Page 7 - TPA Journal September- October 2017
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From the
Executive Director
Raul Vargas
Greetings from Central Texas!
I pray this finds everyone doing well, in troopers here and there due to vacancies,
good health, and that all those affected by transfers, assignments, and time off, but I am
Hurricane Harvey are receiving the sure we will get everyone completed if
assistance and comfort needed to begin needed and/or requested. The PIA Seminar
rebuilding their homes and sense of was a huge success with 106 attendees, and
normalcy. Hurricane Harvey responses and the RIOT Conference was a pleasure to
support also affected the interest, work with assistance from Past President
registrations, and instructors for the Counter- Keith Fletcher and 4th VP Danny Barton! I
Terrorism Conference to the point that a am sure that the handling of the conference
difficult decision was made to cancel the training records would not have been so
conference. But thank God for the planning pleasurable without their presence and
and preparedness of our emergency assistance. The TLS meetings are
management personnel and the training, progressing well and I can’t say enough of
cooperation, resourcefulness, and the dedication, commitment, and
willingness to do the job by our first insightfulness displayed by our members
responders that kept loss of life low and that have voluntarily agreed to serve as the
people saved! Thank You and God Bless you driving force behind our long-range strategic
all! planning and vision that will hopefully and
no doubt, serve to carry on the importance
During the past two months, TPA has and vitalness of the Texas Police Association
presented eight De-Escalation Training
for the next generation! For this, I want to
programs, the Texas Public Information Act
thank Past Presidents Keith Fletcher and R.V.
Seminar, assisted with the RIOT Conference Stephens, current President Sam Garrison,
in Fort Worth, and hosted our 4th meeting
along with VPs Paul Thompson and Danny
with Think Leverage Services of Carrollton
Barton for their continued participation and
for a two-day session of discussions and contribution, as well as former Executive
planning! The De-Escalation Classes that Director Joey Sherman and member Casey
were being held for DPS have been
Goetz for their help when needed and
completed and I am sure we missed a few
called upon!
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