September 1, 2021

Greetings Everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well as summer winds down and we transition to fall. As excited as I am that school is returning to full in-person learning and all of the fall sports are back, I can’t help but be reminded that we are still in a pandemic and we all need to make sure we are taking care of ourselves, our family, and our departments. Sadly, I just had a 52-year-old former reserve officer of mine pass from COVID, and I have three officers and staff out with the virus. The email we received from Director Granderson and the effects the virus is having on DPSST are further examples that we are not back to “normal” yet, as much as I would like to be so.

As you are aware, or will be as soon as you can read your emails from Kevin, we have needed to make a few changes to our upcoming Fall Conference scheduled for September 29 and 30. DPSST will not be able to host our conference and board meetings. We still want to have the event in-person but to offer the ability to “view” the presentations of the trainers at a later date via a video format. This will help ensure that OACP members and OSSA members are getting those valuable and required “leadership” training hours. As much as I would love to have everyone back together in-person, I know this is not totally possible or even feasible in some agencies that have travel restrictions in place.

Thank you so much to Kevin, Marie, all of the Victory Group Staff, Chief Hicks, and Chief Rash as they work diligently on all of the last-minute changes to our Fall Conference. I look forward to seeing many of you in Keizer on the 29th and 30th and still hold out optimistic hope to see even more of you at ELTS and the Annual Conference in 2022. Take care of yourselves physically and mentally as we keep moving forward.

Chief Matt Workman
OACP President

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2021 OACP/OSSA
FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

 LOCATION CHANGE:

Due to DPSST no longer being able to host this event, it was necessary to move our in-person conference to another venue. We provided more information on the conference, and the reason for the change of location in a message sent out yesterday.
Our new location will be: Dayspring Fellowship Church
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE
Keizer, OR 97303

September 29 & 30, 2021
$225 (Members) & $250 (Non-members)
(Includes lunch)

For those not able to join us in person, we will be offering the training online (prices remain the same for in-person or recorded training). Recorded sessions will be available in the days following the conference and will qualify for DPSST credit. In the registration form you will have a chance to choose which option you prefer.

 Click here for a conference schedule.

 Check out our conference website for information about our presenters and the topics they'll discuss. Click on the button below to register.  We hope to see you there!

Panel Discussion on Recruiting

 (We will be featuring each of our conference presenters in the coming weeks).

Panel Participants: Gregg Withers, OSP; Laura Armstrong, Bend PD; Kara Williams, Eugene PD; Ray Rau, Nyssa City PD; Don Ballou, Nyssa City PD; Rhonda Jaasko, McMinnville PD; Eric Hlad, Marion County S.O.

Topic: “Current Hiring Strategies for Law Enforcement Professionals”
Thinking outside the box to create innovative recruiting strategies, branding, and advertising. Agencies that are successfully competing for the next generation of police officers from the limited pool of qualified and diverse candidates share their experiences and best ideas.

The OACP congratulates Chief Tracy Wood (Gold Beach PD) on his retirement on August 25, 2021. Chief Wood served in law enforcement for 18 years. He began his career as a correctional officer at Curry County Sheriff's Office. Approximately 10 years ago he began working for Gold Beach PD, quickly promoted to sergeant, and became the Chief around 4 years ago. The OACP was told he was a great leader and always put his people first. Chief Wood has been a member of the OACP since 2014. Best wishes on a happy retirement!

Pictured: Chief Tracy Wood (right) hands over the reigns to incoming Chief Don Miller (left). Chief Miller will be the chief until the end of September when he will retire as well.

The OACP would like to welcome our "relatively" new members approved at the January 2021 Board Meeting.  Though we've not used this space in the past to welcome approved members, we think it's important to give new members from this past year a Shout Out. Please look for opportunities to say hello and connect with these new members.

Captain Nicholas Parker, Bend PD
Lieutenant Guy Knight, Seaside PD
Chief Jennifer Snook, Talent PD
Captain Don Morris, University of Oregon PD
Sergeant Stephen Lopez, Sunriver PD
Captain Jason Wade, University of Oregon PD
Chief Trevor Womack, Salem PD
Associate V.P. of Public Safety & Chief of Police Shanon Anderson, OSU
Sergeant Austin Ell, The Dalles PD
Sergeant Christopher Simonds, The Dalles PD

Lieutenant Jeffrey Hattersley, Grants Pass DPS
Public Safety Directory Tony Moore, Chemeketa Community College
Interim Training Division Director Linsay Hale, DPSST
Sergeant Jim Leake, Gladstone PD
Sergeant Jay Slezak, Lake Oswego PD
Sergeant Brad Moyle, Lake Oswego PD
Sergeant Matthew Okerman, Gladstone PD
Sergeant Russell Spino, Columbia River Inter-Tribal PD
Salem Regional Manager Michelle Cate, OLCC
Director, Security & Support Services Benjamin McNulty, UOPD

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