april 2015 tcpaaa region one
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April 2015 Newsletter -- Region One of the Texas Citizen Police Academy Alumni AssociationTRANSCRIPT
Volume 13, Issue No. 4 April 2015
Region One website -- http://TexasCPAAA.org/Region1
April – DickinsonThe Region One meeting for April will be Apr 11 in Dickinson at theKnights of Columbus Hall.
Physical address for navigation devices: 4132 27th Street E.,Dickinson, Texas.
Directions for manual navigation: From IH 45, take exit 19 and go easton Highway 517. Go through Dickinson, past Highway 3 and acrossthe railroad tracks and immediately turn left on FM 1266, DickinsonAve., at the light. Go one mile on FM 1266 past SilbernagelElementary school on the right and turn left on 27th Street. The Hallis a white building with blue trim on the left.A simpler alternate for those coming from the north could be to take646 from IH45 to Dickinson Ave, turn right, then right on 27th St. Seemap below.
Meeting Schedule
2015January 10 -- AngletonFebruary 14 – Liberty CountyMarch 14 – HumbleApril 11 -- DickinsonMay 9 – Deer ParkJune 13 – PasadenaJuly 11-- La Porte
Aug 2-4 – State ConventionAugust 8 – No MeetingSeptember 12 -- Montgomery CoOctober 10 -- League CityNovember 14 -- Texas CityDecember -- No meeting
2016January 9 -- AngletonFebruary 13 –March 12 –April 9 -- DickinsonMay 14 –June 11 --July 9, August 13 – TBA conventionSeptember 10 -- Montgomery CoOctober 8 -- League CityNovember 12 -- Texas CityDecember -- No meeting
Region One mailing address:524 Louisiana Avenue #15 Bacliff,
Texas 77518-2106Note: Mail Dues to address shown
on Renewal Form
Destination isthe red mapmarker "A" onthe right side ofthe larger map.
IH-45
Zoomed view
Inside --2 Calendar
3 Convention class schedule
4 - 12 CPAAA Activities
13 - Notices
14 - 15 - Event Flyers
Issue 4 of Vol 13, April 20152 Region One Flash
President - Calvin WalkerVice President - William “Dave” DavisSecretary - Richard MelvinTreasurer - Barbara CookDirector, Pos 1 - Leo WaltzDirector, Pos 2 - Delores GantDirector, Pos 3 - Bob MilkeState Rep, Non Sworn - Billy BoehlkeState Rep, Sworn - Roger Gonzalez
281-339-1107832-722-8428281-337-8623281-615-7856281-316-2255281-997-1015281-617-6488713-306-8920832-970-4120
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@yahoo.comUnknown email [email protected]@laportetx.gov
2015 Region One Officer Roster
Upcoming Events
Newsletter Staff
Editing, Composition & LayoutLeo Waltz
Thanks to Faye Leonhardt for“The Flash” logo on the front
page nameplate.
Send all Activity reports [email protected]
Web Links of sites relevant to items in this newsletter:● Membership renewal form on Region Documents page:
http://texascpaaa.org/Region1/documents.html
● Events page on website:http://texascpaaa.org/Region1/events.html
● Local CPAAA Newsletters:http://texascpaaa.org/Region1/local.html
● Convention information, schedule, registration forms:http://tcpaaconvention.org
Events Calendar Event
Saturday,April 11, 2015
9:00*am Region One Meeting; Dickinson* Members should arrive by 9:00 for breakfast and networking
Saturday,April 11, 2015
11 am - 2 pm, Kemah Cops & Crawfish - Kemah CPAAAKemah Community Center, Hwy 146 between 8th and 9th Streets
Wednesday,May 6, 2015
7 pm - , Poker Shot Tournament - Harris Co Precinct 4 CPAAASpring Guns & Ammo, 4401 Spring Cypress
Monday - ThursdayMay 11-14, 2015
National Citizens Police Academy Association ConferenceLexington, Ky http://nationalcpaa.org/conference.html
Sunday - Tuesday,Aug 2-4, 2015
State Convention in El PasoSee http://TexasCPAAA.net/convention
2015 TCPAAA AwardsNomination Packet:http://texascpaaa.org/2015AwardNominationsPacket.pdf
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Preliminary Convention Schedule Updated March 16
Issue 4 of Vol 13, April 20154 Region One Flash
Texas City Citizens Police Academy Alumni AssociationMarch 2015 UPDATE by Faye Leonhardt, President
Activities From Region OneCPAA Associations
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Texas City CPAAA volunteers assisted with the opening ceremony & parade for the city’s DOGPARK on February 28.
