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Region One Flas Region One Flash
Volume 11, No. 9 September , 2013
Te Texas Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association Region One
524 Louisiana Avenue #15, Bacliff, Texas 77518-2106
Charles Billingsley, Houston, Editor and Publisher (713-729-1546) [email protected]
President – Calvin Walker, Dickinson (281-339-1107) Vice President – Richard Melvin, Dickinson (281-337-8623)
Secretary – Jeanne Canales, Sugar Land (832-493-9732) Treasurer – Delores Gant, Pearland (281-997-1015) Directors – Leo Waltz, Webster (281-316-2255); Charles Billingsley, Houston (713-729-1546); Robert “Bob” Milke , Sugar Land (281-617-6488) Non-Sworn TCPAAA State Delegate – Billy Boehlke, Galveston Sheriff - Sworn TCPAAA State Delegate – Jeff Tippit, La Porte Police Department.
September 5, 2013
Repeated from last month. Haven’t received anything yet.
Your Editor/Publisher of the FLASH was regretfully not able to attend the Convention in
Arlington. We need articles and reflections about the convention including pictures for the
FLASH. Please take a few moments to write about your impressions and experiences so we can
have good convention coverage. THANKS!!
Repeated in case you haven’t decided on a nominee.
It’s not too soon to be thinking about electing new officers and a board member for
2014. The election will be held at the November meeting and the installation will be at
the January meeting. The present officers have been the same ones over the previous
years and we need to give them relief and a chance to rest. Some have been pressed
into service time and again because no one new would step forward. For our faithful
attendees, please take this to your association and seriously consider someone from
your group serving on the board. Nomination form is in this newsletter. PLEASE!!
There is a reciprocal agreement with the National CPAA that they may publish articles from the FLASH in the national
newsletter. In order for news from a particular Region One Alumni Organization to be printed, there has to be at least one
member that is a member of the national organization.
The September Region One Meeting will be at the Montgomery County Sheriff, Saturday,
September 14, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. The meeting location will be the Clint Peoples Training
Academy located at 112 Academy Drive, Conroe. Take I-45 North past Highway 105 to North
Loop 336 Exit # 88. (Be sure to go to North 336 as there is a South 336, Fraizier Road Exit before
you get to North 336). Turn right on North 336 ( you will be going East and cross over State
Highway 75 also called N. Frazier) and continue a couple of blocks to First Street exit. Turn right
at First Street and follow it around till you cross over the railroad tracks. At the stop sign continue
straight and the road is called Hillbig Road. You will pass the Texas DPS Drivers License Office on
your right and continue to Criminal Justice Drive where you will turn right and drive to the end of
Criminal Justice Drive which will put you in the parking lot at 112 Academy Drive (Clint Peoples
Training Academy). A light breakfast begins at 9:00 A.M. The speaker will be Montgomery
County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigator Leslie McCauley who will be speaking about
Crime Scene Investigation. If you have trouble finding the facility, call President Mike Manning at
936-697-3638.
Please bring your liaison officer.
The October meeting will be in League City.
Keep in your hearts and prayers Region One’s members, Faye Cutsinger of Liberty
County, Evalyn Phillips of Liberty County, Thomas Bach of Montgomery County, Tom
Lane of Houston and Charles Billingsley of Houston who are presently fighting
serious illnesses. We wish them a speedy recovery.
Committees Audit Deb Smith, Chair, 713-254-4292; [email protected]
Phillip Ferguson, 281-917-3044; [email protected]
Georgie Benavides 281-332-6390
ByLaws Charles Billingsley Chair, 713-729-1546; [email protected]
Membership: Charles Billingsley Chair, 713-729-1546; [email protected]
Phillip Ferguson, 281-917-3044; [email protected]
Merchandise Sales: Karen Jarrette, Chair, 281-793-9955; [email protected]
Nominations: Richard Melvin, Chair, 281-489-8623; [email protected]
Billy Boehlke, 409-925-2043; [email protected]
Sharon Pavey, 713-419-2508; [email protected]
Scheduling: Jeanne Canales, Chair, 713-447-3773; [email protected]
Scholarship: Jeanne Canales, Chair, 713-447-3773; [email protected]
Dottie Duby, 979-419-2383; [email protected]
Evalyn Phillips, 936-377-3891.
