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DALLAS POLICE ASSOCIATION
THE
SHIELD
Volume XXXV No 7
July 2015
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Dallas Police Association
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CONTENTS
Executive Board
Ron Pinkston, President
SE Inv 972.816.3848
Frederick Frazier, First Vice President
Criminal Intel 214.549.4918
Scott Sayers, Second Vice President
Homicide 214.283.4849
Mike Mata, Third Vice President
Southwest 214.725.0261
Steve Myers, Fourth Vice President
Narcotics 214.457.3380
James Parnell, Secretary/Treasurer
Pistol Range 214.537.5200
Central
Billy Taylor
Robert Wilcox
Northeast
Kent Hubner
Casey Tharp
6 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
8 THIRD VICE PRESIDENT
North Central
Roy Jenkins
214.670.7253
214.670.4413 Vince Garst
214.670.7253
South Central
George Gonzales 214.671.4500
Jeff Jacobs
214.671.4500
Northwest
214.670.6178
214.670.4415 Kevin Janse
214.670.4415 Kevin King
214.670.6178
Glenn White
Recording Secretary E. J. Brown
Association Staff
E.J. Brown
Randy Aguilar
5 COPS COP
11 PEOPLE
214.670.4384
Southeast
Southwest
214.671.0668
Chad Kazmierczak 214.670.8345 Boux Bland
Ben Smith
214.670.8345 DuncanWilkins 214.670.7470
Special Investigations
Special Operations
Silver Valencia
214.670.8607 Mark Rickerman 214.671.3661
214.671.3661
Chris Webb
214.670.4419 Chris Wood
Headquarters
Daniel Mulvihill 214.670.8345 Tony Castleberg 214.601.3840
Nick Lybrand
214.670.6178 Brian Tabor
214.671.3584
Reserves
Retirees
Steve Brody
214.728.2422 Dan Lusty
214.533.8963
Chaplains
Matt Edwards
214.670.6162 Stan Griffis
817.727.0608
Chris Marsh
214.670.6178 Sean Pease
469.939.7326
Sgt. at Arms
Major Berry
214.671.8066
J.D. Byas
214.747.6839
James Bristo
214.671.4381
Kevin Campbell 214.406.3243
Jordan Colunga 214.670.4415 Zac Craven
214.671.3229
Kent Hubner
214..670.4415
Beth Sundquist 214.671.4501
Demarcus Turner 214.671.3120
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4 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Marsha LoGuidice
Tiffany Abbinett
12 VIEWPOINT
14 UNITY TOUR
17 PROMOTIONS
19 BACK IN THE DAY
22 BUSINESS
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July 2015 The Shield 3 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
MINDSET
by Ron Pinkston
While pundits like Jacquielynn Floyd suggest cops need
a new mindset (according to her June 11, 2015 Dallas
Morning News article), I would suggest she is totally
wrong in her assessment. Now, I know she is paid a lot
of money to have opinions and write her columns and I
just write one article a month with only a small window
of time to write it, but as a 31-year police officer and
a Dallas Police Association board member for over 20
years (the last four serving as President), I have seen the
spectrum of mindsets among Dallas police officers. By
far, the number one mindset is to protect and serve the
citizens of Dallas. It is this mindset that has helped Dallas
police officers lower crime for the past 11 years. Maybe
she wasn’t writing about the everyday mindset of a police
officer but that of the other mindsets it takes to tackle
this job day in and day out. In her article, she solicited
the opinion of Seth Stoughton. Seth is a law professor at
the University of South Carolina and was a police officer
in Tallahassee, Florida for five whole years. Seth brought
forth the “us-vs.-them” and “warrior” mindsets.
Now, let us look at what the former rookie police officer,
Seth Stoughton, calls the “us-vs.-them” mentality. Are
Dallas police officers truly going out on the street and
thinking it’s us versus the world? I would say no; we don’t
hit the street with that type of mentality but with the
mentality of legal versus illegal. Some citizens may think
we only use the “us-vs.-them” mentality because when
we come in contact with them, we’ve had to write them
a ticket or place them under arrest. In reality, we came
in contact with them because they just broke the law,
and the officer’s mentality was/is legal-vs.-illegal because,
for example, they were speeding, selling crack, or playing
their music too loud. The officer was just enforcing the
law on the books created by the Legislature or Dallas City
Council. While some feel the system is systematically
targeting them, it is the legal-vs.-illegal mindset that
brings officers into a situation and in contact with them.
