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THE INFORMANT Vol. 11 No. 7 May 2009 In This Edition: In This Edition: In This Edition: In This Edition: 10-year Celebration 2 Swearing-In of 2009 Board 4 Class 21 Practicals 6 Class 21 Driving Training 8 Class 21 Crime Scene Practicals 9 Class 21 Graduation 11 RRPD Awards 13 Year End Report 15 Upcoming Speakers 19 Warrant Round Up 20 Chris Wilson Profile 21

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THE INFORMANT Vol. 11 No. 7 May 2009

In This Edition:In This Edition:In This Edition:In This Edition: 10-year Celebration 2

Swearing-In of 2009 Board 4

Class 21 Practicals 6

Class 21 Driving Training 8

Class 21 Crime Scene Practicals 9

Class 21 Graduation 11

RRPD Awards 13

Year End Report 15

Upcoming Speakers 19

Warrant Round Up 20

Chris Wilson Profile 21

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On November 18, the RRPD hosted a 10-year celebration

to recognize the Alumni’s Decade of service to the

department. Those in attendance enjoyed a slide

presentation of the Alumni’s activities during the past 10

years.

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Our 2009 Alumni Board was sworn in at our January meeting by Sgt. Bob Horton. This year’s officers are: President Mike Flicinski Secretary Pam Flicinski 1st VP Frank Gargano Treasurer Paul Cecil 2nd VP Edie Heuss Sgt-at-Arms Jeremy Sheard

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Congratulations to the graduates of CPA Class 21! Twelve graduates have applied for membership in the Alumni -- the necessary paperwork will be completed in the near future.

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Numerous police department employees were honored for their

dedicated work at the department’s

annual award ceremony.

Our very own Paul Cecil was

honored as Volunteer of The Year for

his efforts in revamping the Training

and Recruiting Department’s file

system.

Receiving Departmental Commendations were awarded to: TCO Courtney Adams Officer Craig Cargill Officer Dee Carver Brenda Craytor Heath Douglas Ivonne Duran Admin. Tech Diane Gargano Officer Tom Hau Don Heflin TCO Gary Janousek Officer Jimmy Keyes Admin Tech Jan Kubsch Admin Assistant Tricia McFerran

Sergeant Andy McKinney Officer Aaron Mitchell Admin Tech Chasity Rojas Officer Tony Rojas Sergeant Dwight Schmidt Logistics Officer Jennifer Soto Officer J.J. Strong Officer Doug Teiber TCO Deborah Thatch Management Analyst Sherrill Voll TCO Angela Walker Officer Jim Weber Officer Sandy Wright

The Unit Citation Award was presented to:

TCO Courtney Camden Officer Vincent Cherrone Management Analyst Brenda Craytor Heath Douglas Officer Ross Harris Officer Tom Hau Records Unit Supervisor Stacie Hancock Rubi Janousek Sergeant Bob Mata

Report Taker Supervisor Damaris Morales Records Technician Joyce Peacock Detective Dean Peterson Officer Brian Quick Detective John Rowe Detective Tim Stevenson TCO Ann Treffer TCO Tracy Wardlow TCO Angela Walker

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Exemplary Service Awards

were given to: TCO Rebecca Rodriquez Report Taker Damaris Morales Officer Daniel Kilpatrick

A Meritorious Service

Award was presented to: Officer Chris Wilson Officer Greg Brunson Officer Jason Watson

Outside Agency Commendation were given to: Crime Scene Specialist Ed McKinstry Accreditation Manager Joseph F. Teiber Detective Shawn Scott Officer Tony Rojas

Supervisor of the Year Sergeant Andy McKinney TCO Ann Treffer

Civilian Employee of the Year Admin Tech Chasity Rojas

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2008 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS END OF YEAR REPORT

