Why this is not a "speed trap" town.

For those of you who are being told this is a speed trap town: There are only 11 speeding tickets as of this date for the year(the 154th day of the year). That comes out to 1 speeding ticket every 14 days (2 Weeks)...that is NOT what speed traps do.

Statistics for the year:

http://bloomfieldpd.weebly.com/statistics-and-ordinances.html

Burglaries and doing YOUR part!

As many of you know, one of our businessmen in town had a burglary in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 16th. We have evidence that we have collected and analyzed. We have interviewed and questioned dozens of people and new leads have arisen. I am confident that this case will be closed from an investigative standpoint in the very near future.

I would like to dispel a few myths by pointing out some facts:

1. There was an officer on duty and on active patrol when this incident occurred.

2. Business, Church, and School doors are still checked on a regular basis.

3. This was not a robbery. It was a burglary.

While it really doesn't make much difference to some whether it was a robbery or a burglary, I would urge them to look up the definition of both. I would rather be burglarized than robbed from the aspect of which is more traumatizing and more dangerous.

4. There is no "burglary ring" in Bloomfield. This was an incident perpetrated by one individual.

There was an individual who reported last week that his 4 wheeler was stolen off of his front yard. He stated that for 5 days he did not notice whether it was gone or not. He also stated that he left the keys in the ignition.

While we do our best to patrol the streets at night to prevent these things from happening, if people do not take an active step towards securing their own property there is little we can do to stop a theft from being committed by someone who is determined to complete the crime. All we can hope to do is clean up the mess afterward. Which, by the way, this department has a very good record of doing.

Keep in mind also that a lot (and I do mean a lot) of these types of crimes are committed statewide by juveniles. A police officer can not question a juvenile about a crime. The questioning must be done by an appointed juvenile officer. This can limit the scope of an investigation.

In the meantime, please do what you can to support your police department if nothing more by prayers. Pray for your community....and lock your vehicles and doors at night and when you are gone.

Thanks,

Chief

"Come on, this is Bloomfield!

This morning I had a lady in a local convenience store stop me to ask me a question.

She asked me if I thought our department was getting a little…”slap happy.”

I asked her what she meant and she stated that she had observed an increase in traffic stops and then she said….”Come on, this is Bloomfield.”

I would like to point out that our officers do not stop cars without any legal reason at all. That would be unethical and illegal. We also do not manufacture reasons to pull over cars. If I ever caught an officer doing this he would be fired. If a car is pulled over it is because there was a violation committed. It is our job to advise, warn, and sometimes issue citations to the people who are committing these violations.

If I see a person driving without a license plate light on at night - do I HAVE to stop them? NO. Officers try to use their discretion when stopping cars. At the same time I ask you to look at it like this: If an officer sees a car being driven with a broken license plate light (a legal requirement) and they do not stop them, the officer is not doing their job. Period! I am not recommending that my officers stop every car for a broken license plate light. I am merely pointing out that it IS there job to do so.

In response to, “Come on, this is Bloomfield,” I would like to make a few points.

1. Our job is to enforce the same state statutes as all the other municipal, county, and state agencies in Missouri are mandated by law to enforce.

2. The Bloomfield Ordinances are in essence the same as every other city in Missouri, including St. Louis and Kansas City. These are the basic ordinances that involve traffic enforcement and the keeping of the peace.

3. We take the same oath of office as every other sworn law enforcement officer in Missouri.

In response to, “Come on, this is Bloomfield,” I would like to ask the following questions to a few people:

What makes you or any other person who lives or works in this town so special that they are above being stopped for any violation? Why should we selectively enforce the law just because “This is Bloomfield?” Give me one legal and ethical reason.

While some of you may say that this is not the attitude we need in our town I would also like to point out that this is the type of attitude that is required to enforce the law fairly and firmly.

Instructors, Make your beds!

The BPD has recently attended several training sessions. I attended an OC instructor course in June.

In August, Officer Wheetley and I attended the Missouri Highway Patrol Academy and took an instructors course in radar and laser.

We stayed in their dorms. We learned that even the visiting officers have to follow some of the rules that apply to the cadets. We even had to make our beds!

Officer Wheetley is shown on the right making his bed. I had already made my bed, as you can see. As you can tell, I did a pretty good job. I just know when my wife sees this I will be making our bed every morning. Oh well!

