WCPOA Board Meeting Minutes
July 12, 2023 @ 4:00 pm Montrose County SO
Attending: Dan Covault , Tammy Stroup, Chuck Seary, Luke Fedler, and Rachelle Redmond

Agenda

1. Website & Social Media
• Updates; Board discussion on website and by laws that were not appearing on the website. Ongoing search for external drive containing the materials from previous web manager. By-Laws put on website are outdated, 2015 and need updated.
• What do we want to see?
o R Redmond asked that web master detail out invoices in the event of an audit.
o Award videos to be posted on the website, R Redmond to provide those to Jennifer.

2. Training
• Fall conference 2023
o L Fedler reported Aspen PD has reached out three times offering to host conference, so has Durango PD. Board discussion on seasonal timing of fall conference in Aspen since costs of food and lodging is high. D Covault suggested working with Aspen to identify an off season time period where lodging vendors may be willing to offer discounts. L Fedler will work with Aspen in identifying potentials of discount time periods and identify a venue.
• Ideas
o Discussion moved to training topics for the conference. D Couvault suggested CSOC had provided fentanyl training and he is waiting on a reply for details.
o Desert Snow training unknown who provides the training, contact number for them is 4052938900.
o D Covault recalled cartel training he attended hosted by WCPOA in years past, R Redmond called Sheriff Nowlin learning Victor Galarza is still providing this training and R Redmond will connect with him via email (vgalarza@so.montezuma.co.us) identifying availability, cost etc.
o D Covault also suggested courtroom testimony training and the board discussed how those trainings have been organized and planned in the past. Previous board members have recruited DA’s, Judges, and Defense Attorney (Roberts “Bert” Neslanic) for participation. D Covault will connect with DA’s and Judges, R Redmond to contact Bert Neslanic to see if she is still available. Board agreed this can serve as a stand alone training and D Covault and C Searcy will work on Montrose area venue and time.
o C Searcy suggested a green lab training L Fedler will ask CSP Saunders and Dave Copeland about the potential of this training and trainer options.
o L Fedler inquired with supervisors what training they needed and ARIDE, Testimony, and Advanced DV were topics of interest. This would align with the courtroom testimony proposal and fentanyl.
o Board discussion on having vendors at a conference, R Redmond provided history of past experience with vendors, likely not an option for Fall conference. Board agreed order of priority for training topics will be 1 Desert Snow, 2 Green Lab, and 3 Cartel

3. Spring Conference Debrief
• R Redmond passed on spending/budget discussion for food from Lisa Maestas, totals not available from Lisa. Board had an extended discussion on not presently receiving donations and consider spending closely. R Redmond reminded board they have the ability under by laws to solicit donations just had not had to do in the past. D Covault reported he may have a donor option and would reach out to them. Board discussion about creating a donor page in the event a doner would like to be acknowledged in some way and the potential of developing levels of donations like was done with the agency member levels. More inquiry if this would require a by-law vote and change.

4. Board Members
• Board discussion on C Searcy completing the take over as Treasurer from L Maestas. R Redmond will connect with L Maestas having her removed from the Wells Fargo Account and can later get C Searcy added. R Redmond brought hand over files for C Search from L. Maestas, it was decided for R, Redmond to retain the checkbook until C Search added.

5. Next meeting
• Ridgway August 30th @ 3pm, virtual option can be added upon request.

WCPOA Board Meeting Minutes - 01/10/2023
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Delta PD and Virtual
Participants: In Person: Luke Fedler, Dan Covault; Virtual (Google meet & phone): Lisa Maestas, Tammy Stroup, Rachelle Redmond

• 1. Website & Social Media
  • Updates: L Fedler; Jennifer doing a great job on updating the website. She wanted
  confirmation on updates to the committee appointments/contacts. Board discussion
  included;
  - Audit Committee representative is Karen Springer, DOR Tax Compliance Agent
  II, and she is current contact.
  - Law Enforcement Memorial Barry Bratt, CSP still a current contact alternate is
  Lonnie Chavez he is now supervisor with DOR LED on front range L Maestas will
  verify is he wants to remain as an alternate for the LE Memorial. L Maestas
  suggested Bratt may have to appointment a CSP representative since CSP
  oversees the LE memorial fund. Evan Curtis can be removed. Update Lonnie
  Chavez has not been associated for a while and can come off this committee.
  - Awards/ PR Committee Lynn Hood and Steve Nowlin contact should be replaced
  with contacting current board members. This has been the practice for a while
  with all board members contributing to this committee.
  - By-Laws Brian Turner can remain as current contact (with a title update to
  include retired) L Maestas will confirm he is still ok being on the committee.
  - Nominating committee remove Tyler Tobias can replace with contacting current
  board members.
  - Legislative Committee, no contact to add.
• Credit Card Info, R. Redmond and Jennifer having difficulty connecting board approved
  sending her the card # in parts by text. Update Jennifer has the information needed.
  • What do we want to see? L Maestas asked if membership drive was open on website, T
  Stroup advised not yet waiting on updates to the website. L Mestas reported
  membership is usually open first week in Jan until early March, recommended as a
  priority. T Stroup suggested board get out meeting with agencies in person establishing
  the association again. L Fedler agreed, when he presented WCPOA to the POST board
  several members had forgotten about WCPOA and relaunching is a good avenue to
  approach membership increase. D Covault offered he would cover his 4 corners area
  realistically in March as Jan and Feb are busy.
  • Are we caught up on invoices? Yes, L Maestas confirmed current as of this morning.
  Jennifer asking what we want on website and on social media. L Maestas membership
  drive on Social Media along with a reintroduction. Suggestion friending all of our region
  agencies Facebook and Instagram. Jennifer has Facebook current and is beginning
  Instagram postings.
  2. Training
  • Spring Conference 2023; LF still looking for a topic board suggestions as detailed along
  with a suggestion to blend several of the programs into a multi-day conference.
  o L Maestas had suggested Pulse night club she talked to lead instructor giving
  him an overview of what WCPOA is still thinks this is a good topic to bring back,
  only a 2-hour presentation
  o L Fedler suggested “When that day comes” a firsthand experience in an OIS,
  o T Stroup suggested Traumas in Law Enforcement a 3-day program.
  o D Covault suggested a fentanyl conference he recently attend one and has
  speaker contacts. It was multi day event and was divided into days devoted to
  specific professional groups. L Fedler reminded board we had been talking
  about this for some time and Delta actually went ahead and put on a
  community presentation that was well received. R Redmond suggested we
  augment this type training with how to receive Narcan and resources available
  to small agencies. D Covault has a process he is glad to present.
  • Ideas?
  • Awards: Spring Conference ;
  o Dr. Thomas Canfield Montrose County Coroner (retired) for lifetime award.
  Board all agreed on the nomination and award.
  o D Covault nominated San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters for lifetime award
  due to his 42 years of service and longest serving sheriff in Colorado history.
  3. Membership Drive
  • Do we want to go out on the road? L Fedler suggests this is the way to get membership
  up and revive the association.
  • Board Members? CSP Capt Saunders has asked to be a member of the WCPOA board.
  Board discussion on by laws and process in getting Capt Saunders involved. To serve in
  an elected position, President, 1st & 2nd Vice President positions would have to be
  nominated and voted in at annual business meeting. Appointed positions Exec
  Secretary, Secretary, Treasurer can be appointed by incoming board president.
  o CSP Troop 5C Captain James Saunders
  4. Open discussion on other business:
• R Redmond to ask if hard drive where historical documents
  have been scanned is available to Jennifer to update the website. Board wanted more detail on
  what that historical documents included, original newspaper articles, membership rosters,
  conferences etc. Update Bailey is sending the hard drive to R Redmond.
  5. Next Meeting Date
  • Virtual? Yes, blend of in person and virtual Feb 15th 3:00 PM
  • Venue? Delta PD

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

Fall Conference October 8-9, 2020

Business meeting minutes

PRESENT PRESIDENT’S AGENDA: covered by Rachelle Redmond for Collin Reese.

Old Business

19. No Spring 2020 meeting minutes to approve; spring conference 
cancelled due to COVID-19.
20. Treasurer’s Report – Lisa Maestas - DOR
21. Committee Reports
22. Audit Committee; this is not an audit year no new report.
23. Law Enforcement Memorial Committee; Donations?
24. By Laws Committee; no new past updates to by laws. motion will be brought to amend by laws to incorporated –
25. Awards Committee; Nomination of Dan Hotsenpiller 7^th Judicial District DA for Life Time Achievement Award

Nomination/ Election of Officers

1. President – Motion to accept Joel BB Burk Deputy Chief Mountain Village Police as 20-21 Board President was carried by majority vote.
2. 1st Vice – Motion to accept 
 Joshua Carrell 7^tth Judicial District Attorney’s Office was carried by majority vote.
3. 2nd Vice – Motion to accept leaving this position open until Spring 2021 was carried by majority vote, as no new nominations were received.

Recognition and appointment of Board Personnel:

1. Rachelle Redmond was appointed to remain Executive Secretary
2. Lisa Maestas was appointed to remain Secretary/Treasurer
3. Collin Reese was recognized as outgoing Board President
4. Karen Springer appointed to remain Audit Committee Chair
5. Barry Bratt appointed to remain Law Enforcement Memorial Committee Chair
6. Brian Turner appointed to remain as By Laws Committee Chair
7. Steve Nowlin appointed to remain Awards Committee Chair

New Business from Committee Chairs:

1. By Laws: Motion made and carried adding the use of Electronic Meetings with Full-Featured Internet Meeting Services pursuant to Roberts Rules of Order. This motion is critical in maintaining Internet meeting services with integrated audio, video, text, and voting capabilities. WCPOA will adapt to the needs of deliberative assemblies to address Association business to include voting. The Board can decide voting by show of hands can be used instead of a rising vote.
2. Awards Committee: Nomination for Dan Hotsenpiller 7^th Judicial District DA to receive for Life Time Achievement Award accepted.

New Business 20-21 Board President

1. Resolution to keep signers on all accounts
2. Web Page –keep webmaster
3. Announce Spring Conference

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting Minutes

02-26-2020 @1000 –CBI

Attending:                                                     Absent:

Collin Reese                                                   Brian Turner

Josh Carrell

Joel BB Burk

Rachelle Redmond

Lisa Maestas

Susan Skyberg

Old Business:

• Web Master has fall range training pictures to post. No photos available for Courtroom Testimony.
• Courtroom Testimony Training costs, completed and closed out

 Spring Conference

• April 27&28, 2020 Drones in Law Enforcement, Montrose County Sheriff’s Office, instructor Ben Miller confirmed
• An agenda ready for creation, L. Maestas & R. Redmond, enrollment will be open, B Carrell. Cost will be $50 for non-members, free to members.
• Course Agenda
  • Day 1 of the conference presentation and legal discussion (Miller& Pope)
  • Day 2 hands on day, agencies bring their own drones to use.
• Redmond confirmed Keaton Pope | IP/UAS Intelligence Analyst CDPS has UAS 101 presentation (30-4- minutes) from threats perspective. He is available and willing to speak.
• J Carrell confirmed Montrose PD will have 3 pilots who will present demonstrations.
• Pending confirmation:
  • BB Burke has contacted vendors both service providers and sales.
• Awards – Glen Sherman Award/ Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Have B Carrell send out notice on social media asking for Glen Sherman and lifetime achievement award nominees, end date for nominations would be March 20^th, allowing time to purchase award.
  • J Carrell nominated 7^th DA Dan Hotsenpiller and will provide written nomination.
  • R Redmond nominated Bert Nieslanik for lifetime achievement award and will work with past board to write nomination.
  • Outgoing board president award; L Maestas will order
• Board Members – 2^nd Vice President Position will be open, social media posting may produce prospects.

Fall Conference

• Inductive Interviewing – Ray Nash confirmed he is interested in presenting and will provide L Maestas with a proposal.
• Location – Mesa County venue TBD

New Business: 

• CSP asked WCPOA share upcoming training “Living in the thin blue line” with membership. Offers stress management tools and relationship support to LE and loved ones. 3/6&7, 2020 in Grand Junction. Board approved and was pushed out through social media. CSP Wellness Director C Covey working toward more collaboration more in the future.

Other Training Suggestions for 2020:

• Report Writing – Summer training – L. Maestas and R. Redmond collaborating on a combined reporting writing one day and a courtroom testimony the second day.
• FTO Class –BB Burke working on sponsorship for a one week class.
• Rally Point Training taken off table for now.
• Use of Force Reporting – Turner to follow-up.
• Liquor/Marijuana Class – August 2020 need to confirm venue CBI available to finalize, LED L Maestas and MED R. Redmond can present.
• Human Trafficking – Maestas has instructor information for a 1 day stand along training in May.
• Emotional Intelligence – Partnering with CSP, board asking for financial partnering and option of offering on the western slope for broader exposure to agencies. Board hesitant to commit to more than a third of the proposed cost. R. Redmond to continue planning with CSP and seek financial sponsors. 

Other Business:

• Pamphlets – R. Redmond spoke with state leasing contract administrator and discussion was space lease covers general office use, board should consider personal use of state assets conflict.

 Board Position Recruitment

• R Redmond waiting on call back from public safety reporter (Alex) GJ Daily Sentinel to schedule meeting. Will recruit past members L Hood & T Tobias for historical perspective on where WCPOA is 62 years after the first article in hopes of gaining board and member recruitment.

Website

• Nothing to report

 Next Meeting:  April 28^th immediate following conference @ Montrose County SO.

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

01-16-2020 @1000 –CBI

Attending:                                                      Absent:

Collin Reese                                                     Brian Turner

Josh Carrell

Joel BB Burk

Rachelle Redmond

Lisa Maestas

Susan Skyberg

Old Business:

• Certificates for Fall Firearms training were sent out
• Pictures of the training are still needed for the website of the fall training – BB has pictures needs webmaster’s email to provide them to her.

Courtroom Testimony Training:

• 18 people registered to date
• Turner will contact the defense attorney to confirm her availability.
• Scenario for the training will be given to J. Carrell (video).
• Redmond will pick up breakfast items
• Sign-In Sheet was provided to J. Carrell, along with Challenge coins to present to the instructors.
• Photographs or video’s to be taken at the training by J. Carrell / R. Redmond

Spring Conference

• Drones in Law Enforcement, co-host Montrose County Sheriff’s Office.
• April 27^th & 28^th training room at Sheriff’s Office is reserved.
• Instructor – Ben Miller needs to be confirmed – C. Reese will email him to confirm and to determine training that will be provided.
• The board discussed Day 1 of the conference being presentation and legal discussion, and Day 2 being a hands on day, where agencies can bring their own drones to use. R. Redmond will reach out to KAYAK to see if they have a contact for a person to discuss legalities. C. Reese will ask Miller if he has a contact in regards to someone to speak on legalities as well.
• Bringing in drone vendors so law enforcement could see what was available to them; BB Burke will contact vendors, will ask Miller as well.
• Cost will be $50 for non-members, free to members.
• Will be put out on website and social media as soon as instructor is confirmed.

Fall Conference

• Board discussed preliminary topics for the Fall Conference, it was discussed to hold the conference in Mesa County. Dates to be determined by instructor availability. The board discussed bringing in Ray Nash to do his Inductive Interview Training. L. Maestas will contact to determine availability and cost.