Approximately 350 pet loversattended the event. They had a vetthat saw 58 dogs, 50 dogs weregiven rabies shots, 98 wereadministered microchips and 4 dogswere adopted from the event.
It was a fun event and the dogs lovedthe new park!
Amoco Park, 1500 29th St. N. TexasCity
CPAAA MemberJames Luhn'sdog, "Babydoll"enjoyed the dogpark too.
Volunteers also assisted with the City of TexasCity's St. Patrick's Day & Little League Parade.It was a fun time by all & everyone enjoyed theparade.
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Chief Burby congratulatesWayland after his swearing in.
TC CPAAA will be selling T-shirts for one of our fund-raisers this year.Faye Leonhardt, President TC-CPAAA, created the designfor the shirts. The shirts will be available on black, navyblue, gray and pink shirts.They are selling already and we haven't even receivedthem yet!!Connie & Joe Butlers (Executive Board Members) arechairing the T-shirt sales.
At our March 9th meetingCPAAA member WaylandFowler was sworn in byChief Burby as a reserveofficer with the TCPD.Wayland is a CPA Class 27graduate. We are so proudof Wayland and lookforward to working with himand the other officers atTCPD.
Sgt. Jess Colwell (TC-CPAAACoordinator) congratulates Wayland.
Several members of the CPAAA attended the Skywarn Storm Spottertraining on March 11th. We learned how to identify severethunderstorms and their associated hazards including tornadoes, hail,damaging winds and flash flooding. SKYWARN is a programsponsored by your National Weather Service Office in conjunction withyour local Emergency Management Organization. It is a group of trainedvolunteers that watch the skies during severe weather and relay reportsback to your local Emergency Management Official and/or the NationalWeather Service (NWS). These volunteers provide valuable informationto the NWS to improve the warning program which could save lives andprevent property damage in your community.
Several CPAAA members assisted the Texas City Municipal Court with the paperwork/warrantcalling for the 2015 Warrant Round Up, and it was a great success!Total number of warrants cleared during the 21 days of warrant round up: 1063Total value: $364,461.36Total collected: $207,227.70
Faye Leonhardt (President) & Becky Hoke (Vice President) were the Chairs for the March SOA(Show Our Support). The break room was decorated with sparkly shamrocks and all the officerswere given small goody bags with an Irish Smiley Pin and some mints & chocolate coins.
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Issue 4 of Vol 13, April 20156 Region One Flash
Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy Alumni Association(FBCSCAAA)
President: Roy Clark, Jr.Vice-President: Winona HeltzelInterim Secretary: Hussam F. YousefTreasurer: Stephen Jaffe
FBCSCAAA officer terms run Julythrough June.
Photo of FBCSCAAA volunteers atthe Boots and Badges Gala 2015provided courtesy of Tom Nowlin.
It is our pleasure to become a memberof Region One of The Texas CitizenPolice Academy Alumni Association.
Some of the activities that the FBCSCAAA members have supported in the past year include:● The Fort Bend County County-wide No Refusal DWI Task Force, Labor Day 2014
and New Year’s 2015.
● Holiday Bowl 2014, a friendly football game between the Fort Bend CountySheriff’s “Enforcers” and the Sugar Land Police Department “Chargers” thatbenefited area children by accepting toy donations.
● Behind the Badge Charities Boots and Badges Gala, a gala that included live andsilent auction items used to raise money for the benefit of Fort Bend Countyemergency responders.
● Assisting the Records Division of the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office by organiz-ing Jail Packets.
Our volunteers will be supporting the Crimes Against Children Unit of the Fort Bend CountySheriff’s Office in the Pinwheel Project, a free family fun event to be held April 11 in observanceof Child Abuse Awareness month.
It is great to see the variety of ways that other Citizen Police Academy Alumni Associationsserve their local law enforcement agencies, and we look forward to learning from the otherassociations in our Region.
Winona HeltzelVice-PresidentFBCSCAAA
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Webster Citizen Police Academy Alumni AssociationSubmitted by Leo Waltz
Pancake Breakfast and Raffle held March 28.
