ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AHPA CHARITIES MEETING
March 18, 2015
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT PAGE 2
MEMBERS PRESENT PAGE 2
GUESTS PAGE 2
THANK YOU NOTES/FLOWERS PAGE 3
NEW SWORN MEMBERS PAGE 3
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS PAGE 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED PAGE 3
MEMBERS WHO 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
FINANCIAL REPORT PAGE 6
LABOR REPORT PAGE 6
LEGAL REPORT PAGE 7
LEGISLATIVE PAGE 7
PUBLIC RELATIONS PAGE 8
TREASURER REPORT PAGE 8
EXECUTIVE STAFF PAGE 9
OLD BUSINESS PAGE 9
NEW BUSINESS PAGE 10
REQUEST FOR FUNDING PAGE 12
NEXT MEETING PAGE 12
THE MARCH 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & AHPA CHARITIES MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 0900 HOURS BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CHAVEZ AT
VALLEY GARDEN CENTER
1809 N 15TH AVE PHOENIX, AZ
PRESIDENT CHAVEZ BEGAN THE MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
PRESIDENT JIMMY CHAVEZ
SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT KEVIN MCNICHOLS
EXECUTIVE OFFICER PAT EAGAN
EXECUTIVE OFFICER CIVILIAN SHADENA COLTER
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ED SHARPENSTEEN (PROXY)
DISTRICT 1 DAVE STOPKE
DISTRICT 2/NORTHERN VP KEVIN MCNICHOLS (PROXY)
DISTRICT 3 KEN BAYS
DISTRICT 5/METRO CENTRAL TIM KVOCHICK
DISTRICT 7 NEAL PEDEN (PROXY)
DISTRICT 8 ANGEL RAEL
DISTRICT 9 KEVIN MCNICHOLS (PROXY)
DISTRICT 12 NATHAN TEEL
DISTRICT 13/METRO EAST DOUG JENNINGS
DISTRICT 14/METRO WEST NEAL PEDEN (PROXY)
DISTRICT 15 J.C. STANTON
HEADQUARTERS/TREASURER ROB RENNER
AVIATION MARTY FINK
CI CENTRAL II/GIITEM/ASST TREASURER ED SHARPENSTEEN
CI SOUTH JIM OIEN
RETIRED SWORN CENTRAL ZONE KEN NELSON
RETIRED SWORN NORTHERN ZONE GREGG GIRARD (PROXY)
RETIRED CIVILIAN BETTY GALLERY
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE I BETTY GALLERY (PROXY)
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE II PATTY SIMPSON
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE III GARY KELTZ
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE IV/RECORDING SECRETARY LISA CAMPOY (PROXY)
CIVILIAN SOUTHERN ZONE/ASST REC SECRETARY LISA CAMPOY
CAPITOL PD SIMON WADE
SPECIAL PROJECTS/BENEFITS
CHARITIES LIAISON/ BEVERLY FULLER
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY COLLEEN GIRARD
LABOR COUNSEL DALE NORRIS
LEGAL COUNSEL GREG ROBINSON
LOBBYIST KELSEY LUNDY
FINANCIAL ADVISOR JEFF MUNSTER
PUBLIC RELATIONS STACEY KRUEGER
INSURANCE ADVISOR ROBERT JAGUS
MEMBERS PRESENT: GUESTS:
DAN MILLON FRANK MILSTEAD
WAYDE WEBB JULIA AYALA
RAUL GARCIA JR
THANK YOU NOTES/FLOWERS: Bill Foster-flowers, Patrick, Sean and Miles Lange-Thank you
NEW SWORN MEMBERS: None
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS: Cliff E Savage #3728, Richard Goodin#7312
REJOINED RETIRED: None
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED: Dennis B McNulty #1959, William T Hill #6281, Robert C Halliday #1255, Shannin Reed-Manjarres #5345
MEMBERS WHO HAVE CANCELLED MEMBERSHIP: None
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS: George M Spangler #6798
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: None
SICK & DISTRESSED: None
DEATHS – MEMBERS/FAMILY: Emma Medina, mother of Terry Avila #1849 passed away. Bill Foster #73, retiree, passed away March 7th, 2015, Harol E “Curly” Moore #129, retiree, passed away on March 2, 2015.
DEATHS – LINE OF DUTY:
Twenty-seven police officers have died in the line of duty thus far in 2015. That’s eight more police officer deaths than this time last year. Lineof duty deaths are up 17%. Gunfire deaths are down 50% and auto related deaths are up 9%. During the past month, two K-9’s were killed in the line of duty.