New Business:

• Colorado State Patrol Training proposal – R. Redmond
  • The training proposal was discussed and questions were provided to R. Redmond to take back to the State Patrol for further discussion.

Other Training Suggestions for 2020:

• Report Writing – Summer training – discussed contacting DA Heidi McCollum from Eagle County DA to instruct.
• FTO Class – suggestion for one day training, board agreed this is a needed class. BB Burke will get information on instructors.
• Rally Point Training was discussed and additional vetting of the instruction is needed by the board, Rachelle to explore trainer and training for future potential.
• Use of Force Reporting – Turner will get information on instructor.
• Liquor/Marijuana Class – Discussed doing a combined class with the new laws, board agreed a date (Spring) and location (CBI) to start moving forward with this class.

Other Business:

Board Position Recruitment

• Pamphlets – Would like to update to a digital format would allow sharing, will send to webmaster to enhance.

Website

• No Updates

Next Meeting:  Feb 26^th

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

08-15-2019 @1000 –CBI

Attending:                                                      Absent:

BB Burke                                                       Collin Reese

Josh Carrell                                                   Brian Turner

Rachelle Redmond

Lisa Maestas

Susan Skyberg

Old Business:           

New Business:

• Courtroom Testimony Training, J. Carrell contacted Jess with the DA Office in Gunnison who is willing to participate and Jason Wilson with the DA office in Montrose who is willing to participate. The board agreed it would be good to host in the Montrose area. BB contacted Judge Dennis Freidrich for judicial role player – Judge Freidrich said he would be willing to participate in a courtroom testimony training; needs a two month advance notice for scheduling. The board discussed checking Judge Freidrich availability the week of January 22-29^th and schedule the training based on his availability. BB Burk will contact Judge Freidrich to see if any of those dates work.
• Turner will contact the defense attorney to check her availability.
• Discussed getting a new scenario for the training.

 Fall Conference

• Date October 3^rd & 4th
• Location - Cameo CPW Educational Range in Mesa County –reserving shelter 2 , 9 & 10
• Instructor; Cameo manager provided LE instructor (Pat Doyle), R. Redmond will contact and ensure availability and find out cost, limit for his class size, etc. Backup instructors were discussed in the event Doyle is not available, will discuss further upon contact with Doyle.
• Maestas will contact webmaster to get preliminary information out on social media and to members.

Spring Conference

• Conference will be Drones in Law Enforcement, co-host with the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office. J Carrell spoke with Sheriff Lillard and would like to start discussing dates. Board suggested April 27^th & 28^th, J. Carrell will contact the Sheriff and see if the training room is available for those dates. L Maestas will contact the instructor Ben Miller to see if those dates work for him; also to determine if there will be night classes (thermal searches) done as part of the class, and whether it is a one or two day course. Board wants to be clear in promotion that this is not a drone certification class. Board discussed also bringing in someone to discuss legalities of the use of drones in law enforcement work. Board discussed bringing in drone vendors so law enforcement could see what was available to them; BB Burke will contact vendors. Cost will be $50 for non-members, free to members.

Other Training Suggestions for 2019/2020: 

• FTO Class – suggestion for one day training, board agreed this is a needed class. BB Burke will get information on instructors.
• Inductive Interviewing – Ray Nash, board discussed this as a possible topic for the Fall Conference of 2020.
• Rally Point Training was discussed and additional vetting of the instruction is needed by the board, Rachelle to explore trainer and training for future potential.
• Use of Force Reporting – Turner will get information on instructor.
• Liquor/Marijuana Class – Discussed doing a combined class with the new laws, date and location TBD.

Other Business

Board Position Recruitment

• Pamphlets – Would like to update to a digital format would allow sharing, will send to webmaster to enhance.

 Website

• The board was asked to look at the website and come back to the next meeting with feedback on design, issues, likes, dislikes.
  • Main Page – need to put a picture to associate page with law enforcement (either a badge or photo).
  • Site is hard to see on a cell phone; need to fix the width
  • Executive board page – the logos were great, think the page looks great
  • Membership registration – needs to change to “individual” membership, as agency memberships don’t close.
• Old meeting minutes – would like to get scanned and added to the website – discussed asking the webmaster for a bid to scan and add to the website.

Next Meeting:  October 4^th after the conclusion of the conference.

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting
06/03/2019 –Cameo Educational Range

Attending:

Collin Reese
Joel ‘BB”Burke
Josh Carrell
Lisa Maestas
Susan Skyberg
Tyler Tobias
Rachelle Redmond
Brian Turner
Brian Dyet

Old Business:
• Spring Conference
o Conference was very well received, a total of 30 attendees.
o Channel 11 News did a newscast on the conference
• Courtroom Testimony: well attended and valued training, last minute Judicial role player was the only hurdle and Bert stepped in to help cover.
o Costs for training $57.54 ($100.00 reg fees / $157.54 cost of training)

New Business:
• Courtroom testimony training request in the Gunnison area. Josh attends regular Judicial District meetings and they have expressed need and desire to host in the Gunnison area. Josh will coordinate with Da role players and Bb will reach out to Judge Dennis Freidrich for judicial role player, will seek to schedule next year.

Fall Conference
• Location identified as Cameo CPW Educational Range in Mesa County – WCPOA is on their schedule tentatively for October 3&4, 2019 reserving shelter 2 , 9 & 10 waiting final confirmation from board. This was done after full facility tour of existing range facilities along with projected growth. As an educational facility the board supported hosting an event promoting its value.
• Instructor; Cameo manager provided LE instructor (Pat Doyle) and WCPOA will communicate desire for initial basic firearms session followed by fun stations. Final planning pending.
• Rally Point Training was discussed and additional vetting of the instruction is needed by the board, Rachelle to explore trainer and training for future potential.

Spring Conference
• Board discussed hosting in Montrose, in conjunction with the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office Josh has confirmed with Sheriff Lillard they will host 2020 Conference and will seek narrow dated for late April early May and coordinate with Ben Miller (Instructor) for final dates.
• The board agreed upon Drone Technology for the conference topic. L. Maestas advised she has been in touch with Ben Miller who runs the Drone program for the State. Miller advised he would be willing to instruct for the conference.
• Dates are tentative for the last week of April/first week of May.

Other Training Suggestions for 2019/2020:

• FTO Class – suggestion for one day training, carried over for future discussion.
• Open Source Class – Class on open source investigations Michelle Stuart out of AZ, is doing a class for CDAC in December. Josh confirmed availability and cost $6000 plus travel. Board determined the cost excessive for a one day session and members want to seek alternative instruction or sources since the topic is very worthy of bringing to members.
• Inductive Interviewing – Ray Nash, tabled for another meeting due to time constraints.

Other Business
Board Position Recruitment
• Pamphlets – Print out and send out to agencies. Updating to a digital format would allow sharing Rachelle will explore options.

Website
• The board was asked to look at the website and come back to the next meeting with feedback on design, issues, likes, dislikes. Members BB and Rachelle had reviewed the site and appreciated the outreach by the Rally Point trainer is an indication that the site is credible and outreaching!

Next Meeting: Date not set, should be in July to set Fall Conference training details.

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting
04-30-2019 –CBI- GJ

Attending: Absent:
Josh Carrell Brian Turner
BB Burk
Lisa Maestas
Rachelle Redmond
Susan Skyberg

Old Business:
• Spring Conference
o Conference was very well received, a total of 30 attendees.
o Channel 11 News did a newscast on the conference
o Costs for conference will be sent out to board
o Business Meeting minutes will be updated and held for approval at the next business meeting
o Election – Collin Reese will serve a second term on the board as President, Joel “BB” Burk will serve on the board as 1st Vice President, Josh Carrell will serve on the board as 2nd Vice President.
• C. Reese appointed Rachelle Redmond to the Executive Secretary position and sustained L. Maestas as the Secretary/Treasurer position.

New Business:

Courtroom Testimony Training
• 25 registered to date
• Scenario – will use the scenario from Mt. Village for the class

Fall Conference
• Board discussed hosting the fall conference at the Cameo Range in Mesa County – L. Maestas will arrange the next board meeting for this location.
• Discussed having Blue Badger instruct the training – multiple requests for this training came from the Spring Conference R. Redmond will speak with Dan Pauley about putting on the class. The board discussed needing an alternate co-instructor.
• Tentative dates October 3 & 4th – L. Maestas will check if range is available on those dates.

Spring Conference
• Board discussed hosting in Montrose, in conjunction with the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office – J. Carrell advised he would contact the Sheriff to check interest in co-hosting the 2020 Spring Conference.
• The board agreed upon Drone Technology for the conference topic. L. Maestas advised she has been in touch with Ben Miller who runs the Drone program for the State. Miller advised hew would be willing to instruct for the conference.
• Dates are tentative for the last week of April/first week of May.

Other Training Suggestions for 2019/2020:

• FTO Class – suggestion for one day training
• Open Source Class – Class on open source investigations Michelle Stuart out of AZ, is doing a class for CDAC in December, may be willing to stay longer and do a class for our association. J. Carrell will contact to check availability and costs.
• Inductive Interviewing – Ray Nash

Other Business
Board Position Recruitment
• Pamphlets – Print out and send out to agencies.

Website
• The board was asked to look at the website and come back to the next meeting with feedback on design, issues, likes, dislikes.

Next Meeting: Thursday May 23rd

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

04-02-2019 –CBI- GJ

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Collin Reese                                                                Vern Knuckles

Lisa Maestas                                                              Tyler Tobias

Rachelle Redmond                                                    Brian Turner

Old Business:           

Spring Conference

• The Workforce Center is confirmed for the first day of the conference, CBI for the second. Instructors flights and hotels have also been confirmed.
• Social Hour networking – it was decided to hold the social hour at Blue Moon at 1800, R. Redmond will call and reserve an area.
• There are only 12 registrants to date, the following have been contacted about the conference:
  • Send out emails to professionals
    • HR Manager St. Mary’s
    • CMU Campus Police Chief
    • Chiefs
    • City Clerks
  • It was discussed to mail out a hard copy to all the training coordinators, as well as email the GJPD, MCSO, Palisade PD, Fruita PD, Debeque Marshal’s, Colorado State Patrol, ALI Group and the School District directly to spread the word further. All board members will push the word out.
  • Breakfast items – Lisa & Rachelle will pick up the morning of the conference.
  • Catered lunch both dates – 1^st day Chik-Fil-A / 2^nd McCallister’s, L. Maestas will contact to arrange catering details.
  • Audit – K. Springer has been contacted to conduct audit, will conduct week of April 22^nd.
  • Awards – Need to be ordered at least two weeks before
    • Glen Sherman Award – Retired Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee
    • Lifetime Achievement Award – Retired Montrose Chief Tom Chin
  • Rachelle will contact both award recipients to notify them.
  • Election – Will be handled by Rachelle. Rachelle would like to take Executive Secretary position if appointed by incoming board.
    • Need to contact Joel Burk / Josh Carrell to prepare a bio to read before election – Rachelle will contact.

Courtroom Testimony Training

• Only liquor enforcement division signed up to date – will also do hard mailer.
• Scenario – will use the scenario from Mt. Village for the class – R. Redmond will provide
• Judge – still no judge picked, L. Maestas will contact Eagle Count DA to check for judge. Possible ask Muni Ct Judge for Mt. Village – R. Redmond will contact
• Hotel accommodations set for instructor

New Business:

Annual Renewal Drive

• 2018 15 Agency memberships / 4 Agency memberships renew – 1 new subscription
• 2017 – 98 individual members / 2018 51 individual members
• 2019 6 individual members renewed/22 individual members (part of agency membership)
• $988.06 collected in renewal fees

Other Training Suggestions for 2019/2020:

Facebook Law Enforcement 101

• Lisa sent Emily Vacher a message on FB, have not heard back from her to date.

Rolling Surveillance

• Tim Lewis, California retired LE provides “rolling surveillance” 4 day training. This would have to be a stand-alone training due to the course schedule. Tyler
• Drone Technology - Update
  • Both CBI and Mesa County have Drone Units C. Reese reached out to see if they have interest in planning training for LE that introduces them to the technology, availability, and types. They are interested, L. Maestas will coordinate with them further for the 2020 Spring Conference.

 Other Business

Board Position Recruitment

• Pamphlets – Print out and send out to agencies.
• 1^st and 2^nd Vice President positions will be filled by Joel BB Burk, MVPD and Joshua Carrell, 7^th Judicial DA Investigator

Tax / Non-Profit Status

• Research on status – can’t take in more than $50k annually on a regular basis

Webmaster

• Cost Comparison:
  • Prior to 2016 $350 yearly site fee (domain name/ site fee)
  • Sept 2016-2018 Magic Media $500 (complete site rebuild) / $120 yearly maintenance/ A2 Hosting $250 year

• August 2018 – current Verofly $2873.75
• A2 Hosting $250 year

• The board discussed needing to get to the point of maintenance on the site with the webmaster in order to sustain cost. It was discussed that the website is extremely more professional since Verofly has taken over the site, and the new webmaster took on a large amount of updating and projects when inheriting the site, which she has handled beyond expectations.
• It was discussed to look at the different website functions – social media; mailchimp; web updates etc and see what can be handled by a board member and what needs to be handled by the webmaster. This will be discussed once the new board is in place.
• An update to the theme is needed for the website. The board approved 8 hours of work, with any further work needed to be brought back to the board for approval.

Next Meeting:  Tuesday April 30^th

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

03/07/2019@0800 - LED/MED Conference Room GJ

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Collin Reese                                                               Lisa Maestas

Tyler Tobias                                                               Vern Knuckles

Brian Turner

Susan Skyberg

Rachelle Redmond

Old Business:

Spring Conference

• Susan brought to board attention the Workforce Center was reserved as a backup initially and wanted to confirm the spring conference training was set at the WFC. The board agreed at this late date and having posted the training we would no longer try to secure a school site and keep it at the WFC. Susan would follow-up to confirm site reservation.
• Tyler is otherwise committed and not attending the spring business meeting, Rachelle will assume his duties at the business meeting. Tyler wants to retire from board and Rachelle agreed to assume position if so appointed by the Board.

Courtroom Testimony Training

• Reminder to Lisa to set/confirm hotel reservations for Bert.

Facebook Law Enforcement 101

• Emily Vacher, former FBI; Brian and Lisa continue to reach out to Emily, she is difficult to reach. Lisa trying via FB…

New Business:

Other Training Suggestions for 2019/2020:

• Rolling Surveillance
  • Tim Lewis, California retired LE provides “rolling surveillance” 4 day training. This would have to be a stand-alone training due to the course schedule. Tyler
• Drone Technology
  • Both CBI and Mesa County have Drone Units and Collin will reach out to see interest in planning training for LE that introduces them to the technology, availability, and types.

