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Texas’ Largest Police Union The Publication of the Houston Police Officers’ Union www.HPOU.org Vol. XXXX No. 4 April 2014 The President’s Message Manpower, Manpower, Manpower! Ray Hunt In last month’s article regarding manpower, two issues got the attention of veteran officers at HPD. I was first asked where I had gotten the number that we are at least 1,500 officers understaffed.

That number came from a September 2009 editorial written by then-Police Chief Harold Hurtt. HPOU night at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo saw two young men catch the HPOU-sponsored calf in the Calf Scramble on the last Friday night of the three-week My personal estimation is much higher simply based on comparable show. No. 16 scrambler is Taylor Field of Hillsboro, who is depicted with HPD Calf cities, calls-for-service load and the number of cases with leads that our Scramble Posse member Chase Cormier, Field’s ag teacher Laura George, HPOU President Ray Hunt, 2nd Vice President Joe Gamaldi and 1st Vice President Doug investigators are unable to work. Griffith. LIVESTOCK SHOW PHOTO That same article in 2009 showed that Washington, DC, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City have an average of 4.6 See more on the officers-per-1,000 population. Former Chief Hurtt went on to explain Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo that for Houston to reach a staffing level of 4.6 officers-per-1,000, we on page 16A-17A would need 5,000 more officers than we had in 2009. We have had no measurable net gain in the last 10 years.

NON-PROFIT ORG. Houston Police Officers’ Union U.S. Postage The second statement in last month’s article that a veteran officer 1600 State Street PAID advised me was “very telling” was that the current academy class of 30 Houston, Texas 77007 Houston, Texas Permit No. 7227 (now 29) would not even keep up with the number retiring during that academy class. Several reasons have been cited for the small number, but I believe pay, lack of DROP and retirement at 55 are keys.

A $5,000 hiring bonus is in the works and should increase the numbers for the next class.

However, simply staying around the attrition level is not ever going to increase staffing at the Houston Police Department. It’s time for our city leaders to listen to the alarms. ‘Blue Outs’ Non-profit Statement: Badge & Gun is published monthly at no subscription charge. Send Correspondence and Address Changes (include mailing label) Many of you have probably read or heard City Council speaking of To: BADGE & GUN 1600 State Street Houston, TX 77007. Telephone: 713-237-0282. HFD’s “Brown Outs” in the City of Houston. Continues on Page 4

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 1 4/2/14 11:17 PM HPOU Board of Directors Executive Board

Ray Hunt Doug Griffith Joseph Gamaldi Will Reiser President 1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President Secretary (281) 701-5428 (713) 501-4991 (832) 283-9492 (281) 923-1626 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Board Members

J.G. Garza Gary Hicks Jeff Wagner Robert Breiding David Riggs Terry Wolfe Don Egdorf Bubba Caldwell Director 1 Director 2 Director 3 Director 4 Director 5 Director 6 Director 7 Director 8 (832) 875-1377 (832) 368-6283 (832) 512-8732 (713) 854-6391 (281) 387-8935 (832) 341-0165 (713) 240-6033 (281) 924-4498 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Joseph Castaneda Rebecca Dallas Rosalinda Ybanez Timothy Whitaker Luis Menedez-Sierra Robert Sandoval Stephen Augustine Tom Hayes Director 9 Director 10 Director 11 Director 12 Director 13 Director 14 Director 15 Director 16 (281) 795-5051 (832) 419-9589 (832) 293-1495 (832) 606-9502 (832) 513-5110 (281) 924-6369 (832) 677-0137 (281) 924-3015 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Bill Booth Terry Seagler John Yencha Colton Pervil Director 17 Director 18 Director 19 Director 20 (281) 924-3016 (832) 494-8244 (832) 731-9361 (832) 291-9004 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Mark Clark Executive Director Tim Butler Joslyn Johnson Randy Upton Cole Lester Dana Hitzman (832) 200-3434 Treasurer Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms Assistant Secretary 2nd Assistant Secretary [email protected] (713) 204-4372 (832) 642-9899 (281) 352-6236 (281) 924-3003 (832) 731-7501 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 2 4/2/14 11:17 PM Editorial Page BADGE& GUN HPOU PAC’s Endorsement Voice of the Houston Police Officers’ Union Published monthly at no subscription charge in May 27 Runoff by the: THE HPOU PAC COMMITTEE HAS ISSUED A LIST of its endorsements in the May 27 runoff election. The PAC found that these runoff candidates can best represent the Union’s interests in state Houston Police Officers’ Union politics and at the Courthouse. 1600 State Street, Houston, TX 77007 Ph: 832-200-3400 • Toll free: 1-800-846-1167 Fax: 832-200-3470 Early voting in the runoff begins May 17 and lasts through May 23, four days before the actual runoff E-mail: [email protected] election. The PAC endorsements: Website address: www.HPOU.org

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 3 4/2/14 11:17 PM Continues from Pay Page 1 Everyone wants their neighborhood protected and wants an officer to These refer to times when trucks or ambulances have to be taken out of show up quickly when called, but no one seems to be willing to do what service because of staffing levels due to vacation, sick or emergency time it takes to make that happen. taken by our firefighters. We must increase the number of police officers in Houston in order to Many of our leaders were hitting the panic button when they heard keep this city AND our officers safe. One cannot want more services these were taking place. They moved quickly to find funding to prevent from the City of Houston and be unwilling to increase taxes or have a this from happening. public safety fee to pay for the services.

While I applaud their efforts to keep this city safe, I feel it’s time to alert It’s past time to act! them of the “Blue Outs” at the Houston Police Department that have been taking place for at least the last 50 years.

We have a minimum staffing level at HPD, but drastic measures are not taken when we fall below that level. As a patrol officer for 18 years, I found that every night we had patrol cars sitting empty for entire shifts due to vacations, sick officers or family emergencies resulting in an officer taking off at the last minute.

These “Blue Outs” simply mean those in the beat or other beats just work harder and run more calls to cover those slots, some officers running very serious calls with one person.

We do not bring in persons for overtime to make sure all vehicles are on the streets or that each beat has multiple officers. That would blow our budget every year, just as the fire department has seen.

While I would welcome a policy at HPD that required the department to make sure all slots were filled each day, evening, and night, we would never stay in budget.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 6 4/2/14 11:17 PM Sgt. Catherine Richards Selected Investigator of the Month The Union honored Sgt. Catherine Richards Richards and Westside TACT worked well into as the Investigator of the Month in the March the night of Jan. 6 to make these arrests. The general membership meeting. next day she and another officer interviewed both suspects and obtained full confessions Sgt. Tony Mora of the Robbery Division from both men. described Richards’ actions on Jan. 6 as they led to a successful outcome of a high-priority case. “From each suspect, based on their confessions, items located in the stolen vehicles the suspects “An aggravated robbery and sexual assault of were stopped in and information developed by a 54-year-old female jogger in Terry Hershey Sgt. Richards, both suspects were charged with Park had occurred the previous Friday,” multiple aggravated robberies and one count of Mora explained. aggravated sexual assault,” Mora said.

“Sgt. Richards requested that that case be He went on to point out that “while assigned to her an immediately went to work greatly assisted by the members of the Westside searching the various available data bases at Tactical Unit and Senior Officer Roscoe, it was her disposal in an attempt to develop leads in Sgt. Richards who guided and orchestrated thise case. this investigation and the bringing together of department assests to bring about the arrest of “She also conducted a detailed follow-up both suspects. interviewing of the complainant which grated aided her investigation. Using her “Sgt. Richards’ unassuming demeanor does experience and diligence in researching and nothing to hide her dogged pursuit of justice developing leads, Sgt. Richards was able to on behalf of the citizens of Houston. Sgt. develop possible suspects.” Richards is an inspiration and an example to information Richards developed to locate and all of her co-workers and I am honored to serve She also enlisted the assistance of the Westside apprehend the suspects, who were found in a with her,” Mora said. Divisional TACT unit. The unit used stolen vehicle. Mike Rodriguez Named Patrol Officer of the Month North Patrol Officer Mike Rodriguez was waistband, put his right hand on the pistol and named the latest HPOU Patrol Officer of began walking directly at the officer’s vehicle. the Month in the March general membership meeting. “The officer began backing up his vehicle but was concerned that he was backing blindly HPOU 2nd Vice President Joe Gamaldi since he did not want to take his attention away presented the honor to Rodriguez and gave an from the suspect and his gun. As the suspect account of his excellent work. The officer was tightened his grip on the gun, making the off-duty at the time of the definitive incident. officer believe he was about to draw the weapon and shoot, the officer shot two times “The off-duty officer was headed home from out of his driver’s side window. a restaurant and was passing by a convenience store. He observed two Hispanic males who “As the suspect began running parallel to appeared to be waiting to rob another Hispanic the officer’s vehicle, the officer shot two or male who had just exited the store. three more times. The suspect then continued running and disappeared around a corner. “The officer made a u-turn and by the time he made it back to their location, the two males were “The officer then went back to check on already attacking the victim. One of the suspects the victim. The suspect was found a short threw the victim to the street and it appeared distance away with two gunshot wounds and to the officer that the victim hit his head on the was DOA.” pavement and was no longer moving.” He then observed that one of the suspects had a gun. Gamaldi also revealed an interesting side note: Gamaldi said the officer drove his truck against Rodriguez was IOD, having had recent surgery traffic and pulled his front wheels on the curb, “The officer identified himself as a police on a torn biceps muscle. blocking traffic to prevent another vehicle from officer to the suspects and the second suspect running over the victim. He began yelling at ran away,” Gamaldi explained. “However, the “Officer Rodriguez actually shot the suspect the suspects to get away from him and to leave. first suspect who had placed the pistol in his center mass using his weak hand.” Page 7A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 8 4/2/14 11:17 PM Legal Department Victories Armed Suspect DOA at Scene The suspects ran north through an open field, officer re-holstered his weapon and followed, REPRESENTATION so the officer left the roadway and pursued the continuing to tell the suspect to stop and come By Chad T. Hoffman, Staff Legal Counsel suspects through the field in his vehicle. As with him as the suspect walked west on Dallas About 9 p.m. on Feb. 16 an off-duty officer was the officer pursued, one of the suspects fired near a construction site. The suspect then headed home from a restaurant and was passing a weapon back at him. The officer stopped picked up a 4X4 piece of wood and walked by a convenience store in the 700 block of West his vehicle and exited to use the engine block toward the officer. Gulf Bank. He observed two Hispanic males as cover. who appeared to be waiting to rob another The officer again drew his weapon and backed Hispanic male who had just exited the store. The suspects continued to run so the officer away from the suspect, telling him to put the continued his pursuit on foot west in the 3500 wood down. The suspect then swung the wood The officer made a u-turn and by the time he block of Areba. As the suspects ran through at the officer’s head and the officer fired two made it back to their location, the two males were the front yard of a residence, one of them times at the suspect, striking him one time in already attacking the victim. One of the suspects turned back toward the officer, swinging his the arm. threw the victim to the street and it appeared arm backward too. to the officer that the victim hit his head on the As the suspect walked away, an HCSO deputy pavement and was no longer moving. Fearing that the suspect was about to shoot at pulled up and drew down on the plainclothes him again, the officer fired two rounds from officer after hearing the shots. The officer The officer drove his truck against traffic the street. The suspects continued running identified himself as HPD and the deputy and pulled his front wheels on the curb, west and north through a vacant lot next to the then made contact with the suspect and had blocking traffic to prevent another vehicle from residence. When they reached a back fence, two him lie on the ground until other HPD running over the victim. He began yelling at of the suspects jumped the fence as the third officers arrived. the suspects to get away from him and to leave. suspect posted up to provide cover for them. He then observed that one of the suspects had a gun. When the officer observed the suspect posting up in a shooting stance, he fired his weapon The officer identified himself as a police two more times at the suspect. The third officer to the suspects and the second suspect suspect then also jumped the fence and fled ran away. However, the first suspect who had on foot. The suspect’s weapon and money placed the pistol in his waistband put his right was found on the other side of the fence. All hand on the pistol and began walking directly three of the suspects were eventually captured at the officer’s vehicle. with the assistance of K-9 units. None of the suspects were hit by the rounds, but all three The officer began backing up his vehicle but received bite wounds from the K-9. was concerned that he was backing blindly since he did not want to take his attention away Officer Shoots from the suspect and his gun. As the suspect Threatening Suspect tightened his grip on the gun, making the REPRESENTATION officer believe he was about to draw the By Chad T. Hoffman, Staff Legal Counsel weapon and shoot, the officer shot two times An officer, who is assigned to B & T, had out of his driver’s side window. walked to the Starbucks to get a cup of coffee at about 9 a.m. on Feb. 27 in the 900 block of As the suspect began running parallel to Dallas. While in line, he peripherally observed the officer’s vehicle, the officer shot two or a black male walk into the store, pick up an three more times. The suspect then continued item from a shelf and thought he saw the male running and disappeared around a corner. The place the item back on the shelf before walking officer then went back to check on the victim. out the door.

