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Terry Williams - President
CPAA Board Members
Terry Williams - President
Wilburn Lessman - 1st Vice Pres.
Charles Robnett - 2nd Vice Pres.
Sherry White - Secretary
Maria Swenson - Treasurer
Rodney Baden - Director
Karolee Lloyd - Director
Gladys Strakos - Director
Sissy White - Director
Our Citizens Police Academy
Alumni Association
The mission of the Waco Citizen's Police Academy Alumni
Association is to support officer and community safety by promoting
educational and life preserving programs.
We will encourage and promote the concept of community
policing by giving the citizens an opportunity to better understand
the function of the Waco Police Department. Our members will be
significantly involved with our police department in the effort
to "Bridge the Gap" between the community and the police. We are
a 501C.3 nonprofit organization.
The Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
was established in December 1992. The Alumni Association consists
of members that have completed the Citizens Police Academy. The
Alumni Association is an active group that supports our police department
in all aspects.
The Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
meet once a month and meetings are held on the second Tuesday of
each month from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Waco Police Department located
at 721 N. 4th Street. We also have a special activity at every other
meeting by providing a guest speaker to continue the educational
process started by attending the Citizens Police Academy.
Below are some activities the Alumni Association have
participated in and supported:
- Hosts of the 1998 Texas Citizens Police Academy Association
Symposium
- Hosts of 2005 Texas Citizens Police Academy Alumni Convention
- Assist with the Police Memorial Run Fundraiser
- Assist SWAT officers with active training
- Assist in the Police Civil Service and Recruit testing
- Assists with Field Sobriety training for our officers
- Assist in Blue Santa Program in "Toys for Teens"
- Donate Police training equipment
- Donated uhf/vhf radio for new Mobile Hostage Negotiation/
Command Post Vehicle
- Donated M8 rifle for SWAT officer.
- Donated
- Caviler Helmets police training 12. Provide numerous special
training classes for our officers
- Provide volunteers for crowd management for July 4th Celebration
- Support for Citizens On Patrol
Check out the Event Calendar
page
for up coming meetings and events.
E-mail:
Estella Lopez, Coordinator
Terry Williams, President
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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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