Arizona Highway Patrol Association
Board of Directors
AHPA Charities Meeting
September 19, 2012
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT Page 2
AHPA STAFF PRESENT Page 2
MEMBERS PRESENT Page 3
GUESTS Page 3
THANK YOU NOTES / FLOWERS Page 3
NEW SWORN MEMBERS Page 3
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS Page 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED Page 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE CANCELLED MEMBERSHIP Page 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS Page 3
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Page 3
SICK & DISTRESSED Page 3
DEATHS – MEMBERS/FAMILY Page 3
DEATHS - LINE OF DUTY Page 3
CONSENT AGENDA Page 6
LT COL CHUNG Page 6
PACIFIC FINANCIAL DESIGNS Page 8
RING PRESENTATION Page 9
PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT Page 9
LABOR REPORT Page 9
FINANCIAL REPORT Page 10
TREASURER REPORT Page 11
EXECUTIVE BOARD Page 12
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORTS Page 12
NTC-NATIONAL TROOPER COALITION Page 13
OLD BUSINESS Page 14
NEW BUSINESS Page 14
REQUEST FOR FUNDING Page 15
NEXT MEETING Page 15
The September 2012 Board of Directors & AHPA Charities Meeting was called to order at 0900 hours by President Jimmy Chavez at the Phoenix Mountain Preserve & Conference Center located at 1431 East Dunlap, Phoenix, Arizona. President Chavez began the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
President Jimmy Chavez
Southern Vice President Kevin McNichols
Executive Officer &
Ring Coordinator(Proxy) Bob Gilbert
District One Dave Stopke
District Two & Northern
Vice President Mark Haughey
District Three Ken Bays
District Four Ed Simpson
District Seven Neal Peden proxy 1st half of meeting
Royal Mann 2nd half of meeting
District Eight Ken Chruscinski
District Eleven Bert Cheney
District Thirteen Metro East Bill Rogers
District Fifteen JC Stanton
District Sixteen & Treasurer John Smith
Headquarters Robert Renner
Aviation Marty Fink
OCI& Vice President Bob Gilbert
OCN I Ed Sharpensteen
OCN II Jim Oien
Retired Central Zone Wayne McBride
Retired Southern Zone J.R. Ham
Retired Northern Zone Brian Kolb
Civilian Central Zone I &
Civilian Executive Officer Mike Sloneker
Civilian Central Zone II(Proxy) Betty Gallery
Civilian Central Zone III(Proxy) Mike Sloneker
Civilian Southern Zone &
Recording Secretary Lisa Campoy
Civilian Northern Zone Rebecca Smith
Retired Civilian Betty Gallery
Capital Police Kevin Watt
AHPA STAFF PRESENT:
Executive Secretary Colleen Girard
Legal Counsel Greg Robinson
Public Relations Stacey Dillon
Legal Services Dale Norris
Financial Advisor Jeffrey Munster
Insurance Advisor Bob Jagus/Pat Madden
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Gregg Girard Kris Matthews
Stephen Powles George Slapcott
Greg Sanchez Andy Vasquez
Tim Chung Jim Gentner
FLOWERS / CARDS / THANK YOU LETTERS:
Flowers: None
Thank You Letters: Operation 10-90, Doug Scheck
Cards: None
Gift Basket: None
NEW SWORN MEMBERS: Frederick Vacca #7066
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS: Erin Boone #5823, Amy Lattimer #4963
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED: None
MEMBERS WHO CANCELLED AHPA MEMBERSHIP:
Sworn: Gary Phelps #4001, Philip Harding #7003
Civilian: None
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS:
Sworn: Gerald Johnson #5894
Civilian: None
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: None
SICK & DISTRESSED: None
DEATHS – MEMBERS/FAMILY:
Betty Jane Scheck, mother of Doug Scheck #3100 passed away on August 17th.
Officer James Howard #3566 passed away 9/5/12
DEATHS - LINE OF DUTY:
This year Eighty-Four Police Officers have died in the line of duty. This is forty-two deaths less than this time last year. Nineteen have died since the last meeting:
Nine were killed by gunfire.
Three succumbed to heart attacks
Two were killed during vehicle pursuits
Two were killed in automobile collisions
One was killed in an aircraft accident
One was killed by vehicular assault
One was killed in a motorcycle accident
Seven were from Municipal Agencies.
Six were from County Agencies.
Six were from State Agencies (New Mexico Motor Transport Police, Indiana Department of Corrections, West Virginia State Police, California Highway Patrol, North Carolina Highway Patrol.)