The suspect was found a short distance away Another patron in the store then told the with two gunshot wounds and was DOA. On barista that the male stole something. The a side note, the officer was IOD, having had officer then followed the suspect and stopped recent surgery on a torn biceps muscle. The him on the sidewalk. Although the officer had officer actually shot the suspect center mass his police ID around his neck, he identified using his weak hand. himself as HPD and told the suspect to come with him back to the store. K-9s Help Apprehend Armed Suspects The suspect responded with, “f--- you” REPRESENTATION and grabbed for the officer’s badge while By Chad T. Hoffman, Staff Legal Counsel stating, “where did you get the fake badge?” The The officer responded to a robbery call at suspect then took a swing at the officer, so the the Dollar General store at Little York and officer backed away and drew his weapon. TC Jester about 8 p.m. on Feb. 14. Shortly after arriving, he observed three suspects with The suspect proceeded to walk onto Main hoodies exiting the store. Street and began walking north. The Page 9A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 10 4/2/14 11:17 PM HPOU Supporting Undies for Everyone By TOM KENNEDY The effort began in 2008 when a social worker The rabbi told the Chronicle that “even though The HPOU has donated $2,000 to a unique told Rabbi Weiss, “What these kids really need we’re growing, we still can’t serve everyone. non-profit organization known as Undies for is underwear.” So the question is, how many pairs to give Everyone, which is dedicated to supplying new each child? underwear to underprivileged Houston area “You don’t hear about underwear being given,” school children. Weiss said, “It’s the basic idea of dignity and “We go for breadth instead of depth. Each self-esteem. A child is embarrassed if they are child gets two pairs. Our goal is to give each not clean or don’t have clean underwear and child five pairs of undies and socks, but for are teased.” now, it’s wear one, wash one.”

She said businesses and institutions favorably responded to Undies for Everyone in much the same manner as they did for the various drives to provide backpacks and school supplies.

In 2012 the organization donated 10,000 pair to area school children. Last year the number grew to 35,000 pair.

Weiss, who also is a member of Houston’s Independent Police Oversight Board, said the effort extends well beyond the Houston city limits. A Houston Chronicle story detailed the distribution of 3,000 pairs to Fort Bend County Independent School District.

By press time the Union had scheduled an The drive began in 2008 as a modest campaign April 7 news conference to formally announce to supply disadvantaged children with new the contribution alongside the organization’s undies before the start of the each school year. founder and executive director, Rabbi Amy Weiss.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 12 4/2/14 11:17 PM Good News! The Names Holmes and Weiss to be Added to Memorial By DON EGDORF these cases from retired Homicide Lt. Nelson Zoch, author of Fallen Last year as we were preparing to head to Washington, D.C. for Police Heroes of the Bayou City, and the cases were sent to Chief McClelland Week, I decided to look up the location on the National Police Officers for review. Memorial of all 112 Houston Police Officers that have died in the line of duty. Once signed off by the chief, the packets were sent to the Names Committee for review. On Feb. 11 the Names Committee approved adding Officer Dennis Holmes’ name to the Memorial and a short time later we learned that Officer William Weiss also was approved.

We are still waiting to hear about Officer Whitlock’s case. He had reported to work early and was shot while at the pistol range 15 minutes prior to his shift actually starting, which raises the question as to whether or not it is a line of duty case.

The best part of all of this came when I was able to call Dennis Holmes’ wife, Kym, and let her know the good news. Kym and her daughters, Kristen and Ashley, along with many other family members will be mak- ing the trip to Washington this May for Police Week. It comes 13 years too late, but I am proud that we are finally able to give the Holmes family members the recognition that they deserve.

Kym Holmes sent the following letter, which the Badge & Gun prints in full here.

A letter from Kym Holmes: The plan was to place a special HPD patch under each name to simply show that their sacrifices were not forgotten and never will be. Much In the last 13 years the girls and I have had our share of ups and downs, to my surprise there were three names that I was not able to find when but life in general seems to be OK. Recently we traveled back to New searching the memorial’s website. York as Mr. Holmes passed away in June. He had been sick for so many years due to his heart problems. They were: Officer William Weiss E.O.W.07-30-1901 Hopefully we will be able to go again this July. Kristen is now 27 years old and works as an educator for Humble ISD and has been there for Officer Paul Whitlock E.O.W. 04-22-1928 the last five years. She goes to college part-time and will be applying for Officer Dennis Holmes E.O.W. 01-10-2001 the physical therapy assistant program this fall. She can’t wait as she is so tired of the job she has now. I sent an email to the National Memorial Board’s Names Committee to find out why these names were not listed. The response that I received After she completes the program she would like to work in some hospital a few days later was certainly not what I had expected. with critical care patients. If she doesn’t get into the physical therapy assistant program, she will be putting in for the surgical tech program. I was told that the Memorial had no record of Officers Weiss or Whitlock ever having been submitted for placement on the wall. Along with that Kristen has a good head on her shoulders and is determined to be response was an attachment with numerous newspaper articles from successful in life. After PT school, her dream is to one day get married 1901 regarding the death of Officer Weiss that the Names Committee and have three children. I am so very proud of Kristen. She has come a had been able to locate, and instructions on how to nominate him to be long way since her father died. included on the wall this year. Ashley is now 23 years old and is a full-time student at Lone Star The response for Officer Dennis Holmes was a different story altogether. College. When she graduated in 2009, she moved to College Station for two years. While there she attended Blinn College and lived on her own I was told that HPD had informed the National Memorial that his was with some help from Mom. She grew up a lot and learned to take care not a line of duty death and because of that, he was never considered for of problems that came her way. Now she’s been back here in Kingwood placement on the wall. for the last two years and tells me she’s so tired of going to school and just wants to work 8 to 5 (don’t we all). I was a cadet in the Academy when Dennis Holmes died and although I never knew him, it is something I have always remembered. I checked Ashley will also be applying for the physical therapy assistant program and confirmed that his death was a line of duty death. this fall. The girls have taken several classes together at Lone Star, which was nice. If the PT program doesn’t work out for her, she wants to try Something needed to be done to fix this. as a medical assistant. Living on her own has been good for her and helped her to realize what she wants out of life. As her sister, Ashley one After gathering as much information as I could on all three cases, I day wishes to get married, but hasn’t said if she wants children. I am so spoke to Officer Mike Newsome in the Family Assistance Unit and proud of Ashley as she too has come a long way since her father died. asked for his help. Mike was able to get additional information on Continues on Page 19A Page 13A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 15 4/2/14 11:17 PM Here’s the Story of why Houston Police Officers were chosen to guide, cajole and encourage every calf scram- bler at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo for the last 71 years, pitching in as a Posse ‘for the kids’ - the really good kids By TOM KENNEDY We tell them that here they are with the top cowboys in the world. For the past 71 years, no Houston rodeo calf scrambler has gone after a ‘Why? Because you are the best of the best. You keep your grades up, calf without the ever-present encouragement and constant support and stay in school and work.’ counseling of a Houston police officer. “These kids are special and it shows in their work ethic.”

The 30 scramblers from the night of Tuesday, March 18 felt the positive influence of posse members in HPD uniforms from the moment they were mustered to the Calf Scramble Room at Reliant Center until they walked away from Reliant Stadium approximately three hours later.

From their lot, 15 were “catchers” and a like number “non-catchers.” The terms “winners” and “losers are never used, for everybody is a winner just to be given the opportunity to halter a 170-pound animal in front of 70,000 cheering rodeo fans.