For example, while some citizens feel it is ok to smoke
marijuana, blare music, or panhandle, these acts are all
against the law, and officers have an obligation and duty
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to address these illegal acts and make an arrest or write
citations.
Next is what many refer to as the “warrior” mentality.
(I have been watching the mainstream media use this
term to terrorize law enforcement around the country in
an attempt to sensationalize stories and garner ratings.)
Seth also brings up this mentality and says we need to
change it to a more of a guardian…“less combative,
less authoritative version of the warrior.” This warrior
mentality in reality is the survivor mentality. While
Jacquielynn Floyd may never come in contact with a
violent reader when she is working, officers do (and will
continue to) come into contact with violent citizens
every day who do want to harm them solely for doing
their duty, which is to protect and serve the citizens of
Dallas. Police officers are trained to use their weapons
or use defensive tactics and go through reality based
training to survive the violence they will potentially be
confronted with on a daily basis. This survival mindset
is needed to make sure they get the job done (protecting
and serving the citizens of Dallas) and go home at the
end of their shift.
We can only change the mindset if we change our
mission. If our citizens don’t want police officers to
protect and serve but would rather they make dance
videos and attend crime watches, smile and be nice to
everyone, that would be great! But, we know that’s not
what they want. As violent crime has continued to go
up over the last several months, police management has
worked to attack the issue, even putting officers more in
harm’s way. City council members are calling and asking
why response times are skyrocketing. So, I believe they
want us out protecting and serving the citizens of Dallas
by lowering crime and putting offenders in jail.
What columnists and law professors need to know is,
what police officers do will never be pretty. When an
officer has to arrest someone who doesn’t want to be
arrested and they resist arrest, it’s not going to be pretty.
We, as a profession, need to be honest with the public
and stop trying to sugarcoat it. There are criminals in
the community that would rather kill a police officer
than go to jail. There are even more that would just
hurt an officer so as not to go to jail. Additionally, there
are more criminals that would hurt or kill a citizen of
Dallas to take what they have. It doesn’t matter their
race, religion or sex. It doesn’t matter if they are 14
years old or 75 years old, wearing a business suit or
bikini. One look at our national police memorial in
Washington, D.C. will show you that officers have to be
vigilant and ready all the time for what could possibly
happen.
I would ask that Jacquielynn change her mindset and
stop overlooking the root cause of law enforcement
using force and to focus more on the law breakers (i.e.
suspects fleeing from the police, resisting police and not
following police commands). Don’t fall into the trap of
what John McCaa calls “gumrunners.”
On a different note, I would like to make a personal
thank you. On May 31st, my father, Franklin Pinkston,
passed away, and I wish to thank the members of the
department who called, texted, sent emails or cards
offering their condolences. Your thoughts and prayers
were greatly appreciated during this difficult time.
Stay Safe!
Read Jacquielynn Floyd’s article here: http://www.
dallasnews.com/news/columnists/jacquielynn-floyd/20150611-police-depar tments-need-guard ians-more-than-warriors.ece
COPS COP
JUNE’S COPS’ COP
Senior Corporal Thomas Mills
Senior Corporal Thomas Mills has been selected as the June
Cops’ Cop for the Dallas Police Association. Senior Corporal
Mills joined the Dallas Police Department in June 2007. He
has been assigned to Southeast Patrol.
Police work requires a multitude of skill sets. Reality Based
Training prepares officers for tasks that are presented daily
and scenarios that may arise. Senior Corporal Thomas Mills
is a proficient officer and rises to the daily challenges. In
her nomination Sergeant Marcia Trejo states Corporal Mills
responded to a call regarding an emergency disturbance. The
complainant had previously lived with the suspect and they
had a child together. Upon Corporal Mill’s arrival the suspect
was in the front passenger seat and the complainant was in
the driver’s seat. The infant was in a car seat in the second
row of seats. The complainant was driving and the suspect
began choking the complainant while yelling, “Die like that
bitch Deanna” (In reference to a high profile murder case in
Dallas). The vehicle began to swerve into oncoming traffic.
The complainant lost consciousness while the vehicle was
moving and it rolled to a stop. Several citizens called 911 and
reported the suspect was choking the complainant and would
not let her go.
When Officer Mills arrived, he observed the vehicle facing
eastbound in the westbound lanes of the street with the front
passenger door open. He noticed the suspect had some sort
of joint lock on the complainant and she could not get away
from the suspect. Without delay or assistance from other
elements and fearing for the complainant’s safety and life
with total disregard for his own, Officer Mills entered into
the dangerous head-on, and wrong way traffic situation in an
attempt to stop the violent actions of the suspect. He requested
an ‘assist officer’ over the radio. Officer Mills repeatedly gave
verbal commands to the suspect to get out of the vehicle and
let the complainant go but the suspect refused to comply.