By Volunteer Services Coordinator Stan Simpson

2008 was an eventful year in Volunteer Services. The year was spent reviewing, re-organizing, and refocusing to get volunteer groups on track and stay active. During the past year, I have met with each organization on a regular basis to maintain an open dialog for topics such as procedures, goals, projects, membership involvement, recordkeeping and timekeeping. I have achieved my goal to work closely with the leaders and board members to look for opportunities that utilize their skills. During the 2008 fiscal year, the Volunteer Services contributed 9523 hours , which is an increase of 2076 hours over the 2007 total of 7447. The volunteers, who support the RRPD, provide valuable services for the community. My goal for 2009 will be to continue working toward awareness and cross-training among the various volunteer groups as well as working with department leaders, and exploring areas and activities that could be performed by volunteers. In this time of National recession, volunteers will become a valuable resource to the PD and the City of Round Rock. Once again, in 2008, we found that capturing an accurate figure for volunteer activities challenging. Many volunteers, who give up their time to support our cause, do not realize the importance of submitting the timesheets, or choose not to bother with the recordkeeping. In order to help resolve this situation, we have implemented Activity Time Sheets which event or team leaders provide at activities, that allow volunteers in attendance to simply initial in order to capture volunteer time. This procedure has helped with the recordkeeping within several of our organizations and I will continue to work with organization leaders to stress the importance of recordkeeping. Another recordkeeping change which had an impact on volunteer hours, involves the procedure for recording “on call” rather than “active” volunteer hours. When I began as Volunteer Coordinator at the end of 2007, I discovered that “on call” volunteer hours were being recorded as active hours. While we agree that this time should be recognized within individual groups, it is Department Policy that we do not include “on call” as active volunteer time. It was agreed that Volunteers “on call” will received 4 hours of work credit for 40 hours of “on call” since PD staff received $30 for each 7 days for “on call.” Basically, it is believed that any of our volunteers may be called upon outside of their specific meeting or scheduled event times, and they would respond. Therefore we feel that the total number of volunteer hours recorded for 2008 accurately reflects volunteer time for active participation. In order to maintain a realistic count of active volunteers, I have removed files for people that have resigned or fail to maintain a working status. One of the highlights for the last quarter of 2008, was the Senior Luncheon, which was held on December 16th at the Sirloin Stockade. As one of the most popular annual events, 65 seniors braved an ice and cold weather, aided by some caring PD staff that provided transportation, to attend this event. Once again this year, the seniors came with crutches, nurses, and oxygen, focused on this event. Sgt. Darin Bayles welcomed the seniors as POA

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THE INFORMANT May 2009 Page 16 hosted the event. Volunteers from SALT, TAP, CPAAA, Chaplains, Blue Santa, and VA enjoyed the buffet selections. As a special surprise, the seniors were treated to a gift from Jack & Judy Hardison of Austin, who prepared, inside a mug, a festive arrangement of candy and a stuffed animal (provided by Blue Santa). ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE/SERVICES consists of citizens that volunteer time to provide administrative and clerical services to support PD staff. During 2008, we added several new volunteers to support the staff with recordkeeping, file maintenance, correspondence and general administrative work. There are 14 active administrative volunteers who collectively volunteered 1,502 hours , up from 861 in 2007. Another new initiative we added in 2008, was the implementation of a Train-the-Trainer position to the volunteer group. In order to overcome the obstacle of overworked staff having to spend time training volunteers as new workers sign up, Mike & Pam Flicinski have agreed to undertake the training aspect. During the last quarter of 2008, they have spent time to learn several of the major administrative tasks in order to take new volunteers under their wing to train future volunteers. BLUE SANTA is another volunteer group that exceeded the previous year’s volunteer hours with 1255 hours volunteered to wrap & distribute holiday cheer, showing an increase of 257 volunteer hours from 2007. Blue Santa was able to pick up the slack as the community sponsored families and children decreased. Blue Santa program serviced 513 families and 37 seniors. The total number of children we assisted was 1303 which equates to 4173 wrapped and delivered presents! Kudos to the dedicated Blue Santa volunteers under President Vinnie Cherrone!! CHAPLAIN PROGRAM. Chaplain Services provide counseling to PD staff and families and victims of emergency situations and accidents. In 2007, 11 chaplains volunteered 332 hours of active duty. Under the care of Tom Hau, this organization experienced some changes in order to improved service. In 2008, 6 chaplains donated 1,375 valuable hours in active duty. CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY . Ofc. Lloyd Bird is in charge of the CPA classes. I met with Lloyd in reference to the December class. The class has been postponed until March 3, 2009. The CPA class was revised to include more “hands on” and interactive activities, and received high praises by current members as well as past members. CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - CPAAA is an ongoing group that has completed the CPA class and has been formed to support the PD. In December, the group celebrated the 10 year anniversary at the PD, as the staff, alumni, and city council members join the party. The Chief gave words of praise for the support of the group to the PD over the years, and encouraged them to continue their fine work. Although the number of projects was limited this year, the group still managed to donate 3105 hours to support the PD staff under the direction of President, Laura McManus.