The catchers earn $1,750 (most of it in one check) to acquire a steer or heifer they care for and feed for one year, returning to the 2015 show to compete for prizes. They are treated like young princes and princesses, immediately meeting the donors of the calves they caught.

(The Houston Police Officers Union donated two calves this year, while the Texas Police Trust donated one.) The 2014 HPD Calf Scramble Posse is depicted here: left to right, Doug Griffith, Mark Temple, Shawn Demaree, Stan Holmes, Darren Cunningham, Tommy Harris, Charlie Griffith, HPOU’s first vice president, said Posse members especially Ballard, Jacob Turner, Chase Cormier and Brett Boudreaux. GARY HICKS PHOTO come through for the non-catchers, who had their hearts set on a catch The HPD Calf Scramble Posse – the inspired brainchild of perhaps the but fell short. That doesn’t mean they didn’t display “110 percent” most storied sergeant in the department’s history – was formed in 1943. determination in the fierce competition in the arena. “I saw a tear coming into the eyes of one scrambler,” Griffith said. “I ‘It’s about the Kids’ knew immediately I was going to offer encouragement and emphasize The 10-member group always gets its teenaged protégés steering their that he did his best!”. calves in the right direction, going so far as to urge them to grab the calf by the tail if they need to before putting the halter over the Harder to catch a Criminal animal’s head. “We don’t always catch every crook we chase,” he said, comparing the experience to police work. “That doesn’t mean we give up. We just keep “We take the time to engage each and every kid on a personal level on trying.” and speak with them throughout the evening,” posse member Doug Griffith explained. Encouraging words like these are heard throughout the night, Posse members virtually echoing each other. Speaking with each one of them, “Each officer gets a natural feel for certain kids. There are certain things an interviewer heard each of them speak the same words, “This is all that will draw you to the kids. about the kids.”

“This is definitely a highlight of my career. There are twenty nights with There also is another analogy frequently spoken. It goes along the lines 30 calf scramblers each night – that’s 600 kids that we can impact. It of these words: (the calf scramble) is all about the kids. “It’s harder to catch a calf than it is to catch a criminal. You don’t believe “I can’t put into words how I feel about the kids that are out there. They that? Well, we have our guns, our Tasers, our patrol cars, the Dispatcher, are hard-working, respectful kids. We give a speech to the non-catchers. Continues on Page 17A Page 16A Badge & Gun • April 2014

BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 16 4/2/14 11:17 PM Continues from Page 16A Upon reflection, Howard said, “There are two ways to go: You can work our radios and even a helicopter. And many times we don’t catch the hard to catch a calf or you can forget about trying such things – and go bad guy we’re after. to prison.”

“Now, you scramblers – all you have is yourself! It’s only you – with a The scramblers are the high achievers at their respective schools. They halter, of course – out there in front of all those people – trying to pin come from all over Texas and must be a part of their local 4-H or FFA down that calf. groups to qualify. Their names are picked from a lottery.

Overall, the numbers involved in the Calf Scramble are staggering. 20 performances times 30 scramblers times 15 calves per night times 300 donors who each pay $1,750.

We’ll say it again: It’s all for the kids.

The bonding between these teens and the men and women in Houston blue is equally staggering.

One might ask just who made all this possible. What thoughtful individual took the steps to make sure Houston police officers, aka the “Posse,” were solidly entrenched in this great tradition?

His name is Sgt. Reno Kirby and his stomping grounds when the Bayou City was a much smaller town was “the Rice Corner,” that is, the intersection of Main Street and Texas Avenue.

Also catching one of the HPOU-sponsored calves at the Livestock Show and Rodeo was No. 11 Scrambler Brye Watson, depicted with HPD Calf Scramble Posse member Chase Cormier, Kacey Watson, HPOU President Ray Hunt, 2nd Vice President Joe Gamaldi and 1st Vice President Doug Griffith. LIVESTOCK SHOW PHOTO “And you can do it! All it takes is using all your strength and lots of determination to bring that calf over the line and inside the big square!”

Now along this fast-moving trail there are literally dozens of men and women backing the Posse’s strenuous effort, most of them members of the 248-member Calf Scramble Committee. One of them is Mike Howard. Howard’s job is to warm up the scramblers approximately two hours before the scramble itself.

He’s been at it 10 years and – like the other committee members – seems to wear his love for the job on the shoulder of his western shirt. Yes, it’s all for the kids. Here is the catcher of the calf sponsored by Texas Police Trust at the Houston Livestock Howard is loud and steady with buzz words like “Tell your mother and Show & Rodeo. The Trust sponsors one calf in the Calf Scramble every year. This year’s daddy you love ‘em,” “Make sure God plays a role in your life,” “Make catcher is pictured here with the Trust’s Mike Mitchell, his wife Jill, the Trust’s Tom Hayes, No. 28 scrambler/catcher, Hayes’ wife Cindy, and the Trust’s Bill Booth and his good grades in school” and “Budget your time, be disciplined so that wife, Sandra. LIVESTOCK SHOW PHOTO. you can devote time to the care and feeding of your steer or heifer.” Local police legend has it that Reno, who stood six-foot-five in his Like all the others, Howard has his favorite story. A young man from ever-present western boots, knew everybody in town since the Rice a single-parent family in Houston’s inner city came out one night Corner was the city’s major intersection. wanting desperately to be chosen for the magnificent 30. He wasn’t picked. Everyone went through it at some point and got to know the positive, A Sergeant’s Brainchild engaging police officer. “He always loved children, and parents used to drive by his beat just When he went back home discouraged but still hopeful, his older so their kids could wave to him,” according to Charles W. Haney, the brother picked on him and said he was stupid for wanting to go back. brother of retired Houston Police Officer Jim Haney. Charles wrote He went back again and wasn’t chosen. about Reno in his book, “Recollections of a Texas Country Boy.”

The same thing happened four straight days. But on the fifth (The Badge & Gun printed the story years ago and chose to reprint it go-around, he made the 30 and caught the first calf – which wins the in Section B of this edition.) catcher a special prize. “He never failed to return their wave and at least two generations of A year later the kid returned to see his animal win third place in a Houstonians felt he was their best friend.” calf-judging contest. “When the kid came back,” Howard said, “he shook my hand and those of several other committee members. I asked One step taken by this renowned Houston police officer continues to him about his brother.” positively influence the lives of countless officers and literally thousands of kids from all over Texas. “He went to prison,” he replied to Howard. Continues on Page 25A Page 17A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 18 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 13A this July for some vacation time. We have a new addition to our family My days since Dennis passed away are filled with being there for my since the passing of Dennis. Her name is Polly and she is a miniature girls. They truly have been a God-sent sent for me. I continued to work Schnauzer. She brings me such joy and is a lot of company for me on at CVS for a while after Dennis died but finally gave that up. I’ve had those rare days when I’m alone. some health issue to deal with in the last three years but everything seems to be fine for now. I can’t tell you how proud I am of both of my girls, they not only take care of themselves, but they are always there to take care of me. I still live in the same house, but am seriously thinking of moving as the house is way too big for me. Kristen moved back home with Dennis, you only had a few short years with your girls, but what me almost two years ago, but will be leaving again after PT school is you instilled in them has helped them in becoming very caring and finished. I need something smaller. My girls keep me busy every day compassionate young ladies. You would be so very proud of them also with something.

Right now I’m helping Ashley with her packing as she will be moving to another apartment. All of us will be going to New York hopefully