At this time Officer Mills fired his Taser at the suspect. The
suspect complied releasing the complainant and was taken
into custody without further incident before backup arrived.
Senior Corporal Mills has consistently performed at a level
that is easily recognized as exceptional. His peers, supervisors,
private citizens and even the City of Dallas Manager all
formally commended him for going beyond the call of duty.
His overall performances on a daily basis are exemplary acts of
kindness and services to the community and are all included
in his overall basic make-up as a Police Officer.
July 2015 The Shield 5 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
LEAD FROM THE FRONT
by Frederick Frazier
“I am a nightmare walking, psychopath talking, King of my
jungle just a gangster stalking, living life like a firecracker,
quick is my fuse…”.
These are song lyrics from the movie Colors, a 1988 release
about the Los Angeles police department’s efforts to stop
gang violence. While the lyrics described the actions and
attitude of criminals depicted in the movie, many in the
media today would use these lyrics to characterize police
officers across the country.
Law enforcement in America is working harder than ever to
protect our families and communities, putting our lives on
the line to do so. But thanks to both mainstream and social
media, we often are incorrectly portrayed as enemy number
one.
WANTED
The rate that misinformation is spread about the actions of
police officers is stunning. Within hours after a “controversial”
use of force by an officer, television talking heads are fueling
the fire by second guessing tactics while social media outlets
are full of agenda-driven agitators spreading misinformation,
lies and propaganda.
Most of us in law enforcement have labeled this the “Ferguson
Effect”. This incident was the spark that set our paperthin law enforcement world ablaze. News reporters largely
ignored the facts – a physically imposing man robs a store
then assaults a police officer – while paid protestors where
brought in from across the country to riot, burn and pillage.
The entire narrative was repeated in New York leading to the
assassination of two police officers.
Are the mainstream media and professional agitators solely to
blame for threatening the public’s trust in law enforcement? I
don’t believe so. As a profession, we must do more to promote
and support the actions of our officers.
A good start would be expanding community-policing
programs that bring together officers and citizens to work
hand in hand to protect neighborhoods. Since many police
departments are not prepared for such policies, it
will take time to implement such programs across
our country, but the reward of increased trust in law
enforcement and safer streets is worth the effort.
By CNN, ABC, CBS & NBC
Despite the vocal attacks on law enforcement, we are
on the side of angels. A large majority of Americans
hold our profession in high regard, understanding
the sacrifices we make to keep the peace in their
cities. And, despite the money and effort going to
support the professional, anti-police agitators, their
violent protests have disgusted our country.
Through hard work and dedication to the families we
serve, law enforcement has always kept the public’s
trust by conducting ourselves as professionals. I urge
my fellow officers to maintain our focus, ignore those
who attempt to lure us into controversy, and continue
our efforts to catch the criminals who threaten our
safety.
Keep the path and lead from the front everyone.
Law enforcement in America is working harder than ever to protect our
families and communities, putting our lives on the line to do so. But thanks
to both mainstream and social media, we often are incorrectly portrayed as
ENEMY NUMBER ONE
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DALLAS POLICE ASSOCIATION
CALLS CNN NON-APOLOGY
OFFENSIVE
This is courageous
and brave...
CNN Anchor Called Gunman “Courageous & Brave” After Attack On Dallas
Police HQ
DALLAS, TX – June 14, 2015 – In the hours after
the violent attack on the Dallas Police Department
headquarters in which a lone gunman attempted to
kill police officers using an armored van stocked with
weapons and explosives, CNN anchor Fredricka
Whitfield said, “It was very courageous and brave,
if not crazy as well, to open fire on the police
headquarters, and now you have this scene, this
standoff.”
Facing outrage from viewers from across the country,
CNN promised Whitfield would offer an on-air
apology on Sunday. However, instead of offering an
apology to those who truly represent courage and
bravery – the men and women of the Dallas Police
Department – Whitfield spent only 13 seconds to
only say she “misspoke,” a weak and often-used term
when backtracking from an offensive statement.
The promised apology from Whitfield was never
provided.