Meeting Schedule for 2013:
January 12 - Angleton July 13 – No Meeting-Convention
February 9 - Pearland August 10 – La Porte
March 9 -Harris County Sheriff Sept. 14 – Montgomery County
April 13 - Dickinson October 12 – League City
May 11 – Deer Park November 9 – Texas City
June 8 - Galveston City December 14 – No Meeting*
Meeting Schedule for 2014:
January 11 - Angleton July 12 – No Meeting-Convention
February 8 – Galveston City August 9 - LaPorte
March 8 - Pearland Sept. 13 – Montgomery Sheriff
April 12 - Dickinson October 11 – League City
May 10 - Webster November 8 – Texas City
June 14 - December 13 – No Meeting*
.* No meetings In December. Voted at January, 2013 Meeting.
If you can afford beer, cigarettes, tattoos, drugs and cable tv, then you don’t need food stamps or
welfare. Facebook
ALUMNI NEWS
Send news via e-mail to [email protected] for the Flash. You can send your news in for
publication even if you aren’t able to attend the meeting and present it there. Submissions are due by
the 25th
. We would like to know what is going on in your alumni association, but if you don’t send it
in, we won’t know.
Please set aside the second Saturday of each month to come to the Region One meetings. It’s only once a month.
There’s networking, fellowship, good eats and finding out what is going on in Region One, the state, and what your
fellow alumni associations are doing.
June Meeting. The June Region One Meeting was in Galveston on June 8, 2013. The meeting was called to
order by President Calvin Walker who also led the prayer and the pledges to the American and Texas Flags.
Members were welcomed by Amelia Collins and in attendance were Former Chief of Police and immediate past
Sheriff Freddy Poor; Present Sheriff Henry Trachesset; and Sergeant Destin Sims, Galveston City Liaison.
The Speaker was Texas Ranger Joe Haralson-only one that has award for “Ranger of the Year”. He says that
citizens make us successful, they are extra eyes and ears for law enforcement, which enhances law enforcement.
TR Joe Haralson is current Sr. Ranger; Worked for Department of Public Safety and his role as a Texas Ranger;
1937 DPS; 1923 Texas Ranger; 1935 reorganized Primary Investment Arm of DPS, Motor Vehicle Div.;
Criminal Div.; Rangers primary work on felony cases; 150 TX Rangers in Texas, he works Chambers, Galveston,
and Brazoria County along with other agencies; Cold cases-advancement in crime scene evidence processes such
as DNA and AFI-automatic finger printing identification. Border Security-violence not enforcing immigration,
just violence, criminal situation, trying to keep it on the other side of the river; Re: Reorganization-had part-time
S.W.A.T. team in Austin, 10 man teams, work for locals. He ended up as team leader mostly an adult supervisor
for all the young ones, fast rope training, he volunteered for this training of jumping out of plane and he pulled a
fake injury, told a friend before he jumped out, and his friend jumped out holding his knee. They are trained in
every avenue of the criminal area, such as hypnosis, forensics, etc.; Body Farm in Knoxville, Tenn, also one in
San Marcos, TX; The DPS boats-patrol Rio Grande and the Intracoastal Canal. Just the presence, hopefully,
curtails some of the stuff happening on the river, etc. Took the rangers up to Brownwood to a lake and taught
them how to use this boat. Not to turn it over, then he saw a park ranger’s boat and it was turned over. Book-
“One Ranger”, Retired Ranger, Joaquin Jackson, Alpine, TX; Criminal Intelligence-approve, evaluate, and
assimilate, all of the evidence; Jurisdiction extends across Texas; in other states the Texas Rangers might be
called the State Police. He was asked if a citizen police academy might be started. He said that one would be at
the regional office in Houston off of Hwy. 290 and Dacoma.
Billy Boelke said he took the FBI Citizen Academy in Texas City; Linda Strevell presented a hat to Texas
Ranger Joe Haralson.
Following the routine business meeting, the upcoming convention was discussed and association reports were
made.
Thanks and a tip of the Region One Cap to Galveston City CPAAA for the excellent refreshments and
hospitality. From the Minutes by Secretary Jeanne Canales
Galveston Pictures
Humble Class 22 Commences
Humble Goes to Transtar
.
Upper Right – Humble President John Igoe presents Certificate of Appreciation to
Ben Gillis. Photos by Phil Niewald
Houston News From HCPAAA Facebook page.
Near Left - President John
Igoe welcomes class.