Other Business

Board Position Recruitment

• Discussion held on website/social media advertising, this is in progress with Bailey and Lisa. Rachelle and Lynn are still planning personal meets with Mesa County Sheriff Lewis and GJPD Chief Shoemaker.
• Tyler reminded board to take the old pamphlets out with us as we network and recruit members and board positions. Historically it was intended to have board members consisting of state, municipal, and county agencies to provide a broad range of networking. The board agreed this was a good goal to continue to achieve.
• Rachelle recruited two potential board members: Joel BB Burk, DC MVPD (970-417-6541) and Joshua Carrell, 7^th Judicial DA Investigator (970-787-5337). The Board called each fielding questions concerns:   Burk had question about commitment as he has not had a lot of engagement with WCPOA, his Chief has already signed them up for spring training. Board provided an overview of positions, expectations, participation, training planning and delivery. Burk asked if WCPOA has to do any fund raising as he has supported other non-profits in the past and board reported WCPOA has the ability to fund raise but to date has had donors and not needed to do so. Burke said he is willing and able to fill a board position in 2019. Carrell has been a WCPOA member for years and familiar with WCPOA. Carrell inquired about the length of commitment and the board detailed the three year commitment if you entered as a 2^nd He asked how many trainings WCPOA commits to and was provided an overview of Spring/Fall commitments as well as ongoing stand-alone trainings that we try to achieve about four a year. Carrell asked how attendance to board meetings was managed and the board covered all possible avenues are used that include physical gathering, face time, telephone conferencing, and email communications. The board did clarify the expectation(s) of attending conferences and trainings. Carrell also said he is eager to join the board and will attend the spring conference as well.

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

11-29-18 - CBI

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Collin Reese                                                               Lisa Maestas

Vern Knuckles (by phone)                                      Tyler Tobias

Brian Turner

Susan Skyberg

Rachelle Redmond

Bailey Carrell (by phone)

Old Business

• October Training - Static Vehicle Operations
• Review on cost – $8274.49
• Still waiting on photos for the website

Rachelle has requested photos from Pauley and attendees.

In light of the travel reimbursement WCPOA will in future have signed contracts detailing training costs, etc.

Spring Conference

• Conference Topic Train the Trainer Code Red – Run, Hide, Fight
• Instructor Chris Cicio
• Date April 29^th & 30

Dan and Chris are available for April 29^th

• Breakfast items will be provided, as well as catered lunch both dates
• Fee for conference will be waived – free to all registrants
• Venue 1^st Day School (need to contact Tim Leon w/ District 51), 2^nd day?

Called and he detailed the 2010 FLET Code Red active shooter training response procedures. 4 Hour train the trainer designed to have trainers return to their APO to train their own staff. It is designed to allow them to build details unique to their own facility. Will include scenarios on barricading, run hide fight, etc. It is designed for civilians and school administrators all participate in a school setting to include classrooms.   Who should attend should include a mix of civilian law enforcement 60 participants anything more could be observers.

Second half of the day Dan can cover the RAD self-defense program.

Board asked for alternative training segments to fill the conference days, Chris will forward.

• 2^nd Day Venue CBI – Tom Stefaniak will do a half day presentation on financial planning. Catered lunch / board meeting will follow.
• Board Member recommendations (need to fill two positions) Redmond and Hood scheduling luncheon recruit meetings with Mesa Cnty Sheriff Lewis and GJPD Chief Shoemaker.
• Awards Nothing on the table yet.

Courtroom Testimony Training

• Date May 2^nd, 2019
• Location secured – Training Room in Lionshead Village, Vail, CO
• Eagle County DA Heidi McCollum agreed to participate
• Defense Attorney Berk N agreed to participate
• Suggested later start time to allow for travel
  • Board approval of 9:00 am start

Other Training Suggestions for 2019:

• COVA – Human Trafficking / Vicarious Trauma (Redmond)
  • Other local LE has brought this into the western region, WCPOA can offer next year.
• Emotional Intelligence (Redmond)
  • Pending
• Financial Planning Tom Stefaniak, CFP®
  • Tom has been in the financial planning business for 30+ years. Discussed topics for training which have been set for an audience from young to middle-aged (mid 30’s-60+)with a focus on retirement planning for law enforcement. Tom’s presentation is 60-90 minutes depending on the question and answers session.
    • April 30^th for Spring Conference Colin confirming.
  • Tom does not charge for his lecture, however has to travel from Denver and would require hotel and per-diem.
  • Tom needs a general time-frame
• Facebook Law Enforcement 101
  • Emily Vacher, former FBI

Turner will work on this for fall conference

• Data retention, legal processes, and investigative tips in working with Facebook

Other Business:

• President’s letter electronic review. Feedback:
  • Fine with either option, think option 1 gives a little more information about the association - Big blue window with the badge looks odd, think is too big
  • Like centered format
  • Like option 1- Gives more visual information
  • Like option 1
• Renewal Letter – will send hard copies, but option will be included with presidents letter
• Membership Dues – by laws state dues must be paid by May 31^st of each year to retain membership benefits.
• Working on membership to be on website - update from Bailey

Called Bailey and she provided an update and overview of things to come.

• Sign card for Glen Sherman’s Birthday

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

10-26-18 @0815 - CBI

Attending: Collin Reese - President, Rachelle Redmond – Immediate Past President, Susan Skyberg, Brian Turner – By-laws and Lisa Maestas – Secretary/Treasurer

Absent: Vern Knuckles – 1^st Vice President, Tyler Tobias – Executive Secretary

October Training - Static Vehicle Operations

• Reported a total of 12 attendee’s, the cost of the training is still TBD, waiting on instructor invoices for fee’s, information will be sent to board upon final determination. The instructors will send out a survey to the class, L. Maestas will send the roster emails to the instructors. R. Redmond will get photos from the training to post on website.

Spring Conference

• Conference Topic
  • Civilian response to active shooter program that includes identifying risk factors, run-hide-fight protocols, and hands-on scenarios to barricade and fight. We have developed it as a train the trainer program to get as many people on our school district on board. L. Maestas will follow up with instructor.
• Conference Location – National Guard Building was suggested. L. Maestas will contact Lt. Col. Bratt for contact info for the building.
• Conference Dates – TBD by instructor availability
• Conference Costs – Free to current members - $50 for non-members
• Board Member recommendations, committee member L. Hood is speaking with several individuals on interest in board participation.
• Redmond will try to get the ALI meeting scheduled for January hosted by WCPOA in January.
• Awards – Need to start thinking of potential candidates
• Suggested an add-on to the training for Soft Skills for civilians (no hands on, C. Reese/B. Turner could instruct).

Other Training Suggestions for 2019:

Suggested that some dates/locations be set for upcoming trainings to be sent out with the President’s letter in January 2019.

• Courtroom Testimony – looking at May of 2019, held in Vail, CO. B. Turner will contact the local clerk to set up training location, and will also contact defense attorney/judge. L. Maestas will contact DA from Eagle County to check interest in participating. R. Redmond will contact Mt. Village municipal judge as well.
• COVA – Human Trafficking / Vicarious Trauma – R. Redmond will follow-up
• Emotional Intelligence – R. Redmond will follow-up
• Financial Planning – C. Reese will follow-up

 Other Business:

• President’s letter - would like to have completed by December to have ready to send out with renewal letters in January.
• Renewal Letter – Will send email and hard copies, this letter will announce the future renewals will be automated and paper copies will no longer be received/payment will occur online. Use 2019 as a testing trial for the process.
• Working on membership to be on website – site will be down temporarily to implement this.
• Automated renewal – will start fully in 2020
• Ideas for membership drive
  • Suggested to start “friending” other law enforcement agencies on the social media site.
• Glen Sherman’s 90^th Birthday is Dec 1, suggested to send flowers and coordinate a FaceTime video, or record a video that can be sent to Glen.
• Former MCSO Undersheriff Rusty Callow passed away on Oct. 18, the association will send flowers to the family.

Meeting was adjourned at 0900

Next Meeting: November 29^th, 1530

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

09-26-2018 0800- State Liquor Office

Attending: Collin Reese, Rachelle Redmond, Brian Turner & Lisa Maestas                                                Absent: Vernon Knuckles, Tyer Tobias & Susan Skyberg

October Training – Oct 17^th & 18^th Montrose

• Static Vehicle Operations training, to date there are six registrations. Costs will be reimbursed for the instructor’s travel, car towing, and other expenses by WCPOA. Receipts required for reimbursement. Rachelle & Lisa will attend in the morning to provide information about WCPOA, recruitment for board members. Rachelle & Lisa will bring water, Gatorade for the day; will provide light snacks for the range. Rachelle will contact local restaurant’s in Montrose to have lunch catered to the range (suggested Jimmy John’s).

 Fall Conference

• Too late for conference planning at this point, suggested looking ahead to 2019 start planning. Suggested board all bring back one idea to next meeting about possible training topic. We do not have to hold a fall business meeting per the by-laws.

 Spring Conference

• Need to start planning Spring Conference. L. Maestas brought up the following course that the association received information on.
  • civilian response to active shooter program that includes identifying risk factors, run-hide-fight protocols, and hands-on scenarios to barricade and fight. We have developed it as a train the trainer program to get as many people on our school district on board
• Reese asked if this is a Run, Hide, Fight curriculum, which would allow civilian employees to take part. If this course of instruction is decided on it was discussed whether the new range in Cameo would be a good venue for the conference location. L. Maestas will email the instructor and find out more details about the training. Looking at hosting the conference in April.
• At the spring conference there will be two board positions that need filled (2^nd vice presdent and 1^st vice president). Recruitment was discussed by the board. R. Redmond advised we could ask the webmaster to put together a recruitment page for the website.   L. Maestas brought up WCPOA hosting a luncheon and inviting department admin to discuss WCPOA and the benefits of the organization. C. Reese suggested attending ALI and SWLEG to promote the association/recruit at those meetings. C. Reese and R. Redmond will contact the point persons for these meetings and see if board members can attend the next meetings.
• Award recipients for the Spring also need to start being determined

Other Training Suggestions for 2019:

            It was discussed by the board that we need to get some trainings scheduled for 2019, below are potential one day training topics.

• Courtroom Testimony – R. Redmond advised the MED division is possibly interested in hosting this class, more for the admin hearing side. B. Turner stated he would talk to the AG’s office at his next meeting to bring it up. The board discussed hosting the criminal Courtroom Testimony training in the summer of 2019, as this is one of the most attended classes.
• COVA – Human Trafficking / Vicarious Trauma – R. Redmond will follow up on this.
• Emotional Intelligence – R. Redmond will follow up on this
• Financial Planning – C. Reese advised they have some people in the CBI Denver office that could possibly instruct, will follow up.
• Reese suggested looking to Aurora/Denver PD’s specialized units to look for trainers (ex. Denver Swat).

 Other Business:

• New Website – Bailey has updated entire sight
• To Include: Updating board member information, updating history, replace board member place holders with portrait or department
  emblems, load the upcoming conference and training information, fix Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial Brochure Button: URL not found, format desktop header photos, update broken URL links, run WordPress and plugin updates, run file and database backups, replace blog with social media integration
• Bailey is currently working on: Member database: allow member registration to cross reference membership database, backups: allows routine backups of database and files automatically, social media: allows the website to pull posts from Facebook and display automatically, card reader for registration at conferences: allow new members to pay with a card during registration, automation of renewal payments for membership. Managing social media post approval, posting news, events and other information to social media
• Maestas requested that the web page be updated to reflect the webmaster to Verofly

Meeting was adjourned at 0905

Next Meeting: October 25^th, 0800

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

12-07-17 1600 - State Liquor Office

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Rachelle Redmond – President                               Glen Trainor – 2^nd VP

Collin Reese – 1^st VP                                                 Tyler Tobias – Executive Secretary

Lisa Maestas – Secretary/Treasurer                       James Cannon – Web master

Brian Turner – By-laws                                            Steve Nowlin - Awards

Susan Skyberg –Past President

Spring Conference

• Statement Analysis –Lt. Tracy Harpster (911 Call Analysis) and Dr. Sue Adams (Statement Analysis) do their combined class –– April 18^th & 19th
• Location – CBI training room
• Maestas will contact instructors after the 1^st of the year to schedule flights
• Awards for conference – any suggestions on who should receive
• New board member – ideas on incoming 2^nd VP
• Turner will invite Ken King with the Attorney General’s Office to attend the business meeting

Other Training Suggestions:

• LPO –WCPOA will partner with LPO the week of March 19, 2018. Training will be held at CBI. WCPOA will provide breakfast & snacks. Promote WCPOA
• Can’t Stop What you Don’t Know
  • Location – L. Maestas never heard back from Vail Town Clerk on Donovan Pavilion. R. Redmon will contact the Avon PD Chief to see if training can be held at the new Avon Police Department
  • Trainer asked if we would like to purchase logo items as give aways for the training class, L. Maestas will find out cost and board will decide from there.

Fall Conference – the board discussed

• COVA – Human Trafficking / Vicarious Trauma
• ½ Day Gambling training from CBI
• Discussed hosting Fall Conference in Montrose

Other Business:

• New Website – J. Cannon, R. Redmond and L. Maestas are still waiting to be trained on updating the site
  • On the current site Cody Kennedy needs to be removed, add the Glen Trainor’s title on the executive board page, Lynn Hood needs to be removed

Next Meeting:  

February – State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

May 2, 2017, 1030, Montrose, CO

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Rachelle Redmond                                                    Susan Skyberg

Collin Reese                                                               James Cannon

Glen Trainor – via phone                                         Steve Nowlin
Lisa Maestas

Brian Turner

Tyler Tobias

Spring Conference:

• Conference Costs
  • Attached
  • Seizure board – B. Turner has emailed Deb Murray at the Sheriff’s Office for the reimbursement of the conference has not heard back to date.
    • Challenge Coins as thank you to board – T. Tobias will see if Captain Ozanic is still on board; can present coins.
  • Review
    • Great evaluations
    • 24 total attendees
    • By-law change to GJ as annual host – B. Turner will introduce at the Fall conference, will have to be voted in at the Spring conference. Reasoning is GJPD & MCSO are not actively participating in spring conferences, Montrose SO would like to be more actively involved. Changing by-laws will give more flexibility to where spring conference can be hosted. R. Redmond will meet with Chief and Sheriff of respective agencies to discuss WCPOA and why they are no longer actively involved.
    • What is different now than years past:
      • Used to send hard copy of flyers to Chief’s & Training coordinators, now only an email is sent directly to the members. Will start to send hard copies of trainings and conferences.
      • Need to get training schedule out earlier – more time for admin to cover staff that want to attend
      • POST requirements – small agencies can only allot for staff to do the POST required training, suggested to do some of the POST requirements with the training to get smaller agencies to send staff

Future Training:

Courtroom Testimony

• Scheduled for August 10, 2017 in the City Auditorium
  • Turner will follow up with Bert for the defense part.
  • Maestas to follow up with the District Attorney.

CIT Training :

• Reese advised CBI will be doing a training soon. It was suggested that we possibly partner with CBI to get the small numbers interested from WCPOA to the training. C. Reese will see if this is feasible.
• Upcoming training for the 14^th Judicial District
  • Trainor will reach out to Brooks Bennett (CBI coordinator) and Doug Winters to see about WCPOA partnering with them for the training.
• Awareness of training – need to get out what both sides of the training are. Highlight who and why this training would be valuable, the class effects everybody, need to sell it that way. “If involved wouldn’t you want to know”.
• Could request POST board funding since this is a POST requirement

Other Training Suggestions:

• LPO – follow up; B. Turner advised he has not heard back
• Leadership, supervisory – would be covered by LPO training
• Reid Interview School – L. Maestas will reach out to see what cost would be.
• Financial Planning – Discussed having L. Hood (former State Tax) teach a class. T. Tobias advised he will reach out as well to a former Trooper that taught a course on this.
• Indicator of Criminal Behavior for Patrol Officers – L. Maestas suggested Stephen Rhodes. T. Tobias suggested the White Badger Project (facial profiling).
• Statement Analysis – Discussed having Lt. Tracy Harpster (911 Call Analysis) and Dr. Sue Adams (Statement Analysis) do their combined class – B. Turner will reach out.
• Municipal Court Training – R. Redmond will contact municipal court judge to see about scheduling this training.
• Orlando Night Club – Suggested to do at the fall conference. R. Redmond will reach out to see instructors availability.