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 20 4/2/14 11:18 PM NAPO Cosponsors House and Senate Byrne-JAG Briefings NAPO cosponsored two Congressional staff briefings on the Byrne Act, which amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) Program on March 19, 2014. 1968 by adding campus police officers to the Department of Justice’s The Byrne-JAG Program is the federal government’s cornerstone justice Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program. This bill defines a “campus assistance grant program. police officer” as a police officer who is authorized to enforce the criminal laws and is employed by an institution of higher education. Grant funds reduce crime and victimization by supporting innovation and data-driven approaches in policing, community Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Improvement and corrections, offender reentry, social services, substance abuse Reauthorization Act: NAPO stressed the importance of passing this treatment and behavioral health services, pretrial diversion, juvenile legislation, which would reauthorize the COPS Program for five years delinquency prevention, anti-gang and anti-drug strategies, crime victim and raise the current hiring cap from $75,000 to $125,000. The services, and much more. The funding is informed by strategy planning President’s FY 2015 Budget includes $247 million for the COPS Hiring conducted by the states’ criminal justice planning agency and success is Program. NAPO has been advocating for the COPS Hiring Program to measured through research and data analysis. be funded at a minimum of the amount requested by President Obama. The following speakers provided information to House and Senate NAPO looks forward to working with Congressman Lance and his staffers on how Byrne-JAG supports state and local criminal justice systems and advances evidence-based practices in reducing crime and staff on the above issues. victimization: Denise O’Donnell, Director, Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; Jeanne Smith, Executive Director, NAPO Accompanies Postal Police Officers Association to Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Meeting with Senator Landrieu’s Staff Safety; Michael McCabe, Undersheriff, Office of the Sheriff, Oakland County, Michigan; Karhlton Moore, Executive Director, Ohio Office of On March 20, 2014, NAPO accompanied the Postal Police Officers Criminal Justice Services; and Mark Gwyn, Director, Tennessee Bureau Association (PPOA) to a meeting with Senator Mary Landrieu’s of Investigations. (D-LA) staff. Senator Landrieu is a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Senator Landrieu’s staff Both the House and Senate briefings were very successful. We look has been working with NAPO to included language modifications to forward to working with members of both chambers to support this Title 18, U.S.C., Section 3061 in the Postal Reform Act. The proposed important program. changes will positively impact the PPOA, provide cost savings to the United States Government, and enhance public safety. NAPO Meeting on Capitol Hill – Senator McCain In Title 18, U.S.C., Section 3061, Congress prescribed law enforcement NAPO met with a senior staffer for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on functions for the Postal Service. These functions are to be carried out March 19, 2014 to discuss the following issues: by Postal Inspectors and uniformed police. Congress granted the Postal Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act (JMHCA): NAPO Service the authority to have Postal Police Officers serve warrants and explained that the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction subpoenas and conduct certain postal investigations. The Postal Service Act (MIOTCRA) created the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration has not yet availed itself of this authority. NAPO has been working Program (JMHCP) to help states and counties design and implement closely with the PPOA to clarify the language of the aforementioned collaborative efforts between criminal justice and mental health systems. section of the United States Code to ensure Postal Police Officers are The JMHCA reauthorizes the successful MIOTCRA and extends the utilized to their full capacity. JMHCP for five years. The JMHCP can help law enforcement agencies across the United States in their responsibilities in assisting those, and NAPO and the PPOA have focused much effort on providing dealing with citizens with mental health issues. briefings on this issue to over a dozen members of Congress, and will continue to push for our changes to be enacted. Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Program Reauthorization Act: NAPO explained the importance of the BVP Grant Program, which provides federal funds to state and local law enforcement NAPO Participates in National Law Enforcement Memorial departments to assist state and local law enforcement efforts to purchase Fund Meeting bullet resistant vests. NAPO continues to expend all available efforts to garner additional cosponsors for the House and Senate versions of NAPO’s Executive Director, Bill Johnson, participated in a National this bill. Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) Board Meeting on March 20, 2014. NAPO is a founding member of the NLEOMF. The staffer was receptive to the above proposals, and we look forward NAPO’s efforts led to the successful passage of legislation to establish to working with Senator McCain on these legislative priorities. the Memorial, which is the nation’s monument to law enforcement NAPO Meeting on Capitol Hill – Congressman Lance officers who have died in the line of duty. Dedicated on October 15, 1991, the Memorial honors federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who NAPO met with Congressman Leonard Lance’s (R-NJ) staff on have made the ultimate sacrifice for the safety and protection of our nation March 20, 2013. In addition to discussing the JMHCA and the BVP and its people. Grant Program, NAPO provided information on the following priorities: NAPO has made the NLEOMF a top priority and we will continue Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act: NAPO provided to keep our members informed of updates on the NLEOMF. background on the Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Continues on Page 23A Page 21A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 22 4/2/14 11:18 PM Thanks to Geo. H. Lewis and Earthman Resthaven for their Special Kindness Extended to the Tweedies By TOM KENNEDY concern for an officer losing his life in such a tragic manner on top of The Houston Police Officers Union and indeed most people the critical nature of Linda Tweedie’s injuries. throughout the Department voiced the highest praise possible for Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors and Earthman Resthaven Cemetery “They viewed this as a family tragedy touching the lives of two officers, for the extensive courtesies extended the Tweedie family. Linda and Dana. The day of the funeral Geo. H. Lewis provided several staff members to give the Tweedie family ‘white glove’ service given in Retired HPD Officer Dana Tweedie died and his wife Linda, a current a manner of respect.” HPD officer, critically injured on Feb. 22 after an allegedly drunk driver hit the couple’s motorcycle. Geo H. Lewis provided cost-free services, Newsome said. Earthman Resthaven Cemetery assisted with the burial plot in one of the best Dana and Linda were driving along Seawall Boulevard at 7:40 p.m. locations, also at no cost. when a 19-year-old Dayton woman ran into their motorcycle as she pulled out of a Valero parking lot at 69th Street and Seawall Newsome said these funeral officials usually provide services for officers Boulevard. The woman was charged with intoxication manslaughter and killed in the line of duty at no charge. But this situation was especially intoxication assault. tragic and moving, prompting them to provide this special treatment for the Tweedie family. The tragedy sent shock waves throughout HPD and the Houston area law enforcement community. Linda Tweedie continues her recovery in Earthman Resthaven is the final resting place for six HPD officers a Galveston hospital. who died in the line of duty. A large number of retired officers also are buried there. The funeral service for Dana Tweedie was held Feb. 28 with burial in Earthman Resthaven Cemetery. The Tweedie family’s statement bears repeating:

Officer Mike Newsome of HPD Family Assistance provided details “The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to the Houston of the arrangements. He said the Tweedie family asked for Family and surrounding communities for its outpouring of support during Assistance’s help in finding a funeral director to handle services. this difficult time; to Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors and their associates for providing funeral goods and services; and Earthman “The family was given several funeral home names ranging from high to Resthaven Cemetery for providing burial space and cemetery services. low cost in the surrounding area,” Newsome explained. “It is because of their generosity that all previous and subsequent “Geo. H. Lewis was at the top of cost but turned out to be at the top donations received will be directed solely towards Officer Linda of the list of volunteerism without being asked to. They related their Tweedie’s medical expenses.” Continues from Page 21A This week, NAPO is scheduled to join fellow law NAPO Meets with House and Senate Judiciary Committee enforcement groups in meetings with key Senators to express the Members to Discuss Smarter Sentencing Act above concerns. NAPO will keep our members updated on the status of this issue. On March 19, 2014, NAPO joined fellow stakeholders in a meeting with staffers for House and Senate Judiciary Committee members to NAPO Demands Opportunity to Comment on Officer-Worn discuss the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013. The legislation relaxes Body Cameras current mandatory minimum sentencing policies. NAPO is concerned that altering mandatory minimum sentencing policies will strip law Last week, NAPO contacted Attorney General Holder to insist that enforcement officers of a vital tool that is used to keep citizens safe. rank-and-file members be given the same opportunity to provide input as management groups as the DOJ works to develop guidelines for The changes prescribed in the Smarter Sentencing Act will negatively officer-worn cameras. impact law enforcement and public safety. Mandatory minimums are correlated to the seriousness of the crime committed. Individuals are less Officers at thousands of law enforcement agencies are wearing body likely to commit crimes when they know they are subject to increased cameras to record their interactions with the public. NAPO strongly sentences. The fact that the crime rate is at the lowest level seen in believes that rank-and-file officers should be involved as guidelines decades illustrates the fact that mandatory minimums are effective. and policies are developed to govern the cameras’ use. Rank-and-file involvement will lead to more comprehensive guidelines on the cameras’ Furthermore, law enforcement officers routinely use mandatory use, as the officers have a more complete understanding of how the minimums as leverage to encourage suspects to cooperate during cameras work in the field. investigations. This tool has led to taking armed and dangerous criminals off of the streets before they can do anymore harm. NAPO will continue to demand that our members be given an opportunity to comment on developing policies regarding Weakening mandatory minimum sentencing policies will put officer-worn cameras. We will keep our members updated on the dangerous criminals back on the streets, inhibit the ability of law status of this initiative. enforcement officers to complete their missions, and negatively impact public safety. Page 23A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 24 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 17A Aside from knowing the life story and HPD influence of Reno Kirby, Charles Haney tells us what happened: Demaree recalled every historical step, each one a positive experience for scramble participants whose respect for police officers reached the “Reno would scold parents who threatened their children with a high side. policeman if they didn’t behave. He taught children and everyone else that a policeman was their best friend. He was a role model and Are there former calf scramblers who now serve as HPD officers? living example. Demaree was asked. On Police Assignment Well, probably, but they haven’t been publicly identified as such. History shows that what began as the Fat Stock Show and Rodeo Charlie Ballard ranks below Demaree. But the Badge & Gun writer and evolved into the Livestock Show & Rodeo. The calf scramble can’t tell these things, for each Posse member instructs his scramblers portion often paved the way for promising teenagers to learn all about and reacts to their questions as if fresh from field training. farming and ranching, many times resulting in scholarships for their higher education. Like all officers, they have their special “war stories.”

Reno and Artie Gleghorn, another HPD officer, recognized the “Four years ago,” Stan Holmes of the Posse recalled, “this young boy potential. After all, they held jobs that dealt with the worst teens on scrambler – he was a junior in high school – he didn’t catch. He came a daily basis. They naturally were out to help the best of those on the up to me the next day and said, ‘What do I need to do to stay involved Houston beat and saw how the sponsorship of one of the calves in the with the rodeo?’ calf scramble would go a long way toward accentuating the positive. We are Family! Such an action was only natural for Reno Kirby, an old cowboy, survivor of the Great Depression and member of the famous HPD Cadet Class “I told him he should join the Junior Rodeo Committee, and I paid No. 1 in 1939. He served as an Army sergeant during World War II and the $35 membership fee. Each year he came up to me at the show. He went through the Normandy invasion. Returning to HPD after the war, eventually made captain of the Junior Rodeo Committee. he became a police sergeant. “At one point he told he me was not going to be here next year. He said To read descriptions of Reno’s positive influence on the future of he couldn’t afford college and he was going into the Army four years. the Department brings to mind the regular practices of the 10 Posse Then his education would be paid for. members. Seldom is heard a discouraging word from their mouths to the ears of the calf scramblers every night for 20 nights. “Without a police officer’s help and some courage, he’d be a thug out in the streets.” Each Posse member is vetted for his ability to deal with kids. It’s apparent they all love kids. The bond among the Posse members is what you’d expect from officers who work toward the same esteem-building goals every night for three “These are good kids,” Chase Cormier, a Posse member who serves on weeks. Next to Holmes is another senior police officer, Mark Temple, the Central Gang Unit and knows bad ones when he sees them. “These aka “Happy Face,” due to his ever-present dour expression. are not the ones we’re used to dealing with on a daily basis. But no expression can hide Temple’s goal to provoke the scramblers to “They keep their grades up because of the discipline they get from go above normal capabilities. Temple’s off-hand remarks to the entire their parents.” group drew the laughs he was aiming for, thus setting the stage for the young men and women to pay close attention to his urgings the closer Cormier appeared to stay focused on one small group of scramblers. So, they got to the actual scramble. too, did other Posse members – each of them bonding well enough to help these teens shore up their courage and determination. Scramblers come back year after year to say a special “hello” to Posse members. As he left the arena after the night’s scramble, Griffith Griffith pointed out that there is no official “command staff” among enthusiastically waved at a young man who appeared to be about the 10-member Posse. Each officer uses his own strengths and the college-aged. group takes turns serving as “spokesman” during the pre-scramble informational gatherings with the 30 scramblers. Now these guys aren’t expected to remember the names of all 600 scrambles they see every year. Yet the faces are familiar and the returnees The officers easily move from one scrambler to another. Their disciplinary are more apt to recognize their “family members” more readily than tactics always seem to come across as genuine love, even if pushups are Posse members put names with faces. called for because an individual or the entire group didn’t yell loud enough. Although he couldn’t call her name, Griffith remembers counseling with a girl who fell into last year’s “non-catcher” category. He looked “Nobody is telling you to be quiet here,” the scramblers are told. “And her square in the eyes and convinced her she was still one of the best of there’s no donut shop jokes about police officers!” the best and that she could do it.