“Yesterday CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield called
James Boulware ‘courageous and brave’ just hours
after he attacked our police headquarters with the
intent to kill as many police officers as he could,”
said Frederick Frazier, Vice President of the Dallas
Police Association. “While her comments were
appalling and offensive to the men and women in
police departments across our country, her flippant
non-apology served as further insult. We call on
CNN to offer a more appropriate apology for the
offensive comments made by Ms. Whitfield.”
“We have voiced our concern that the media’s
negative narrative about police officers is jeopardizing
our safety. The actions of CNN are proof that our
concern has merit,” added Frazier.
photo by Ashley Landis
A Dallas SWAT officer walked to his vehicle at Interstate
45 and East Palestine Street in Hutchins, where police
had cornered James Boulware in an armored van June 13.
Boulware earlier had fired shots at Dallas police headquarters. He was eventually killed in Hutchins by a Dallas
police sniper.
- by Tristan Hallman & Naomi Martin
Our Nation has faced
challenges
before.
By working together
as one, we've always
pulled through. In the
process, we've grown
wiser,
stronger
and
more united. Now is no
different. Operation Blue
Shield is about citizens
and law enforcement
working together through
open
dialogue
and
neighborhood community-centric activities. By making an
effort to acknowledge our unique differences and diverse
perspectives, we create an environment of cooperation and
shared visions for safe and thriving neighborhoods. The time
has come for us to leverage our strengths and work together
so we can collectively make our city, our communities and
our nation stronger.
The time has come for all of us to "go all in."
July 2015 The Shield 7 THIRD VICE PRESIDENT
AND WE WERE TESTED
by Mike Mata
I want to start this article off by commending the officers
that responded to the active shooter at police headquarters.
The officers that were the first to respond along with
those that arrived as cover during the event showed true
professionalism. Each one showed what we as police
officers for the city of Dallas have inside us, courage and
dedication. It was by the grace of God that no officer was
killed. Scripture says, “God protects the peacekeepers”.
Well, I truly believe that night that he did.
In saying that, I also attest the outcome to the level
of professionalism and training of those officers that
responded to the scene and addressed the threat. The
officers remained calm and kept their tactical mindset,
everybody realized that communication and survival was
the primary objective. The officers retreated to positions
of hard cover while under a hail of gunfire, all while
communicating to dispatch and arriving officers the
needed information. We as a department have trained for
situations involving active shooters; we had not trained
for this specific type of incident. But we as a department
displayed the warrior mindset of maintaining a combat
mindset in a high stress situation. There are those on
the 6th floor who are desperately trying to get away from
the warrior mindset, claiming the term “warrior” is not
indicative of the police profession. Well, my personal
and professional mind cannot disagree with them more,
because that “warrior” mindset kept all those officers alive.
It kept the officers thinking about the best next move, the
plan of retreating to a position of advantage and it gave
them the courage to re-engage when the officers knew they
were out gunned. What we all witnessed was our brothers
and sisters in blue doing what was necessary to protect the
public.
I hope that we as a department and as officers heed this
warning, because it will happen again maybe not in the
exact attack method but it will happen again. This was a
random act, but it gave the future crazy, unstable person
a blueprint to our defenses and how we respond. The
department should take the point of view of being ready
for the next time because I promise there is going to be a
next time. That next time may not be a lone shooter, next
time it may be a group of men who are bent on not only
the death of police officers but citizens too. And we need
to be ready!
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Again, I want to thank all the officers that responded from
patrol, departmental detectives and crime scene. This was
a huge crime scene that spanned two counties and multiple
departments. The Dallas Police Department once again
shined; it shined because of the caliber of officers we have and
the courage that they displayed. I am proud to be a member
of the Dallas Police Department and I am thankful that those
courageous men and women are still here to fight another
day.
May God bless the men and women of the Dallas Police
Department.
Be safe and be ready,
Michael Mata
3rd Vice -President
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PEOPLE
Sympathy
The family of Ms. Leasor Elaine Crawford, Sister of Senior
Corporal Tommie Thomas (Vice Section).
Thank You
The family of Alexander Merrill Seyl, son of Officer Eric
Seyl (Central Patrol).
Thank you sincerely for sharing our sorrow. Your kindness is
deeply appreciated and will always be remembered. Kathie
Golden (Burch Management).
The family of retired Officer Cline Wright, #1395. Officer
Wright retired in May, 1981 after 24 years of service.
cops kids
The family of Mr. Roger L. Johnson, Step-Father of Senior
Corporal Christopher Dorward (Narcotics Division).
The family of retired Sergeant Bobby Horn, #944. Sergeant
Horn retired in January 1982 after 28 years of service.