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THE INFORMANT May 2009 Page 17 One of the projects that the CPAAA has been involved with for the past 9 years is the Warrant Call Project. This project consists of volunteers making phone calls to individuals who have outstanding warrants, and reminding them of their civic and legal responsibility to take care of business. Under the Lead Committee chair person Sheila Offutt, this effort resulted in the collection of 186 warrant resolutions and a collection of fines in the amount of $74,977 for 2008. After 9 years of service Sheila has announced her retirement from that position. We will miss Sheila, and we want to thank her for her years of service. We are happy to announce that 2 of our CPAAA members, Steve and Lisa O’Connor have stepped up to the plate to take over the duties. EXPLORERS. 2008 was a good year for this group, as Sgt Jess Eckard, Sgt. Scott Dunnam, and Ofc. Norman Ainsworth, continue to work with the group. Utilizing designated leaders or “sergeants” timekeeping and other administrative tasks stayed on track. The group activities increased from the previous year, where 19 members provided 604 hours (up from 209 hours in 2007), and participated in many worthwhile projects. One Explorer, Josh Lake, graduated from this program and has accepted a position as an Explorer Post Advisor. He also completed the CPA class and is currently an active member of the CPAAA This is the kind of success story that Jess and Scott are looking forward as the class matures. Family Services . This group, under leadership of Mark Northrup, began in early 2007 for support of families, continues to stay ready to assist. Fortunately, 2008 was a quiet year in terms of officer deaths, and with the return of officers that were deployed in Iraq, the only PD staff member on active duty remains stationed within the US boarders. This good news resulted in a decrease of volunteer hours from the previous year. A total of 50 hours were logged for 2008. SALT. Seniors and Law Enforcement Together continues to rebound. From near extinction in 2007, these seniors have come to life with projects and fund raisers. Plans for this group in 2009 include partnering with other volunteer groups (including CPAAA), for social value as well as combined workforce efforts. Volunteer hours for 2008 totaled 311 hours up from 280 for the previous year. With the assistance of the Public Service Officer, Diane Gargano, the Lock Box program is current with all applications filled and boxes installed. To date, there has been 73 lockboxes installed. The Peep Hole project is also alive, and installations are being coordinated by SALT member Karrick Davis. Both of these projects are a valuable service, providing security and safety to our elderly population. TAP Telephone Assurance Program is designed to check on the welfare of our Senior Citizens. Under Co-Chairs Jo Bryant and Gayle Cogdell, daily phone call ensures that individuals are safe and can answer their phones, and the human contact provides a social outlet for some of the seniors. A total of 470 hours were spent providing this valuable service for 20 elderly clients, which was and increase of 149 more hours than last year. Victims Assistance This volunteer group designed to provide emotional support in the time of crisis. This small group commits many hours for “on call” service ready to react to a page out in response to a crisis situation. After reviewing the program last year, it was determined to limit the logged volunteer time for this group to “active participation.” With Sgt Darin

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THE INFORMANT May 2009 Page 18 Bayles of the PD with Deborah Tahiri, volunteers logged 475 hours of active duty/training volunteer, and a 901 hours of recordable volunteer hours and credited on call hours. PACE CAR PROGRAM Have introduced the program to CPAAA and SALT group and have recruited 10 new members. Will continue to promote the program, and will meet with traffic enforcement patrol to monitor the success. POLICE RETIREES Potential members were identified, contact information obtained, and a dialog began to identify focus and priorities for this group. In late 2008, I sent out survey to obtain information and obtain ideas for the group. A consensus suggests that an alumni association, rather than “retirees” be formed to include more personal and perhaps a more active group. A request has been made for this group to assist in the History Project at the PD. RESERVE POLICE OFFICER I met with Ofc. Lloyd Bird and Reserve Ofc. Kyle Haass, to determine needs and identify improvements with this program. This year an addition of one new reserve, Josh Simpson, has been added to the list. I will keep the reserves informed of training and department requirements regarding education training opportunities. A discussion has begun to identify 3 types of Reserve Officers within the RRPD, based on skills and abilities of individuals applying to the program. I will work closely with Chief Williams, A/C Ryle, Capt Babin, and J Tieber regarding requirements within CELEA standards. CITY INSURANCE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE 2008 began a new year of insurance programs. Once again, we will fall under the Aetna insurance company. A new program will enable us to qualify for free prescriptions from the Wal-Mart “generic medicine list.” We are in the process of securing a secondary insurance for RRPD retirees and city employees eligible for Medicare. We are investigating options for insurance that would cover personnel while on duty volunteering for the city.