They did feed us though and it was quite a show to watch the recruits routine in the dining hall. I got tired of hearing, "Sir, Good morning, sir!"

During WWI some of the soldiers that fought on the oversees fronts were called doughboys. There are many theories as to why they acquired this name, some of which can be traced to the mid 1800's. One of the ideas is based on some of the concoctions these men would cook up in their foxholes and bunkers. One of which, I am told, is the doughnut.

After WWI these soldiers returned home to find jobs in factories, offices, construction companies and....police departments. A good many of the veterans, especially of of Irish descent, found themselves working in the large police departments of cities like New York, Boston, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

Working the foot beat on a midnight shift can be grueling and tiresome work. They didn't have energy drinks back in those days and it was hard to stay awake sometimes. There was a simple solution to the problem of boredom mixed with fatigue.

The only thing open in the early morning hours in those days was the local bakery. The night officers would stop to enjoy some conversation with the folks that ran these places. While they were there they would enjoy a fresh doughnut and a hot cup of coffee. Think about it. Stimulating conversation, Sugar, Carbohydrates, and Caffeine! What more could be asked for?

The rest is history...

By the way....I don't eat doughnuts very often and most of my fellow officers do not either. Most officers these days are better educated about nutrition. Don't get me wrong, I still like a good cream filled one every now and then but not too often.

I refuse to buy them or eat them while in uniform.

What is a cop? Written By Preston Wood and Delivered by Jack Webb

To hear Jack Webb's delivery: http://www.geocities.com/jdcurtman/whatisacop.mp3.mp3

"It's awkward having a policeman around the house. Friends drop in, a man with a badge answers the door, the temperature drops 20 degrees.

You throw a party and that badge gets in the way. All of a sudden there isn't a straight man in the crowd. Everybody's a comedian. "Don't drink too much," somebody says, "or the man with a badge'll run you in." Or "How's it going, Dick Tracy? How many jaywalkers did you pinch today?" And then there's always the one who wants to know how many apples you stole.

All at once you lost your first name. You're a cop, a flatfoot, a bull, a dick, John Law. You're the fuzz, the heat; you're poison, you're trouble, you're bad news. They call you everything, but never a policeman.

It's not much of a life, unless you don't mind missing a Dodger game because the hotshot phone rings. Unless you like working Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, at a job that doesn't pay overtime. Oh, the pay's adequate-- if you count pennies you can put your kid through college, but you better plan on seeing Europe on your television set.

And then there's your first night on the beat. When you try to arrest a drunken prostitute in a Main St. bar and she rips your new uniform to shreds. You'll buy another one-- out of your own pocket.

And you're going to rub elbows with the elite-- pimps, addicts, thieves, bums, winos, girls who can't keep an address and men who don't care. Liars, cheats, con men-- the class of Skid Row.

And the heartbreak-- underfed kids, beaten kids, molested kids, lost kids, crying kids, homeless kids, hit-and-run kids, broken-arm kids, broken-leg kids, broken-head kids, sick kids, dying kids, dead kids. The old people nobody wants-- the reliefers, the pensioners, the ones who walk the street cold, and those who tried to keep warm and died in a $3 room with an unventilated gas heater. You'll walk your beat and try to pick up the pieces.

Do you have real adventure in your soul? You better have, because you're gonna do time in a prowl car. Oh, it's going to be a thrill a minute when you get an unknown-trouble call and hit a backyard at two in the morning, never knowing who you'll meet-- a kid with a knife, a pill-head with a gun, or two ex-cons with nothing to lose.

And you're going to have plenty of time to think. You'll draw duty in a lonely car, with nobody to talk to but your radio.

Four years in uniform and you'll have the ability, the experience and maybe the desire to be a detective. If you like to fly by the seat of your pants, this is where you belong. For every crime that's committed, you've got three million suspects to choose from. And most of the time, you'll have few facts and a lot of hunches. You'll run down leads that dead-end on you. You'll work all-night stakeouts that could last a week. You'll do leg work until you're sure you've talked to everybody in the state of California.

People who saw it happen - but really didn't. People who insist they did it - but really didn't. People who don't remember - those who try to forget. Those who tell the truth - those who lie. You'll run the files until your eyes ache.