The family of Ms. Minna Sue South, Mother of Senior
Corporal Susan South (Northeast Patrol).
Proud parents Senior Corporal Philip Lawler #9098 and his
wife Kristen welcome their daughter Rosalie Ruth Lawler.
She was born May 20, 2015, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20
inches in length.
The family of Mr. Franklin E. Pinkston, Father of Senior
Corporal Ron Pinkston (Southeast Investigative Unit).
The family of Lieutenant Colonel Caeli Van Donk Black,
Sister of Senior Corporal Elizabeth Van Donk Deangelis
(Personnel Division).
The family of Ms. Francis M. Mead, Sister of Sergeant Tracy
Smith (Canine Squad).
The family of Ms. Pamela Winn, Sister of Senior Corporal
Anthony Winn (Crimes Against Persons Division).
The family of Ms. Deborah Gales, Aunt of Senior Corporal
Shemika Rodriguez (Operational Technology Unit).
Rosalie Ruth Lawler
The family of Mrs. Dorothy McDaniel, Mother of Senior
Corporal Stanley McDaniel (Northeast Patrol) and
Grandmother of Officer Julian McDaniel (Northeast Patrol)
and Senior Corporal Tonya McDaniel (Youth Services).
The family of Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Bryan, Father of
Senior Corporal Robert Bryan (Helicopter Unit).
Proud parents Detective
Steve Myers #8730 and
his wife Amber welcome
their daughter Trinity
Grace Myers. She was
born May 31, 2015,
weighing 7 lbs 11 oz
and 19 inches in length.
Thank You
I want to thank the Dallas Police Association for
remembering my husband, Bobby Joe Dale, with your
article in the Shield. The DPA has served our Police Officers
so well for many years. Bobby was proud to be a member
of the Dallas Police Association and serve as President from
1978 to 1980. Shirley Dale (Wife of Bobby Joe Dale #935).
We appreciate you for being so thoughtful during the most
difficult time in our life. We want to say thank you. The
family of Tommie Thomas (Vice).
Trinity Grace Myers
July 2015 The Shield 11 V IEWPOINT
IS YOUR TAX
TIME-BOMB TICKING?
Hello to all my old friends back in Dallas. I enjoy keeping
up with events and hearing how well many of you are doing.
Particularly for those of you still on the job, you are in my
prayers always. First a disclaimer. I’m not a financial planner
or a certified anything. Just like most of you my wife Patty
and I worked, planned, and saved to have a comfortable
retirement and in large measure we were successful. We did
discover in recent years an area that we could have done
better and we wanted to share that lesson with those of you in
similar circumstances.
Most of us have become pretty savvy at saving money. There
is a lot of information out there telling us how to do it and
many instruments to help us. Among our favorite instruments
for savings are tax deferred funds like traditional IRA’s, 457
accounts and for some of us DROP. All these tools are popular
when you are in the wealth building mode because they are
pretax dollars and grow faster because they are not impacted
by federal income tax while they are accruing. Prudent
investors spend considerable time putting together a financial
plan for their family that includes one or more of these
instruments to ensure they accumulate sufficient resources to
retire comfortably. What nobody tells you, or at least what
nobody told me is that planning how you are going to expend
money in your retirement is as important as planning how to
accumulate it.
Did it ever occur to you that in the financial business that is
your family, every one of us has a silent partner, the federal
government? The sad truth is he is a lousy partner. He doesn’t
contribute to the business of providing for your family. He
doesn’t help with the planning, or work a couple of shifts for
you every now and then. Our silent partner just takes his cut
every year and expects us to be happy about it. And there is
another scary thing about our silent partner. When he screws
up his finances or doesn’t live within his means he can decide
to increase the percentage of his cut any time he wants and we
can do little to stop him.
Let’s talk some more about those popular tax deferred
instruments we are so happy with while the financial business
of our family is in its wealth building phase. We like to watch
these funds grow and they grow faster than other savings
instruments. Big numbers make us feel better and more
secure. But what happens when you are ready to start using
them? Let’s say you found the fishing boat of your dreams,
you want to buy a time share in Hawaii, or you always wanted
a new corvette. On a serious note maybe a health scare or
disability requires you to uproot your whole life and start
12 The Shield July 2015
new again in some different situation. For countless reasons
both planned and unplanned you may need to access a large
lump sum from one of these tax deferred accounts in your
retirement.
