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Terry Williams - President
CPAA Board Members
Welcome to the Waco Citizens Police Academy Association's web page.
I hope you find information that will be helpful to your C.P.A.
Our regular meeting time is on the second Tuesday of the month 7:00
p.m. at 4th and Waco Dr. at the Police Department. The Waco C.P.A.A.A.
is an active group that supports our police in many different ways.
Some of the activities we have participated in and supported are:
- Hosted the 1998 Texas Citizens Police Academy Association Symposium
- Help with the Police Memorial Run
- Support Police Awards Banquet
- Courtesy Patrols
- Support for Citizens On Patrol
- Donated training equipment
- Intoxication Training for our officers
- Help work the Tex.Dot booth at the County fair
- Provided for numerous special training opportunities for our
officers
- Provide volunteers for crowd management for Cruisefest 2002
- Provide volunteers for crowd management for July 4th Celebration
2002
- Donated uhf/vhf radio for new Mobile Hostage Negotiation/ Command
Post Vehicle
- Help with recruit testing
We also have had special classes to continue the educational process
started by attending the C.P.A. classes. We have a special activity
every other meeting, with a special speaker that covers a subject
in depth. We invite your questions and comments will try to respond
to your queries as quickly as possible. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Check out the Event Calendar
page
for up coming meetings and events.
E-mail: Terry Williams
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Estella Lopez - Coordinator
Crime Prevention Specialist
Welcome to the Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
(CPAAA) web site! My name is Estella Lopez and I have had the pleasure
of serving as the Department's Coordinator for the Citizens Police
Academy and as liaison with the Alumni Association since August
2007. Our Citizens Police Academy began holding classes in 1991,
and was followed shortly by the formulation of the Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association members volunteer about 4,000 hours each
year assisting the Waco Police Department with community service
programs, internal projects and still find time to hold fund raising
programs to purchase equipment and provide training to the Department
it would not otherwise receive.
The CPAAA actively assists the Police Department with a wide range
of events to include: Project Childsafe, Police Memorial Run and
Service, City's 4th of July celebration, National Night Out, Child
Safety Seat Check, Recruit Civil Service Testing, Department's Active
Shooter Training, Field Sobriety Testing for new police recruits,
and Dispatch.
They have raised funds for the purchase of 12 new Simunition helmets
and neck guards to be used during training, aVHF/UHF radio for the
Department's mobile command post van, a video camera, McGruff the
Crime Dog costume, a Rescue Randy training mannequin, pocket translators,
and an assault rifle. They also raise funds and sponsor the Department's
Police Trader Card program. The CPAAA has sponsored classes for
Department personnel on Criminal Profiling, Hostage Negotiations,
and Suicide Terrorism.
The CPAAA is registered with the national V.I.P.S. program and
serves as a "Certifying Agency" for the Presidential Volunteer Service
Award program. The Waco CPAAA was also recognized with the prestigious
national "Points Of Light" award on January 6, 2005.
The Waco CPAAA has also had the privilege of hosting the State
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Convention in 1998 and have the distinction
of being the first alumni group to host the state convention for
a second time in 2005.
We invite you to attend one of our CPA classes and join a group
of citizens who put their commitment to building a better community
into involvement and action.
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