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January 2014

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Association 2014 President

Chief Michael J. Hasty

Gladstone Department of Public Safety

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New Board Prepares to Serve

in 2014

Chief Michael J. Hasty of the Gladstone

Department of Public Safety officially became

the 61th President of the Missouri Police Chiefs

Association. Chief/City Administrator Frank

Tennant of the Herman Police Depart will serve as

MPCA 1st Vice President, Chief Charles “Drew”

Juden of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety

will serve as MPCA 2nd Vice President, Chief Paul

Williams of the Springfield Police Department will

serve as MPCA 3rd Vice President, Chief James

Simpson will serve the remaining one year term

as MPCA Treasurer, and Chief Dennis Corley of the

Terminal Railroad/St. Louis continues his service

as MPCA Past President.

To view the Missouri Police Chiefs 2014 Board of

Directors, please click here.

Missouri Police Chiefs

Committees & Divisions

To view Missouri Police Chiefs Committee

Descriptions and sign-up form, please click here.

To view Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable

Foundation Division Descriptions and sign-up

form, please click here.

2013 Missouri Police Chiefs

Annual Conference & Trade

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2014 MPCA & MPCCF Board

Meeting Schedule Announced

The monthly board meetings of the Missouri Police

Chiefs Association and Missouri Police Chiefs

Charitable Foundation are set by the MPCA

President. The meetings for 2014 are all on the

4th Friday of the month with the exception of

June, July, November and December. June will be

part of the LE Combined Conference, there is not

meeting in July, November is moved to the 21st

due to Thanksgiving and the December meeting is

held as part of the year end conference and

serves as the organization’s yearly business

meeting.

January 24,

2014

February

28, 2014

March 28,

2014

April 25,

2014

May 23,

2014

June 25,

2014

July (No

Meeting)

August 22,

2014

September

26, 2014

October 24,

2014

November

21, 2014

December

11, 2014

There have been questions over the years why the

meetings are held on Fridays. Historically, the

MPCA has held board meetings on Wednesdays,

Thursdays, and Fridays. Mondays and Tuesdays

have never been attempted due to demands upon

chiefs on Mondays and the use of Tuesdays to also

address the issues of Monday due to weekend LE

activity. Wednesdays and Thursdays did not get

the attendance in comparison as Fridays for the

following reasons obtained from members (non-

scientific):

1. City Staff/Director meetings.

2. Agency staff meetings.

3. City Board Meetings preparation time as

those meetings are usually held from

Monday to Thursday nights.

4. Other special meetings and board

obligations such as major case squad

meeting, civic group meetings, drug task

force meetings, ect.

5. As recent as 2013, the board agreed to

hold a Chief’s Capitol Day on a Wednesday

and the board meeting attendance was

light and the number of chiefs actually

attending the event voted upon was less

than 15 even with the MPCA seeking Just

Cause.

Fridays historically have resulted in strong

attendance based on the following non-scientific

reasons:

1. The obligations addressed from above (1-

4) are not typically scheduled on Fridays.

2. Some members travel some distance and

Fridays seem to allow for them to devote

the travel time to MPCA for board

meetings.

3. It ties into existing travel plans.

This is the trends observed over that past 13

years. The decision as to when to meet is at the

sole discretion of the President and the board. The

MCPA/MPCCF Staff will, as always, stand ready to

comply with the direction of the board.

Chief Paul Williams Appointed

to Crime Lab

Commission

Springfield Chief of Police, Paul

Williams who also has served

as MPCA’s Treasurer in 2013

and recently elected for MPCA’s

3rd Vice President has been

appointed to serve on the

Missouri Crime Lab

Commission. The purpose of

this commission is to ensure

quality management systems

within the crime laboratories in the state and

provides independent review of state or local

crime labs that receive state funding.

Furthermore, the commission also reviews

complaints of negligence or wrongdoing by crime

lab employees or contractors that would

“substantially affect the integrity of forensic

results”.

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your GI Bill Benefits for On-

the-Job Training or Apprenticeship Training?

To determine your entitlement for VA benefits, call

toll-free 888-442-4551 or click here.