Here is where the tax time bomb may get you. When you go
to use a big chunk of those funds, your silent partner jumps
in and says “Boom! That big chunk of change just jumped
you up a new tax bracket or two and I want a big hunk of that
money”. There are other things that will impact how much
your silent partner takes. Like me, many of you had careers in
the military as reservists or Guardsmen. Even if you didn’t stay
long enough to get a retirement from another career many
of you have enough social security credit to draw a social
security pension which is worth more if you delay taking it
into your late 60’s. Then there are the Required Minimum
Distributions, RMD’s, associated with these tax deferred
accounts that most of us don’t think about because they are
just too far off, but 70 is just around the corner when you are
retired and most of us plan on living well past that. And if
that’s not enough moving parts in this equation, remember
if you file jointly all these things that impact your income,
impact your spouse or significant other’s income as well. Do
you see your silent partner at the door with his hand out yet?
There are other things working against you. All the devices
you had during the wealth building phase of your family’s
financial business to try and shelter some of your income
are largely gone as retirement approaches. Your children are
grown, your home is paid off or nearly so. Deductible business
expenses go away and you are left with little to hide behind.
There is a final piece to the puzzle to consider. Federal income
tax rates have remained at historically low levels for years.
In 1980 when I went into the army if you filed a joint tax
return and you and your spouse earned more than $161,180
in adjusted 2013 dollars, you were in the 54% tax bracket.
That’s right boys and girls, nearly double the percentage that
the same income would put you in today. After years of
deficit spending in the trillions of dollars, I believe it is just a
matter of time until federal taxes climb. Remember our silent
partner can raise his cut and there is little we can do about
it. How soon and how much taxes go up is a topic of much
debate but the fact that they will go up is generally agreed to
by every financial planner I have talked to.
You can’t make your silent partner go away. But there is a
way you can buy him out at a time that is most financially
beneficial for you. The instrument I am talking about is a
ROTH IRA. You pay taxes on the money when you put it in
so when you go to take it out your silent partner doesn’t get
a cent. What I am suggesting is to consider rolling over your
tax deferred investments into ROTH IRAs in a measured
methodical way at a time when you still have tax deductions
at your disposal. Depending on when you plan to retire, that
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DALLAS POLICE
ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEETING
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
11 a.m.
Hot Lunch will be served
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July 2015 The Shield 13 UNIT Y TOUR
POLICE UNITY TOUR 2015
by Sr Cpl Jose Avila
Police Unity Tour 2015 has come and gone but the memories,
friendships and camaraderie between fellow officers live on.
I had the privilege of participating in the Police Unity Tour
(PUT) with Chapter IV from Fairfax, Virginia. Several officers
from the Dallas Police Cycling Team (Ray Dominguez, Jose
de la Rocha, Monica Almeida, Saul Monsisvais, Robert
Munoz, Mike Mayorga, and Nathan Delahoussaye) rode
with Chapter IV. The primary purpose of the Police Unity
Tour is to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who
have died in the line of duty and a secondary purpose is
to raise funds for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s
Memorial and museum.
Our experience began with registration in September 2014
and fund raising throughout the year to raise $1,750 per
rider. The DPA/ATO’s assistance was very beneficial and
assisted DPCT riders with their individual contribution
endeavors. Other department police unions, friends, family
and businesses assisted the riders with raising their financial
goals but several of the riders donated their own money to
complete any deficit. I know I stressed over my allotted goal
but in the end it was worth the expense.
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Our training for the Unity Tour consisted of local training
rides and different locations throughout the state. Team
members participated in bike rides in Greenville, Mineola,
Seguin, Denton, Meunster and the Hill Country. Our
two rides in the Hill Country terrain were grueling and
challenging but very beneficial in our preparation for the
Unity Tour.
Dallas Police Cycling team members boarded planes with
bikes, bike cases and suitcases filled with uniforms, police
gear and cycling gear. Luckily, Southwest Airlines flew our
bikes for free but we still had to contend with weight limits
for our bags and suitcases. We flew from Dallas Love Field
to Richmond, Virginia and were greeted by Chapter IV
members at the airport. We and our gear were taken to our
hotel in Richmond where we prepared for our upcoming
ride.
Our Police Unity Tour adventure started on May 10, 2015
(day 1) from Richmond, VA to Charlottesville, VA. We
traveled 90.5 miles and climbed 3, 140 feet with an average
speed of 15.5 mph and attained a maximum speed of 33.1
mph. May 11th (day 2) we traveled from Charlottesville, VA
to Warrenton, VA. As we arrived in downtown Warrenton
we were greeted by numerous people from the community
who lined both sides of the street with signs and American
flags. I was overwhelmed by the sight and came to tears when
I saw a police color guard detail on the top of a hill in the
downtown area. On this day we traveled 83.5 miles and
climbed 3, 980 feet with an average speed of 14.6 mph and a
maximum speed of 38.3 mph. May 12th (day 3) we rode 26.
