Region One Flash - Volume 3, No. 6, June  2005

 

Texas Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association – Region One

P. O. Box 741515, Houston, Texas 77274-1515

 

Charles Billingsley, Houston, Editor and Publisher (713-729-1546)

 

President – Carroll Bagley, Liberty County (936-334-3398)

Vice President – Tom Lane, Houston (713-771-0016)

Secretary – Jeanne Canales – Sugar Land (281-530-2733)

Treasurer – Joyce Beeson – Lake Jackson (979-297-5909)

Directors – Leo Waltz, Webster (281-316-2255); Delores Gant Pearland (281-997-1015); Billie Richey, Houston (713-991-5390)

 

 

We would like to increase our attendance and show our appreciation to the sponsoring CPA's.  Please try to have at least one member from your Alumni at Region One each month. Keep in mind that the meetings have been changed to 10:00 A.M. to allow for late risers to attend. 

 

            Members in good standing in 2005 as of May 31, 2005 are Alvin, Angleton, Brenham, Dickinson, Galveston Sheriff, Houston, Kemah, Lake Jackson, League City, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Pasadena, Pearland, Richmond, Sugar Land, Tomball, Webster and Amelia Collins, Individual.  If you have not paid your Region One dues for 2005 of $30.00, you may pay at the June meeting or mail to Joyce Beeson, 413 Huckleberry Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566-4318.

 

Schedule for 2005:

                January 8 - Webster

                February 12 – >Lake Jackson

                March 12 – Houston

                April 9 – Angleton <

                May 14 - Dickinson              

                June 11 – Liberty

                July 9 – League City

                August 13 – Brenham >

                September 10 – Montgomery County

                October 8 – Pearland>

                November 12–  Texas City

                December 10 - TBA

 

 Treasurer's Report (submitted by Joyce Beeson):

Balance  3-31-05	$1,860.61
Receipts:
Sale of Pins and Patches	40.00
Disbursements:
Postage and Printing	(47.90)
Balance 4-30-05	$1,852.71
Balance in Scholarship Fund at 12-31-04	$882.27
Interest	.75
Balance in Scholarship Fund at 3-31-05	$883.02

 

               

It's not too late to register for the 2005 TCPAAA Convention in Waco on July 27-30, 2005.  The web site with all the info is www.tcpaaconvention.org  and the mailing address is 2005 TCPAA Convention, P.O. Box 1385, Waco, Texas 76703-1385.  It would be wise to make your reservations now and you can call the Hilton Waco at 254-754-8484.  Mention TCPAA and the special room rate is $89.00 per night.  The hotel will be full and stragglers will have to stay at an alternate hotel.  See you in Waco!!

 

            The Region One Newsletter and the Region One Bylaws are on the Webster CPAAA web site, courtesy of Leo Waltz, Region One director.  The site is www.orgsites.com/tx/wcpaaa .

 

MAY MEETING

            The May Region One meeting was held in Dickinson on May 14^th where we were treated to a breakfast of Huevos Rancheros and all the trimmings in addition to the usual breakfast fare courtesy of Mary Sue and Ben Hernandez and their helpers from Dickinson.  Thanks, Dickinson folks.  The program was on the now infamous "Wicked City" drug busts in Dickinson a few months ago ably presented by Special Agent Ed “Bump” Collins of the DEA and Officer Santiago "Turbo" Turrbiate of Dickinson.  A lot was learned about the war on drugs in general.

            A motion was made and approved to have a Region One display table at the convention in Waco.

            There were 30 Alumni members present representing 10 Associations.

 

 

ALUMNI NEWS

 

Brenham.  The CPAAA was asked to help with the collection of data and telephoning for the thousands of outstanding warrants for the "Warrant Roundup".  This amounted to two weeks of day and evening work.  April 29^th and 30^th was the Relay for Life event in which the CPAAA entered a team called "The Jailbirds" and had participants continue to walk from 5:00 P.M. Friday until 6:00 A.M. Saturday to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  The team raised over $3,000.00 and won the Most Original Booth Prize.  The CPAAA had a bake sale, waited tables at a local restaurant, sold luminaries and sold tickets to a "Kiss the Pig" Event that evening.  The two policemen with the most tickets sold in their name got to kiss a two month old pig.  Winners(?) were Lt. Todd Jacobs and Cpl. Chris Jackson.  A great time was had by all.  On May 10^th, CPA Class 19 graduated 13 new members.  A great dinner was held at Blinn College with highlights of the twelve weeks course reviewed and diplomas presented.  June 3^rd was our annual garage sale to raise funds for the coming year.  August 20^th will be the Guns and Hoses Blood Drive – a friendly competition between the Fire Department and the Police Department to see who can get the most people to donate blood.  A grant was received from Wal-Mart for $1,000.00.

Submitted by Bob Armour

 

Dickinson.  Chief Ron Morales addressed the Alumni with an update on the drive by shooting incident at Nicholstone Subdivision.  He said the narcotics unit is doing a great job and has exceeded his expectations.  They had a big garage sale and bake sale on April 30^th.  Their goal was to raise $1,600.00 to $2,000.00. The Officers and K-9 dogs participated with the "Beat the Heat" race car.  They raised $1,400.00. May 26^th was the Class 11 graduation.  Our Relay for Life on April 22^nd and 23^rd was for the American Cancer Society.  $40,000.00 was raised toward a goal of $60,000.00.  We will be having quarterly recognition for officers, alumni members and businesses.  Our COPS program volunteers have put in 200 man hours.   We have 21 members.