Twelve have died since the last meeting.
Three were killed by gunfire.
Four were killed in vehicle collisions
Four succumbed to heart attacks
One died from a duty related illness
Four were from municipal agencies
Five were from county agencies
One was from a state agency
Two were from Federal Agencies
All twelve were male.
1) Police Officer Darryl Wallace
Clayton County Police Department, Georgia
Age: 26 Tour of Duty: 5 months
End of Watch: Sunday, March 15, 2015
Automobile Accident
2) Trooper Donald R Fredenburg
New York State Police, New York
Age: 23 Tour of Duty: 2 weeks
End of Watch: Friday, March 13th, 2015
Heart Attack
3) Police Officer Burke Rhoads
Nicholasville Police Department, Kentucky
Age: 35 Tour of Duty: 6 years
End of Watch: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Automobile accident
4) Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson
Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi
Age: 58 Tour of Duty: 3 years
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Automobile Accident
5) Deputy US Marshal Josie Wells
United States Department of Justice: US Marshals Service, US Government
Age: 27 Tour of duty: 4 years
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Gunfire
6) Police Officer Brennan Rabain
Prince George”s County Police Department, Maryland
Age: 26 Tour of Duty: 1 year
End of Watch: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Automobile Accident
7) Lieutenant C Scott Travis
Bullitt County Detention Center, Kentucky
Age: 55 Tour of duty: 11 years
End of Watch: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Heart Attack
8) Police Officer Robert Wilson, III
Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
Age: 30 Tour of duty: 8 years
End of Watch: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Gunfire
9) Police Officer Terence Avery Green
Fulton County Police Department
Age: 48 Tour of duty: 22 years
End of watch: Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Gunfire
10) Special Agent William Sheldon
United States Department of Justice: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
US Government
Age: 47 Tour of duty: 16 years
End of Watch: Monday, March 2, 2015
9/11 related illness
11) Lieutenant Richard Woods
Pell City Police Department, Alabama
Age: 48 Tour of Duty: 20 years
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Heart Attack
12) Captain Neville Stanley Kealii Colburn
Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii
Age: 43 Tour of Duty: 22 years
End of Watch: Monday, February 23, 2015
Heart Attack
13) K-9 Fritzie
Bath Police Department, West Virginia
Age: 1 Tour of Duty: unknown
End of Watch: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Drowned
14) K-9 Mako
Cleveland county Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina
Age: 9 Tour of Duty: 7 years
End of Watch: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Succumbed to injuries from another dog
CONSENT AGENDA:
a) Approval of February Meeting Minutes
A motion to approve meeting minutes was made by Ed Sharpensteen, 2nd by Jim Oien. Motion carries
b) Seat Proxies/New Board Members
A motion to seat proxies was made by Jim Oien and 2nd by Ken Nelson. Motion carries.
FINANCIAL REPORT: Jeffrey Munster
· No major changes in the portfolio from last month.
· Price of crude oil hit a new low, $42.48 a gallon. We are producing a lot of oil in this country. The demand is going up but the supply is going faster.
· Materials and metals are still the weak areas.
· We were down in January, up in February and a little down in March.
LABOR REPORT: Dale Norris
· We picked up a new investigation. One member is on administrative leave.
· In the superior court case for a dismissed employee, we are on our way to court of appeals.
· In the matter of the department failing to make disclosure within the time required by statute, we are pursuing this. The result of the case was a one day suspension but I believe it is worthwhile to pursue to make the department follow the rules.
· We had a member involved in an incident off duty. Mr. Norris wants to remind everyone that the legal defense fund is there for actions committed in the scope of their employment. If something happens off duty, the legal defense fund will not hire a lawyer for you. Dale Norris is here to take action on any disciplinary matter, whether on or off duty. Members may call Mr. Norris and he will give them advise and referrals.
· Question: Do you have any previous encounters with our new director? Mr. Norris: I have worked with him. I don’t have any knowledge of issues with him.
· Jimmy: The assistant director has directed PSU to find out what the officer did right first. The director will also keep us apprised of internal affairs situations.
LEGAL REPORT: Greg Robinson
· Last month we had a report from Dave Shroder in reference to the Golf Tournament. I hope all those participating have signed up.
· Jimmy has given me a contract to review from Talking Stick Resort for hosting the NTC in 2016. They are still negotiating the terms. The way it is now, there is a bit of a commitment and a bit of a risk.
· Long-time associate members have not had an increase in dues due to being grandfathered in when the membership went up.