Fall Conference:

• Venue – Cortez, Colorado
• Decided on the date range of September 25^th - 29^th depending on instructors availability.
• Community Center was discussed as venue – S. Nowlin assigned to contact and check availability.
• Two day conference.
• Training Topic – Force Encounters Analysis – C. Reese / Orlando Night Club Shooting – R. Redmond

Other Business:

• Update on web transition – site should go up within next week or so. L. Maestas advised the new company is waiting on the domain code from the old domain.
  • Company will update the site for us.
• Challenge Coin order – coins were ordered should arrive within 6 weeks
• Blue Family Tree – board agreed to decline participation with this organization, believed the information provided was too vague, and too many red flags about the organization.
• Social Media – discussed that the association does not currently have any active form of social media – this is the key to getting millennial’s on board with the association, as that demographic does not frequent the association.
  • Facebook – need to create a page and close the “group”.
  • Twitter & Instagram – R. Redmond will look into these further
  • Tobias will reach out to person who handles social media for State Patrol, possibly to go over good and bad
  • Connect our social media with other law enforcement agencies social media to expand awareness of the association.

Next Meeting:  

May 16^th @ 1030 - CBI

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

February 1, 2017, CBI Grand Junction CO

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Rachelle Redmond – via Phone/FT                         Lisa Maestas

Collin Reese                                                               James Cannon

Brian Turner                                                             Jeff Davis

Susan Skyberg                                                           Tyler Tobias

Steve Nowlin

Membership Dues:

Renewal tab on website.

1. Maestas sent out membership renewals two weeks ago, included training announcements and presidents letter

CIT Training :

• Posted and open on the website.
• Need to circulate flyer to CIIT/Agencies in board member areas.   This will be done by hand by board members. R. Redmond is delivering to Montrose and feels the word is getting out.
• Video taping witnesses B. Turner – want taped with video recorder or phone or ???  This will be done via smartphone by B. Turner as a witness to the incident
• Board agency submit any checklists they have in place to give attendees. R. Redmond sent her’s to J. Davis.   Per R. Redmond, the only one’s that J.Davis has received is from GJPD and the 7^th Judicial District.
• Davis will see if GJPD Chief Camper and GJPD PIO are available to share their perspectives. R. Redmond will contact MPD Chief Chin for his availability. Per R. Redmond, J.Davis has confirmed that Chief Camper and the GJPD PIO are available. R. Redmond hasn’t received a response from MPD Chief Chin and will follow up with Chin.
• Redmond to make sure 14^th Judicial District and Avon PD are aware of the upcoming training.   R. Redmond will follow up. C. Reese mentioned that DA Doug Winters had contacted CBI to see if they could host a similar event. R. Redmond will reach out to him.

Spring Conference:

• Awards;
  • Redmond to follow up with S. Nowlin to see if he has any nominations. No one had any individuals to nominate for the awards at this time, and as of 3 days ago S. Nowlin didn’t have any nominations per R. Redmond.   R. Redmond said that S. Nowlin will try to get to Mountain Village to go over ideas with R. Redmond. Still looking for suggestions.   The Board attendees agreed that if there are no candidates that meet the criteria, no award will be given.
• Business;
  • Board positions, J. Davis will be resigning from WCPOA Board after the March training. C. Reese will step up to the Presidency position and nominations are needed for both VP positions. R. Redmond will follow up with Chief Trainor on this to see if they have anyone.   Not sure if T. Tobias might have someone to suggest.
  • Audit, L. Maestas to coordinated with K. Springs to conduct audit.
• Gathering donations for giveaways requires all board members to reach out; T. Tobias suggested we have in hand our 501 status that will encourage donations. R. Redmond does not have any new donations.   C. Reese will try some of his CBI contacts. R. Redmond said she still has some CBI cups, pens, coins, etc. as well.

Future Training:

• Courtroom Testimony , L. Maestas waiting to hear from Judge to see when his next availability.   L. Maestas sent an email on 01-31-17 stating that Judge Flynn is available on August 10, 2017and asked if we could schedule the other players (Defense Atty, DA) around this date.   B. Turner said that Judge Flynn’s courtroom is not available that day . B. Flynn will see if the City Auditorium is available. B. Turner will follow up with Bert for the defense part.   R. Redmond delegated to L. Maestas to follow up with the District Attorney.
• Redmond will coordinate with Defense attorney and DA to get a date set.

Fall Conference:

• Board agreed to engage southern region and R. Redmond to coordinate with S. Nowlin to host in Cortez. T. Tobias suggested reaching out to 4 Corners Association to partner this event.  R. Redmond stated that S. Nowlin likes and is very excited about this idea, but no dates have been discussed.

1. Redmond stated S. Nowlin will pitch the idea to the Four Corners group.

Other Business:

• Update on web transition

1. Redmond stated J. Cannon was to have a meeting last Wednesday (01/25/17) but hasn’t heard anything. She will follow up with J. Cannon and will email the Board on the status.

• Turner said he would like to see WCPOA get involved in LPO. B. Turner will reach out to them. It would require WCPOA to sponsor instructor(s) with per diem and hotel, but feels it would be worth it. We would need to pick 2 months and WCPOA’s name would be behind the training. The Board attendees agreed this would be beneficial. B. Turner will follow up on this and give an update at the next board meeting.
• Turner had a Seizure Board request asking for $7550 in Seizure Board funds. The breakdown was on the request letter. He will take that to GJPD today (02-01-17).   B. Turner suggested we present the Seizure Board with a few Challenge Coins as a thank you.   All Board attendees agreed.
• Reese explained that he just received an Emergency Management Card that was issued to a lot of LE agencies.   He explained that the card's magnetic strip contains the identification of the cardholder as well as their credentials.  The card is used to check in and out during a critical incident; the strip being read through a magnetic card reader.  This allows command staff to deploy the proper people with the right credentials to a given task or area of the incident and streamlines the process.   Emergency cards can be received from the Emergency Manager (Drew, last name ??) or Andrew Martsolf Mesa County Emergency Manager.

Next Meeting:  March 03,2017 08:30

Per B. Turner – L. Maestas is responsible for furnishing Coffee and Danish

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

November 3, 2016 @1100

De-escalation training –

• Davis needs to send out roster so certificates can be sent out. S. Skyberg heard very positive feedback about the training.

CIT Training –

• This training was the focus of the meeting and discussed in great detail
• Scenarios were reviewed, the board chose an armed robbery scenario to use. This will be a two person scenario, with both officers having potential to be involved in the shoot.
• 1^st Day
  • 830-930 Sign in / registration
  • Select a person from each agency to be involved in the event
  • Put team together – ask who wants to be on team 5-6 people per team
  • 2 shooters will be randomly picked by the seats they are in
  • Whoever is left will be observers – no input to teams; will pick a few of the observers to be witnesses
  • Shooters will go to scenario – after they are done they will get processed
  • During scenario – teams will be briefed on what members of teams do
  • Teams will then start investigation
  • Will set up scene in parking lot to match virtual shoot
  • Scenario – everyone is at CBI for training, event happens, the rest of the training will be put together from there.
  • Persons on team will be given sheets w/information for each task they complete in the investigation – if they don’t complete they don’t get further information
• 2^nd Day
  • Show actual scenario
    • Let officers discuss what they heard / saw
    • Discuss what the call was
  • Table top the investigation
    • Admin vs Criminal
    • Crime Scene Processing
    • DA input
    • Points to consider

Spring Conference-

• Location –CBI
• Date – Dates were set for April 19^th – 20th
• Instructors –Ray Nash (Police Dynamics) – the contract Nash provided was signed and his deposit will be mailed.
• Will turn in a seizure board request to J. Davis to submit

Fall Conference 2017

• Was not further discussed at this meeting.

Other Business

Website – J. Cannon provided information on a company located in Mesa County that would be able to revamp the association’s website. The initial start up cost is between $400-$500, with a yearly maintenance fee of $120, which is half the cost of what we are currently paying.

The board all agreed on moving forward with the site.

Next Meeting

November 30, 2016 @ 1100 CBI.

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

September 28^th @1730

One-Day Trainings

Firearms October 2015 –Date October 28th
J. Davis has been in touch with S. Nowlin and has confirmed dates and location of the training. It will be held on Oct 28^th at the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office Range, in Cortez. The following date the Below 100 class will be taught at the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. The Hampton Inn in Cortez offers a government rate of $111. The class will be free to members and $50 to non-members, all attending will need to bring their own ammunition. The training will be limited to 20 students.   A waiting list will be created if more than 20 people register. The Below 100 class is free to all attendee’s, and registration will go through J. Davis, not the WCPOA website.

Spring 2016 Conference:

Further discussion was had on what the spring conference should consist of. The board agreed to wanting a two day conference, with the first day for admin and line level employees, and the second day a break out day – one break out for admin and one break out for line level employees.   The first day it was discussed to cover vicarious liability and negligent retention.

1. Redmond suggested bringing in Glen Trainer the Chief from Granby to speak the first day to speak about the major incident of the bulldozer incident that leveled the town. B. Turner and R. Redmond advised they could contact Trainer to see if he is interested.

1. Maestas advised she had been contacted by Sgt. Ciscio out of Florida, an instructor for Incident Command through Fema. Sgt. Ciscio’s bio was passed around, and the board agreed he would be a good fit for the second day break out sessions. L. Maestas will contact him further to discuss price and other topics that can be trained on.   It was discussed to have the second portion of the afternoon session allow the participants to use the sims room at the guard building as part of the training.

1. Bratt was asked if he could check to see if the sims room would be available for conference attendee’s on the afternoon of the second day.

The board discussed having vendors at the spring conference. B. Bratt stated he would look into where the vendors could set up (suggested hallway between classrooms). R. Redmond stated she would contact Galls, Neves, Cabelas’s to see if they wanted to attend. J. Davis stated he would contact Adamsons to see if they wanted to attend.

The board agreed to keep the conference free to members and $50 for non-members.

Other Business:

Will need to remove L. Hood from the Awards Committee, he is now officially retired and unavailable to the association.

The meeting was adjourned at 1900

Next Meeting:

Will be held November 2, time and place TBD

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

September 16, 2016 @0900

Upcoming Trainings

De-escalation training –

• Davis reported that the POST two day class has 30+ registrants and is expected to be a full class. L. Maestas reported that the one day class has approximately 15 registrants and should also be well attended.
• Breakfast and snack items will be provided for both of these trainings, lunch will be on the attendee’s own.
• The website has not yet been updated with the two separate registration links, hopefully this will be completed in the next few days before another email blast goes out.

CIT Training –

• Davis suggested doing a CIT / OIS scenario training at CBI.
• Discussed that two days would be best for the caliber of training discussed
  • 1^st day Scenarios (put 5-8 officers through OIS scenario) and interviews (have CIT teams do the interviews of the officer’s)
  • 2^nd day Table top
    • Admin vs Criminal
    • Crime Scene Processing
    • DA input
    • Points to consider
  • February 8^th & 9^th were discussed as dates (0930 start / 1500 end to allow time for travel to and from training).
  • Reese will check availability of CBI
  • Goal is to invite Cert teams to training together; invite upper admin that does not have a CIT response team. Officers can register individually, lottery will determine which officer goes through the scenario, all others will observe.

Navigating the Police Life –

• Redmond discussed bringing in this training as a one day training. Similar to Dr. Gilmartin’s Emotional Survival. The board agreed it would be a good training to bring in. R. Redmond will get more information.

Fall Conference Review –

• There were a total of 17 attendee’s for the conference. R. Redmond advised that the number of attendee’s was worth hosting the conference for what those who attended took away from it. The one out of State attendee we had has already put into use the information he was provided (Coffee with a Cop).
• Maestas reported the conference costs: -$2307.54, which is typical of a fall conference the only additional expense was flying in instructors, where the association typically finds local instructors for the fall conference.
• It was discussed to potentially just do a “training” for 2017 instead of a conference, due to the low attendance. It was further discussed that location and training topic make a big impact on attendance numbers – for instance the de-escalation training has had an overwhelming registration and is being held at the same time the fall conference is typically held. It was discussed that having local agency buy in also helps to increase the numbers (i.e. Mt. Village, Steamboat Springs) both had good turn-outs but the local agencies were more involved.
• Maestas shared the apology letter from the sales manager at the Christie Lodge for all the inconsistencies and inconveniences that occurred during the conference.

Spring Conference-

• Location –Colorado Mesa University – L. Maestas will contact now that dates have been established.
• Date – Dates were set for April 12-14 or April 13^th & 14^th depending on how many speakers are lined up.
• Instructors –the board agreed on bringing in Ray Nash (Police Dynamics).
• Davis provided the cost for instruction $3500 for two days. Travel, lodging and per diem as well. There is a $25 fee per student for training materials.
• Orlando Night Club shooting. L. Maestas reported that Dan Burkard with Kissimmee PD in Florida contacted the Deputy Chief and the DC advised at this time they are not doing any presentations due to the case still be open and the FBI’s involvement. The DC advised they are putting together a power point so when the time comes that they get the go ahead to do the presentation they will be ready. Burkard advised he would ask again at the beginning of the year for us.

Fall Conference 2017

• It was discussed to host the next fall conference in Durango.

Other Business

Website – J. Cannon provided information on a company located in Mesa County that would be able to revamp the association’s website. The initial start up cost is between $400-$500, with a yearly maintenance fee of $120, which is half the cost of what we are currently paying. The board was asked to look at the website for the company www.magicmediagj.com to give their opinion on moving forward.

The meeting adjourned at 110

Next Meeting

November 3^rd @ 1100 - CBI

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

August 9, 2016 @ 1000

Report Writing for Civilian Investigators-

• Cost review- L. Maestas passed around the cost review for the one day report writing training that had been previously emailed out. The training ended up making $39.10 after registration fees and costs were computed. The training only held 11 people, there have already been requests from those that attended on when the next training would be. The training was a very good presentation and the instructor did an excellent job presenting the material.

Upcoming Trainings

• De-escalation training – J. Davis presented an update on this training, he advised the registration was at 42 people, 12 of which were non-sworn. J. Davis advised that when the POST board originally proposed hosting the training it seemed like it would be a good mix with the WCPOA, but has since found out that the rules of POST and the mission of WCPOA are somewhat clashing. POST is paying for 50 spots for the training, but will not pay for non-sworn attendees. Therefore the board would need to discuss if the association would be willing to pay for the non-sworn attending the training ($100 a person). It was discussed to only have the POST training be sworn law enforcement, and to have J. Davis who was originally going to teach the class hold a separate class on the same date for the non-sworn. The non-sworn class could be a one day class on the 11^th. This would put the training in compliance with POST, as well as still allow the non-sworn to attend. It was agreed that the non-sworn will attend the de-escalation class taught by J. Davis and his other two instructors that were going to help (R. Piotrowski and J. Steele) at the Workforce Center. S. Skyberg reserved a room for the 11^th. L. Maestas will notify the non-sworn registrants that the class location has changed and will only be a one day class.

