tony Gale, Deputy Sheriff –Arlington P. D.
Jesse Garner, Life Member, Longview P. D.
David Garza
Terry Gettings,Odessa P. D.
David George Rojas, El Paso P. D.
Louise Runnels, Fort Worth CPAA
Deborah Shelton, Copperas Cove P. D.
Jerry Smith, Chief of Police (retired), Hondo P. D.
Doug Stutts, Hopkins Co. S. O.
Rick Taylor, Hondo P. D.
Willie Tisdale, UT at Austin P. D.
Ed Young, Temple P.D.
Jesse Stout, Life Member, Canton P. D.
Thanks to the vendors for
the Summer
2012 Conference
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Thank you for the support of these companies for their contributions
to the 2012 Summer Conference in Richardson, Texas
National Child Safety Council
Computrace /Absolute Software
Click2Enter
Sam Moon
Steve Little with Greenville Antiques
Tactical Soulutions and Consulting
Mardel Christian Bookstore
Wal-Mart
The Pathfinder School (Dave Canterbury)
Chili’s
Starbucks
Olive Garden
Leatherman Tools
Starbucks
Texas Knifemaker’s Supply
Cheaper Than Dirt
Evcrawfish (You Tube Channel)
SugarCreekForge (You Tube Channel)
Costco
Raising Cane’s
Green Mountain Coffee
Spring Creek Barbecue
GourmentGiftBaskets.com
Jason’s Deli
GST Public Safety Supply
United Supermarkets Inc.
Calloway’s Nursery
Pepsico (George Robertson and Talal A. Virk)
Margarita Patrol (Mark Underwood)
Borden Dairy
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to the newletter and also for assisting provide
information to make the website better. If you see something wrong or something is
not working properly please let me know so we can get it fixed. Thanks.
If you have ideas to make it better than it is, do not hesitate to contact me. The
website is there to represent TCPA and its members lets make it as great as out
members.
I am looking for great crime prevention related stories, ideas, events, pictures, training or anything that you would like to share with other crime prevention professionals in Texas. I will also be including a letter from each regional president covering
your regions activities for the quarter.
Please send your newsletter information to me at
[email protected], thanks!
Doug Sisk, TCPA 3rd VP Communications
Crime Prevention / Community Relations Officer,
Duncanville Police Department
(972) 780 - 5027
TCPA Listserve
The TCPA board is working on trying to make communication to the members easier and more interactive. We
want all members to be able to be able to communicate with other members, request information, ect. so a list serve has been created. You can join the list serve by going to Yahoo Groups
and look for the Red TCPA logo and the following spelled out: texascrimepreventionassociation-Texas Crime Prevention Association<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/texascrimeprevention
association/?prop=update>
or click on this link http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=texascrimepreventionassociation
There is another Texas Crime Prevention one there that is like from 7 years ago, unknown who
even started it.
So go to the above location and request to join, if you are a current member you will be accepted.
Do not release this information to the general public.
Some things that the TCPA list serve can be used for:
1. Relay suspect/ suspect veh. descriptions, full or partial, of those arrested, detained, or escaping capture. 2. Relay new methods of operation used by the criminal element. 3. Relaying current crime trends and preventative measures. 4. To ask for help in finding contacts with those
unusual problems. 5. To share ideas relevant to the security and safety of our areas. 6. To advise
of meetings, schools and seminars that may help educate us.
Some things that TCPA list serve should not be used for:
1. Jokes or E-mails intended to seek applicants to fill positions within a company or members
seeking employment opportunities. 2. Chain E-mails that have no bearing on crime, hardening
the target, and making our areas safer for our citizens. 3. Any political position unless it pertains
to Crime Prevention.
As with all e-mail lists, some other rules apply:
1. Beware attachments that may contain viruses.
2. Do not forward information from this list to others without the permission of the author. 3.
No e-mail posted will be considered an official notice/policy/rule by the Texas Crime Prevention Association and should not be construed as such. 4. E-mail on this list is not encrypted.
Send passwords, credit card numbers, DL#'s, and/or social security numbers at your own risk.
ALL posts are subject to approval of the board and if found to be detrimental to the association
it will be removed. Violations and/or unauthorized access may result in removal from the list
and/or appropriate legal action.