Take a Survey and Help a

Student

My name is Lori Miller, and I am a graduate

student at Missouri University of Science and

Technology in Rolla, Missouri. My research area is

human-system interaction, and I’m specifically

targeting high-risk populations such as emergency

responders and the military. As a part of my

research I have assembled a survey to collect

some information from Emergency Response

personnel about the way they communicate

during a response.

The survey should only take around about 10

minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary

and all collected information is treated as

anonymous. If you could, please disperse this

online survey to any law enforcement officers,

firefighters, paramedics/EMTs, and other

emergency response personnel.

Thank you for your time and attention!

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MPCA Virtual On-Line Training

goes to Board in January

The Missouri Police Chiefs Association is working

on expanding its training services to its members

and membered agencies in 2014. The MPCA

Board is in the final stages of creating the MPCA

Virtual Training Academy which will provide over

110 hours of POST Certified Training web-based

training for $99 per user per year. More

information will be sent to the membership after

the January 24, 2014 MPCA Board Meeting.

2014 Missouri Police Chiefs

Conference Schedule &

Specialized Training

Schedule Set

Police Clerks & Communication

Conference May 13-16, 2014 (Tan-

Tar-A) Krelo Golf Event for Fallen

Officers June 22, 2014 (Tan-Tar-A)

LE Auction for Support LE

Memorial June 22, 2014 (Tan-Tar-A)

LE Combined Conference June 22-25, 2014 (Tan-

Tar-A) School Resource Officer

Conference

June 23-26, 2014 (Tan-

Tar-A) Basic School Resource Officer

Training June 22-26, 2014 (Tan-

Tar-A)

LETSAC Conference July 14-18, 2014 (Lodge of

the Four Seasons) Advanced School Resource

Officer Training July 28-31, 2014 (MPCA

Headquarters) DARE Office

Training/Certification September 7-19, 2014

(MPCA Headquarters) MPCA/MPCCF Year End

Conference December 10-12, 2014

(Capitol Plaza)

(Save the date notifications will be going out in

January with detailed agenda following.)

Members are asked to begin collecting items for

the LE Auction in June, seek teams for the Krelo

Golf Event. Your efforts are truly appreciated.

Command College Update

The 2013-2014 Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable

Foundation Command College began November 4,

2014 and will conclude May 24, 2014. The

students in this being the fourth Command

College Class are representatives of the St.

Charles Police Department, Wentzville Police

Department, Nixa Police Department, Columbia

Police Department, Springfield Police Department,

Joplin Police Department, Jefferson City Police

Department, Missouri Highway Patrol, Carthage

Police Department, Gladstone Police Department,

Liberty Police Department, O’Fallon Police

Department, Branson Police Department, and

Macon County Sheriff’s Office.

This program is designed to provide command

level training program that if a student

successfully completes will not only receive over

270 hours of POST Approved Training, a

certification of completion of command level

training, but the option to seek a masters degree

for less than $10,000. The 2014-2015 Command

College (Class 5) will begin November 3, 2014. A

detailed schedule and application will be

forthcoming.

2014 Legislative Session

Underway

The 2013 legislative session was a very successful

year for the MPCA with the passage of key law

enforcement issues such as Just Cause for Chiefs,

MoDex Funding, protecting the working

relationships with our federal counterparts, and

other law enforcement related issues.

The 2014 legislative session is shaping up to be

another year where there are several issues that

have association with or a direct effect on law

enforcement. Issues we are expecting to address

this year include: drones, court costs, change in

the criminal statutes with some consolidation and

the interdiction of a new E felony, synthetic drug

and tracking systems, challenges to the manner

law enforcement conducts photo line-up,

directives on the use and storage of DNA

evidence, attempts to expand the offenses that

record documentation is required for certain

felony confessions, penalties for the misuse of

criminal justice information, going from two plates

to one license plate in Missouri, open and closed

record issues, CCW and firearm issues, and other

related law enforcement and technology based

issues.

The MPCA will be sending a Legislative Update out

by email to all MPCA members each Friday until

the end of the session. From time to time, the

MPCA will send out a legislative alert from Director

Lineback. These alerts will not come out often,

but if they are sent please pay special attention as

Director Lineback does not send these alerts out

unless the situation calls for that level of

attention.

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