Fall Conference –

• Maestas reported that DC Daly advised that they will be sending four officers to the conference. There are three other registrations to date, as well as five members of the board that will be attending. There is a deputy coming in from Kansas that will be attending the training.
• Maestas reported that the Coffee with a Cop instructor – called for a copy of the conference flyer, said they have received interest from several agencies- a copy of the flyer was emailed to them to put up on their website, so far no additional registrations have come in.
• It was discussed how to get the attendance level up, R. Redmond stated she would call her contacts in Routt and Moffat County and Steamboat PD to encourage them to send people. B. Turner advised that the information could be emailed to Sgt. Lovins at Avon PD to distribute to a training contact list.
• Christie’s Lodge lowered the rate to $99 a night for conference attendees; this was changed for everyone that has booked a room so far.
• Update on Give-Aways – no update

Spring Conference-

• Location – T. Tobias suggested one of the meeting rooms at Colorado Mesa University, it was agreed upon by the board that this would be a good venue.
• Date – Dates were set for April 12-14 or April 13^th & 14^th depending on how many speakers are lined up.
• Instructors – J. Davis suggested Ray Nash (Police Dynamics), who has taught for the WCPOA before. J. Davis will contact Nash and see what his cost and availability are. T. Tobias suggested a case study or panel on the Aurora Theater Shooting, having people from different levels that were involved to review the case. It was agreed upon that this would be a good topic to go with the Police Dynamics course. It was discussed to contact Chris Cicio out of St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office in Fl, to do a review of the Orlando Night Club shooting. L. Maestas will reach out to Cicio. All present agreed that this would be a great line up for the Spring Conference.

Other Business – all except the last bullet point were tabled until the next meeting

• Challenge Coins – Not able to locate invoice
• Awards Review – Have secured the filing cabinet; will look through for award criteria
• Facebook Page – In the works
• Evaluations/Certificates – website or survey monkey – in the works
• Glen Sherman 88^th Birthday Party – Glen send an invitation to his 88^th Birthday Party, which will be held November 19^th in Valencia, CA. It was discussed that the WCPOA should do something to recognize Glen due to his strong involvement with the association. R. Redmond suggested getting a video montage together, with everyone who would like to participate giving a message to Glen. S. Skyberg suggested getting archived photos of all the past Glen Sherman award recipient’s to put in a book. B. Turner suggested getting all the write-ups as well to put in the book. L. Maestas advised she would email the membership to see if they had any well wishes they wanted to send in to include.

The meeting adjourned at 1115

Next Meeting

September 2, @1500; Boston’s

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

May 23, 2016 @ 1000

Upcoming Trainings

• Firearms training – It was discussed whether or not to re-schedule this training, or host it in Grand Junction. R. Redmond and J. Davis both brought up that the training has been a fail both times it has been scheduled for the south region, and the participation was not that good when we held it in Grand Junction. It was agreed upon by the board to not re-schedule this training at this time. C. Reece advised that he has an investigator (Jeff Brown) in Durango that would be able to better promote the association and our trainings to the agencies in the southern region.
• Report Writing for Civilian Investigators – L. Maestas reported that the instructor GJPD Ofc. Deanie Earthman is willing to teach the class, but has been on vacation so we are waiting to hear back on which date will work for her. S. Skyberg advised the Workforce Center fills quickly and to let her know the date as soon as possible so we can reserve the room.
• Municipal Courtroom testimony – No update on this class. R. Redmond asked L. Hood to see if the defense attorney we have used in the past would be willing to go to Delta/Montrose for the training.
• De-escalation training – J. Davis advised GJPD Officers Jake Steele and Ryan Piotrowski will be helping with this training. This training will be held on October 11^th at the Grand Junction Police Department Training Room. The training room can hold up to 50 people comfortably. As soon as J. Cannon is back from vacation we will open registration on the website.
• Fall Conference – L. Maestas advised that Avon Chief Ticer has accepted a position as Chief for Loveland PD, our new contact for the conference is Deputy Chief Daly, who is on board with the conference. L. Maestas reported that flights and rooms are booked for the Coffee with a Cop instructors. The instructors will rent their own rental car so the board does not have to provide transportation to and from the airport. R. Redmond advised she will send out the information packet they provided so J. Cannon can put the information on our website, and we can get the information out to the members.
• Redmond suggested that we see if the Chief in Avon wants to coordinate a Coffee with a Cop event the first evening of the conference. This being a regional training should draw a lot of attendance.
• Christie’s Lodge – L. Maestas reported the down payment has been paid for the venue, B.Turner and L. Maestas were able to the tour venue, we can bring in breakfast items and restaurants for lunch are within walking distance. L. Hood asked what rate we received for rooms ($109), L. Hood advised he would contact Lisa who is in charge of sales and see if he could get us a rate of $99 since it is off season. L. Maestas brought up that the hotel does have a policy for quiet time, so they requested that training did not start before 0900. It was discussed that this would not be an issue as we do registration/breakfast from 0800 to 0900. The hospitality room was discussed, it was decided to wait and see what type of numbers we have before we decide if we need to book a space at a local bar or just host it in one of the suites.
• The second day of the training still needed to be decided. Last meeting it was discussed to have the Aurora Theater Shooting, since then it was determined that CPPA is doing presentation on June 6^th in Denver; the board agreed we did not want to repeat the same training two months later. T. Tobias provided the cost for Steve Young - course on officer survival, which is $5000, way out of budget range for the fall conference. R. Redmond reported that Chief Kolar would likely not be able to do his presentation on Jon Benet Ramsey due to a contract he had with another company.
• The board agreed the second day should be a topic that affects mountain towns and/or ski communities. R. Redmond suggested Bear Mitigation, citing the process and presentation they went through in Mtn. Village last fall. The board agreed this would be a good presentation and one that affects all mountain towns. R. Redmond advised she would ask Chief Broady and their rep from DOW if they would be interested in doing the presentation, which is projected to be about 4 hours.
• Reece suggested the 14^th Judicial Review on the Officer Involved Shooting that occurred in Dinosaur. The board agreed that this would also be a good topic for rural area law enforcement, and agreed on the presentation. C. Reece will get in touch with the instructors for this presentation and see if they would be willing/available to present. This would be a two hour presentation.
• Other topics discussed dealt with intoxication cases on the ski mountains, how to handle them, what to look for etc.
• Give-Aways – J. Davis advised he had asked the department quarter master to put together a box of stuff from vendors that could be used as giveaways at the conference. C. Reece also offered to reach out and contact vendors he has contacts for to secure more give-away items. R. Redmond advised she will reach out to Galls again to see if they will give us some giveaways for the conference.

Other Business

• Challenge Coins – L. Maestas advised she has not been able to locate the invoice as of yet. Has not been able to get to the filing cabinet to look through it.

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

April 4, 2016 @ 0830

Membership Dues

• Membership dues were reviewed, 83 members have renewed to date, the following agencies have signed up with an Agency Membership:

San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office

Garfield County Sheriff’s Office

Fruita Police Dept

Town of Mtn Village

Leadville Police Department

Craig Police Dept

Meeker Police Dept

Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office

Moffat County

Town of Telluride

Town of Palisade

• Dues are only accepted until March 31^st, J. Cannon will take the membership renewal tab off the website. Membership for the remainder of 2016 will be included with registration fee for a training or conference.
• Cannon added a “Donations” tab on the website

Spring Conference April 19^th & 20th 2016 – location National Guard Building

• Maestas reported that the seizure board approved funds ($6500) for the training. There are 30 total registrants for the conference to date.
• Tobias reported that the SIMS room is confirmed, the Guard will have one of their instructors present. It was discussed if the association will need to provide an instructor as well to run the attendees through the course – this was unclear. L. Maestas will email the contact for the guard to clarify.
• The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to retired Rio Blanco County Sheriff Si Woodruff during the business meeting. S. Nowlin provided an overview to the board on Si’s career.
• Glen Sherman Award will be presented to Grand Junction PD Ofc. Donohue. J. Davis provided the information needed to qualify for the Glen Sherman award, the only needed information for the presentation is an overview of Ofc. Donohue’s career. J. Davis will provide.
• Maestas and B. Turner brought up retired CSP Sgt. Dean Garcia as another possible recipient of the Glen Sherman Award. This created conversation in regards to the awards and the specific criteria for them. It was discussed that the chair of the Awards Committee S. Nowlin should re-vamp the awards that the association presents, and come up with specific qualifications/guidelines to go by in deciding future award recipients.

• Business Meeting was discussed. L. Maestas advised that the only candidate for 2^nd VP Travis Anderson had rescinded his interest in the position, and there were no other candidates that had come forward. R. Redmond advised she would contact Chief Chin of Montrose PD to see if he would be interested in joining the board and supporting the association. B. Bratt advised that if no other candidates came forward he would put his name out for 2^nd T. Tobias advised he had spoken with Capt. Ozanic briefly on a prior occasion about becoming involved with the association. B. Bratt called Capt. Ozanic and briefly asked if the position was something he would be interested in. Capt. Ozanic advised he would like to know more about the position and the requirements. The board discussed other members that have been actively involved in WCPOA, and CBI Agent in Charge Collin Reece’s name was brought up. L. Maestas volunteered to contact Reece to see if he would be interested in the position. T. Tobias advised he would put the ballot together and asked that the bio’s be sent to him once we heard back from everybody. As far as the rest of the business meeting there are not any new changes to the by-laws that need to be addressed and it is not an audit year for the association.
• Vendors were brought up, R. Redmond advised that she had contacted a handful of vendors and had not received any response. It was discussed that the association’s conferences are too small to attract vendors. R. Redmond advised she thought that J. Davis may have one vendor lined up, and she would double check with Chief Kolar about the booth with his book on Jon Bennett Ramsey. B. Turner added that Grand Canyon University will also be there. R. Redmond and T. Tobias both advised that since the association is non-profit we should secure give aways and door prizes from these companies opposed to trying to get them to be vendors. It was agreed that the vendor piece did not work for our needs, and we would try and secure give aways from these companies in the future. B. Bratt suggested contacting 1^st Tactical, a new company that might be willing to be a vendor since it is just getting its name out. R. Redmond advised she would contact them.
• The networking/social hour will take place at the Blue Moon, L. Hood did contact them and reserve the upper back area for the association.

Upcoming Trainings

• Training dates were discussed for upcoming one day trainings and the Fall Conference.
• Municipal Courtroom testimony – R. Redmond stated that the municipal court judge in Montrose had already advised they would help to do a training all we needed was a date. L. Maestas suggested August 1, 2016 since that date had already been looked at for the Courtroom Testimony training that had been canceled. R. Redmond stated she would contact the judge and see if that date worked. It was decided to host the training in Montrose as a central location to areas surrounding it.
• Firearms training – This will take place in Cortez. S. Nowlin advised the week of May 9^th or May 16^th would be a good week to host. L. Maestas advised the week of the 16^th would give us more time to get the information out. S. Nowlin stated that May 18^th or 19^th would be best for staffing purposes to send people through. L. Maestas advised she would contact J. Davis and see if his schedule would accommodate either of those dates.
• Report Writing for Civilian Investigators – S. Skyberg advised she would look at dates for the Workforce Center.
• De-escalation training – S. Skyberg advised that she believed that J. Davis was now certified in this. It was suggested to have J. Davis pick a date that would work for him and we could arrange the training around that.
• Fall Conference – L. Maestas brought up the presentation of Dabbing, Doping, Stashing & Legalization – advising the instructor has very limited availability. The board looked at the dates of availability. Based on availability it was agreed to host the conference August 30 & 31. This is earlier than the fall conference is usually held, but was agreed it may draw more participation since it does not intervene with hunting season. R. Redmond advised Chief Kolar had advised he would be willing to do his two hour presentation on the Jon Benet Ramsey Case as well for us. B. Bratt advised he went to a training that the DEA had put on Dangers of Fentanyl, which would be a good course to compliment the other day of training. B. Turner advised he would reach out to the DEA and see if he could get the course information. The location of the conference was discussed, L. Maestas and B. Turner advised hosting the conference in Avon, CO as the Chief in Avon is always great to work with, and welcomes the WCPOA. It is also off season during that time so hotel rates would be reasonable. The board agreed to host the conference in Avon. L. Maestas will contact the Chief and start making arrangements for location & accommodations.

Other Business

• Skyberg advised the board that in regards to the CPPA wanting to co-conference with the WCPOA she had called CPPA President Suzette Freidenberger in January and had not received contact back from her. S. Skyberg stated Paul Frey with CPPA had called and left a voicemail, to which she contacted him back and left a voicemail and has never heard back from him either. It was agreed that since the venue and the instructors have been set, and Avon PD will be the co-host for the conference we would not co-conference with CPPA for the fall conference.
• Geer Donation – L. Maestas reported to the board that a $500 donation was made to the Derek Geer Memorial Fund.
• Law Enforcement Memorial – B. Bratt reported that the ceremony for the new statute at the memorial will take place on May 6^th, 2016 @ 1000. There will be four current names going up and eight historical names going up. The association has raised $150k of the needed $200k for the project. B. Bratt advised it would be nice to get the information out to the Western Slope as there is usually not a very large presence from the Western Slope. L. Maestas advised the information could be sent out to the membership, and J. Cannon could post the information on the website.   B. Bratt also advised that there are 12x12 paver’s that are being sold for $300, that information could also go out so anyone wanting to support the memorial could purchase one.

Next Meeting

April 25^th @ 0800 – State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

January 21, 2016 @ 1000

Membership Dues

20. Maestas reported the current account balance of the association is $12,020.24, up $1300 from last year. The association had 146 active members in 2015.

• Maestas reported renewal notices were sent out electronically to all the members on January 5, and all past members (up to 2011). Agency membership letters were sent out on January 8.
• Kennedy posted the membership announcement on the FB page
• Cannon updated the website is updated to accept online renewals and agency membership.

Spring Conference April 19^th & 20th 2016 – location National Guard Building

The instructors flights come in on April 18^th @ 1549, L. Maestas and B. Turner or S. Skyberg will pick up the instructors from the airport. It was discussed to take the instructors to dinner the evening they come in with the board.

1. Maestas will book a hotel downtown for all the instructors. R. Redmond who will also be staying downtown will bring the instructors to and from the conference each day.

Lt. Burkard provided an overview of his presentation for the Admin portion of the training. It deals with table top exercises on dealing with the mentally ill (officer involved shooting, suicide by Cop, department policies etc). Would also like to know if Crisis Intervention Training is mandatory in Colorado. The board agreed this would be fitting and coincide with the first days presentation. R. Redmond will send the statute that requires each judicial district to have a critical incident team. We are still waiting on Sgt. Cicio’s presentation outline, it will be distributed to the board as soon as it is received.

It was discussed whether or not to request seizure board funds – the board unanimously agreed to do so. Will ask J. Davis to submit the proposal to the seizure board.

The SIMS room for the afternoon portion of the training is still not booked, will ask T. Tobias to contact the Guard and see if he can book the room for the afternoon portion. If the room is not available it was suggested to contact CBI to use their SIMS machine.

Glen Sherman Award was discussed, Sy Woodruff’s name was brought up again, he was considered last year, but the board was never able to determine if he had any community involvement. It was discussed to present him with the Lifetime Achievement Award if he did not meet the qualifications for the Glen Sherman Award. Will have S. Nowlin contact Sy to get more information, and let him know the dates of the conference for the presentation of the award.