Like practically every policing assignments in any department in Sure enough, this year she returned and caught a calf! the nation, there is seniority. Shawn Demaree is the longest serving Scramble Posse member at 26 years working with the kids. She ran up to Griff, thanked him for the encouragement that brought her back, and asked to have her picture taken with him. Demaree shared the fact that while there are hundreds of law enforcement officers working the rodeo on extra jobs, he and the other nine Posse He readily obliged. After all, it’s for the kids – the good kids. members are the only ones “actually on assignment to the rodeo.” Page 25A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 26 4/2/14 11:18 PM Foundation Funds Projects Totaling Half Mill Charlene Floyd of the Houston Police Foundation recently announced • Total Cost: $14,112.64 the funding of 20 special requests for programs and equipment. Floyd • The Digital Microphone Systems allow negotiators to listen to said the total for all of these amounted to more than $500,000. communications from a safe distance. The High Rise Portable Throw Phone Kits allow negotiators the ability to communicate privately with Here are the details: a suspect while maintaining a safe distance of operation. Both devices can be deployed quickly and safely at a special threat scene. No. 1 - Special Operations Division (Bicycle Administration and Training Unit) No. 4 - Mental Health Division (Homeless Outreach Team) • 50 Patrol Bicycles – Cannondale Mountain Bike $1160.00, Seat Post • Kawasaki Mule and Trailer Bag $55.00, Police Bike Bag $55.00 and Bike Cable Lock $28.00 • 1 Mule at $12,300.00, 1 Trailer at $977.28, 1 light bar at $977.28 • Total Cost: $64,900.00 • Total Cost: $14,822.28 • Bicycle Administration and Training Unit provides bicycles for each • The mission of the Homeless Outreach Team is to connect the patrol division to be utilized for regular bicycle patrol, hot spots and homeless population to needed services to get them off of the overtime programs. Currently they have an aging fleet of 411 bicycles, streets. Requests for assistance with homeless issues are received on 90% of which are at or near the end of their life expectancy. The a daily basis and response has been hindered by a lack of proper average age is 15 years. Due to age, wear and condition, the bicycles transportation and equipment. This utility vehicle will assist the are in great need of replacement. The Houston Police Department Homeless Outreach Team in accessing homeless camps throughout currently has 909 Bike Certified Officers. Bicycles are an effective the city that are located in remote areas and that are inaccessible to tool in the police department. Bicycle patrols increase interaction with conventional police vehicles and bicycles, which include camps located the community, reduce crime, assist with the homeless population, under bridges and in densely wooded areas. and foster police-community relations. We need to ensure that we maintain our fleet of bicycles, not just in the present, but into the No. 5 - Investigative First Responder Division (Warrant future so that we can continue to serve our community. Execution Team) Some examples of Bicycle Patrol are: • Heavy Entry Vests and Ballistic Helmets • Special Operations Downtown patrol – handle Calls for service and • 6 Titan Assault Enhanced IIIA Vests with Protective Attachments Civility issues, help to deter BMV’s and auto thefts, patrol along and Identification at $4072.00 each – Total $24,432.00 and 6 Delta the Bayou, Memorial Park, Hermann Park, & the downtown parks 4 Helmets at $482.00 each – Total $2,892.00 (Discovery Green, Market Square, Tranquility Park, Sam Houston, • Total Cost: $27,324.00 Allen’s Landing, Jones Plaza, James Butte), and special events. Bike • The Investigative First Responder Division is requesting the Heavy Patrol also assists with protests and demonstrations as a part of the Entry Vests and Ballistic Helmets to utilize during warrant executions. Special Response Group. The IFR Warrant Execution Team executed a total of 1523 warrants • Bush Intercontinental airport – Patrols the inner & outer Perimeter and placed 1279 suspects in jail between 12/1/12 and 11/30/13. A of the airport (the outer perimeter consists of 84 miles of wooded gross majority of the warrants, 967, were felony warrants. The heavy trails that need to be kept secure). Patrol the parking lots & parking entry vests and ballistic helmets will provide enhanced safety during garages, as well as all of the buildings on airport property. warrant execution attempts. The vests and helmets will remain with • Hobby Airport/Ellington Field – Have the same responsibilities as the unit so that all officers will be afforded this protection for years to Bush IAH, excluding the trails. come as turnover occurs within the unit. • Homeless Outreach Team – Patrol Downtown, along the bayous, homeless encampments, and under freeways. No. 6 - Vice Division • Special events – such as the 4th of July Celebration/parades/ • IFAK Tactical Medical Kits marathons/Moonlight Bike Ride/Tour de Houston/sporting events • Amount Requested: 52 at $132.98 each, Shipping $75.00 (Rockets, Astros, Dynamo, All-star games, Super Bowl, etc.). • Total Cost: $6,989.96 • Assist with Protests and demonstrations as part of SRG (Special • Vice officers perform high risk undercover actions, warrant executions Response Group) and police raids. Due to the unpredictable and often violent nature • Shopping Malls – during the holidays. of offenders encountered by the Vice officers, the availability of a • Apartment complexes Tactical Medical Kit is critically important in the event of an officer’s • Hot spot patrols – in high crime areas. life threatening injury. • City and neighborhood parks. • Greenbelts and trails in neighborhoods (such as Kingwood). No. 7 - Traffic Enforcement Division (DWI Task Force) • DRE Camera Kits No. 2 - Tactical Operations Division (SWAT) • Amount Requested: 11 at $1,128.92 • SWAT Uniforms – 200 Combat Pants at $168.30 each, 140 Combat • Total Cost: $12,418.12 Shirts at $123.00 each, 75 Field Shirts at $116.50 each, Shipping • DRE Camera Kit will include a Canon Rebel t4i Camera, memory $370.00 card, carrying case, and tripod. This equipment would assist the DWI • Total Cost: $59,987.50 Task Force in conducting detailed DWI related fatality crashes and to • This brand of uniform is designed for high performance wear and better document evidence of impairment for arrest and prosecution. is currently being used by all the Tier 1 SWAT and Special Forces Follow-up at hospitals, photos of suspects – injection/needle marks, units. The Houston Office FBI SWAT has been using this uniform pupils dilated/constricted, video of blood draws at hospital, suspect for a while and highly recommends it for our type of work in the injuries – any follow-up by DRE not done at initial investigation. Houston area. The light weight durable uniforms are noted for their outstanding wicking properties in warmer, humid climates, which No. 8 - Traffic Enforcement (SOLO) is advantageous in mitigating officer fatigue during long periods of • SETCOM Motorcycle Wireless Push-to-Talk Cable Kits (includes wearing heavy tactical gear. Helmet Kits, Wireless Super Mics, Cable Kits) • Amount Requested: 46 kits at $1,343.00 plus shipping $525.00 No. 3 - Tactical Operations Division (HNT) • Total Cost: $62,303.00 • Digital Microphone System - 4 at $2,895.00 each, Shipping $145.00, • This wireless system consists of two wireless speaker headset/ Total: 11,725.00 and High Rise Portable Throw Phone Kit – 4 at microphone mounted inside of the helmet with a handlebar $596.91, Total: $2,387.64 Continues on Page 29A Page 27A Badge & Gun • April 2014

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 28 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 27A • 52 Vice - $11,505.00 transmitter. This allows the motorcycle officer to better hear the • 10 Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Unit - $2,212.50 dispatcher on the freeway and transmit the radio without taking his • 8 Westside DGU - $1770.00 hands off of the handlebar grips, increasing officer safety. • 50 Additional Vests for Reserve - $11,062.50 • Total Cost: $28,098.75 No. 9 - Traffic Enforcement (SOLO) • Backlit Keypad Controller with Pedestal Mount for Message Board No. 18 - North Division (Radar Unit) • Amount Requested: 2 Keypad Controllers and Pedestal Mounts at • Kustom Brand Directional Golden Eagle II Radar $953.00 plus shipping $10.00 • 3 at $2,329.42 each (shipping and handling $34.00 each) • Total Cost: $1,916.00 • Total Cost: $7.090.26 • The message board is used to warn citizens of major accidents or closures • Speeding is a contributing factor in many vehicle accidents and on freeways and to use caution. The Keypad Controller currently in fatalities on the city’s freeway system and roadways. It is the goal of possession of SOLOs is broken and is in need of replacement. the North Division to reduce the risk of civilian injury as a result of vehicular accidents caused by excessive speed. This particular No. 10 - Traffic Enforcement Division (SOLO) equipment can be used while in motion, (same direction and • Message Board – Solar Powered – Changeable Message Sign – 3 lines oncoming), as opposed to being stationary on the side of the road, of 10” high text then entering moving lanes of traffic, which could lead to accidents • Total: $11,584.50 involving both officers and civilian motorists. No. 11 - Westside Division (Divisional Tactical / Gang Unit) No. 19 - Traffic Enforcement (SOLO, DWI, Radar Task • EOS Rebel T3i EF-S Camera with additional lens - $1,449.98 + $5.00 Force) Shipping • Stalker Lidar LXR Lasers • Total: $1,454.98 • Amount Requested: 20 Lasers at $2,100.00 plus shipping $300.00 • The divisional gang and tactical units investigate street crimes as well • Total Cost: $42,300.00 as long term investigations involving gang members and organized • The current handheld radar guns used for traffic enforcement have a criminal activity. A digital camera with image stabilization with a lifespan of 10 years which has now been exceeded. The Stalker Lidar regular and long-range lens is needed for both evidentiary photos and LXR Lasers are lighter, and have a longer range than the model surveillance photos. currently being used. • 5 Sony Digital Voice Recorders - $69.00 each • Total: $345.00 No. 20 – Vehicular Crimes Division • Digital audio recorders are needed for interviews with complainant • Leica Scan Station and suspects. • Amount Requested: $150,690.75 • 16 Steiner 10x50mm Police Binoculars at $399.99 each • Total: $150,690.75 • Total: $2,399.94 • The 3D laser scanning system permits the collection of a complete • Quality auto-focus binoculars are needed during rolling surveillance record of a scene, which measures not only the subjectivity selected or burglars and other suspected criminals. “important” points, but every point at a scene within the view of the scanner. Proven to be a very powerful tool in court the Leica Scan No. 12-17 – Tactical Vests - $221.25 each Station will reduce the time spent on roadways taking measurements • 7 - Special Operation Division DTU – $1,548.75 and it will preserve the scene as it was found by the investigators.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 32 4/2/14 11:18 PM Reno Kirby Impacted ‘the Rice Corner’ and Many Other People, Places, Events (EDITOR’S NOTE: Charles W. Haney is the brother of retired Houston become one of his strongest characteristics, he took it all in stride. From Police Officer Jim Haney. The Badge and Gun reprints this edited section an early age he appeared to have his own agenda and so it was to be for of his book, “Recollections of a Texas Country Boy” with the permission of the next 80-plus years. Charles W. Haney and Breck Porter.) Geronimo, the famed Mescalero Apache Indian chief had finally By CHARLES W. HANEY surrendered on Sept. 4, 1886. But the Apache Kid and other renegade The year was 1913. In January, Woodrow Wilson had been inaugurated members of the tribe continued to run rampant in Arizona for many as the 28th president of the United States and Oscar B. Colquitt was years afterward. It was reported thought that when the remaining sworn in as governor of Texas. The United States blockaded Mexico in Indians learned of Reno Kirby’s birth on that August day they promptly support of one of the revolutions which seemed to be forever ongoing left the state and never came back. in that country. Reno would go on to brighten the lives not only of his family, but also Before the year ended, in what represented a major reform of U. S. of all whom came to know him throughout his life. From the onset it banking the Federal Reserve System came into being. Storm clouds appeared foreordained he would be a leader, and leave his well-defined were gathering in Europe and in fewer than four years the United States mark on whatever he touched, wherever he went. would be involved in World War I, The War to End All Wars. Born fun-loving and with a wonderful sense of humor, he was forever ready for good, clean gaiety, or jokes. He enjoyed a happy childhood with an abundance of love which was always readily applied in proper amounts to whatever spot needed it most at any given time. Assigned chores when he became old enough, he was taught responsibility and to respect himself and all others, particularly his elders.