4 miles from Warrenton, VA to Fairfax, VA and stopped at
Fairfax County McConnell Public Safety and Transportation
Operations Center (PSTOC) for lunch. We had to end our
ride at this location due to riots in Baltimore, MD and had
to ride buses to Washington DC. All Police Unity Tour
chapters met at RFK Stadium for the ride to the National
Police Memorial.
members sat with his wife and family members in front of
the panel where Det. Dinwiddie’s name appeared. “We ride
for those who died,” will now and forever mean more to me
as a Police Unity Tour member and survivor.
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Week events but this was my first as a member of the Police
Unity Tour. I was overwhelmed by several emotions as I rode
through Washington, DC to the memorial. We were greeted
by several people in the residential areas and finally arrived
at the memorial sight. The sea of people in the area brought
me to tears as I rode along the side of the monument where
my father’s name is printed on panel 7-E/line 15. I felt a
sense of accomplishment and pride knowing that I endured a
challenging ride for my father and family members. On this
day and subsequent days I was honored by meeting the wife
and family members of slain Detective Charles Dinwiddie;
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on June 2, 2015.
AlvarezAlbert A
Anderson
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William
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DeTambleStephanie J
D'LoughyKenneth P
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Michael
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Hughes
Kenneth
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IS YOUR TAX
TIME-BOMB TICKING?
(continued from page 12)
may mean starting before you actually retire. Buy out your
silent partner. Defuse your tax time bomb before it goes
off. For many of you this could mean a savings of tens of
thousands of dollars you might otherwise pay in taxes.
My tip to anyone who thinks this situation may apply to
them is to start early. Figure out what you plan to live on in
your retirement. Do the best you can to anticipate the big
expenditures you will make and build in some cushion. Buy
out your silent partner so you can spend your money when
you want to. There are a lot of moving parts in this equation
so find help if you need it. Remember most financial planners
are skilled in the wealth building paradigm but are largely
ignorant in the wealth expending model. I used a national
organization named First Command whose headquarters
are in Fort Worth but there are others out there who can
provide this service and should be willing to talk to you for
free initially to determine if your tax time bomb is ticking.
After a career of serving others, you owe it to yourself to
ensure a comfortable secure retirement.
Take care and stay safe.
About the Author: Steve Marksteiner retired from the Dallas
Police Department with 20 years of service in 2008. He also
retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Army Reserves. He lives
with his wife Patty, a retired Air Force Major in their home in
Washington.
In Loving Memory
The Dallas Police Association has recently
paid the active member death benefit to the beneficiary
of a member who has recently died. Officer Jeffrey
Ambrose #10121 passed away on March 7, 2015. This
has resulted in a doubling of dues on one of your July
pay checks.
A Line of Duty death benefit is equal to one month’s
dues. An active member death benefit is equal to ½
month’s dues.
This benefit is provided for members of the
Dallas Police Association only.
Officer Jeffrey Ambrose
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BACK IN THE DAY
BACK IN THE DAY
by Bill Croom
As we have talked about before in this space, the Dallas
Police Department was having a hard time filling its ranks
after the surrender of the Japanese in September, 1945.
Chief Carl Hansson had even gone as far as writing to
different commands in the military and asking that former
DPD officers be released early from their responsibilities to
come back to work on the department.
Hundreds if not thousands of servicemen and women were
getting out of the military and were flooding the Dallas area.
Many, like my parents came to the city after the war and
couldn’t find a place to live. This being in the summer of
1946, my Dad had just got out of the Army, they had to
take a room in an old house south of Jefferson in Oak Cliff
on Edgefield which by the way is still there. They considered
themselves lucky to have a bathroom to themselves, although
their refrigerator was on the back porch!
Many of these soldiers, sailors, Marines etc. (like my
parents,) were from farms and rural settings but had been
exposed to the real world during the war. Again, like my
parents they didn’t want anything to do with that life and
saw their future in the big city, that being Dallas in this case.
So as we will see, the DPD was struggling with an increase
in crime that had somewhat decreased during the war years.
The department desperately needed new officers.