Far Left – Inspector Peters
starts class. Pictures by Phil Niewald
Congratulations to 8 members of the HCPAAA who also
graduated last night from DPS's CPA class. Peter Dimitrov,
Patricia Neal, Yoandra Zavala, Betty Ray, Al Green, Jeanette
Einkauf, Bill Alford Not pictured - Pearlene Jerome
HCPAAA Volunteers partnered up
with Krysta's Karing Angels to
provide grilled hamburgers with all the
trimmings for officers working the
July 4th No Refusal.
Galveston. We got the scoop on Seawall Parking, and paybyphone.com from Sgt James Stewart, GPD,
at our August meeting. Follow the instructions on the signs to pay online or by phone. Parking is
enforced from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., from 1st Street to 69
th Street on the Seawall. The City and Police Dept
set up 2-hour parking limit neighborhoods [residential permits exempted] and no parking except with
residential permit. Police will be using license plate scanners to monitor compliance. Sgt Stewart
explained a lot about the selection of paybyphone, an international service based in Canada. He also
described the planning and meetings with residents in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Seawall.
Proceeds from parking tickets issued go into the City’s General Fund.
Galveston was represented at the State Convention by Linda Strevell, Sgt Destin Sims, and Amelia
Collins.
The 33rd CPA ends and the 34th CPA starts in the next 2 weeks.
Our website, galvestoncpaaa.com, continues to increase in number of hits [individual visitors] and
referrals from search engines including foreign search engines expands too. Since May our site was
referred by search engines in Austrailia, Russia, Google Thailand, Google India, Google UK [United Kingdom], Google Philippines, Costa Rica, Korea, Germany and Poland. In the USA: Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com and AOL. Coming up in September, our speaker will be Tim Green from EquuSearch; and, October we look
forward to meeting Breck Porter, Galveston Police News editor. September 7th
is the Battle of the
Badges at Moody Gardens!
Galveston (Continued)
GPD continues to set up Meet & Greet stations w/signs at Art Walks and the recent Health Fair at
Moody Methodist Church
[Sgt Sims, Kim Bufton and Claudean Smith] [Claudean Smith with Jack Danner]
Reported by Rita Cummings
Montgomery County Sheriff. July: We helped with a benefit for one of our long time members that needs a
kidney and liver. Our liaison officer’s son is in Afghanistan and we are sending him packages. We have been told
that he is very popular over there because when the mail comes he seems to get all the boxes. He takes a couple
of things out that he needs and then sets them out for the others get what they can use. A suggestion was made to
us by Kenny Smith of Kustom Suntan that we take a group picture and send to him. We did and the top row
people are holding the American and Texas A&M flags. We also had our election for President and 2nd Vice
President. We are happy to announce Mike Manning as President and Karen Ham as our 2nd Vice President. We
are ready for fun and lots of activities.
August: We helped with the annual DWI Tracker Benefit. This benefit helps to fund this organization in getting
drunk drivers off the roads. We are looking forward to hosting each of you in September. We will be helping
with National Night Out in The Woodlands. School is starting and we will be helping Kenny Smith do the annual
Operation Back Pack for many of the military families.
We are really excited to announce that we have someone to help getting our Volunteer Hours together. Our hours
are totaled starting from 2010 to July 2013. We have logged 10,843 hours. We still have members slowly still
bring their hours in.
We reported earlier that our second class was to start August 8th. Because of only a very small enrollment of
applicants we had to cancel this class. This is the first time this has happened since our first class in 1998. Submitted by Jeanette Graff
Summer Highlights 2013 - La Porte Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
MADD RECOGNITION Recently the La Porte Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association was honored with a certificate of appreciation from MADD at the Texas Region One meeting hosted in La Porte on August 10th.
The LPCPAAA was selected based on efforts since 2010 that support law enforcement during DWI
No Refusal Nights in the La Porte area. On a typical night the volunteers take on the task of providing
meals for the enforcement officers on duty as well as participating in Ride-A-Longs with officers.
During the ride-a-long volunteers see firsthand the dangers of drivers under the influence of alcohol and
the process used to safely remove them from our streets. As Judge Mitrano said it best, "I was
wondering how I would stay awake all night but the volunteers helped the time fly by." This is one event
where our volunteers come out by the dozen to support and encourage all levels of law enforcement
participating in the DWI No Refusal process.
