Page 5 - TPA Journal March April 2017
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From the
Executive Director
Raul Vargas
My fellow members, greetings from in De-escalation to DPS personnel
Central Texas and again, I pray this finds around the state and we also provided
every one of you doing well, in good the training for the Waco Heart of Texas
health, and enjoying all the blessings Council of Governments. We presented
the Good Lord has bestowed upon us! a few “Tall Cop Says STOP” classes in
Garland, Austin, and Houston, which
Well, two months have quickly gone has received some awesome results and
by since taking the helm at TPA and let great positive comments from those
me say … I am glad and blessed to have whom attended. The class is very
Mona here, as well as our key players informative and an eye-opener in
and participants to lean on like Joey regards to the drug use and culture that
Sherman, RV Stephens, Keith Fletcher, is all around us that we aren’t even
Joe Hamilton, Mac Tristan, Wade Ford, aware of? We are looking at possibly
Joe Tooley, Paul Thompson, and Tim hosting this class in the Fall in the Rio
Ryle. I can’t tell you how valuable and Grande Valley area? This is an
treasured these folks are to the outstanding class for all police officers,
Association, giving of their time, public school officers, counselors,
experience, institutional knowledge, teachers, and principals! Another class
concern, and commitment for the we presented was the Texas Public
continuation of TPA, its Vision, and Information Act training that was
Program. And for that, I say, “THANK recently held in Austin at the nice,
YOU, AND MAY YOU BE BLESSED pleasant, and very accommodating
WITH MANY YEARS OF SERVICE!” Doubletree Hotel. While we had a
good turnout for the class, I don’t feel
In the last two months, TPA has like we did a good job of spreading the
continued to provide mandated training word on the importance of this training,
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