And paperwork? Oh, you'll fill out a report when you're right, you'll fill out a report when you're wrong, you'll fill one out when you're not sure, you'll fill one out listing your leads, you'll fill one out when you have no leads, you'll fill out a report on the reports you've made! You'll write enough words in your lifetime to stock a library. You'll learn to live with doubt, anxiety, frustration. Court decisions that tend to hinder rather than help you. Dorado, Morse, Escobedo, Cahan. You'll learn to live with the District Attorney, testifying in court, defense attorneys, prosecuting attorneys, judges, juries, witnesses. And sometimes you're not going to be happy with the outcome.

But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done.

I know it, too, and I'm darn glad to be one of them."

From Episode 96 - "D.H.Q. -- Night School" (Written by Dick Morgan)

Officers Killed so far in 2009

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 33
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 10
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 11
Heart attack: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 5

By Month:
January: 10
February: 7
March: 12
April: 4

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 1
California: 6
Florida: 3
Georgia: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Minnesota: 1
Montana: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 1
Pennsylvania: 5
South Carolina: 1
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 1

Average tour: 10 years, 9 months

Average age: 38

By Gender:
Female: 0
Male: 33

If you were to ask my brother Paul...

I guess since I have some political work experience and military background, some have asked me what I think about different things that have been happening in America, so to keep it general…let me be specific.

"...whenever any one shall go about to bring them into such slavish conditions, they will always have a right to preserve what they have not a power to part with, and to rid themselves of those who invade this fundamental, sacred, and unalterable law of self-preservation,... And thus the community may be said in this respect to be always the supreme power..." - John Locke

The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The Founding Fathers of American Government, with Godly wisdom, structured the new American government to be divided into three branches; the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. This system of government was designed to keep the federal government small and to keep it from growing to powerful. If someone were to ask you which branch of government was the most powerful, what would you say? Some might say the executive, but most anything the president does can be cancelled out by the other two branches very quickly. If you said the judicial branch, keep in mind they can only strike down rulings or laws already in effect and they can only hear a limited number of cases each year. If you said the legislative branch you would be right for the legislative branch introduces and passes all legislation, and are entirely more active in that sense than the other two branches. Also, it is the Legislature which is elected more often by the citizens, therefore the other two branches are and should be subordinate.

There is a more powerful check on the American government that is written into the US Constitution that is all to often ignored. It is written into the preamble to the Constitution. It was the preamble that expressed the Founding Fathers reason and right to create a new government and it did not begin with "We who are rich" or "We who are more intelligent than the rest of the Americans", it began with WE THE PEOPLE. As the preamble to the US Constitution states, it is up to the people to establish justice and insure domestic tranquility. By this I take it that the Founding Fathers would whole heartedly expect the citizens of America to organize and act out of concern for the welfare of the American citizen when concern by our elected officials is not evident in their actions (their concern seems to always taper off after an election).

All power is given to the government by the people with trust in hopes of attaining an end, an end in which liberty and freedom is secured to the citizens. However, should that end ever be ignored and neglected or even opposed, then that trust is forfeited back into the hands of the citizens who gave it. Those citizens then decide its new placement where they think best to ensure their safety and security. Thus is a perpetual cycle in which the supreme power remains with the people and each new form of government, leaders, etc... are in danger of the people should they ever be so stupid and careless or wicked to carry on with designs against the freedom and liberty of its citizens.

The last part of the preamble establishes that WE THE PEOPLE are the ones who have ordained and established the Constitution of the United States, therefore it is WE THE PEOPLE who are supreme to the powers that it commissions.

I hope this was plain enough.

Paul Curtman

Myths & Facts

Myth: Our police officers write too many speeding tickets!

Fact: In 2008 only 7 speeding tickets were issued. There have been no speeding tickets issued

in 2009 as of yet.

Myth: The police let drunk drivers go because the local bar has given them donations in the past.

Fact: The police department has never received any donation from any business that serves alcohol as its primary source of revenue. The police department would definitely reject any such

donation.

Myth: The police department makes too many traffic stops because they are trying to be like

“Dexter!”

Fact: In 2008 the entire police department made only about 447 traffic stops. That’s a daily average of only 1.22 stops. Dexter makes 6.85 stops a day based on the AG website.