Submitted by Calvin Walker

 

Houston.  On April 28^th, we graduated 16 students from CPA Class 34 of which 11 joined the Alumni Association.  On May 4^th, we graduated 23 students in CPA Class S-35, which was the first all Spanish class in Houston.  21 joined the Alumni Association.  We already have a full all Spanish class scheduled for the fall.  During the week of May 15^th, we participated in Police Week activities at the HPD Police Academy.  HPD entertains thousands of elementary school students with tours and events all week.  Our general meeting in July will be at Bush Intercontinental Airport with a program presented by the various agencies at the airport and there will be a tour of the facilities.  In April we reported 298 volunteer hours to HPD not including attending meetings.  We meet on the first Thursday of each month and our board meetings are on the Monday preceding the general meeting.  We do not have a general meeting in June or August.

Submitted by Charles Billingsley

 

Lake Jackson.  Captain Dunlap reported that there will be a training class for Victims Assistance members.  The class will train people about Alzheimer's disease and how to handle people with the disease.  It was scheduled for Thursday, May 26^th at 6:00 P.M. in the LJPD conference room. If that date conflicted with school activities, it would be postponed till June.  He also reported that the COPS program is underway. Hopefully, the first training group will be sometime this summer.  Former CPA graduate Saul Garcia is now a Reserve Officer with LJPD.  CPAAA members are asked to recruit interested citizens to apply for the fall CPA class.  Plans are to have some publicity via City TV and FACTS.  LJPD is currently looking for a K-9 officer to hire since the resignation of the one we employed.  If anyone knows of such an officer who might consider employment with the LJPD, please call Captain Dunlap.  The YCPA (Youth CPA) is tentatively scheduled for the second week in July.  The bylaws committee is working on some revisions to the bylaws.  A draft of the bylaws with changes will be submitted to the membership in June.   Ways and Means committee member Laura Brandes reported the Dow grant application is currently underway.  It will be submitted to the Dow Chemical Company to compete for a community grant by the deadline of June 15^th.  The grant will be used to purchase a fingerprint machine.  President Gene Brannan mentioned the idea to consider sending out a community mass mailing letter soliciting donations toward the fingerprint machine.  The letters will not be sent out until we know the outcome of our grant request from Dow.  Two new board members are George Gebriles and Fay Burke.  They are filling vacant board positions for the rest of the year.  Plans for the Blue Santa Golf Tournament are in progress.  CPAAA volunteers will be needed.  In celebration of National Police Week May 15-21, the alumni recognized the LJPD by sending all personnel a letter (59 letters) and a $10 bill to "have lunch on us" during the week.  Members were encouraged to bring a dessert as a treat for the LJPD staff during police week.  There are 109 paid members of the LJCPAAA.

 

Pearland.  The 100 Club/PCPAAA golf tournament was held on April 18^th and was a huge success, but no figures are available at this time.  Class 20 Graduation Dinner was held May 5^th at 2:00 P.M. at the community center.  On May 7^th, the Party on the Grand was held from 1-6:00 P.M.  There were booths, art from local artists, bands and dancing.  Lots of fun.  Our board meeting was held on May 12^th.  The annual Pear Run was held on May 14^th at Independence Park.  Our regular meeting was on May 16^th at 7:00 P.M.  On May 19^th at 7:00 P.M. the Pearland Police Awards Night was held at the KC Hall on Hatfield Road.  Our garage sale on April 23rd netted $600.00

SubmittedbyDeloresGant

 

Sugar Land.  On March 21-24^th, SLCPAAA members volunteered in the Texas Women in Law Enforcement 17^th annual convention.  The event, sponsored by Sugar Land PD and Missouri City PD, was held at the Sugar Land Marriot.  Our volunteers put together gift bags and manned the hospitality room from 7:00 A.M. till Midnight.  We also made a $250.00 sponsor donation to the event.  SLCPA Class 35 was held on Friday, April 15^th.  Ongoing volunteer activities include erasing tapes for Patrol (which will soon go to DVD), filing fingerprint cards for ID and our Adopt-a-Park cleanup.  Our board members have been meeting with our Police Chief and Liaison Officer to generate volunteer activities for our members.  We are preparing a proposal to present for consideration in starting either a Citizens on Patrol (COPS) or a Handicap Program.  We would appreciate any information from other alumni/police departments that have these programs in place.  Please share your experience with us.  Mail to SLCPAAA, P.O. Box 472, Sugar Land, TX 77478 or e-mail  smith65@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com .  On April 14^th, a self defense class for women was presented by two Sugar Land police officers.  The class was open to our female members and immediate family members.  The class was very practical with both classroom instruction and hands on training.  SLCPA Class 36 starts in September.  Application and class information is available on the city web site http://www.sugar-land.tx.us/content/police-programs.htm  (Select Citizens Police Academy).  An article about the SLCPAAA was featured in the May, 2005 SLPD newsletter.

 

Webster.   Our CPAAA provided a masseur to provide on-site massages to the members of the dispatch staff.  That was a big success.  We still volunteer on Thursday mornings when needed.  The appreciation dinner for the members of the Webster PD was held on Thursday, May 12^th and went very well.  We had another one on May 14^th for the other shift.  We had a CPA class graduation on May 19^th with 10 graduates.  The handicapped parking program started on Friday, May 20^th.  This will be on a volunteer basis.  We have about 10 alumni prepared to participate.

Submitted by Georgie Benavides

 

 

 

 

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Tom Lane – Houstton             

Carroll Bagley – Liberty County

Bill Kubenka – Rosenberg

Sam Hodges – Kemah

Harry Shannon – Matagorda County Sheriff

Georgia Benevides – Webster

Ruth Hance – Deer Park

Rita Crosby – Montgomery County Sheriff

Evelyn Phillips – Liberty

Rosalie Terry – LaMarque

Patricia McBride – Tomball

Vickie Butler – Tomball

Kevin Smith – Tomball

Robert Bertrand – Matagorda County