After the loss of his father, circumstances dictated that the close-knit family move frequently in order to stay together. His mother cared for the four children as best she could and they lived in small towns and large cities throughout his youth. This may have been an inconvenience and hardship for his mother, but at the same time it afforded Reno the opportunity to gain a deep knowledge about life than he could have otherwise. This stood him in good stead all throughout his life and especially his career in law enforcement.

Along the trail preparing him for what lay ahead, Reno worked as a cowboy around Paradise, Arizona. One of his fondest memories of this days is, after roundups, driving cattle from a Cochise County ranch over into New Mexico to shipping pens near the town of Rodea.

Later, he and his younger brother worked on a large ranch in Coleman County, Texas. Reno remembers that one of their chores there was to build fences with native cedar posts when that part of Texas was just becoming fenced-in with barbed wire.

A People Person

Even as he was growing up, seemingly preparatory for what was yet to come, Reno displayed his ingenious ability for getting along with people and handling those in his charge with the least amount of difficulty. His That’s Sgt. Reno Kirby standing tall behind Livestock & Rodeo performers Roy Rogers special brand of psychology was effectively tailored to each situation and and Dale Evans. With Reno are two other representatives of what was then known as the was applied as needed. Houston Police Officers Association. The young man to Reno’s right was undoubtedly a calf catcher in that year’s Calf Scramble. The year was sometime in the 1950s. Reno graduated from high school in Dallas during the years of the But something far more important than any of the above took place so-called Great Depression. He came to Houston as a permanent that year. History was in the making in Arizona, which had come into resident in 1934 and had a wide variety of jobs during those days of the Union in 1912. Although somewhat tamed, the new state was still high unemployment. He did construction work, worked in an ice cream a wild and wooly country when Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1913, broke bright parlor and with manufacturers of oil field tools and equipment. His and clear over the Dragoon Mountains east of the little settlement goal at that time was to learn all about oil field tools so that he could of Tombstone. become a salesman of those products. When circumstances defeated his hopes for his oil field sales goals he went to work for Schott’s Bakery on A Natural Leader Washington Avenue in Houston in August 1938. Yet the newborn youngster was reported to have been totally unimpressed with any of the foregoing and, demonstrating what was to Continues on Page 2B Page 1B Badge & Gun • April 2014

BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 1 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 1B 65 or 70 of those trainees became police officers. About this time he decided to apply for a job with the Houston Police or Fire Departments so he would have steady permanent work. After Reno is all man and has been all of his life. But he has always been completing his application and scoring well on the written and physical a gentleman too. He was brought up that way. As a young man he examinations, he waited for nine long months before hearing anything. was also a cowboy on ranches in West Texas. Even thought the large In the meantime, he lived in an old house next to the bakery, which majority are good fellows, living out on the range cowboys tend to belonged to the Herbert Schott family. He cooked and cleaned for sometimes engage in friendly “horseplay” and get a little wild and wooly. his keep. So here’s a little side note he related to me when we were swapping yarns one time about some notable horseplay. He has no doubt told very few people and may have even forgotten it himself.

While he was in the police academy he was still living in the old house on Washington Avenue which belonged to the Schott family. Evidently he was sharing the living quarters with at least one other police trainee at the time.

Pistol training and marksmanship were included in the curriculum at the academy. With their sense of humor and love of fun they engaged in a little mischief and barely missed getting into trouble over, of all things, some common houseflies.

It seemed that the flies kept getting into the house somehow and Reno and his friend finally tired of trying unsuccessfully to keep them out. So as they lay on their beds one day, the idea occurred to them that the best way to rid themselves of the pesky flies was to shoot them off the ceiling with their pistols.

They did. And they almost got in hot water over it. This historic photo from the archives of the Badge & Gun depicts a young man who captured the calf sponsored by the then-Houston Police Officers Association. The In those days discipline was strong. Officers lined up in front of the old catcher returned the following year (probably in the 1950s or early 1960s) to score police station located at Caroline and Preston Streets for daily inspection high in the steer judging contest. before going on duty. Reno said that “spit and polish” was the order of The first available openings were in the Houston Police Department. the day. The officers were then marched in military formation to their As Reno remembered it, there were 25 openings there and Mayor Oscar posts, each dropping out when he reached his beat. Holcombe had a plan for a special training class which he believed would produce better police officers. The mayor wanted to add 50 men to the The Rice Corner police force out of that training program. Reno, a handsome well-proportioned man in superb physical Frank Mann, later a City Council member, was Houston’s fire condition, with a smile a mile-wide for everyone, was in every respect a commissioner at that time. He agreed to 50 positions going to the police fine specimen of a police officer. He measured about 6-foot-5 without department if the fire department could get a commensurate increase in his high-heeled western-style boots and weighed around 235 pounds. personnel at a later date. After graduating from the academy he began his police duties working traffic at Main Street and Texas Avenue – the Rice Hotel corner, then Accordingly, on June 12, 1939, Reno Kirby and 75 other young men the center of the Downtown Business District. (The Rice was the city’s entered the first police training academy in the south. “There was first 1,000-room hostelry.) supposed to be a total of only 75 of us,” Reno says, “but one guy sneaked in and took the training with us.” Over the years he became a familiar figure there - a virtual Houston As Reno remembered it, Mayor Holcombe’s idea was for policemen to landmark. When he was promoted to sergeant in the Patrol Division be trained to fully comprehend and appreciate the responsibility of the and had to leave this post, no matter how fine the officers were who job and how to properly use the authority that went with it. succeeded him there, none of them seemed to “belong” as Reno had. He left a huge void and the corner was never the same. It was Class No. 1 in the Houston Police Academy, but World War II came along and wiped out the original number sequence. So what is In those days almost everyone who lived in Houston passed through now known officially as Class No. 1 didn’t happen until after the war this intersection sooner or later, and Reno made a horde of friends and and is really Class No. 2. “But we were the first!” Reno proudly stated. became well-known to most Houstonians. People who had never been near enough to shake his hand would pass and shout, “Hey, Reno,” and Guns and Flies he’d shout back and wave. He always loved children, and parents used to drive by his beat just so their kids could wave to him. He never failed Out of that training class of 76, 50 men went on the force after six weeks to return their wave and at least two generations of Houstonians felt he of intensive training under office L. D. Morrison, who later became was their best friend. Chief of Police. “He was a fine man and a good teacher,” Reno says, “and I owe him a lot.” He’d scold parents who threatened their children with a policeman if they didn’t behave. He taught children and everyone else that a As was characteristic of him, Reno worked hard in the training academy policeman was their best friend. He was a role model and living example. and graduated third in his class (tied with two others). Ultimately about Continues on Page 3B Page 2B Badge & Gun • April 2014

BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 2 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 2B in the service. He was discharged as a senior master sergeant, only six Each year for decades Houston has had a Fat Stock Show and Rodeo. ranks below a general. Each night of the rodeo, which ran for about 10 nights, one of the features is a “calf-scramble.” A number of calves are turned into the When he returned to HPD, by the popular demand of the people of main arena and FFA and 4-H kids with animals on exhibit are eligible Houston, Reno was returned to his beat at Main and Texas, the Rice to “scramble” and try to catch one of the loose calves. Hotel location, and stayed there until he was promoted to sergeant on, as Reno puts it, “April Fools Day,” (April 1, 1955). In order to win a calf the kid must put a rope on it and get it back across a finish line. As long as he was still working, Reno and Artie Gleghorn, He’ll tell you seriously, thought, that his primary objective as a police another officer who I personally knew quite well, sponsored one of the officer was always to be helpful to people. He also said, “If you can keep calves at the “calf-scramble” in Houston. your beat clean you have fewer arrests to make.” Helped Many People He helped all worthy persons who honestly needed help, but “Woe be un-to the thugs and outlaws who thought they could hang around his Reno spent 15 years on the Rice corner with time out for military beat and prey off of decent and defenseless persons.” Of the outlaws who service during World War II. Several times over the years, Houston’s got a dose of Reno’s medicine, none ever showed up for more! largest newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, featured Reno on the front page of its Sunday rotogravure, full-color magazine section. One of the Many people who grew up in Houston credit Reno with helping to keep photographs was taken at ground-level and made him look like the giant them on the straight and narrow, which resulted in their lives being far he was. It had blazing headlines above it proclaiming, “He’s King at richer and more worthwhile and productive than they otherwise might Main and Texas.” have been.