All nineteen were male
1) Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Triche
St John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Louisiana
Age 27 Years of Service – 4
End of Watch – Thursday, August 16, 2012
Gunfire
2) Deputy Sheriff Brandon Nielsen
St John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Louisiana
Age 34 Years of Service – 1 year 9 months
End of Watch – Thursday, August 16, 2012
Gunfire
3) Officer Robert A Potter
New Mexico Motor Transportation New Mexico
Age 41 Years of Service – 7
End of Watch – Thursday, August 16, 2012
Heart Attack
4) Police Officer Moses Walker
Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
Age 40 Years of Service – 19
End of Watch – Saturday, August 18, 2012
Gunfire
5) Police Officer I Adrian Morris
Prince George’s County Police Department, Maryland
Age 23 Years of Service – 2 years 6 months
End of Watch – Monday, August 20, 2012
Vehicle Pursuit
6) Correctional Officer Timothy Betts
Indiana Department of Corrections, Indiana
Age 51 Years of Service – 15
End of Watch – Sunday, August 26, 2012
Heart Attack
7) Chief of Police Herbert Proffitt (Ret)
Tompkinsville Police Department, Kentucky
Age 82 Years of Service – 55
End of Watch – Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Gunfire
8) Corporal Marshall Lee Bailey
West Virginia State Police, West Virginia
Age 42 Years of Service – 17 years 4 months
End of Watch – Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Gunfire
9) Trooper Eric M Workman
West Virginia State Police, West Virginia
Age 26 Years of Service – 1 year 8 months
End of Watch – Friday, August 31, 2012
Gunfire
10) Police Officer Forrest “Dino” Taylor
Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland
Age 44 Years of Service – 17
End of Watch – Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Automobile Accident
11) Captain Leide DeFusco
Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado
Age 43 Years of Service – 22
End of Watch – Friday, August 31, 2012
Aircraft Accident
12) Officer Kenyon Youngstrom
California Highway Patrol, California
Age 37 Years of Service – 7
End of Watch – Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Gunfire
13) Corporal Charles B Licato
Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland
Age 34 Years of Service – 14
End of Watch – Thursday, September 6, 2012
Automobile Accident
14) Trooper Bobby Gene Demuth, Jr
North Carolina Highway Patrol, North Carolina
Age 42 Years of Service – 12
End of Watch – Saturday, September 8, 2012
Vehicular Assault
15) Police Officer Bruce St Laurent
Jupiter Police Department, Florida
Age 55 Years of Service - 20
End of Watch – Sunday, September 9, 2012
Motorcycle Accident
16) Police Officer Patrick O’Rourke
West Bloomfield Police Department, Michigan
Age 39 Years of Service – 12
End of Watch – Sunday, September 9, 2012
Gunfire
17) Sergeant Ian Loughran
Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland
Age 43 Years of Service – 16
End of Watch – Thursday, September 13, 2012
Heart Attack
18) Police Officer Bradley Fox
Plymouth Township Police Department, Pennsylvania
Age 34 Years of Service – 7
End of Watch – Thursday, September 13, 2012
Gunfire
19) Police Officer Mark Allen Taulbee
Hodgenville Police Department, Kentucky
Age 43 Years of Service – 1 Year 1 Month
End of Watch – Sunday, September 16, 2012
Vehicle Pursuit
For more information on these officers, refer to www.odmp.org
[Officer Down Memorial Page]
Also noted Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was killed in a single vehicle rollover in Northern Arizona.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS HELD.
CONSENT AGENDA:
1. Seat Proxies/New Board Members
2. Motion was made by Bob Gilbert to accept consent agenda, 2nd by Jim Oien. Motion carries.
Executive Staff: Lt Col Chung
· It is an honor and privilege to be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and appointed assistance director of the criminal investigations division. I vow that it will be all about team work. In fostering team work it is about creating a work culture that values collaboration.
· As far as CID, its top priority is commitment to providing investigative and specialized response to other DPS areas.
· It is estimated that CID will have approximately $2 million in vacancy savings. CI has committed half of that money, about $1 million, to hiring lateral officers for highway patrol. It gives existing officers a chance to move into CID even though it will be six to eight months before that can happen.
· We have restructured GIITEM/IMPACT. We have reallocated some of the detectives to other areas within CID.