TCPAAA Convention!

The 2009 statewide TCPAAA Convention will be held in at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Marcos. Dates are July 30 – August 1. The $100 registration fee covers all class sessions, membership in the state organization, 1 lunch and the banquet. Class sessions currently include: the Terry Shivo case, Gangs, Dating violence, Credit Card abuse, VIPS, Hostage Negotiations and The Body Farm. The 2010 TCPAAA Convention will be held in Bryan/College Station on August 11 – 13. The 2011 TCPAAA Convention will be held in Galveston August 21 – 24.

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UPCOMING SPEAKERS

JULY 2ND

MEETING --TCLOSE Our guest speaker will be Jim Clifton, Senior Special Agent/Investigator with TCLEOSE, who will give a presentation on that agency's function in Texas law enforcement. The mission of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education is to establish and enforce standards to ensure that the people of Texas are served by highly trained and ethical law enforcement and corrections personnel.

AUGUST 6TH MEETING-- SGT. DANNY FOLEY, NATIONAL GUARD

The guest speaker will be Sgt. Danny Foley of the National Guard. He will give an overview of how the National Guard integrates with law enforcement.

SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING -- GANGS AND THE INTERNET

Our guest speaker will be Paul Mohler, Training Coordinator, Juvenile Crime Intervention, Criminal Prosecution Division Texas Attorney General's Office, who will address Gangs and the Internet.

OCTOBER 1ST MEETING - ERIC POTEET

Our RRPD Public Information Officer Eric Poteet will speak on whatever he feels like!

NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING -- PAWS IN PRISON PROGRAM

The guest speaker will be Machelle Gaconnet from the Paws in Prison program at the Lockhart Prison. Paws in Prison brings together rescued dogs and inmates and gives both a second chance at life. Homeless dogs are provided with training and socialization and the inmates are given a chance to give back to the community and build self-confidence to allow them to lead productive lives.

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THE INFORMANT May 2009 Page 20 Round Rock Police Department, along with numerous other agencies in Central Texas held their annual warrant round-up on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Our troops were there bright and early at 5 am for briefing, and were led by: Team #1: Sgt. Bob Mata and Lynn Carmichael (our cheerful leaders) Team #2: Kevin McBreen and J.J. Strong Team #3: Jeff Uhrig and Chris Kress Team #4: Robert Saucedo and Aaron Mitchell Team #5: Jim Bell and Bodie Warren (who brought in the 1st arrest @ 5:24!) Team #6: Joseph Claypool (who was on his own as his partner Mike Kincaid was a no-show. Joseph was a transporter for the other teams.) Team #7: Sgt. Justin Carmichael and Shelby Ingles Team #8: Martin Flores and Jeff Gogolewski I led our CPAAA volunteers in assisting all of our officers, providing support in the courtroom. Our volunteers consisted of George Joos at the front door, Frank Gargano at the check-in and he were later joined with Morris Norren – they were firm yet fair to all. Then inside all were greeted with the smiling faces of Diane Ducre and Linda Zamarripa to hand them their phones and tissues. Total arrests of the day were 20 and 1 walk-in. The total amount collected due to the arrests was $14,155.80, and the total collections reported on 3/7/09 were $29,274.91 (this includes any warrants paid on Friday afternoon; all collections on Saturday due to arrests, walk-ins and cash bonds posted). We had 5 arrests by 7 am and 10 arrests by 8:15. The biggest arrest (in dollar amounts – over $2,000, was by Jeff Gogolewski) and that was a chance meeting as she left all dressed up for an outing. Little did she know where her outing would take her! Officer Gogolewski was happy to add to her jewelry and even give her a chauffeured ride there. We also stayed for when Judge McNery came and he was very generous and gave all either a payment plan or community service. All left with smiles on there faces! It was a long day with lots of fun stories told, donuts galore shared and a lot dollars brought in. We were glad to serve our community and officers and look forward to next year.