1. Turner brought up GJPD Officer Martin Donahue for the Glen Sherman award, due to his involvement/professionalism in the shooting he was involved in last year. It was undetermined if Donahue has any community involvement, L. Maestas offered to find out. It was discussed that he should receive a different award if the Glen Sherman award did not fit.

It was suggested to send an email to the membership to offer them the opportunity to nominate someone for the awards.

1. Maestas reported she spoke with Glen Sherman on 01-18-16 and he advised he will not be able to attend the conference again this year due to health reasons. Sherman appreciated the letter he received from S. Skyberg, and advised he will be sending his yearly donation. Sherman would like to set up Facetime like last year so he could be a part of the business meeting. L. Maestas will coordinate with Sherman’s daughter to do this for Sherman.

The Business Meeting was discussed, there is a board position (2^nd Vice President) that will be open at the Spring Conference. It was suggested to put the announcement on the website, FB page and an email to the membership to generate interest. B. Turner suggested Chief Trainor from Granby PD as a possible candidate. B. Turner advised he would reach out to Chief Trainor and see if he is interested.

There will be one amendment to the by-laws for the agency membership, B. Turner will draft this and have it ready for the business meeting.

This is not an audit year, so the audit committee will not need to prepare a report.

The board agreed to have breakfast items available as in years past, it was asked if food is allowed throughout the Guard building. Will have T. Tobias ask if food will be allowed, if so S. Skyberg and L. Maestas will meet at the 28 Rd Wal-Mart the morning of the conference and pick up breakfast items.

Vendors – R. Redmond advised she had not yet passed any information along to J. Davis in regards to vendors. R. Redmond has a list of vendors to contact (Cabela’s Neve’s, Shooter’s World and a few local vendors). R. Redmond got dispatched to a call during this conversation and left the meeting. R. Redmond can coordinate with J. Davis on recruiting vendors for the conference.

Networking/Social Hour was decided to keep at Blue Moon – L. Hood will contact Brad to reserve a space for the association.

The board agreed that the conference is ready to open registration on the website. After registration is open on website we will also post on FB page, and send an email out to membership. Free members; $50 non-members

Upcoming Trainings

These trainings were briefly discussed, the updates needed on the scheduled trainings are from S. Nowlin, and R. Redmond

• Social Media – S. Nowlin
• Courtroom testimony – Judge Flynn is unable to host this training
• Firearms training – Montezuma in Spring
• Fall Conference –
• Report Writing for Civilian Investigators – L. Maestas will contact CMU to see if they have an instructor for report writing that would be suitable.
• Municipal court Training – R. Redmond
• PIO Training – L. Hood suggested this training for PIO’s and records personnel. L. Hood suggested Mark Couch as the trainer, and will contact him in regards to instruction for us.
• De-Escalation Training – S. Skyberg suggested this training, said it was too expensive for her department to bring in, but maybe the association would be able to provide it at a reasonable cost. S. Skyberg advised she can see who the trainer her department was looking at was.
• Huffing, Dabbing, Doping, Stashing & Legalization – L. Maestas brought up this training, and advised it is a great training, L. Maestas will contact the instructor and see what his costs/availability is. Good for one day training.

We need ideas/location for the upcoming Fall Conference.

Other Business

1. Maestas brought up that J. Davis had informed her that the Colorado Peace Protection Association was interested in co-hosting a conference with our association as they will not be putting on a conference this year (2016), due to potential money issues. The board unanimously agreed that they did not think this would benefit our association by allowing CPPA to put their name on our Fall Conference if they were not going to contribute with either an instructor or monetarily. It was discussed that we would be willing to send out conference information out to their members, and we will send their conference information out to our members if they want to help each other in that regard.

1. Turner brought up that a local high school (Palisade HS) vice principal had contacted him in regards to donating to their school for Prom Week where they put together a Live Above the Influence week long presentation. They are looking for a monetary donation. L. Hood advised donating would affect our 501(c)(3) status, as we specifically set up the non-profit for law enforcement training. B. Turner advised he would notify the school we would be unable to donate.

Next Meeting

Monday April 4^th @ 0830, State Liquor Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

January 10, 2016, CBI Grand Junction CO

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Tyler Tobias                                                               Lisa Maestas

Jeff Davis                                                                    Brian Turner

Susan Skyburg – Via phone                                     James Cannon

Collin Reese

Rachelle Redmond

Visiting:

Kip Albanese – MVPD

John Zamora - CBI

William Baker - GJPD

Membership Dues,

Follow needed for J. Cannon to open renewal tab on website. All present agreed with March 31^st deadline for membership dues deadline.

1. Maestas will send out email to membership by end of week.
2. Redmond to include letter from board president with email, completed 1/14.

CIT Training – Finalizing details:

• Cannon has to get it posted and open on the website.
• Redmond will coordinate with L. Maestas to make sure flyer is developed then sent to board to deliver to CIIT/Agencies in their areas.
• Board agreed would like to see it promoted as a team attendance, however will incorporate individuals into working groups.
• Open discussion about training details included: Selection of random participants, participation and observation guidelines and expectations will be covered by board members at beginning of training (Davis/Reese/Redmond). CBI Evidence Technicians will have the parking lot set up to mirror simulator scene and will be on site to support reality based scenario. Task sheets already exist and C. Reese will have B. Bennett supply them prior to training.
• Witness will be chosen from the board to act as video taping witnesses we want to video the training anyway. (B. Turner?)
• Having each agency come with their CIIT policies and protocol may help them identify and sort out hurdles prior to an event.
• Each board agency was asked to submit any checklists they have in place to give attendees samples to go by, lessons learned have proven helpful for teams to have check lists in place to make sure nothing gets overlooked. J. Davis will be central collection for these lists and will generate digital formats for class. R. Redmond will reach out to surrounding agencies for their checklists to further expand the samples available.
• 2^nd day discussions should include additional resource availability and contact points to get attendees into thinking outside of their own resource pool. Touching on what role individuals play in some of the smaller agencies would be prudent as small agencies may have their CEO as the involved officer, etc., Opening this up to discussion will promote pre-planning prior to an event. Discussing peer-support programs and who in their own regions is able to deliver trauma informed care. Share agency protocol on who and how reports are written and accumulated. J. Davis will see if GJPD Chief Camper and GJPD PIO are available to share their perspectives. R. Redmond will contact MPD Chief Chin for his availability.
• Redmond to make sure 14^th Judicial District and Avon PD are aware of the upcoming training, both expressed interest at fall conference.
• WCPOA will provide Morning and afternoon snack food, water, sodas; CBI will provide coffee. R. Redmond, S. Skyburg, and L. Maestas will coordinate pick up just prior to training.

Spring Conference:

• Masestas send J. Davis cost details and he will submit Seizure Board Request.
• Awards;
  • Redmond to follow up with S. Nowlin to see if he has any nominations.
• Business;
  • Board positions, J. Davis will be resigning from WCPOA Board after the March training. C. Reese will step up to the Presidency position and nominations are needed for both VP positions.
  • No new additional business.
  • Audit, L. Maestas to coordinate with K. Springs to conduct audit.
• Gathering donations for giveaways requires all board members to reach out; T. Tobias suggested we have in hand our 501 status that will encourage

Future Training:

• Discussion about future training included planning out as far as possible allowing agencies that set their training early to include WCPOA events.
• All in agreement to host courtroom testimony as this continues to be well attended. L. Maestas contact Judge to see when his next availability, R. Redmond will coordinate with Defense attorney and DA to get a date set. GJ seems to be a good central location. C. Reese discussed 911 call in T. Harpster training board determined this had been held by WCPOA twice before.

Fall Conference:

• Board agreed to engage southern region and R. Redmond to coordinate with S. Nowlin to host in Cortez. T. Tobias suggested reaching out to 4 Corners Association to partner this event.

Other Business:

• Website, J. Cannon was unable to attend meeting email indicted he was working on web transition. R. Redmond will contact him and update board in separate email.

Next Meeting: February 1, 1400 at CBI.

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

December 1, 2015 @ 1000

Other Business:

Today’s meeting was called as a Special Meeting to discuss a group rate for agency participation. At the last regular meeting R. Redmond suggested offering a group rate to departments to try and drive more participation. The group agreed that this would be a good idea, and decided to hold a special meeting to break down what a group rate would look like. B. Turner looked through the by-laws and advised that a change would have to be made to incorporate a group rate. Right now the by-laws only incorporate active members and associate members.

The meeting was opened with B. Turner advising the board that it was written into the by-laws that a new membership is $5 application fee and $15 sign up ($20), renewals are a $5 application fee and $10 sign up ($15 yearly). B. Turner advised the only other cap in the by-laws is the $100 per person registration fee that can be charged for the conferences.

The board discussed giving a group rate to departments broken down by size, starting at $15 for initial sign up for departments 100+ and increasing in increments of $1 for every step of 25 of 25 employees (i.e. 75-99 initial sign up $16, 50-74 initial sign up $17,under 25 initial sign up $18). It was brought up that for many larger agencies the cost to sign up the entire department may not be beneficial as they would likely not be able to send all those employees to trainings and conferences throughout the year. It was stated that scheduling and rotating positions would make it hard to determine if agencies could commit to sending specific employee’s to trainings throughout the year.

It was then discussed instead of charging agencies for every sworn employee, to instead offer them a discount for a certain number of registrations. These registrations could be could be filled by which ever employee was available to attend the conferences or trainings throughout the year. It was agreed that this would be a better sell to agencies as the “spots” could be used by sworn or non-sworn people at the agency depending on what type of training was being offered.   It was discussed to offer the agencies an across the board discount rate of $15, which would be a lump sum depending on agency size, the following is the breakdown:

$450 for 30 spots offered to agencies with 100+ employees

$225 for 15 spots offered to agencies with 50-99 employees

$105 for 7 spots offered to agencies with less than 49 employees

It was discussed that once individuals from those spots signed up or attended a training or conference their individual information would be captured, and yearly renewals would be sent to them individually, if their department decided to pay for their renewal the next year it would be included in one of the “spots”.

It was decided that the annual newsletter the President puts out with renewals would be sent out with this information specifically to department heads.   It was brought up that emphasis on the training that is being offered as well as the cost savings needs to be emphasized. It was also discussed to include in the letter that the training being provided by WCPOA will help to meet the POST training requirements, as well as that WCPOA can bring specific training to individual departments.

1. Cannon brought up that POST is going to start offering free trainings as well as part of their mandate for training hours. B. Turner suggested that we contact POST and see if we could partner with them in regards to trainings. J. Davis advised Chief Camper and Sgt. Chavez sit on the State board for POST and he would communicate with them about this.
2. Skyberg will work on the President’s letter to be sent to the department heads with the new agency discount. It was agreed that regular renewals will still be sent to the current membership. B. Turner will draft the information to be presented at the Spring Conference so the by-laws can eventually reflect the change for agency rates.

The meeting was adjourned at 1130

Next Meeting:

January 21, 2016 @ 1000, will be held at the State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

November 2, 2015 @ 1015

One-Day Trainings

Firearms October 2015
This training was cancelled due to lack of registration. L. Maestas suggested scale back on the amount of rounds required for individuals to bring, may help cut the cost for individuals whose department will not supply ammunition for the training. S. Nowlin advised he felt that attendance wasn’t there because fall is a very busy time of year, possibly could see more attendance if training was hosted at a different time of year. The group suggested hosting the training in the spring for 2016. R. Redmond suggested making scholarships available for those who could not afford to purchase their own ammunition, and their departments wouldn’t supply it for them. By creating a scholarship application we as a board can determine if cost is the reason why people aren’t attending this training.

Spring 2016 Conference:

1. Turner has confirmed Chief Glen Trainer to instruct for the first day of the conference, he will provided a 6 hour training session. His main topic will be the “Killdozer Rampage”, but he also has two other major incidents to review. L. Maestas has confirmed Sgt. Cicio (St. Lucie County Sheriff, FL) and Lt. Burkard (Kissimmee Police Dept, FL) to do the break-out sessions for line-level and admin level for the second day of the conference. Once their course outlines are received they will be emailed out to the board. L. Maestas will coordinate travel arrangements for the instructors this week.

It was discussed to have the business meeting at the end of the first day’s training session since the training will not take a full 8 hrs. It was agreed upon by the board to have the meeting at the end of the training session. Lunch will be on the attendee’s own, so no catering will be needed for this conference. A draft of the conference flyer will be sent out to the board to review the schedule.

It was agreed to have the Networking/Social Hour at Blue Moon again.

The Glen Sherman Award was discussed, S. Nowlin was asked to start researching anyone that may be fitting to receive this award, and the rest of the board is encouraged to consider any candidates as well. L. Maestas will email S. Nowlin the criteria for the Glen Sherman award. S. Nowlin asked about the Lifetime Achievement Award – this has been discussed at previous board meetings but a decision was never made on revamping the award. The group agreed that this would be a great award to bring back; S. Nowlin will come up with the award parameters. B. Turner suggested that if there were any other awards that we as an association want to present S. Nowlin could set criteria for those as well as chair of the Awards Committee. S. Nowlin advised he will work on these and report back at our January meeting.

The 2^nd Vice President position will need to be filled at the upcoming Spring Conference. It was put out to the board to contact anyone they feel would be a good candidate and interested in the position. It was also suggested to put an announcement on our webpage about the position, as well as on the Facebook Group to generate interest in the position. The newsletter sent out at the beginning of the year can also have the information included.

It has not been confirmed if the Sims room at the National Guard will be available for the afternoon of the second day of the conference. B. Turner will go to the Guard and inquire about this.

Vendors – R. Redmond will coordinate with J. Davis on contacting the vendors, R. Redmond has a letter that was sent out last year that she will update to use again for the Spring Conference.   B. Turner offered to contact any vendors that were in the area locally. It was discussed to keep the vendor fee at $100 for a space.

The conference will be free to members and $50 for non-members.

Other Business:

1. Maestas reported the Secretary of State needs to be updated; the site was down on today’s date. There is a yearly renewal fee of $25 to update.
   We will need to remove L. Hood from the Awards Committee; he is now officially retired and unavailable to the association. (Although R. Redmond will be getting ahold of him to see if he can provide entertainment for the hospitality during the Spring Conference).
2. Maestas reported that James Cannon with MCSO has agreed to take over the webmaster position. It was discussed to have the president speak with Cara in person to advise her that the position is being re-assigned, and to get back the folder containing passwords/instructions/information on the website. Once the information is received everything will be changed over to Cannon.

The yearly newsletter that is sent out to all members in January was discussed. L. Maestas will send the format to S. Skyberg to put the newsletter together. The newsletter typically includes a highlight of all the trainings that were offered in 2015, the renewal notice for 2016, and information on upcoming trainings. Renewals were discussed, R. Redmond suggested offering a group rate to departments to try and drive more participation. The group agreed that this would be a good idea, and decided to hold a special meeting to break down what a group rate would look like (i.e. different rates for different sized departments, limited # of members vs. whole department etc.). B. Turner looked through the by-laws and advised that a change would have to be made to incorporate a group rate. Right now the by-laws only incorporate active members and associate members.