Myth: The Mayor approved the purchase of two four wheelers in 2007 for the police department, at $8,000 a piece!

Fact: No one in city government has ever purchased any four wheelers. In 2007 two four

wheelers were operated during the 100 mile yard sale but they were donated for use by two

private individuals and were operated in accordance with city ordinances.

Myth: The Mayor runs the police department with an iron fist.

Fact: By City Ordinance the Police Chief answers to the Mayor and must obey all lawful orders. The Mayor and the Chief have an agreement. The Chief doesn’t try to be the Mayor and the Mayor doesn’t try to tell the Chief how to be a police officer! A citizen recently asked the Mayor

to drop a citation and the Mayor refused.

.....ANY QUESTIONS?

Types of Police Officers:

In today's society we rely on our front line law enforcement officers to keep the peace and enforce federal, state, and municipal laws. A police officer is one who has taken on the task of protecting the community, knowing the potential dangers he could face. Officers are often forced to become part of situations that are unknown in nature and unpredictable. This task is not an easy assignment for anyone. The job is often dangerous, time consuming, and thankless.

Supervisory Officers must evaluate the front line officers on a regular basis. This evaluation can determine if an officer is suited for a particular assignment, if he is deserving of a promotion, if he is capable of handling more responsibilities, and sometimes if his employment needs to be terminated. The driving force of an evaluation is determining what the officer's career goals and motivations are. For a supervisor to understand what exactly motivates a particular officer, he must first try to understand what kind of officer his subject is. There are three types of police officers: the fool, the coward, and the hero.

The first type of officer is the “fool”. This officer often seems overly aggressive. He will arrive on the scene of a domestic dispute and be hateful and obnoxious to all parties involved. He will not try to help solve people's problems; but rather, take them to jail and let the judge sort it out. The foolish police officer is often more interested in the numbers of arrests or citations he has written, then with the quality of protection and service he is providing to his community. He will also sacrifice his training and tactical procedures for a more favorable end result. For example, he may not call for backup because he does not want to share the credit for an arrest he is about to make. Many foolish officers make traffic stops without notifying their dispatcher of their location and the type of vehicle they are stopping.

The foolish officer's major liability is that he has absolutely no fear of anything. He does not fear the consequences of rash decisions that can affect officer safety, public safety, or even his career. He loves being dramatic. The foolish officer may think that life is a movie, and that he is John Wayne.

The second type of officer is the “coward.” The cowardice officer is the farthest thing from proactive. He takes the longest amount of time to prepare for his shift and will often loiter in the station, socializing with the office staff. If another officer calls for backup, he will wait to see if others answer the call first. If a high risk call is dispatched over the radio, he will be the last to answer the call. The cowardice officer consistently volunteers for security details at local sporting events and public relations functions. In his mind, this is a safe assignment. He will also have the lowest productivity rate. The cowardice officer has made a mistake in choosing law enforcement as his career.

The other type of officer is the “hero.” Fortunately, the hero officers outnumber the fool and the cowardice officers. The heroic officer is the first to volunteer for high risk assignments. He does not do it for the glory, but for the education the experience will provide. He is often found showing other officers new techniques that he has learned or discovered. The heroic officer understands that helping another officer to enhance his skills may one day save his own life. Another attribute of the heroic is his communication skills. He prides himself on being able to “talk down” a potentially dangerous person. The heroic officer understands that safety and service is the number one priority. His job is to protect his community and his fellow officer.
The heroic officer also understands that fear is a desirable trait, as long as it does not overpower or control him. The right amount of fear can give a police officer the ability to know when to call for backup or even when to stand back and wait for a better opportunity to accomplish the objective.

Police supervisors must be able to discern between these three types of officers so that they can effectively train the fools, weed out the cowards, and reward the heroes. When these objectives are met, law enforcement agencies will be more efficient and the safety and security of our communities will be enhanced.

The Citizens Police Committee

I have asked 10 business owners / operators, and citizens to become participating members of the Bloomfield Citizens Police Committee.

If a member of the community has concerns, issues, or questions but does not feel comfortable bringing them to attention of the Chief, Mayor, or a Council member they may, if they choose to do so, bring them to the attention of the committee members. Committee members will bring these concerns, issues, or questions to the Police Chief on your behalf and you can remain anonymous, if you so desire.