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Officer Chris Wilson is from northern California and is the fifth oldest out of seven children. He graduated from Ukiah High School in 1989 and was active in

wrestling and the rodeo. Learning he was from the wine country, I had to ask what his favorite wine was, and he said “any red one”. After graduation, he joined the Army and is currently a Senior Drill Sgt. in the Army Reserves. “I always wanted to be a soldier and a cop. Everyone in my family is a soldier and my brother is a cop in California”. In 1997, he visited a friend from the Army who lived in Gregory, Texas which is 14 miles from Corpus Christi. He decided to move there and got a job at Gregory PD as a K-9 officer. Gregory had a total of 5 police officers including the chief! One of his most interesting calls occurred just a few months after he started. He responded to a “man on the ground of his front yard with a large butcher knife sticking out of his chest”. The man lived. The fastest he drove his ’92 Crown Vic was 120 mph while chasing a 16 year-old driving a stolen Corvette. In 2000, Officer Wilson was hired at RRPD and spent six of those years as a K-9 officer and “loved it”. He got married that same year and they now have three daughters and live in Hutto. Officer Wilson shared “people might be surprised to see what a softie I am with my kids, and I’m not afraid to take my 3 girls to the mall or anywhere else by myself”.

On the lighter side of Officer Wilson, I learned that his favorite cartoon characters are Quick Draw McGraw and his sidekick deputy Baba Looey (Bobbaw Luey in case you are one of the many that is pronouncing it wrong). Additionally he loves The Three Stooges and John Wayne. His favorite music consists of classic country and 80’s rock and especially likes Willie and Johnny Cash. His favorite cop shows are COPS, NYPD Blue, and The Shield. His

favorite food is Italian, and likes to drink diet Dr. Pepper, tea, and coffee. His favorite sports teams are the UT Longhorns for college football and the Houston Astros for baseball. He is also a NASCAR fan, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is his favorite driver. To relax, he enjoys golf and fishing. Officer Wilson feels the best thing about being a cop is the variety. “I like having a mobile office and not being in a cubicle all day. I want a hands-on type of job, not just paperwork. Being a cop was an easy transition from being in the military”. Anything else? “We are all adrenaline junkies!” Just don’t forget to pet the cat. When I asked what his goal was, Officer Wilson quickly stated “to retire by age 50”! Since you have a few more years to go, I hope you spend it here. We are honored to have you serve both our country and at the RRPD!

Introducing one of Round Rock’s Finest

Officer Chris Wilson Written by Laura McManus, RRCPAAA March 2009

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Alumni Uniform Shirts:

Our new uniform shirt (red polo shirt with the logo that is on the front page of The Informant) can be ordered by contacting Ronnie Mueller. Cost is $30 per shirt, payable upon delivery of the shirt. Orders are filled by EmbroidMe-Plano and are usually delivered within 7 to 10 days of Sgt. Horton emailing the order. EmbroidMe-Plano rebates 5% of the purchase price of each shirt back to the RRCPAAA. Please email Ronnie at [email protected] and place your shirt order today!

RRCPAAA Contacts Michael Flicinski, President [email protected] 244-5496 Frank Gargano, 1st Vice President

[email protected] 246-8120 Edie Heuss, 2nd Vice President [email protected] 924-4259 Paul Cecil, Treasurer [email protected] Pam Flicinski, Secretary [email protected] 244-5496 Jeremy Sheard [email protected]

Stan Simpson, Liaison [email protected] 218-5520 Ofc. Lloyd Bird, CPA Coordinator [email protected] 218-5500

Current Members Andrea Johnson

Crista Burzynski

Dalton Pugh

Dana Goggin

Dana Mueller

Diane Ducre

Diane Gargano

Edie Heuss

Frank Gargano

Gary Gillespie

George Joos

Huyau Chen

Jeremy Sheard

John Guiling

John Hughes

Joshua Lake

Judy Anderson

Kim Gross

Larry McManus

Laura McManus

Linda Zamarripa

Lori Peterhans

Michael Flicinski

Michael Johnson

Mike Goggin

Morris Noren

Pam Flicinski

Paul Cecil

Ray Thibodaux

Rick Scott

Ronnie Mueller

Steve O’Conner

Tammy Arrington

Tracy Auldridge

Walter Klingemann