Facebook page, it was discussed to check with C. Kennedy to see if he was still interested in administering this page, as the Off Duty Carry Class was never announced on the site, and the Fall Conference summary was not posted either. It was agreed upon by the board that the site is a good way to get information out, and that good information is being shared, but the primary purpose for the page needs to be for the Association, and the trainings put on by the association need to be priority. It was agreed upon to also offer members of the page the renewal rate in January when the renewals come out if they would like to become members of WCPOA, as the majority of the people on the page are not current members.

Trainings for next year were discussed; the board would like to include a general schedule in the newsletter so members know what they will be getting with their membership payment.

*Social media – S. Nowlin advised he would look through past conference information, as he had attended a social media training with a great instructor, he will provide that information to the board to contact the instructor.

*Spring Conference – Date set April 19^th & 20^th, 2016

*Off Duty conceal carry – was discussed to host in spring instead of fall; S. Nowlin would be happy to host the training in Montezuma County again.

*Courtroom testimony Date set August 1^st, 2016

*Fall Conference- date, topic and location TBD

*Report writing for civilian investigators – S. Skyberg had brought up this idea at a past meeting, training for civilian employees who don’t go through an academy to learn report writing, but are still required to write reports as a job function (Human Service investigators, civilian officers etc.).

*Municipal Court Training – R. Redmond will ask their District Court Judge if he would be willing instruct this training, host in Montrose, possibly summer 2016.

The special meeting to discuss the Group Rate will be held on December 1^st @ 1000. We will meet at the State Liquor Office; R. Redmond and S. Nowlin will teleconference in.

The meeting was adjourned at 1117

Next Meeting:

January 12, 2016 @ 1000, will be held at the State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

August 11, 2015 @1500 (Guard Building)

De-Brief Courtroom Testimony Training:

153. Maestas reported 54 people registered and 48 were in attendance of those 26 evaluations were turned in. $1016 was collected in registration fees, and the training costs came to $153.02. Overall the evaluations were very positive.
     Judge Flynn set the date for next years training for August 1^st in his courtroom. There were a few suggestions for next year – from the evaluation to do a trial on a welfare fraud case. R. Redmond and B. Turner suggested starting with a welfare case and taking it through conclusion of the arrest to involve the civilian and sworn attendees. The DA suggested being able to meet with us prior to the training to outline the afternoon session. L. Maestas suggested no “report writing” section, provide affidavit to registrants ahead of time and have them come prepared to testify.
154. Skyberg suggested doing a class on report writing skills, she stated her staff could certainly use the instruction. It was suggested for S. Skyberg to plan the training for her staff and the WCPOA could find the instructor to do the training. The training will be opened up to all members as well.

One-Day Trainings

Firearms October 2015 –Date TBD
J. Davis reported he is still waiting to hear back from S. Nowlin on the dates, but the tentative date he proposed is October 27 or 28. Once S. Nowlin confirms with him he will let the board know so we can get the information out to members. Once date is confirmed a group rate will be established at a hotel in Cortez. The class will be free to members and $50 to non-members, all attending will need to bring their own ammunition. The training will be limited to 40 students.

Fall Conference Mexican Drug Cartel:

September 29-30, 2015.

The lodging is set for the conference. R. Redmond reported she will reserve the town council chambers for Sept 28-30, to allow the instructor time to set up the day before the conference starts. R. Redmond reported the Town Council chambers can hold up to 100 people. Food is allowed in the town council chambers, it was agreed upon by the board to have breakfast items available since none of the lodging provide a complimentary breakfast. Snack items for the afternoon session will be provided as well.
L. Maestas advised the registration still needed to be open on the website, J. Davis advised he would contact C. Pellowski and remind her that the registration portion was still needed to be opened.
L. Maestas reported the following instructor requests:
-4 dozen roses (for shrine)
-projector for computer and speakers
-highest possible internet connection for video presentations
-four easels for large posters
R. Redmond advised all (except for the roses) will be able to be provided at town council, she will notify the board if any more easels need to be brought. R. Redmond asked for help from the board to contact vendors for door prizes for the conference. The board volunteered C. Kennedy to re-contact some of his contacts to check for door prizes. It was discussed that due to timing if door prizes couldn’t be secured we would not have any for the conference which was okay with the board.
The cost will be free to members and $50 to non-members.

Spring 2016 Conference:

It was decided by the board to not host the 2016 conference at the Rocky Mountain Gun Club due to their lack of organization and unwillingness to provide a projected cost for the conference.

Further discussion was had on what the spring conference should consist of. The board agreed to wanting a two day conference, with the first day for admin and line level employees, and the second day a break out day – one break out for admin and one break out for line level employees.   The first day it was discussed to cover vicarious liability and negligent retention. J. Davis stated he would speak to Chief Camper about potential instructors for the session. The second day it was suggested to do a class over incident command/major incident. B. Turner stated he could contact FEMA to see if they have an instructor that could come and speak, and R. Redmond advised she could look into the Southwest Incident Management Team as well.

1. Bratt advised that the Guard building was free for use and a tour was given. The facility is very nice, and has the capacity to hold a large number of people, with multiple classrooms for break-out sessions. It was decided by the board to host the 2016 Spring Conference at the Guard building. The board discussed the dates of April 19 & 20, and B. Bratt advised he would check to see if the classrooms were available on those dates.

The board discussed having vendors at the spring conference. B. Bratt stated he would look into where the vendors could set up (suggested hallway between classrooms). R. Redmond stated she would contact Galls, Neves, Cabelas’s to see if they wanted to attend. J. Davis stated he would contact Adamsons to see if they wanted to attend.

The board agreed to keep the conference free to members and $50 for non-members.

Other Business:

Tax-Exempt Status, L. Maestas reported that the paperwork was re-completed on today’s date and sent to the State.

The meeting was adjourned at 1600

Next Meeting:

Board will communicate by email prior to the Fall Conference, date for next meeting will be determined at Fall Conference for the first week of October.

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

May 15, 2015 @1330 (DOR Liquor Enforcement)

2015 Spring Conference:

Account balance after conference costs were miscalculated. L. Maestas used the account balance after the seizure boards $6500 check was deposited ($17,957.30). Account balance before $6500 check was deposited should have been used ($11,556.01). Correct account balance after conference costs is $12,501.74 not $18,903.03.

One-Day Trainings:

Courtroom Testimony training date August 10, 2015
- Information is ready to be put on website and open training registration.
- Once information is on website a blast will be sent out to membership, as well as a posting on the associations Facebook group will be posted.

Firearms October 2015
- R. Redmond will contact Steve Nowlin to set date and venue
-J. Davis will be lead instructor; S. Nowlin will provide a firearms instructor to co-deliver the training
- Once date and venue is set registration can be posted to website/information sent to FB group/member list

Social Media 101 (NW3C)
-Due to lack of response from NW3C this training will be postponed until next year
-L. Maestas will contact C. Kennedy to see if he still has contact for social meeting instructor he attended and discussed at previous meetings.

Knife training TBD:
-Still pending

Fall Conference:

September 29-30, 2015.

Mexican Drug Cartel Two day training will be conference instruction
Conference will be hosted in Mt. Village. R. Redmond will contact lodging and secure venue/room rate.
R. Redmond will look into door prizes for conference – all door prizes secured for last Fall/Spring conference have been used up. It was decided that no vendors are necessary for the Fall Conference as it does not yield as many attendee’s as the Spring Conference. L. Hood volunteered to organize the hospitality room for the conference.

Other Business:

Tax-Exempt Status – L. Maestas reported paperwork was sent in for tax-exempt status, this process takes approximately six months.

Updates to the website were viewed. It was agreed upon that the Legislative Committee will be removed from the website, and that since the association is now a non-profit organization this position does not need to be filled. It was offered by B. Turner and L. Maestas to have legislative updates provided by the division director.

1. Turner will forward C. Pellowski photographs from the Spring Conference so she can update the website with the spring conference information. By-law information has been forwarded and will be updated by C. Pellowski.

The monthly fee for the website has been switched from prior webmaster Connie Hatch’s personal credit card to the association’s credit card. This will take $19.95 out of the associations account each month for the website.

The WCPOA Facebook group was brought up for the board to review. Everyone approved of the page and thinks it will be a great way to get information about the association out.

Discussion was revisited for awards to be given outside of the Glen Sherman award. It was discussed to give out a Challenge Coin Award Recognition to recognize officer’s actions that are worthy of recognition but might not meet the Glen Sherman requirements

Spring 2016 Conference: Rocky Mountain Gun Club in Grand Junction for venue. J. Davis advised we can use the facility for $25 a day. This venue would provide a banquet room, shooting events for both guns and bows, firearms simulator on premises for demonstrations or use. The board discussed different ideas on fun shoots to hold during the conference. It was agreed upon to meet at the venue for the next meeting to take a tour and discuss conference instruction ideas.

Next Meeting:

June 25, 2015 @ 1500 at the Rocky Mountain Gun Club (545 31 Road, Grand Junction). A tour will be taken of the venue and spring conference will be discussed.

The meeting was adjourned at 1445

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

April 17, 2015 @1330 (DOR Liquor Enforcement)

2015 Spring Conference:

Review of conference attendance and cost were discussed, thanks to the seizure board, Glen Sherman’s donation, and renewal fees collected the association came out $420 ahead after the conference.  Evaluations were great! They were certainly favorable for both sessions. There were a couple of good submissions for future trainings; Sheriff Nowlin submitted a training outline one of his deputies provides “Mexican Drug Cartels Criminal Interdiction Course”. Thank you’s will be sent out to include seizure board, Glen Sherman, and Neves. (Susan will write)

Vendor list will be produced for next conference. (Rachelle will make this list).

One-Day Trainings:

Courtroom Testimony training date August 10, 2015, Susan asked if it would be open to other DHS outside of the area, the board agreed this is valuable to any/all individuals working within the judicial systems and promotes membership. Role players are all confirmed. Cody suggested surrounding academies are contacted to support their courtroom portions of training. Jeff will contact to the Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs academies, Rachelle will contact Delta and Mancos academies.

Firearms October 2015, Steve Nowlin will provide a firearms instructor (Cortez or Montezuma County) to co-deliver the training.

Social Media 101 (NW3C) TBD: Rachelle asked to provide additional information to NW3C for specific training room, parking needs etc. Jeff provided dates that would be open for GJPD to host. Final scheduling will be determined once NW3C approves. Rachelle will bring update to next meeting.

Knife training TBD: Cody has not gotten approval from GJPD administration to deliver training off-site. While it is a POST academy course Jeff suggested getting approval for both the knife and firearms training off-site at the same time. This will be brought back to the board once approval and dates can be set.

Fall Conference:

Set for September 29-30, 2015. Aspen PD expressed desire to host, to date no follow-up confirmation received. Board discussed without confirmation from Aspen alternative location should be considered. Breckenridge was offered as a possible alternative.

Training topics included: Brian suggested Boston Bombing debrief, Jeff proposed Aurora Police Chief theatre shooting debrief. Only concerns is that the aurora theatre trial happening and the debrief was limited to LE only, Tyler reminded the board we should outline the audience for any/all instructors we bring in and they can make adjustments to their presentation if needed.   Both topics will be brought back to board with more information.

Board agreed to inquire with MCSO to see of the Mexican Drug Cartel training would be available for the fall conference. Rachelle will contact Sheriff Nowlin and trainer.

Tyler proposed human trafficking training, he will bring this back to the board.

Jeff and Tyler initiated discussion about advertising WCPOA training through other entities like Calibre Press and HIDTA both offer broader reaches for attendance.

Other Business:

Board approval was granted for the Police Memorial Fund donation of Seven hundred dollars ($700.00)

Brian will make changes to the by-laws voted on during the conference.

Law Enforcement Memorial will remain Maj. Berry Bratt with Evan Curtis and Lonnie Chavez as co-chairs.

Tyler and Cody will be the nominating committee.

Awards Chair will be Steve Nowlin with Lynn Hood as co-chair. Tyler prompted discussion for awards to include some in addition to the Sherman award, past award committees have identified other additional awards that would be great to revive.   Incidents like the recent Meeker one were brought up to recognize officer’s actions

Susan will be added to the bank account when she and Lisa can coordinate.

Discussion prompted by Cody to move toward using Facebook as an effective tool to reach additional members and increase WCPOA outreach. Board agreed this is needed to stay in line with current social media trends and reach broader membership.   Cody volunteered Lisa to work with him on developing, suggested to include New Web Master.

Discussion about filling the legislative seat was introduced by Tyler, recognizing the position has not been filled since Mark Trostel. Jeff mentioned Suzette Friedenberger who is the CPPA President already provides this to CPPA and WCPOA could recruit her to do same for us tracking legislative updates.

Spring 2016 Conference: Jeff suggested the Rocky Mountain Gun Club in Grand Junction would officer a great venue for the next spring conference. It would provide banquet room, shooting events for both guns and bows, they also have firearms simulator on premises for demonstrations or use.

Mountain Village Police Mounted Patrol Officer Holland provides law enforcement “Empty Saddle” memorial tribute for LE events.

Next Meeting:

May 13, 2015 Tuesday @ 0900 at the State Liquor Enforcement Office (632 Market Street, Suite G3).

The meeting was adjourned at 1500

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

March 23, 2015 1000

Membership Dues

1. Maestas reported 50 renewals to date

Spring Conference April 13 & 14 2015 – location Mesa County Workforce Center

To date – 24 people registered – T. Tobias advised he would send the conference information out to the troops in our district as well as surrounding. J. Davis advised he would sent the conference information out to the list of training coordinators he has.  R. Redmond advised that Montrose County will be sending a few people.

Airport pick up for Dr. Adams is 1500 on April 12^th, C. Kennedy and L. Maestas will pick her up. Hotel is Spring Hill Suites on Main Street.

- Board dinner with Dr. Adams on Sunday evening – board decided on 1800 downtown, will let Dr. Adams decide where, we will let board know that afternoon.

-B. Turner will pick up Dr. Adams for conference each morning.

-Will be taking Dr. Adams on a hike to Hiking Hanging Lake (Glenwood) on Wednesday, B. Turner, L. Maestas and possibly T. Tobias will be attending.

Seizure board request was approved ($6500) – should receive funds anyday. Breakdown of proposed costs:

• Adams cost is $5500 for a day and a half presentation,
• Adams flight was $695.40 (had to rebook)
• Adams hotel will be approximately $270
• Catering for the business meeting/lunch is approximately $650
• Breakfast items will be approximately $150.
• Approximate total $7265

Glen Sherman Award – L. Maestas spoke with Glen last week, he wants to make the conference, but will be seeing the dr this week to determine if he would be okay to travel. Glen will let L. Maestas know this week.. Glen is considering giving the association another donation.

1. Hood update on Rio Blanco Sheriff Si Woodruff as award recipient.

- L. Hood advised that he spoke with Ron Hilkey about a month ago, but has not heard anything further. L. Hood advised that Woodruff had a life long career in law enforcement, but it is unknown what his community involvement was – if any. The board agreed that Woodruff did not qualify for the Glen Sherman Lifetime Achievement Award.

-L. Hood brought up Todd Martin (CSP) as a possible award recipient, he has had a lifelong career in law enforcement (Montezuma County/State Patrol). T. Tobias will inquire on community involvement. R. Redmond will inquire with Montezuma Sheriff Steve Nowlin about his career and community involvement.

Breakfast items – L. Maestas and S. Skyberg will meet at 1830, Patterson Safeway to get breakfast items the day of conference.