Photosfromkitchenshowing“flipping”crew onleft.
Officer Vasquez with his K-9 partner Officer Clavo.They demonstrated locating of drugs hidden in the
parking lot (inside of a radar speed trailer)
Onehappyraffleprizewinner.
Georgie Benavides is shown at theraffle sales table while our pancakeeaters dine in the foreground.
March 26,WCPAAAmeetingwith anewWebsterK-9namedClavo.
Webster PD Assistant Chief Thomas Claunch in hisretirement ceremony. L to R: Bekki and Tom Claunch,Webster Mayor Donna Rogers, Webster Police ChiefDanny Presley.
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Dickinson Citizen Police Academy Alumni AssociationSubmitted by Tony Valdez
Dickinson Police Department holds their volunteers and PD personnel in High PraisesOn March 14th, the Dickinson Police Department and the Dickinson Citizens Police AcademyAlumni Association held there annual banquet. On the agenda were high praises for the officers’spouses, members of the DCPAAA, volunteers of the Annual Thanksgiving and Blue SantaPrograms. The police department Officer of the Year award went to Officer Keith Love, Detectiveof the Year to Det. Frank Price and Communication Operator of the Year to Cheryl Mullen.Awardees received their own personalized badges and a one night stay at Moody Gardens Hoteland Resort on Galveston Island. The DCPAAA’s Officer of the Year award was presented toOfficer Johnny Smith. The Dickinson Police Department also gave out their Volunteer in PoliceService Certificates to DCPAAA volunteers for having accumulated 100 to 500 plus hours ofvolunteer services for 2014. The police department also gave a volunteer appreciation packageto DCPAAA Member Marilyn Decker. The package consisted of a limousine ride, with policeescort, to the Moody Gardens Hotel and Resort on Galveston Island for a one night staycompliments of Moody Gardens. She also received flowers donated by Crowder-Deats FlowerShop of Dickinson. Also included in the package was a dinner for two at Fish Tales Restaurantwhich was donated by the restaurant and, also, breakfast for two in the restaurant of MoodyGardens. Other sponsors of the appreciation package were Space City Jewelry & Animal CareClinic of Dickinson.
L to R: DCPAAA/VIPS Members Bret Burright, Nyna Burright, Detective of the Year Frank Price,DCPAAA Officer of the Year Johnny Smith, Dickinson Police Department Officer of the yearKeith Love, Communication Operator of the Year Cheryl Mullen, Dickinson Police Chief RonMorales, DCPAAA Members of the Year Dale and Louise Krone, VIPS Members of the YearMarilyn and Louis Decker, DCPAAA/VIPS Members Ken Suderman, Shelley Newberry, AnnGana, Charles Suderman, Carolyn Suderman and Mitch Mitcheletti.
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Dickinson Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association Goes on the Road!
In the month of March the Dickinson Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association went on a fieldtrip to tour the Galveston Police Department. The tour is just one of the trips set for this year forthe DCPAAA group. Alumni Liaison Officer Tony Valdez is setting up a series of field trips foralumni members to go out and visit facilities and participate in activities like driving on a policeobstacle course. This program is designed to encourage and boost participation in theirvolunteer program. The trips are very impressive and knowledgeable. You learn a whole lotabout the history and the unique functions of each police department.
R to L: Galveston PoliceSgt. Destin Sims, DCPAAAMembers Nyna Burright,Shelley Newberry, NannetteBolen and Marilyn Deckerlooking at several showcases of police badges andother gear of GalvestonPolice Department History.
Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Citizens Police AcademyAlumni Association
Some upcoming events of our organization:
Our next Citizens Police Academy begins Monday April 20th at 7pm at Precinct 4's trainingdivision located at 330 Meadowfern Dr. 2nd Floor. The class runs for 10 weeks on Mondays and includes a day at the range for firearms instruction. There is still time to join. Residentsmay enroll online through our website www.precinct4cpaaa.org. There is no charge for theclass. If you would like more information, please let me know.
Our 1st Annual Poker Shot Tournament is Wednesday, May 6th at Spring Guns & Ammo.Doors open at 6:30, tournament begins at 7pm. Prizes and raffles. This is a fundraiser eventfor our organization.
Dana Pennington, President, Precinct 4 CPAAA
Editor’s note: A link to the Poker Shot Tournament flyer can be found on the Region One Events pageat http://texascpaaa.org/Region1/events.html and it is also in this newsletter’s back section.