Andrea Schmauss (MADD), Maggie Stout, Doug Hathorn, Deb Hathorn, Norma Elliott, Phil Niewald (Houston
CPA/MADD), Judge Denise Mitrano, Chief Ken Adcox, Vicky Copley, Chris Copley, Brenda Pritchard, Officer Jeff Tippit,
Richard Browder (front row) Not pictured but definitely in attendance - Gary Tandy.
LPCPAAA Garage Sale Grosses $1174 for Blue Santa On Saturday, August 17th the LPPD Training Center turned into a huge indoor garage sale! Citizens, volunteers, LPCPAAAA members, officers, and even the Chief of Police cleaned out closets and garages to ensure we had plenty to sell. Volunteers worked feverishly on Friday to clean, sort and tag each item and we were even blessed to have a young granddaughter of one of the members offer to help! By the end of the day the room was ready and the garage sale signs were posted on visible corners around town. Let the sale begin! By the end of the day, due to the generosity of La Porte citizens and the special sales techniques of our dedicated LPCPAAA Members & Volunteers, we raised just over one-thousand dollars to purchase toys for the Blue Santa program at Christmas. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the needy children of La Porte's Neighborhood Center at Christmas, allowing many to receive gifts when they might not have otherwise.
MAN DOWN INITIATIVE
Throughout the course of their career, there are times when an officer is unable to do their own yard
work due to an injury or extended illness. Volunteers have solved that problem by initiating the "Man
Down" program whereby Alumni Volunteers mow the yard and trim the hedges once a week while the
officer recovers. Our first yard was mowed in August, lead by volunteers Richard Browder and Phillip
Ferguson. Way to go guys!
Summer Highlights 2013 - La Porte Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (Continued)
DARE & YOUTH SUMMER SAFETY CAMPS
Each summer many of our LPCPAAA Volunteers spend several weeks and days in summer camp
assisting officers to provide meaningful lessons on bullying, drug abuse, bike safety, stranger danger,
animal safety, water & gun safety, and other challenges children between the ages of 5-10 will face. This
summer was no exception. Close to seventy (70) children registered for the DARE and Youth Summer
Safety camps and at each camp they were met by a staff of friendly Volunteers. Many of the children
are return participants from the previous year and expressed delight when seeing "their" volunteers
again. In all, around ten volunteers assisted officers each day of camp to ensure their success.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Over the course of the summer several LPCPAAA Volunteers joined the LPPD and Neighborhood Center at the
Jennie Riley Civic Center in a cooperative effort to distribute food to the needy. In all, over 11, 455 pounds of
food provided by the Houston Food Bank was distributed by noon. In all, over 166 families received food over
the course of the day.
Volunteers helped deliver food, register new families and individuals for assistance as well joined in the
activities at the Basket Ball Court. Free hot dogs were prepared for nearby residents while children were treated
to games, SIDNE and tours of the D.A.R.E car, LP EMS, Fire and Police vehicles.
This effort was just a small part of the great work the Volunteers of the LPCPAAA does year round to help those
in our community in need. Special thanks to Kevin Dorsey, Josh Zech, Norma Elliott, Doug Hathorn, Deb
Hathorn, and Richard Browder.
In Case You Haven't Seen or Heard About This Important Benefit....... CALLING ALL MY MONKEY FRIENDS :: Tuesday, September 3rd, my restaurants & Gringo's Mexican Kitchen will be
hosting a one-day, companywide benefit in honor of Officer Mike Huffman (Pasadena Police Officer). After a tragic accident
in April, Officer Huffman is now fighting to get back to work; however, to get him there, he is in need of a prosthetic leg. My
team is stepping in to help and committing to donating 50% of our sales from Tuesday, Sept. 3rd. I'm personally asking all of
you to join us and dine at any of my locations or Gringo's on 9/3/13. Collectively, between my team members, patrons &
vendors, our goal is to donate upwards of $125,000 -- exceeding Mike's goal! Please Share.
Summer Highlights 2013 - La Porte Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (Continued)
VOLUNTEER HOURS REPORTYTD (thru July) : 2166.2
Read more on Mike’s story → https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/d1w2/help-mike-get-a-leg
Reported by Deb Hathorn
Pearland. Class 37 will be doing their much anticipated ride along this month. National Night Out will be held on
Tuesday, October 1st. This event has been very successful in the past in raising awareness, educating the public about security
and building a strong relationship with our community. On Sunday, August 18th, a group of 10 of officers represented the
Pearland Police Department in the Inaugural Baytown PD Basketball Tournament which was designed to raise money and
school supplies for children in need. On Saturday, September 21, from 9am to noon Treasurer Billy Pyeatt will be
facilitating a “group think” in the PD training room to determine our future as an organization.
