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From the
Executive Director
Raul Vargas
Greetings! We continue to have discussions and visits
about our desire to create and establish a
First Line Supervisor’s Leadership Course!
This is something past Executive Director
I pray this finds everyone doing well, in
Tim Ryle started looking into because he
good health, and enjoying all the Good felt it was extremely needed and beneficial
Lord has provided. I am reminded of 1
to police personnel and TPA! I whole-
Corinthians 1:4-5, “I always thank my God
heartedly agree, and thus, I will work to see
for you because of his grace given you in about making his vision a reality! Ideas
Christ Jesus. For in him you have been
have been thrown around about the
enriched in every way – with all kinds of duration and timeline for the course, but I
speech and with all knowledge”.
feel like it would be best to make it a two-
Well, two months have sped by and just to week course held in back to back months.
give you a snapshot of what has been going This will keep the attendance time
on behind the scenes, here is what has manageable for those front-line
taken place at TPA! We have presented 11 supervisors, keep the attendance weeks
De-Escalation courses, two TALL Cop close enough to each other that they don’t
classes, hosted the 118th Annual Training forget with was taught in the first week, and
Conference, represented TPA in several wrap up the training for completion the
meetings, along with DPS’ Peace Officer second week. If anyone has any other
Memorial Ceremony and TCOLE’s Law ideas or recommendations, I would love to
Enforcement Achievement Awards at the hear them via email or phone call? We are
State Capitol. I also celebrated my 55th also planning and preparing for the
birthday and recently completed six upcoming 2nd Annual Counter-Terrorism
months on the job here at TPA!!! Still Conference (again, one that Tim started!)
learning and working to understand how and it will be held at the Texas State Capitol
we can continue to grow and improve, but on September 11 – 13, 2017. I would also
I thank each and everyone one of you for like to visit with board members, past
your continued support, guidance, presidents, and members to get your
mentoring, and friendship. thoughts on coming up with instructors and
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