Letter From The President Littleton Police Citizen Academy Alumni Association Newsletter 2nd Quarter, 2012 Issue #43 Dear Members, The biggest LPCAAA news in the past quarter is the recently completed Alumni Refresher Course hosted by the Littleton Police Department. More than 50 graduates of prior Citizen s Academies, representing a span of 14 years, attended the series of four sessions highlighting the latest tools, training and technology in use by the LPD to combat crime in our community. A much anticipated part of the Refresher Course was a visit by Chief Coogan to provide details on a list of new volunteer programs sponsored by the LPD and available to the Alumni. A list of the new programs will be available on the website soon with instructions on signing up. Guest speakers during the past several meetings include Mark Bell and Fred Joseph from the Banking and Securities Commission of Colorado, and Special Agent Derek Booth from the United States Secret Service. Both programs presented captivating information and remarkable insights into their respective department s operations. Mickey Kempf, our Director of Training, has been very successful in scheduling our training segments and we can expect several exciting field trips during the warm weather months. Members are reminded that volunteer hours accumulated during the calendar year are rewarded with service pins at our annual picnic date, time and place to be determined. Hours are earned by assisting at a variety of LPD and community events, and include hours of attendance at monthly member meetings. Service milestones are recognized at 25-hours, 50-hours, 100-hours, 250-hours and beyond. Please visit our website at www.lpcaaa.org to preview the schedule of upcoming activities and events. Hope to see you at our next meeting! Joe Hanson president@lpcaaa.org www.lpcaaa.org
The Chief s Corner By Heather A. Coogan, Chief of Police Dear Alumni, The police department completed a very successful first of its kind refresher course for our Littleton Police Citizen Academy Alumni Association. The training provided offered a real- world and current glimpse into the many uses of police technology and how we use and apply it to make our jobs easier. Over the course of four weeks, we were pleased to welcome over fifty of our Alumni to join us in our new training facility to take part in presentations from personnel from our two divisions, covering a wide range of topics. The participants were able to enjoy presentations on the use of technology in accident reconstruction, criminal investigations, SWAT technology, patrol operations and property and evidence. We also introduced a new endeavor to expand our Volunteers in Policing program by offering a wide range of additional, valuable duties such as handicapped parking violations, open garage doors and puffer patrol, fingerprinting and continuing with pawn entry just to name a few. We are pleased to have volunteers, many with long standing Department ties, willing to help as we look for ways to extend our resources while still maintaining consistent levels of great service to our citizens. We expect to get it rolled out in July. Finally, I want to thank each of you, our Citizen Academy Alumni, for believing in us and sacrificing your time and unlimited energies toward making the relationship between police and citizens a strong one. Your contributions do not go unnoticed and are greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chief Coogan Chief of Police Heather A. Coogan
LPCA Refresher Course April / May, 2012
LPCAAA Elections & Nominating Committee This coming October, the Board positions for President-Elect, Treasurer, Director of Volunteer Services, and Director of Training are up for election. Candidates Needed for Upcoming Elections We are looking for some members who want become more involved. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please contact me (or President Joe Hanson) and I ll be happy to fill you in on details. Or if you know of someone you think would do a great job in one of these positions, let me know and the Nominating Committee will contact them. Please contact me by email: vicepresident@lpcaaa.org. Members Also Needed for Nominating Committee Are you interested in serving on the Nominating Committee? We need a few more stalwart members to join us. Here s a great chance to meet some newer people. There will be few meetings. Most of our work will be done by email or phone. Again let me know if you re interested. Email is the best: vicepresident@lpcaaa.org. John Thornton, Chair, Nominating Committee
Manage your LPCAAA email profile An email subscription form has been added to About Us page on the LPCAAA website. It can be used to create or change a profile. Simply enter your email address, name & format preference. Press the Subscribe button, and you will be sent a confirmation email from LPCAAA. Html has pictures & colors, while text is very basic. If your email address is already on the list, you get an error message & prompted to update your profile. For security, an email with a link to update your preferences is sent to your inbox. When you select the link from the email, you can change your email address, name, phone, and LPCA Class. Email me if you need help with this. Enjoy! Kevin Cunningham Media Director, LPCAAA media@lpcaaa.org In your email, press the Yes, subscribe me button, and you will added to the LPCAAA email list for newsletters. A confirmation message is displayed is all goes well.
LPCAAA ACTIVITIES Monthly Alumni Meetings 1st Thursday of the month Start: 7 P.M., Adjourn: 9 P.M. Location: 2255 W. Berry Community Rm. Quarterly Board Meetings 4th Thursday of the month starting each Quarter January, April, July & October Start: 7 P.M., Adjourn: 9 P.M. Location: 2255 W. Berry Community Rm. Thur Jun 7 Thu Jun 21 Thu Jul 19 Thur Aug 2 Sat Aug 18 8:00am - 4:00pm ALUMNI ACTIVITIES June 2012 Community Room Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) LPCAAA Membership Meeting SungateKidsl Tour Preregistration Required July 2012 No July Membership Meeting Arapahoe County Jail Tour Preregistration Required August 2012 Community Room LPCAAA Membership Meeting Training TBA Western Welcome Week Parade Route and Dunk Tank September 2012 President VP & President Elect Past President Treasurer Secretary Volunteer Director Media Director Registered Agent Director of Training Board of Directors Joe Hanson president@lpcaaa.org John Thornton vicepresident@lpcaaa.org Rich Krening pastpresident@lpcaaa.org Rick Hofmann treasurer@lpcaaa.org Leisa Sacry secretary@lpcaaa.org Janet Simpson volunteers@lpcaaa.org Kevin Cunningham media@lpcaaa.org Woody Laughlin agent@lpcaaa.org Mickey Kempf training@lpcaaa.org Littleton Police Department Sponsors Chief Heather Coogan hcoogan@littletongov.org Cmdr. Sean Dugan sdugan@littletongov.org Barb Andres bandres@littletongov.org Littleton Police Department 2255 W. Berry Avenue Littleton, CO 80165 Volunteer Office Phone: 303-734-8281. Thur Sep 6 Sat Sep 29 Noon Community Room LPCAAA Membership Meeting Training TBA Courtyard LPCAAA Picnic www.lpcaaa.org