“We’ve reached the summit—thank you for climbing with us.”

Thank you to those who made the trek to Pendleton and participated in the Annual Conference. We hope the pictures below capture some of the happenings of the week. Next week's publication will focus on the Awards Banquet and highlight OACP's special award recipients, along with our newest award recognition; OACP's Chief of the Year.

Honoring OACP’s new Life Members: Chief Mark Daniel (Mt. Angel), Chief Dave Rash (Rogue River), Jorge Tro (Canby), Rick Stokoe (Boardman). Not present to receive their certificate were William Caldera (Pilot Rock) and Erik Harth (Manzanita).

The Oregon Department of Corrections Honor Guard posted colors to launch the beginning of the 2025 Conference, while Frank Hill, Umatilla Tribal Leader, looks on prior to giving the invocation.

Mark Daniel is gifted his own Toy Story water bottle during OACP’s Board Meeting.

OACP President Mark Daniel presents Ret. Chief Terry Wright an engraved compass in appreciation for his help with the conference.

Trainings were held in the Roy Raley Room - where speakers were easily able to engage with our attendees. 

FBI ASAC Stephanie Shark joined women leaders to share her career journey and lessons learned along the way. 

Michael Laidler

Foolproof: Simple Strategies to Retain Your People

Ed Monk

Critical LE Lessons-Learned from Active Shooter Attacks

Chris Littrell

The Chaos and Trauma of Policing, Recovery and Healing

Dr. David Griffin

Principled Leadership - The Charleston 9

A sincere thank you to everyone who took the time to complete speaker surveys during last week’s Annual Conference. Your feedback is incredibly valuable and will assist the Conference, Education, and Training Committee as they begin planning the upcoming Fall Leadership Conference and future events.

The OACP would like to recognize and sincerely thank Chief Don Taylor for his creativity and dedication in securing over 30 incredible raffle items from generous donors across the state - collectively valued at more than $4,200.

Thanks to his efforts, eleven exciting prize packages were created and raffled off, raising over $4,100 & adding an extra layer of excitement and energy to the conference experience.

NEW ACTIVE MEMBERS 

Deputy Superintendent Josh Brooks, OSP
Lieutenant Erik Macnab, Gladstone PD
Captain Clint Dieball, University of Oregon PD

Training Director Chris Enquist, DPSST
I enjoy hiking, backpacking, hunting, and fishing in the outdoors. Music of choice would be 1970s-early 1980s Outlaw County. If I can control the weather, nothing beats the Oregon Coast. Go-to food is simple: vending machine lunch and get back to work.

Sergeant Kyle Potter, Springfield PD
I enjoy family, sports and travel.

Captain Greg Elkins, Milwaukie PD
I have been married to my wife, Jill, since 2004. She teaches language arts at Rock Creek Middle School in Happy Valley. We have two children, Allison (20) and Bradley (17). We spend a lot of time with our kids. We love taking cruises and love vacationing anywhere warm. I am an 80's kid who loves classic rock (Best music genre).

Chief James Moore, Klamath Tribes Dept. of Public Safety
Lieutenant Tyson Haynes, Newport PD

NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Sergeant Kenny Simac, Milwaukie PD

Sergeant Sebastian Orr, Gladstone PD
I enjoy sports and physical fitness activities, often playing in Portland City League basketball teams. Whatever music fits the mood, I'm not picky. Anywhere my wife wants to go. Can't beat a slice of pizza. 

Sergeant Mengtien Lin, Hillsboro PD
Outside of work, I enjoy hanging out with my family and my dogs. I love to try different types of food and really love desserts.

Academy Operations Manager Brie Murphy, DPSST 
This will definitely surprise folks at DPSST as I would always say my favorite hobby was golf... which it was... but now, I think we are becoming a full-on Disney family... My twins are 3.5 years old, and we are headed to Disneyland for their 3rd trip.

Regional Manager Joel Lujan, OLCC
I’m an Avid cyclist since 1982 and enjoy adventure motorcycling. My music choice would be - Texas Red Dirt Country  and vacations are mountain biking in the mountains or on a beach. Texas Brisket or Tex-Mex (both home cooked) are my go-to foods.

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