Lunch – S. Skyberg advised that Qdoba will cater for $9.95 a person. At this time it is unknown an exact head count, S. Skyberg will contact Qdoba to see how much notice they need to place an order.

Vendors- R. Redmond has secured Neve’s for the conference. R. Redmond advised she contacted Cabela’s – they can’t staff a table but would like to be kept in mind for the next conference; Jerry’s was not polite when asked to have a table; Blue Star she has not heard back from, will re-contact; Turtle Tracks, will follow up with; Coaches Mother (Katie Johnson) would like to set up a table but will not be able to staff. R. Redmond will report back on any other confirmations. R. Redmond suggested setting up a table for the academy directors to be able to promote the academies to different departments. J. Davis advised the director of the Delta Academy should be contacted to see if he could bring his TI machine for students to use in between sessions/on breaks.

Business Meeting

Election
- Jeff Davis – is running, will prepare bio for business meeting.

• Maestas will prepare the ballots to bring to the business meeting.

By-laws- Designation of funds to another non-profit

• At the business meeting B. Turner will present to the floor to accept the addition into the by-laws if for any reason WCPOA ceases to exit, all remaining funds and any money associated with the association will be given to the Law Enforcement Memorial.

Audit – This is an audit year, L. Maestas will coordinate with Karen Springer (DOR Tax) and L. Hood to get the audit completed.

Bank account – C. Kennedy will need to make a motion prior to turning over the reigns to put S. Skyberg on the association bank account.

Networking/Social Hour –networking/social hour will be held at Blue Moon, confirmed.

1. Turner asked if anyone could do a media push, J. Davis will give conference information to GJPD PIO to put out to the media for coverage.

Board will meet at 0730 on the first day of the conference to get room set up.

Upcoming Trainings

One Day Training – Social Media

Update - R. Redmond has not heard back from National White Collar Crime Center

Social Media 101 (30 students) as of today’s date.

Will host at GJPD; R. Redmond will coordinate with J. Davis once dates are proposed/set

• Courtroom testimony – will be hosted in Grand Junction in August 10 (per Judge Flynn’s calendar)
• DA and Defense – L. Hood confirmed Roberta N. will be able to instruct on behalf of the defense. B. Turner will contact Trish Mahre with the Mesa County DA to arrange to prosecutors for the training.
• Venue – L. Maestas will contact City Hall to see if the auditorium is available.
• Cost (non-members) $50 non-members – free to members
• Post on website – check with C. Hatch to get this on the website
• Firearms training – would like to host in Cortez in October
  • No date set yet
  • Davis advised he would be willing to help instruct this class again, brought up the liability issues, will check with command staff to see if he gets approved to teach
  • Davis advised if a host agency could have instructors there he could co-instruct
  • Redmond advised she will reach out to Montezuma Sheriff Steve Nowlin to see if he could check on the range, and if there were instructors that would be willing to be primary.
  • Maestas advised she would contact Cortez PD as well.
• Fall Conference – will be hosted during the last week of Sept/ first week of Oct (Sept 28 thru Oct 1^st are open). Other conferences being held in that timeframe:

-RMWLE held Sept 23-25 (Blackhawk)

-CPPA held Sept 25 - 27 (Mt Crested Butte)

-Aspen PD stated they would be willing to host, L. Maestas has not heard back from them on second request for definite confirmation on hosting, will follow-up.

-Instructor / training topic - TBD

-Venue – L. Maestas will check with Limelight and Inn at Aspen for rates of rooms and conference rooms.

• Knife Training – TBD – C. Kennedy offered this as a new training for the association.
  • This training was tabled as C. Kennedy was not present to discuss

Other Business

• Webmaster – No leads on someone to take this position. L. Maestas will send out email to entire membership to see if there is interest.

The Committee Members were reviewed, updates were discussed. The committee members are as follows:

• Audit
  • Agent Karen Springer – Tax - will remain
• Law Enforcement Memorial
  • Major Barry Bratt – CSP – will remain
• Legislative – no update
  • Vacant
• Nominating
  • Tyler Tobias – CSP –T. Tobias would like to remain in this position.
  • It was discussed to ask C. Kennedy if he would also like to be on this committee to remain involved with the association after the spring conference.
• Awards/PR
  • Lynn Hood – Retired DOR –L. Hood would like to remain in this position, board agreed to ask Montezuma Sheriff if he would like to co-chair this committee.
• By Laws
  • Brian Turner – DOR/Liquor – will remain
• Web Master / History
  • Open seat

*Hospitality needs to be removed from the website – no longer a committee

1. Tobias brought a consideration for next spring that seized funds may be dwindling with the decision of the AUSA on seizure funds.
2. Tobias brought up RMIN as a possible funding source if seized funds does become a non-option.

Next Meeting

April 16^th @ 1000 – State Liquor Enforcement; debrief conference and discuss upcoming trainings.

Meeting was adjourned at 1105

Western Colorado Peace Officers – Board Meeting

January 6, 2015 1000

One Day Training – Social Media

1. Redmond advised that she has been in contact with the National White Collar Crime Center, and was advised that they are not available until June or July to train. The NWCCC will pay to send instructors and equipment to our location, so there would be no cost to the association to host the training. They host a Social Media 101 – What Law Enforcement Needs to Know one day training. This training is limited to 30 students, with 5 spots going to the host agency. R. Redmond advised it would probably be best to hold the training in Grand Junction, as it is an easier travel destination than Telluride. It was agreed by all to host this training, R. Redmond will contact NWCCC to schedule a date. S. Skyberg suggested asking if they could host the same training two days back to back to increase the number of people that could attend the training. R. Redmond will contact them and let the board know more information as she receives it. J. Davis advised that the training could be hosted at the GJPD Training Room.

Membership Dues

697. Maestas reported that the current account balance of the association is $10,697.70. The association had 135 active members in 2014, and 199 members total. L. Maestas will be sending out the renewal notices by the end of the week electronically to all the members. Per the by-laws we will be keeping dues at $15 renewal / $20 new membership. The website is updated to accept online renewals.

2015. Kennedy provided a newsletter to be included with the renewal notice. The letter was reviewed by the board, and the only additions to the newsletter will be the upcoming trainings for 2015.

Spring Conference April 13 & 14 2015 – location Mesa County Workforce Center

15. Maestas reported that the instructors for Below 100 have confirmed, and well as Dr. Sue Adams. Dr. Adams flight was booked on 01-05-15. L.Maestas and C. Kennedy will pick up Dr. Adams from the airport. L. Maestas will book a room for Dr. Adams on Horizon Drive.

The seizure board request was discussed. Dr. Adams cost is $5500 for a day and a half presentation, her flight was $663.20, hotel will be approximately $180, catering for the business meeting/lunch is approximately $650, breakfast items will be approximately $150. The board decided to request $6500 from the seizure board to help cover the cost of the conference. C. Kennedy will be in charge of putting forth the request.

Glen Sherman Award – L. Hood suggested Rio Blanco Sheriff Si Woodruff. Woodruff has been in law enforcement for over 20 years. L. Hood will write up a bio on Woodruff for the board to see if he meets all the qualifications of the award. It was asked if any of the board members could think of anyone else that would qualify for the award.

Breakfast items – will be served on both mornings, L. Maestas and S. Skyberg will pick up those items the morning of the conference.

Vendors- R. Redmond advised she has tentatively spoken with a few vendors, and will send them formal requests. We will set aside time on the first day of the conference for vendor promotion (0800-0900) and during the lunch hour on both dates. The vendors will have their own room adjoining the conference room. It was agreed upon by the board to set the vendor space fee at $100.

Networking/Social Hour – it was decided that the networking/social hour will be held at Blue Moon again.

The board decided the registration fee for the conference will be $25 for non-members, and free for members. It was agreed to lower the cost for non-members since there will not be seizure board money to help cover registration fees.

Upcoming Trainings

• Social Media – will be hosted in Grand Junction in June or July - TBA
• Courtroom testimony – will be hosted in Grand Junction in August. L. Maestas will contact Judge Flynn to see what his availability is to help with the training.
• Firearms training – will be hosted in Cortez in October – J. Davis advised he would be willing to teach this class again.
• Fall Conference – will be hosted during the last week of Sept/ first week of Oct (hunting calendar will be checked to determine date). It was discussed to host the conference in Aspen since they have requested to host a training in their town. L. Maestas will contact Aspen PD to discuss hosting the fall conference there.
• Knife Training – TBD – C. Kennedy offered this as a new training for the association.

All these trainings will be announced in C. Kennedy’s newsletter, tentatively to give members a preview of what their dues will get them.

Other Business

• IRS 501c(3) status –
  • Approved
  • Need to make an amendment to the by-laws: Provide that an organization’s assets must be dedicated to an exempt purpose within IRC 501(c)(3), either by an express provision in its governing instrument or by operation of law.

It was discussed by the board which organization to name for the change in by-laws, it was decided that the Law Enforcement Memorial will be named. B. Turner will write up the amendment to the by-laws and will present at the spring conference.

Webmaster – C. Hatch has advised that she will keep the website up through the next conference, but after that would like to step down as the webmaster. R. Redmond advised that she has a new officer that is of the younger generation (23 years old) and she would ask her if she would be interested in taking over this position. It was also discussed to present the opportunity to the membership at the spring conference.

The Committee Members were reviewed, as some the members that are listed on the web are outdated. The committee members are as follows:

• Audit
  • Agent Karen Springer – Tax - will remain
• Law Enforcement Memorial
  • Major Barry Bratt – CSP – will remain
• Legislative – no update
  • Vacant
• Nominating
  • Tyler Tobias – CSP – ask T. Tobias if he would still like to remain in this position. It was discussed to ask Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin if he would be interested in this position, along with C. Kennedy to remain involved with the association after the spring conference, and Jeff Davis if he is not nominated to the board to become active with the association.
• Awards/PR
  • Lynn Hood – Retired DOR – ask L. Hood if he would like to remain in this position
• By Laws
  • Brian Turner – DOR/Liquor – will remain
• Web Master / History
  • Connie Hatch – Retired DOR Auto Industry – stepping down, looking for replacement
• Hospitality – decided to eliminate this committee as there has been no utilization of it for several years
  • Inv Brian Dyet

Next Meeting

March 23^rd, 2015 @1000am at the State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association – Board Meeting

August 10, 2017, 1145 - Downtown GJ

Attending:                                                                  Absent:

Rachelle Redmond – President                               Collin Reese – 1^st VP

Lisa Maestas – Secretary/Treasurer                       Glen Trainor – 2^nd VP

Brian Turner – By-laws                                            Tyler Tobias – Executive Secretary

Susan Skyberg – Immediate Past President          James Cannon – Web master

Steve Nowlin - Awards

Review:

• Seizure board – Received the reimbursement of the conference
• Challenge Coins as thank you to board – will ask T. Tobias if he can attend with Captain Ozanic to present coins.

Fall Conference:

• Force Encounters Analysis
• Venue – Sheriff’s Office Training Room - Cortez, Colorado
• Hotel – Rooms were blocked until Sept 1, 2017
• Date of September 27^th - 28^th
• Only 32 class limit – after charge of $250 per student (15 registered to date)
• Instructors asked if assoc could cover hotel room – board agreed yes

Spring Conference

• Statement Analysis –Lt. Tracy Harpster (911 Call Analysis) and Dr. Sue Adams (Statement Analysis) do their combined class – B. Turner has reached out with dates – April 18^th & 19th
• Location – see if CBI training room is available (C. Reese)

Other Training Suggestions:

• LPO –B. Turner heard back, WCPOA will partner with LPO the week of March 19, 2018. Training will be held at CBI. WCPOA will provide breakfast & snacks
• Can’t Stop What you Don’t Know
  • Instructor asking for location – Discussed Donovan Pavilion in Vail, L. Maestas will contact Town and check availability.

Other Business:

• New Website – J. Cannon, R. Redmond and L. Maestas are to be trained on updating the site
  • On the current site Cody Kennedy needs to be removed, add the Glen Trainor’s title on the executive board page, Lynn Hood needs to be removed

Next Meeting:   

September 21^st @ 1000 – State Liquor Enforcement Office

Western Colorado Peace Officers Association

2021 Spring Business Meeting

May 21, 2021 @ 4:00-5:00 pm

via Zoom immediately following the 2021 Spring virtual conference

Register here at the conference link to attend the business meeting. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlceGtrz4sGNSx1YHn94yKAVJK_dbH1DCJ

AGENDA

20-21 (PRESENT) PRESIDENT’S AGENDA – Joel “BB” Burk

1. Old Business
2. Approve Minutes – Fall Business Meeting October 9. 2020

Motion to accept – L. Maestas/ Second J. Carrell

1. Treasurer’s Report – Lisa Maestas – DOR
2. Maestas reported the current account balance is $71,166.63. The annual 990-N has been filed as well as the tax exempt and non-profit status are in good standing.
3. Committee Reports
4. Audit Committee – Karen Springer – DOR

Reported by L. Maestas (see attached audit report)

2. Law Enforcement Memorial Committee – Barry Bratt – CSP

Not present – no report given

3. By Laws Committee – Brian Turner - DOR

Not present – no report given

4. Awards Committee – Rachelle Redmond – DOR

Award recipient’s were not in attendance, awards were not presented

-Glen Sherman Award – Kirby Lewis, Agent in Charge at State of Colorado, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Denver.

-Life Time Achievement Award – Rosa Perez, Agent at State of Colorado, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Montrose.

1. Nomination of Officers
2. President- Joel “BB” Burk – Motion to accept J. Carrell/ 2^nd L. Fedler
3. 1^st Vice – Josh Carrell – Motion to accept D. Covault / 2^nd N. Dishaw
4. 2^nd Vice – Luke Fedler – Motion to accept L. Maestas/ 2^nd D. Covault

• Recognition of Personnel – BB recognized the following:

1. Rachelle Redmond – Executive Secretary
2. Lisa Maestas – Secretary/Treasurer
3. Lifetime Membership Qualifiers – Brian Turner -DOR, Kirby Lewis – CBI, Tyler Tobias CSP.

21-22 (NEW) PRESIDENT AGENDA

NEW PRESIDENT’S AGENDA:

Welcoming of new and current members

1. New Business from Committee Chairs – No new business to report for any of the committee’s
2. Audit Committee – Karen Springer – DOR
3. Law Enforcement Memorial Committee – Barry Bratt - CSP
4. By Laws Committee – Brian Turner - DOR
5. Awards Committee – Rachelle Redmond DOR

1. Appointment of Officer Positions – BB re-appointed the following:
2. Rachelle Redmond – DOR-Marijuana
3. Lisa Maestas – DOR-Liquor

1. Appointment of Committee Members – BB appointed the following:
2. Audit Committee – Karen Springer – DOR-Tax
3. Law Enforcement Memorial Committee – Barry Bratt - CSP
4. By Laws Committee – Brian Turner – DOR-Liquor
5. Awards Committee – Dan Covault San Miguel County SO

• New Business

1. Resolution to keep signers on all accounts

Motion to accept – J. Carrell/ 2^nd D. Covault

1. Web Page –keep webmaster

Motion to accept – J. Carrell / 2^nd L. Maestas

1. Announce Fall Conference October 6-7, 2021

Tracy Harpster’s 911 Call Analysis class was announced to the conference, with location and further details to follow via website, email, social media.