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Issue 4 of Vol 13, April 201510 Region One Flash
Liberty County Citizen Police Academy Alumni AssociationSubmitted by Faye Cutsinger
Liberty gets new Police Chief
March 20th Thomas Claunch wassworn in as the City of Liberty Police Depart-ment's new Chief. Officiating was MunicipalJudge Mike Little after an introduction byMayor Carl Pickett. Chief Claunch's wifepinned on the new badge while family,friends, law enforcement from across theregion, and city officials welcomed theClaunch family. Chief Claunch is wellknown for his work with the CPAA and Reg.1. Chief Claunch hit the ground running byparticipating in Liberty's Jubilee's 3 day cel-ebration starting on the 27th. A good work-ing relationship is anticipated, includingtraining for handicapped parking violation
ticketing and other necessary duties.
The February Region Meeting
Valentine's Day Liberty County Citizen Police Academy Alumni Assoc. (LCCPAAA)hosted Region 1 CPAAA meeting in Liberty. Fifty-five members from across South East Texaswere in attendance, as well as representative of local city departments and law enforcementpersonnel across the region.
Editor’s note: The submitted article for last month was omitted by mistake. To see the two pagesof photos, refer to the March Flash. This page contains an updated report from Liberty County.
Right: Bekki Claunch shown pinningthe new badge on Chief Claunch.
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LCCPAAA is unique because we cover the entire Liberty county area, not just one dept.or city as most Alumni Association and work closely with all Liberty County's law enforcementagencies and extend assistance to other service organizations.
Sheriff Bobby Rader opened the meeting with an overview of the contributions to LibertyCounty made by the LCCPAAA. Total hours of service for 2014 is 2564 hours (321 mandays) or $74,356.00 provided/saved the County. This is excellent considering there are veryfew members at this time, with hopes for another academy soon in order to have manpower toassist more in the new year.
The programs included presentation by Gene Robinson, owner of RP Search Service, ofthe capabilities, computer programs, legal restrictions for flying, past case history and visuals.He presented an aerial demonstration of a helicopter drone and had fixed wing drones forviewing. Gene's wife, Angel, is an asset in reviewing and locating targets from drone photos andvideos. People passing on nearby roadways stopped to enjoy the flights.
Stephan Fasolino, Liberty County Sheriff's Office, presented a program in crimeinterdiction, discussing recent cases, how " bad guys" customize vehicles to hide contrabandand money. Both presenters were given NASA police challenge coins.
Every attendees was given a door prize as an appreciation for their travel to Libertyand participation. LCCPPAAA members, donated spectacular door prizes, including numerousgift baskets for men and women from Shirley Case, NASA police "challenge" coins fromDominic Harrison, local businesses provided items of natural foods/supplements, bakeryproducts for breakfast, local honey with pecans, folding chairs from the City of Liberty, T-shirtsand too many to list.
Attendees chose brochures they were interest in from the Liberty-Dayton Chamber ofCommerce, local businesses, events, sites and recreation, to encourage visits to Liberty-Daytonas a destination for entertainment and education.
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Pssst…!Rumors are going around that
have not registered for the 2015 Convention inEl Paso! … and even worse, you haven’t made your
hotel reservation either. Tell us it isn’t so!But if it is true, you can fix this by going to
http://tcpaaconvention.org to get all theinformation.
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Houston Citizen Police Academy Alumni AssociationSubmitted by Mike Weingart - HCPAAA
The Houston CPAAA was horsing around a lot in March. On March 6, membersparticipated as “protestors” in downtown Houston as the National Mounted Unit CommandersAssociation held it’s convention in Houston. The HPD Mounted Patrol went through a numberof scenarios as about 126 delegates from the U.S. and Canada observed.
