June 5, 2024

As promised! Tips and tools for making your association experience a smooth one...

Retirement Resource Guide

Did you know the OACP Retired Member committee, with the help of (Ret.) Chief Les Youngbar and (Ret.) Chief Terry Wright, created a Retirement Resource Guide? If you're planning for retirement within the next five years or so, this guide will provide you with a wealth of information you'll want to check out. Included in this guide you'll find information on:

• PERS
• Social Security - Receiving benefits while working, receiving benefits early, etc.
• Medicare
• IRS Forms
• Suggested Reading List 

Simply log in to the Member's Only area of the website and scroll over Resources on the upper blue ribbon. At the bottom of the list is the Retirement Resource Guide - Homepage. Clicking on this page gives you an overview of the guide. As you'll see, there is a dropdown menu of the topics mentioned above that will allow you to go directly to the topic that most interests you. This site can be updated at any time with information provided by our members, so if you have a suggestion, feel free to let us know.

Chief Mitch Hicks Retires

The OACP congratulates Chief Mitch Hicks on his retirement from Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department on May 31, 2024. Chief Hicks has a long and distinguished career in law enforcement having began in April 1993. He has spent his entire law enforcement career with CRITFC. He has also been an integral part of the OACP joining the association in 2013 and serving on various committees since that time including the Education & Conference committee, Executive Resources committee, and Small Agency committee. The OACP wishes Chief Hicks a relaxing and fulfilling retirement. For more information about Chief Hick's career, click here.

Chief Mitch Hicks' retirement event was attended by many, including the above individuals. Pictured from left, Chief Mitch Hicks, Yakama Tribal Police Commissioner James Shike, Boardman City Police Chief Rick Stokoe, Billy Williams (former US Attorney for the District of Oregon), Umatilla Tribal Police  Chief Tim Addelman, and Nez Perce Tribal Conservation Enforcement Chief Adam Villavecencio. 

Chief Rick Stokoe, OACP VP at Large, presents the OACP retirement plaque to Chief Hicks.

After Chief Hicks' last radio call, he rode off on horseback with the guardian staff given to him as a meaningful retirement gift. 

TRAINING CORNER

Each week this summer we'll be looking back at past training and featuring a presentation that can be accessed on our training platform. Consider viewing one of the highlighted videos (or having someone at your agency do so) for additional training credit.

Trust-Building Practices within the Organization
Presented by: Dennis Dashiell

The 2022 Annual Conference included Dennis Dashiell with a presentation entitled, "Trust-Building Practices Within the Organization." “Trust” is an intuitively simple concept in many ways. But how do law enforcement and other leaders operationalize this value? This presentation explores some important variations on how people think about trust and then look at proven practices that can be used to operationalize, build and maintain trust within your organization. 

This 3-hour presentation can be found in the "F6|Leadership" package on the Training Center.

Pathway to Financial Wellness
FREE Webinar

June 6 | 9:00 - 11:00 am

Don't miss out on this great training from the Second in Command committee, presented by Travis George, Creative Planning's Practice Development Team member. Register today by clicking on the button below. We will send you a zoom link before the webinar begins at 9am.

Financial wellness has been shown to help people be more productive, use less sick leave, and improve morale. Using real-world examples, this session will teach you how the financial planning process can help identify commonly made mistakes, and then provide solutions so first responders and their families can achieve personal financial wellness. Read More

Placing an advertisement with the OACP is a great way to expand the market reach of your personnel search. Click here for more information.

City of Tillamook

Chief of Police
Salary: $92,383 – $110,256 annually
Position will remain open until filled.

Click here for more information and to apply.

OACP Executive Director Kevin Campbell was invited to attend with Senator Floyd Prozanski, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the National Conference of State Legislatures policing conference. Included at the event were legislators and law enforcement representatives from Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, North Dakota, Arkansas, Montana, and Utah.

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