The Dallas Morning News reported that on November 10,
1945 a class of 20 new officers had graduated from the new
police academy. I believe this must have been in the old
schoolhouse at Corinth and Lamar that I remember seeing
when I was a rookie in the late 70’s. What was unique about
these officers was that for the first time, they had attended a
course in police work that lasted six weeks. The article said
that in the ‘old days,’ a new recruit was given a badge, gun
and stick, dropped off in a neighborhood and left on their
own to patrol a beat and learn police work as ‘on the job
training’ I guess you might say. The article went on to say
that the 20 new officers were given their certificates at the
‘Italian Village’ by Chief Hansson.
the city according to Chief Hansson. The chief said that in
real terms, the situation in Dallas is grim. He said that the
remainder of 1945 and the 1946 will bring an increased rate
of loss of life and property, partly because of the increase
in the population because of the de-militarization of the
country he went on to say. To meet the darkening situation
he has carefully strengthened his line he said to reporters.
The increased training will bring about more and better
officers Chief Hansson says. The chief turned over the training
program to Captain Bill Brogdon and Sgt. Ed Preston who
received orders from Hansson to broaden the academy’s
scope of subject matter and the number of students taught.
The chief said that another academy class would start before
Christmas and will receive even more intensive training. The
two graduating classes’ will bring the department to almost
its prewar manpower level. The chief also said that he wants
to increase the amount of squad cars on the streets to expand
radio patrol. He told the DMN that the quality of the squad
cars in recent years was down considerably during the hard
service they were put through during the war years. Because
of rationing, replacement parts and tires were hard to come
by. The situation was slowly getting better Hansson said
since the war was declared over in September. New vehicles
will finally be coming off the nation’s assembly lines and
hopefully to the police department soon.
Chief Hansson went on to say that 15 new Harley-Davidson
Servi-Cars are on order for traffic control which will
strengthen the patrol consisting of only 4 of the 3 wheeled
motorcycles.
The enlarged Servi-Car unit will be assigned solely to the
Traffic Division.
The DMN article went on to say that the officers received
288 hours of training. In the article it mentioned the recruits
by name. The only officer that I recognized was Malcom
Southerland. Why I remember that name I do not know,
maybe he worked Central Division or Traffic in 1977.
In a related article the DMN wrote on November 18,
1945 that the DPD is ‘swinging from the defensive to the
offensive’ in the fight against crime and traffic problems in
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The Freedom Run Committee organizes The Freedom Run, a 5k run and one mile walk, which raises
money for the Dallas Police Association Assist the Officer Foundation and recognizes and remembers first
responders and those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The first Freedom Run was organized by
the 2001 Leadership Class shortly after the 9/11 attacks and continues this day.
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July 2015 The Shield 21 BUSINESS
DALLAS POLICE ASSOCIATION
MINUTES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors, Dallas Police Association, met at
the offices of the Dallas Police Association (referred to as the
“DPA”), 1412 Griffin Street East, Dallas, Texas 75215 on
June 9, 2015 at 11:07 a.m. The meeting was called to order
by the President, Ron Pinkston.
The following proxies were received: Wood to Myers,
Rickerman to Myers, King to Janse and Jacobs to Gonzales.
Minutes:
• Invocation by Marsh.
• The minutes of the May 19, 2015 Board of Directors
Minutes was presented.
***MOTION*** by Bland seconded by Wilkins to
accept the minutes as presented. Motion passes, no
opposition.
• Pinkston discussed the incident involving the
McKinney PD officer. Disappointed that DPD
officers are slamming the actions of the officer before
getting all the facts of the situation and believing the
information provided by the media.
• Pinkston presented the June 2015 Cops Cop Award
to Thomas Mills.
• Pinkston discussed the following DPD issues:
a. Transfer policy draft eliminates the 7 year rule.
Policy will be OK if the Command Staff of the DPD
adheres to the policy.
b. The Job Enrichment Program has changed Must be a senior corporal to participate in the program
and has been reduced to 50 officers participating.
c. The new tasers will have the feature of activating
the new cameras for everyone within 30 feet of the
activated taser.
• Joe Schutz and Tho Ho discussed some of the
activities taking place at the Dallas Police and Fire
Pension System.
• Frazier gave an overview of the actions taken by
the DPA on the Open Carry and Dues Deductions
bills during the Texas Legislative Session.
• Parnell stated there has been 2 death benefit
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payments for a total of 5 this year. The reimbursement from the membership will taken place in the
upcoming pay periods.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 p.m., June 9, 2015.
The Minutes of the Dallas Police Association have been
duly recorded on June 9, 2015.
Original Signed
E.J. Brown, Recording Secretary
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