Objective of the committee: To increase the quality of public relations between the members and staff of the police department and the members of the community.

Operational function of the committee: The committee shall meet every other month on the 3rd Thursday to review a prepared report and presentation given by the Chief of Police. The committee shall also bring forth any concerns, complaints, or questions to the Chief of Police and / or his staff. The Chief shall address each issue brought forth by the committee. The committee shall have no governing authority over the Police Department, as the department is ruled and governed by ways and means established by City Ordinances.

MEMBERS:
SANDY SMART
TRINA EDWARDS
DAWN KUNKLE
DWIGHT HENSLEY
MICHAEL CHARLES
JERRY ELDER
BROCK WILLIAMS
SCOTT GIBBS
KD JONES
COREY NOLES

The first meeting is set for Nov. 20th!

The web site for the committee is: http://citizenspolicecommittee.weebly.com/

It will be updated soon after the first meeting!

DWI ARRESTS FOR THE YEAR - SO FAR

AS OF 10/10/2008

ALL PERSONS ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW

Tiffany Fuchs 1/15/08 DWI 1ST

Martin Main 5/17/08 DWI 1ST / ASSAULT ON LEO

Donald J. Kimbrel 5/23/08 DWI 3RD / FELONY

Daniel Summers 7/1/08 DWI 2ND / POSS. MARJ.

Terry Mikoliza 7/23/08 DWI 1ST

Franklin Mccollom 10/7/08 DWI 2ND

We have all seen her

There has been a lot of questions, rumors, and concerns over a lady that walks our town at all hours of the day and night.  She is usually seen carrying a stick or a pipe.  

I have had people ask me a multitude of questions about her.  I have only had two complaints about her and only on one of those complaints was I able to legally do anything.  In that particular complaint she had shaken her stick at some people on school grounds.  I had permission from a principal to ban her from school property.  She was notified and to the best of our knowledge she has not set foot on school property since then.  In that case no one wished to pursue charges against her.

Rumors like to spread in this town like wildfire.  Just this Sunday morning a citizen called me at home and advised me that he had heard that she was struck by a car and killed the previous evening.  I advised him there was no truth to this.

About an hour or so ago I received a call at home that Asst. Chief Malone was roadside with her and that she was carrying a revolver.  I responded to the scene.  She was carrying on her hip a very old rusted up unloaded revolver.  Asst. Chief Malone confiscated the revolver and charged her with peace disturbance.  She was also ordered not to be carrying any sticks or any other weapons around town.  If everybody else can walk through town without fear of being assaulted then so can she.  If she is too afraid to walk through Bloomfield without a weapon of some sort then she might want to consider staying at home or walking with a friend.

If anybody has any questions or concerns about anything please feel free to call me.

A REOCURRING PROBLEM

A REOCURRING PROBLEM - DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE

 There seems to be a reocurring problem with people who have a revoked or suspended driver license thinking they can continue to break the law and drive anyway.  It is also against Missouri State Law to allow someone who does not have a valid license to operate a vehicle that you own or are in charge of. The following people have been arrested for driving without a valid license in Bloomfield in the past few weeks:

HAROLD WHITE - REVOKED - 09/02/2008

LEESHA HAWKINS - SUSPENDED (TN) - 09/05/2008

RENE LACK-TROTTER - SUSPENDED - 09/23/2008

JASON MUSGRAVE - SUSPENDED - 09/26/2008

JASON MUSGRAVE - SUSPENDED - 09/29/2008

JASON MUSGRACE - SUSPENDED - 10/03/2008

By Missouri Law the 3rd conviction of driving without a valid license is a felony!

QUESTIONS ABOUT AN INCIDENT

Regarding the following article:  http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080906/NEWS01/709069996/-1/news01

Questions have been raised about why the Bloomfield Police was not mentioned in the paper.  The fact is that the Bloomfield Police Department was not involved in the investigation.  The Bloomfield Police Department did assist the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department with the arrests, at their request.  The total time of our department's involvement was less than 15 minutes.  As far as this not being in the paper, the Bloomfield Police Department's participation in this operation was minimal at best.  My thanks to the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Task Force for doing a job well done.

City Computers

There has recently been a directive issued from our Mayor that the website TOPIX is not to be accessed by city employees on city computers. The Mayor is in charge of daily operations of the city and has full authority to issue such a directive.