LEGISLATIVE: Kelsey Lundy
· Session is moving quickly. The governor, president and speaker want to finish session at the end of this month. The budget was signed quickly. The budget is putting the state back on track.
· The DPS budget for the most part was kept whole.
· The governor and speaker were not in agreement of the registration fees but they did agree that the DPS budget would be kept whole.
· The increase in employer contribution for pensions has gone up and had not been dealt with in a few years. With this government they have funded these increases which help the department.
· HB2327, LEMSC bill: We had several meetings with the director reference this legislation. This puts back in place the LEMSC decision is the final say. The director has been very clear that he has no opinion on whether LEMSC decision is binding. The governor’s office requested if our agency could have a written policy. The director has written this policy and LEMSC decisions will be final. We will make sure we have a just cause clause in the bill.
· It is a big challenge to find people to serve on the LEMSC board. We need to work with the governor’s office in finding quality people to serve. Currently, there are two openings on the board.
· Pension reform: A pension reform committee has been put together. It is a stakeholders group. They are talking about specific proposals being moved forward. We have been pushing back to get a sense of urgency of what is needed. If we can put in place pension reform by June 30th of this year there would be a savings of $30 million. There were some presentations at the last meeting. There are staff members on the 9th floor who understand. We have been working with the league of cities and towns. Their recommendations will not be finalized until August. It is not looking like it will happen by June 30th although there could be special sessions.
· The firefighters have hired a constitutional attorney to assist with the issues of the constitution and contracts.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Stacey Dillon
· First media hit is tomorrow for the Papa Murphy’s comfort bear drive. We have multiple locations within Maricopa County, Casa Grande and several other cities. Beverly Fuller will go through the list of locations and will send out to the board of directors. The board needs to commit to pick up at these locations once a week. We will collect bears for the month of April. Tucson Papa Murphy’s are a separate franchise and they will not participate.
· Monday they aired the story about Bob Martin. It was a good piece in support of his family. The story has been passed on to Dateline and 20/20. It is also committed in going into USA Today.
· AHPA has also been helping with Ofc Tim Huffman’s line of duty death. The family is coming next week to give the victim impact statements to the court. The Huffman’s have expressed the need to work with the Yuma media and Thursday morning they will have a press conference. Their main message is distracted driving.
· The memorial invitation went to print Monday morning. Stacey is working on the brochure.
· The memorial luncheon will be at Cedar’s Banquet Hall 1702 E Northern Ave Phoenix, AZ on May 4th, 2015 at 9:00 am.
TREASURER REPORT: Rob Renner
AHPA
Operational Account $223,559.51
Merchandise Account $6,481.05
Total $230,040.56
AHPA-C
Operational Account $109,226.10
Raffle Account $160,517.26
Golf Account $27,772.18
Bass Account $6,092.69
Total $303,608.23
Merrill Lynch
Endowment Account $441,017.04
Commitment Account $45,906.33
Monument Account $7,806.49
Total $494,729.86
Total Assets $1,028,378.60
Private Donation from Jameson Jackalone $4.52
EXECUTIVE STAFF REPORTS: Colonel Milstead
· Officer was involved in a 962A last night. He is doing well.
· The director wrote a director’s order stating that I would not overturn decisions from LEMSC
· The director wants to remarket what DPS does. He wants to get the media out to know what this department does. He has asked Lt Colonel McGuffin to request the legislature to attend our district meetings so that they see what we do.
· There is a bill in the legislature right now to give $6 million to Phoenix, Mesa and other agencies for border protection.
· In reference to ARIES, yesterday we had a meeting. Everyone agrees that we need a new record management system, Aries is not the way to do it. We are going to continue to move forward. We are going to bring IT people in to look at it.
· In reference to uniforms, the Blauer is the only authorized uniform at this time.
· The physical fitness program was scrapped at this time because we don’t give employees the opportunity to get in shape, for example gym memberships, on duty fitness time, etc.
· There will be no pay raises for the agency this year. The budget is in and done. In talking to senators and representatives, they all support DPS but we have to have a balanced budget. At this time it is not the time for that. They have given us $13.1 million for pension. Our pension cost right now is 81%. It is dialog that we continue to have.
· GIITEM: there will be an inspector north and an inspector south who will look into this. We would like to build a state-wide career criminal squad. We are going to assist Cochise county Sheriff Dannels and giving him two GIITEM guys. There are no hard decisions at this time but we are asking a lot of questions.
· Our administrative support duties had gone away. It will be reestablished.
· Major Benham moved to Chief of staff.
· Thank you for your support.