During the HCPAAA’s March 19 meeting, Sgt. L.G. Wills presented a program on themounted patrol. She said the three objectives of the mounted patrol are crime, community andcrowds. “We focus a lot on crime,” the sergeant said. She said the mounted patrol made 8,000arrests in the downtown area last year. “We have a big problem with vagrants,” she said. The sergeant also described the mounted patrols sponsorship program. At the presenttime the department has 37 horses and two mules. “All are sponsored,” said Sgt. Wills, “andwe have a waiting list.” The sponsorship costs $5,000 annually. She said three of the horsesare sponsored by the Houston Texans. One of the horses, J. J. Watt, is about to retire, but hewill be replaced with another J. J. Watt. Another presenter at the meeting was 24-year old Katherine Richards who with herfriends organized a drive to raise funds for a horse sponsorship. The group raised $10,000 fora two-year sponsorship for Smash, a special needs horse who is deaf. Katherine and herfriends who all have special needs are Smash’s sponsors. They conducted various fund raisingprojects such as bake sales with one at Smashburger. In addition, they volunteer at themounted patrol and take care of Smash. Katherine’s parents, who attended the meeting, haveformed The Kim & Don Richards Family Foundation. The Kim and Don Richards FamilyFoundation is a nonprofit organization creating opportunities for persons with intellectualdisabilities. Founded in 2006. They believe there are no limitations when it comes to learningnew skills. Exploring new ideas and opportunities can be challenging, but should never belimited to anyone. “Our daughter is a wonderful young woman, with intellectual disabilities. Wenever thought about what she couldn’t do, but chose to look at her strengths and build on those.With the help of family and countless friends, she thrives in our society.”
Front Row L to R:Members TeresaWilson, Connie Savage,Vicky Niewald, JeanetteEinkauf, Mike Weingart,Judy Weingart.Back row L to R: PhilNiewald, Roark KeithRussell, Synthia Brown,Mike Einkauf, HowardRose.
Members Roark Keith Russell & Darius Sanders
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CommitteesInformation and NoticesCommittees
Audit: TBD annuallyBenevolence: Dolores Gant, Chair, 281-997-1015;
[email protected]: TBDByLaws: TBDMembership: Deb Smith, Chair, 713-254-4292, [email protected]
Maggie Spooner, 281-217-6577, [email protected] Sales: Sandi MillerNominations: Deb Smith, Chair, 713-254-4292, [email protected]
Billy Boehlke, 409-925-2043; [email protected]: Jeanne Canales, Chair, [email protected]: Jeanne Canales, Chair, [email protected]
Dottie Duby, 979-419-2383, [email protected] Phillips, 936-377-3891;Adell Boren, [email protected];Calvin Walker, [email protected]
Future activities should be sent to LeoWaltz, the Region One and Texas CPAAAweb manager, at the following emailaddress: [email protected]
This newsletter is a monthly publication of RegionOne of the Texas Citizen Police Academy Alumni
Association. All officers are volunteers.
Region One website:TexasCPAAA.org/Region1
Deadline forMay Issue isApr 25, 2015
Region One Email List (currently has 230 email addresses)In February 2014, we started an email list like the one used by the state, and this new list is for all CPAAA’s,their members, liaison and coordinators, police dept personnel interested in Region One activities. A link tothis newsletter will be emailed to those on the list; no newsletters will be sent as attachments because of thefile size being rejected by many mail servers. Of course the newsletter will be available on the Regionwebsite as soon as it is published, but we recommend that you get your email address on the list to receive
other timely information also. There is a link on the Region web page or you can visit this link:http://texascpaaa.net/mailman/listinfo/region-one_texascpaaa.net
May MeetingDate: May 9, 2015Time: 9:00 AMPlace: Deer Park
A new feature of the Region One website is apage where local CPAAA’s can have theirnewsletter posted. The newsletters should beweb-ready in a pdf format, and no older than 2015.If your CPAAA produces a newsletter, send it [email protected] as a pdf file. If thenewsletter is already online, just sent the URL orlink to it. Please don’t print the newsletter andthen scan it in to make a pdf file, as that willusually produce an image of the newsletter,resulting in a larger file size or text that is not crispand sharp. TexasCPAAA.org/Region1/local.html
The Region One membership renewalform, located on the Region web page, has
been updatedwith a newaddress toexpediteprocessing ofyour renewalsfor 2015.The newaddress isc/o BarbaraCook, Treasurer2208 ErikssonLa Marque,Texas 77568
Associations -15AngletonDeer ParkDickinsonFt. BendGalveston Co SheriffHarris County SheriffHoustonHumbleKemahMontgomery CountyPasadenaPearlandTexas CityTri AgencyWebster
Individuals -7Billy BoehlkeBarbara BrownJeanne CanalesAmelia CollinsSusan ErnstSuzanne KellyBob Milke
(From RegionTreasurer,as of 2/28)