HANDICAP ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM STATS Jul-13 42 29 $6,570.00 $226.55
Month Issued Paid Total $ Avg. per Fine
YTD 306 135 $45,214.1 $334.92
HAPPY 18TH ANNIVERSARY PCPAAA PCPAAA it is all about the Volunteers
by Sgt. Jon Matherne It is hard to believe how fast time flies when you really sit down to think about it. The PCPAAA was formed in
1995 and has helped educate 37 CPA classes at our Department. So many exceptional volunteers have come from
the classes. To all those past active, currently active, and those who are no longer with us, we are in debt to and in
awe of each and every one of you. A volunteer has the most precious thing a person has to offer and that is your
time. A quick stroll through the halls of your Police Department shows the dedication of your endless efforts.
Seeing your plaques, pictures, awards and generous donations speak to your success. We simply would not have
been able to reach out to our community in the positive ways we have done without your commitment. Take a
look at the names on those plaques and in those pictures, each person has had a story to tell and many have made
personal and monetary sacrifices for the betterment of the PD. For those no longer with us, in our hearts you will
never be forgotten. As we conclude the year, I would like to say thank you and happy 18th Anniversary
PCPAAA! Reported by Sandi Miller
Boring but Important!
The following items have been in the Flash almost every issue and the reason we keep repeating them is
because they are important, so pay attention if they apply to or affect you.
Don’t miss a communication! If you change your e-mail address and don’t notify us causing
delivery of the Flash to be denied, you are dropped from our e-mail list. Be sure to notify us at
[email protected] immediately if your e-mail address changes or if you don’t get a Flash each
month. If you use a spam filter, be sure that your computer will accept the FLASH.
When you sign in at a meeting, please print your name and e-mail address legibly. There are always
names on the sign in sheet that are unreadable and you don’t get credit for attending or put on the e-mail
list if your e-mail is unreadable.
WEB SITES AND ADDRESSES.
The Texas CPAAA state web site is http://TexasCPAAA.org. Dues are $10.00 per year (included
in Convention Registration). The Texas CPAAA now has a newsletter posted on this web site. Region
One is a link on the Texas CPAAA state web site. The Region One Newsletter is posted on this site.
The Texas CPAAA Convention Web Site is www.TCPAAconvention.org. The convention for 2014
will be in San Marcos; and 2015 will be in El Paso.
The Web Master’s e-mail is [email protected].
The web site for the National CPAA is www.nationalcpaa.org. Dues are $35.00 per year. The
National Newsletter is posted on their web site. The 2014 Convention will be in Tucson, Arizona.
Male or Female? You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either
male or female. Here are some examples:
FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through
them.
PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up
again.
They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc
if you push the wrong Buttons.
TIRES: Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated.
HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light
a fire under their butt.
SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.
WEB PAGES:
Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.
TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.
EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.
HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are
occasionally handy to have around.
THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider
this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which
buttons to push, he just keeps trying.
TCPAAA Region One Officer and Director Nomination Form
Name of person submitting the nomination: ___________________________________
CPAAA affiliation: ___________________________________
Name of Association Member that you are nominating:
_____________________________________________________
2. Office that you are nominating the member for: Circle one of the following
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
Director Sworn Delegate Non-Sworn Delegate
3. Do you have the member’s permission to nominate them for this position?
Circle one: Yes No
Remember: Our bylaws state an officer can serve an office “no more than three years consecutively”.
Current Officers Calvin Walker (President); Richard Melvin (Vice President); Dolores Gant (Treasurer);
Jeanne Canales (Secretary); Leo Waltz (Director-1); Robert “Bob” Milke (Director-2);
Charles Billingsley (Director-3); Jeff Tippett (Sworn Delegate); Billy Boehlke (Non-Sworn Delegate)
Other comments: (use back if necessary):
For Nomination Committee’s Use Only
1. Number of years with a member CPAA Association ________
2. Candidate has given permission to be nominated Yes_____ No_____
3 Prior or current offices held: _____________________ ___________________