Topix is a very destructive website. People get on it and make outlandish accusations against one another. It is very addicting in nature. I myself at times have gone there and read the latest gossip. On one occasion a crime was mentioned and I posted to an individual that they needed to get a hold of me, which they did. The nature of a site like Topix is, as I said, very destructive.

In compliance with the Mayor's lawful order, on 7/11/2008 I went a step further and had the computers at the Bloomfield Police Department to electronically block all users from access to Topix.

I would like to add that the computers in our office are a necessary part of day to day operations.
We log all calls for service, racial profiling, accident reports, business security checks, and all criminal reports. We also maintain a database of names and businesses. We also calculate and submit UCR reports which are mandated by the government. Monthly reports are also generated and submitted. Soon State DWI tracking reports may be submitted.

In the months to come an RFID Business security check system called "GuardScan" will be implemented. This will increase patrol productivity and accountability. Also a GPS logging system may also be utilized to study patrol routines and increase productivity. I have found ways to initiate these two programs at very little cost.

Two Arrested for Distribution

A tip Saturday morning led to the seizure of more than 12 oz. of marijuana in Bloomfield.

According to Bloomfield Chief of Police Jason Curtman, following the tip, Officer Travis Stafford observed the suspect driving his vehicle through a stop sign and pulled him over.

Following a search of the vehicle, police discovered 11-1 ounce bags of marijuana and a set of digital scales used for weighing the drugs. Police also seized two-ounces of marijuana from someone the accused had sold to only moments before.

Police arrested Michael Wayne Houston, 34 of Bloomfield, and charged him with distribution of a controlled substance. Brian Eugene Turner, 34 of Bloomfield, was also charged with distribution of a controlled substance. Both men are currently housed in Stoddard County Jail with bond set at $125,000.

Curtman said that Asst. Chief Cheryl Malone had been working on this case for quite some time when the tip came in.

Police value the marijuana at approximately $1,235, or 12 ounces between the 13 bags collected.

Curtman said he was very pleased with his department's performance and quick action. He said he also wanted to thank the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department for their work in transporting the suspects.

"Cheryl [Malone] is an outstanding investigator and has been an asset to our department," Curtman said Monday. "Stafford has only been with the department for a short time, but we're very glad to have him."

Houston and Turner will both be arraigned this week.

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

There has been some moronic concern about the cost of this operation.
Well, there was 1/4 of a gallon of gas that was burned while waiting 10 minutes for the vehicle to move and then the traffic stop itself. Stafford was working his regular shift. I came in on my day off to see the job got done and did not claim any comp time. Asst. Chief Malone worked 3 hours on the assignment.

So the total cost of the entire operation was about (give or take a few pennies) $32.46.


Well worth keeping two proactive drug dealers off the streets and away from our children.

Our New Web Site

We now have a new web site. Check it out.

http://bloomfieldpd.weebly.com

Asst. Chief Cheryl Malone...and snakes!

Cheryl told me today that she was so afraid of snakes that even when she ran over one in her car she still lifted her feet!

1998-WORKED FOR STODDARD COUNTY JUVENILE CENTER-CHILD CARE

2000-GRADUATED THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY COLLAGE WITH AA IN POLICE SCIENCE

2000-STODDARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER

2001- BOLLINGER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT-ROAD DEPUTY, EVIDENCE TECH, DETECTIVE

2005- SERGEANT FOR ORAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

2006-BOLLINGER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT –DISPATCHER AND RESERVE DEPUTY

2006-BLOOMFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT RESERVE SERGEANT

2007-APRIL -BLOOMFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT FULL TIME

2007- OCTOBER- PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF

CERTIFIED CLASS B LAW ENFORCEMENT STATE OF MISSOURI

CERTIFIED IN THE USE OF TAZER, OCAT, BATON, PPCT GROUND TRAINING, NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION.

A Great Weather Tool!

As the Chief of Police and as am amateur radio operator (KD0CIJ), one of the most useful tools I have is a freeware program called Weather Watcher Live. It is the best I have found and I have looked every where I can. The format is easy to read and use and best of all, it contains no adds. It is also spyware and addware free. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE DOWNLOAD PAGE!