· We have one component, the detention transport unit. It is a complete processing facility with vehicles, supervisors, etc. Officers will now be able to take their 10-15 to the Metro Booking facility where there will be transport officers who will do the complete processing. They will also be available for special details throughout the state. With advance notice they will have transport vehicles and booking officers ready to participate for DUIs, Search Warrants or any other special details the areas may be having.
· They are also encouraging TDYs into CID. During these 90 day details it will be our job, as CID, to coach and mentor and develop professional detectives. We have developed programs that will take those participating in TDYs through a very practical course teaching crime scene management, hospital follow ups, completing search warrants and the multitude of information in intelligence databases.
· As of last week there are 156 sworn vacant positions in highway patrol, 54 CID vacant positions. There are 20 people being hired for the November academy class, 20 for March and 15 for May. There is a list of 41 lateral officers; our goal is to process about 25 laterals.
· The sergeant’s process is completed and the appeals process is over. There is a list of 36 officers that will hopefully promote to sergeant. There is one officer that still has to take his QAB since he has been on military leave. They are planning to do that QAB on October 24th. This may cause there to be a list of 37 officers.
· There is about ten critical fill sergeant vacancies in highway patrol and also ten in CID.
· We have asked existing sergeants to put their job interest cards in. That will allows us to start looking at transfers. Once that is completed, we can look at promotions. There are twenty possible promotions.
Questions:
· What are your thoughts regarding taking the top person on the list versus taking a person that has a lot of CI experience and putting him in a position that best fits the needs? From CI, we’re going to focus on internal transfers first.
· Are you hiring lateral transfers to come straight into CI? The lateral transfers from other agencies are strictly to come into highway patrol. This would free up a current hp unit to come into CI down the road.
· With the transition to narrow banding, does this cause CI to lose the encryption capability? We should still have encryption capability even with narrow banding.
· Metro Booking is now operational. This will be posted on the Intranet by next week.
· What is staff looking at in term of request for either legislative or throughout the agency to come up with a pay increase in pay for the employees? About a year ago, the director wanted to establish a compensation committee. A lot of the initial work was how to do salary surveys. Most recently we brought in the FOP and AHPA. The plan is to move forward with the 5 year plan. We will ask for $10 million to begin giving raises to both sworn and civilian.
· The top two priorities for the agency are vehicles and pay.
· Are there plans for the Captains process? We implemented the IPEM. Before, the resume process was very subjective. It really didn’t measure what we needed to measure. After several suggestions, we came up with the IPEM. It is very objective; it provides employees with a road map for their careers. It’s also used as a recruiting tool for specialized positions. At any point in an officer’s career they can go in and fill in the IPEM and it’ll tell them their score. They are working on the IPEM, finalizing it.
· Has there been any discussion at executive staff with regards to administrative process coming to an end and discipline being administered prior to the criminal investigation being completed? One thing to consider is when you have an administrative case and a criminal case there is two different levels of burden of proof. With the administrative process the burden of proof is by the preponderance of the evidence which is much different than a criminal case. That is the deciding factor. They are looked at on a case by case basis.
· What is the status of cell phone general order? That general order is 99% completed. There are some technical issues but it is almost done.
Pacific Financial Designs-Pat Madden:
· Jimmy-The agency approved the Association offering temporary health insurance to new employees. AHPA will provide a pamphlet that will be put into the new hire packets.
· Pat Madden-We had an opportunity to help out new hires while they wait for the 90 days after hire to start state insurance. A person, who is hired, prior to the 90 day wait, can opt to get this temporary insurance and then drop it if they wish once the state insurance kicks in. Cost of 90 day temporary insurance is single person-budget plan approximately $38/month, superior plan approximately $120/month, family budget plan about $124/month and superior plan about $465/month.
· If you have prior state service, you receive your health insurance from the day of re-hire, therefore you do not have to wait 90 days and this program would not apply.
· We are trying to have a new program. We will design a program that will pick up where state left off if you are a sworn or civilian person who retires prior to Medicare age. You will have a coverage but for substantially less money. Prior to Medicare, there is little, if any, state off set for cost. It is out of pocket. This is where we think we could be a big help to future retirees. Once you get to Medicare age that will be different.
· Brochure made by Stacy Dillon for new hires is very nice
· Open Enrollment for insurance is October 20th. If you are participating in the State offered additional life insurance, you have the opportunity to change to the AHPA offered additional life insurance which may be less costly. There are physical requirements for the life insurance with Pacific Financial but it is less expensive than what the state offers. Members may want to look at this about 3 weeks prior to open enrollment due to the physical requirements, to make sure you will be getting a better deal.