In 1942, during World War II, Reno was a technical sergeant in charge Genuine to the Core of the Identification Office under the direction of the Base Provost Reno has probably long since forgotten about these things. But those Marshal at Ellington Field, a part of the U. S. Army Air Corps. he positively influenced have not. His kind and caring help still stands out vividly in their minds. Their problems were the largest and most Reno was ultimately transferred to the 1577th Trucking Battalion, a important things in their lives at that particular time and he showed part of the 115th Infantry, 29th Division. His unit was part of the them the way out. More than one living in Houston today would be Normandy invasion in June 1944 and was in the thick of the battles. quick to confirm this. Trucks under Reno’s supervision took live ammunition to the foot soldiers at the front. If there had been a direct hit on just one of his Reno has always been outstanding in even the most distinguished trucks, he would have been history. company. He was destined to be an exceptional police officer. Without question, however, he would have been outstanding in whatever he In addition to all the other hazardous responsibilities he had while chose to do. His very make-up, personality, and charisma, bolstered under severe fire, Reno saved the lives of two officers and two enlisted by an abundance of personal magnetism and good common sense men during the Normandy landing. For these heroic acts he was assured this. awarded the Bronze Star, a medal given for outstanding bravery. Typically, he had to be prodded to furnish this information. Even then As with so many who greatly serve their fellow human beings, Reno he made light of it and said he thought he really received it for being the never saw anything extraordinary about himself, a truly remarkable “scaredest” soldier there. characteristic. To the contrary, he always had both feet planted firmly on the ground, is totally unpretentious and genuine to the core. He No one who has known him could be persuaded that he has even been was invariably matter-of-fact and natural in all that he did. He was the scared of anything in his entire life! His outfit was later put into Patton’s epitome of the maxim, “What you see is what you get.” Third Army and was in the Battle of the Bulge. Everything Reno has done throughout his life was in the fullest spirit His discharge was delayed when his organization was assigned to the of being all he could with what the Lord provided him. This was an Army of Occupation and he wasn’t released until March 1946. Here was enviable accomplishment. one of the men who had been called into the service under the original “draft for a year” act in October 1940 and spent five and a half years He was truly a class act and indeed a legend in his own time.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 4 4/2/14 11:18 PM HPOU, Houston Police Officers Union, Thank you so much for the plant you sent. It was very thoughtful of you. Thank you so much for sending flowers for Sam’s dad. This is a The Oxford Family difficult time for us and your beautiful plant lifted our spirits. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. To the Houston Police Officers Union, Sincerely, I want to thank you very much for the lovely plant you had delivered Sam Piccolo and Family to Mondie. Dear HPOU, More important, I appreciate your support and expressions of sympathy Thank you for your support and donation to my basketball team. Your in our time of sorrow. donation purchased training equipment. Sincerely, Sincerely, Wilfred Navarro Jr. and Family Lana HPOU, Houston Police Officers Union, Appreciation is an understatement when it comes to the gratitude we Thank you so much for the lovely plant. As a family filled with peace have in our hearts for what you have done. officers, our extended family of blue has been very supportive during our time of loss. Whether it was cards, gifts, food, calls or your presence, we are eternally in humble gratitude for it. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers. C. R. “Richard” Johnson’s Family As always, thank you for keeping Mrs. Clarece Selders rooted in your hearts, as she will remain in ours. HPOU, God bless, Thank you for being so thoughtful. The Family of Mrs. Clarece Selders The Vassel Family

Senior Police Officer Mary Young was selected to represent the City of Houston at the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards show in Los Angeles, California. Officer Young was nominated because of her involvement in the community and the image she displays as a mentor, educator, friend and mother. The show took place on Feb. 22. Mary walked the red carpet alongside celebrities and entertainers with one notable of all – Oprah Winfrey. “The experience was incredible and I had the time of my life,” Young said. Page 5B Badge & Gun • April 2014

BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 5 4/2/14 11:18 PM By NELSON ZOCH Lest We Forget May 23, 1998 Sgt. Kent Kinkaid Shot Suddenly after Confronting Young Men in Truck over ‘Rock’ hitting Windshield Kent D. Kinkaid was born on August 17, 1957 attention possible, Kent Kinkaid passed away at own. Homicide Lieutenant Willie W. Holt and in Phillipsburg, Kansas. After high school, Kent 3:18 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 1998. He was only the Homicide commander, Captain Richard attended Fort Hays State University in Hays, forty years of age. Holland, both made the scene of this offense. Kansas. He also served on the Wichita, Kansas Captain Holland spoke with HCSO Homicide Police Department for four and a half years. Captain Dick Henderson and the two agreed He joined the Houston Police Department in to a joint investigation. Since this happened Police Cadet Class No. 121 on May 29, 1984. on a Friday night, the weekend squad was on He took his oath of office on September 28, duty. Homicide Lieutenant Greg Neely came 1984, proudly wearing badge No. 2251. His on duty immediately to assist HCSO Homicide first assignment was to the North Shepherd investigators. Patrol Division. HPD Homicide Sergeants John Swaim and After serving his mandatory tour of duty in the Carless Elliott came from home to conduct Jail Division, he returned to North Shepherd. In the scene investigation along with HCSO 1986, he transferred to the Special Operations Detectives Bob Black, Roger Wedgeworth, Division. Upon being promoted to sergeant in Bill Valerio, W. A. Taber and Mark Schmidt. 1988, his first assignment was the Dispatcher’s HCSO Crime Scene Unit Officer K. L. Culver Division. From there, he returned to Special Operations and then transferred to the night was assisted by HPD CSU Officers C. D. shift at Westside Patrol Command. Duncan and J. A. Ogden.

On Friday night, May 22, 1998, Sergeant The physical evidence at the scene consisted of Kinkaid was off duty. At approximately 11 p.m. a small pool of blood and one .25 caliber hull he and his wife Nancy Kincaid left their home found on the driver’s side floorboard of the in the Copperfield area of west Harris County. Kinkaid Jeep. Upon learning Mrs. Kinkaid’s They were in their family vehicle, a Jeep story, the investigators backtracked to an Cherokee, and were en route to meet friends area fourteen blocks away where she recalled at a nearby restaurant. Sergeant Kinkaid was hearing the unknown object strike their vehicle. driving in his neighborhood when an unknown These veteran investigators examined the Jeep’s object struck the Jeep’s front windshield. Kent windshield more closely, causing them to and Nancy believed this unknown object had Officer Kent D. Kinkaid believe that the object could have been an just been thrown from a pickup truck coming Sergeant Kinkaid was survived by his angled bullet strike. Miraculously, another toward them. wife Nancy Kincaid and two daughters, .25-caliber hull was found in the street. The ten-year-old Jena Lee Kincaid and six-year-old two were of the same brand. However, Mrs. Sergeant Kinkaid immediately turned around Courtney Deanne Kincaid. Also mourning his Kinkaid could only describe the vehicle as an and followed this vehicle for fourteen blocks, sudden death were his mother, Mrs. Myrna unknown dark-colored pickup truck with a at which time this truck turned around and Kinkaid, and one sister, Mrs. Kathy Conway, chrome strip across the tailgate. The officers headed back toward the Jeep. Kinkaid got as well as numerous other relatives and friends. doubted that Mrs. Kinkaid could identify out of his vehicle as the truck pulled up He was preceded in death by his father, Donald anyone in the truck. alongside him. He confronted the driver of Kinkaid, in 1988. the truck about the object that had struck his HPD Sergeant C. E. Jackson lived in vehicle, asking the driver for identification and Funeral services were under the direction of the area of this offense. With a teen-age telling him that he was a police officer. He was Klein Funeral Home, 16131 Champion Forest stepson, he had experienced over several years a reaching for his wallet to obtain his Police ID Drive in Klein. Visitation was held from 2 number of harassing and mischievous incidents when Mrs. Kinkaid saw an arm come out of p.m. until 9 p.m. Monday, May 25. Visitation involving his property. He learned the the driver’s side window of the truck. She saw continued from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday, identity of a young man who he felt was involved a flash and heard a gunshot that caused her May 26 at the Bear Creek United Methodist in these incidents, most of which he had husband to fall to the pavement as the truck Church. Services were held at 3 p.m. that reported to HCSO. Just days before Kinkaid’s fled the scene. day. Burial followed in Stockton, Kansas, on murder, Sergeant Jackson had recovered a Thursday, May 28. This offense occurred in the jurisdiction of .25-caliber hull from the street in front of his the Harris County Sheriff’s Department in the The Harris County Sheriff’s Department had house after the window of his vehicle had been unincorporated section of the county. Quickly, legal jurisdiction over this offense. The sheriff shot out. Jackson called Homicide Sergeant the LifeFlight Helicoptor transported the immediately extended professional courtesy to Wayne Wendel, who had been called in to assist wounded sergeant to Hermann Hospital. He the Houston Police Department due to the fact in this investigation along with his partner, Officer Fred Hale. was shot once in the left eye. Given all medical that the offense involved the death of one of its Continues on Page 7B Page 6B Badge & Gun • April 2014

BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 6 4/2/14 11:18 PM Continues from Page 6B One of the key elements to this offense was whether Haynes knew At the first look at this information, Sergeant Wendel probably thought that Sergeant Kinkaid was a police officer. Early on, Mrs. Kinkaid was it was too good to be true. Firearms Examiners Robert Baldwin and adamant in that she heard her husband identify himself verbally to the Kim Downs examined this hull with the previously recovered pair. They driver of the pickup as a police officer. As a result, capital murder charges were a match in brand and, more importantly, all three had been fired were filed against Anthony Haynes. Timothy Wayne Reese was charged from the same weapon. with aggravated robbery in another unrelated offense. Both of these suspects implicated a juvenile also as having been with them on this Sergeant Jackson had named the young man he felt had been causing night. Officers picked him up and he admitted to being at the scene. him these problems. Investigators further found that an attempted Authorities filed on him in Juvenile Court and later certified him as a robbery offense had occurred in the same area the same night as Kinkaid sixteen-year-old adult. was killed. They obtained a Texas drivers license photo on an emergency basis and used this photo in a photo spread. The robbery complainant The capital murder trial was held in Judge Jim Wallace’ 263rd Criminal immediately identified this suspect, Timothy Wayne “Timmy” Reese District Court. Veteran prosecutors Mark Vinson and Don Smyth (White Male, 17). As a result of this identification, Sergeant Swaim represented the State of Texas, for Sergeant Kent Kinkaid. Jurors found and HCSO Detectives obtained a felony arrest warrant on the robbery Anthony Cardell Haynes guilty and on September 24, 1999, after three case. At this point, the Homicide investigators didn’t know if Reese had days of deliberations, sentenced him to death by lethal injection. As a partners in crime. matter of course, he is on death row while the appeals process winds its lengthy course. His first appeal was rejected in 2001. Officers then undertook a carefully planned surveillance of Reese’ Timothy Wayne Reese testified for the state in Haynes’ trial and, over residence. By late Saturday night, they had the plan in place. A vehicle a period of time, was charged with an unrelated assault for which he drove to Reese’s residence early in the hours of Sunday morning, May received ninety days in jail. The juvenile certified as an adult, Michael 24, 1998, with its occupant speaking to someone there before leaving Tunson (Turner), (White Male, 17) was given three years in TDCJ in the area. Officers stopped this vehicle on several traffic violations. Reese 1999 for a robbery charge. was in the vehicle along with a previously unknown subject, Anthony Cardell Haynes (African-American Male, 19). Life must go on and for a young widow with two daughters. And, Mrs. Nancy Kinkaid has remained strong for her family. In 2012, Nancy The officers took Reese and Haynes to HCSO Homicide headquarters, is very active in COPS, Concerns of Police Survivors. She is currently where Sergeant Swaim began a lengthy interview with Timmy Reese, Vice-President of the Houston Chapter of that very fine organization. while Homicide Investigator Todd Miller questioned Haynes. Reese implicated Haynes as the shooter. He said he and a young man named Jena, now 24 years old, has graduated from the University of Texas in Michael Tunson were just along for the ride. Haynes admitted to the Austin and is a Special Education teacher in Leander, Texas, northwest shooting and before the night was over, took a joyous group of HPD of Austin. Courtney, now 20 years old, is a student at UT-Austin. and HCSO detectives on a ride which led to the weapon and the clip Sergeant Kincaid’s Mother lives in Stockton, Kansas, and his sister being recovered from two locations many miles apart. resides in nearby Hayes, Kansas. DON’T GET CAUGHT without an ad in the BADGE &GUN Call Celest at (832) 541-1463

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 7 4/2/14 11:18 PM Obituaries Alvarado Goodson Laura Michelle Alvarado passed away on March 16. She is the Mrs. Johnnye Goodson passed away on March 15. She is the daughter of Senior Police Officer Enrique Alvarado (DCO). surviving spouse of Police Officer Bobby E. Goodson, who passed Services were held March 22 with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. away June 2010. Services were held March 19 with burial in Goodson Cemetery in Pinehurst. Butler Retired Lt. Leo V. Butler passed away on March 20. He joined Gray the department on May 6, 1974. During his career, he served at Patti Gray passed away March 1. She is the wife of retired Sgt. the Park Police and the Special Operations Division and retired Robert J. Gray, who retired from the Department, March 17, on Jan. 1, 2004, while last assigned to the Tactical Operations 1989. He was last assigned to the Auto Theft Division. Robert and Division. He is survived by his wife, Maria E. Guerra. Services Patti were married for over 27 years. were held March 24 with burial in Forest Park Lawndale. Haynes Choice Willie Mae Haynes passed away March 8. She is the grandmother Mr. Rayfus Choice passed away on March 12. He is the father of of Senior Police Officer Denattos L. Haynes, assigned to the North Police Officer Geraldine Choice, assigned to the South Gessner Division, and Jail Attendant Shaquanna D. Chachere. Services Division. Services were held March 22 in Tyler. were held March 21 with burial in Paradise North Cemetery. Christian Head Mrs. Kay F. Christan passed away on March 8. She is the mother Retired Word Processor Sharon E. Head passed away March 14. of retired Senior Police Officer Gregory D. Thompson, who She joined the department on Dec. 3, 1991, and retired on Aug. retired Feb. 16, 2013. Services were held March 8 with burial in 1, 2009. She was last assigned to the Training Academy. Sharon is Houston Memorial Gardens. survived by her husband, Billy Head. A private memorial service was planned. Cisneroz John Cisneroz passed away March 1. He is the father of Police Holmes Officer Jason J. Cisneroz, assigned to Eastside. Services were held Retired Lt. James Wendell Holmes, Sr. passed away on March 10. March 7 with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. He joined Police Academy Class No. 55 on June 12, 1972. He was preceded in death by his father, Sgt. Ira Wendell Holmes, who Gabler retired in 1987. During his career he served within the Central Quinton A. Gabler (72) passed away March 2. He is the father Division, Public Integrity Division, Narcotics Division, Northeast of Senior Police Officer Thomas Q. Gabler, assigned to Midwest. Division, Northwest Division, Burglary and Theft Division and Services were held March 8. the Personnel Division. He retired on March 27, 1998, while assigned to the Northeast Division. He is survived by his wife, Gomez Veronica Holmes and children, Melissa Kay Lowder, Jamie Renee Maria Gomez passed away Feb. 28. She is the mother of Senior Shelly, James Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Dana Michelle Holmes. Police Officer Orlando Gomez, assigned to the Burglary and Theft Services were held March 15. Division. Services were held March 4.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 8 4/2/14 11:18 PM Obituaries Huynh Ryan Retired Mechanic III Xuan P. Huynh passed away on March 14. Retired Senior Word Processor, Mrs. Kit R. Ryan passed away on He joined the department on July 26, 1979, and retired after serv- March 17. She joined the department on Feb. 7, 1989 and retired ing over 22 years on June 27, 2002. He is the uncle of Mechanic I on June 1, 2006. She was last assigned to the Employee Services Steven Wong, assigned to the Fleet Management Division. Services Division. Kit is survived by her husband, Curtis E. Ryan and son, were held March 17. former Data Entry Operator John Ryan. Services were held March 22 with burial in Leander. Jasso Mrs. Maria Elena Jasso passed away on March 8. She is the Tessier grandmother of Sgt. Alberto Elizondo, assigned to the Midwest Doris Tessier passed away on March 13. She is the surviving spouse Division. Services were held March 14. of retired Sgt. Eddy Tessier, who passed away, Dec. 4, 1985, and the mother of retired Sgt. Robert E. Tessier, who retired from the Jones Department July 7, 1985. Services were held March 17 with burial Mr. Arthur Jones passed away on Feb. 25. He is the father of in Forest Park Lawndale. Police Officer LaFonda Y. Jones, assigned to the Identification Division. A private service was held. Uresti Retired Sgt. Eli F. Uresti passed away on March 1. Sgt. Uresti Kyle joined the Department Oct. 21, 1963 as a member of Academy Jean Evelyn Kyle passed away on Feb. 27. She is the mother-in-law Class No. 29 and was promoted to the rank of detective on Oct. of retired Sgt. Larry E. Thomas, who retired from the Department 13, 1973. During his career he was assigned to Central, Jail, Dec. 21, 2013. He was last assigned to the South Gessner Division. Training Academy, Homicide, Internal Affairs and Auto Theft and Services were held March 8 with burial in Houston National retired Feb. 19, 1988. A private service was planned. Cemetery. Vaeza Nidever Retired Sgt. David Vaeza passed away on March 14. He is the Jay A. Nidever passed away on March 10. He is the father of brother of retired Police Officer Steven Vaeza. Sgt. Vaeza and his Police Officer Rodney G. Nidever, assigned to the South Gessner brother joined Academy Class No. 42 on Oct. 6, 1969. Sgt. Vaeza Division. Services were held March 18 with burial in Houston retired on March 22, 1990. Services were held March 19. National Cemetery. Wilrich Oxford Retired Sgt. Larry J. Wilrich passed away on March 18. He Robert “Tom” Oxford (76) passed awayon March 1. He is the joined Police Academy Class No. 66 on Aug. 19, 1974. During father of Sgt. Timothy L. Oxford, assigned to the Jail Division. his career, he served in the Central Division, Jail Division and Services were held March 4 with burial in Cathedral of the Pines the Community Services Division and retired while assigned to Cemetery. the Clear Lake Division on July 24, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Maria Wilrich. Services were held March 22 with burial in Brookside Cemetery.

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 9 4/2/14 11:18 PM In Memory of… April - Houston Police Officers Slain in the Line of Duty

Jack B. Beets 04-30-1955 Charles R. Gougenheim 04-30-1955 James F. Kilty 04-08-1976

Jose A. Zamarron 04-18-1981 Daryl W. Shirley 04-28-1982 Maria M. Groves 04-10-1987

Bruno D. Sobeleski 04-12-1991 Cuong H. “Tony” Trinh 04-06-1997 Charlie Clark 04-03-2003 William E. Murphy 04-01-1910 Paul W. Whitlock 04-22-1928 Let us never forget...

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BadgeGun April 2014 Issue.indd 11 4/2/14 11:18 PM Psych Services The Numbers Emphasize that Alcohol and Kids Don’t Mix By LISA GARMEZY The Man in the Mirror Alcohol Awareness Month in April may seem… unnecessary. We’re aware, right? So let’s look at just one part of the public health push, Being a role model is critical. When we use alcohol to relax, to preventing underage drinking. bond with friends, to celebrate, to become more outgoing, they’re watching. Beyond that, consistent rules, close family ties and Frankly, not everyone is on board. Well-meaning folks can see teen support with problem-solving will help protect young people from drinking as a harmless rite of passage. There’s even a movement by more substance abuse. than 100 college presidents, including the president of Texas A&M, to lower the drinking age. They feel keeping it at 21 fosters disrespect for To guide our kids well, we have to be honest about what‘s safe. Moderate the law and binge drinking. drinking means no more than 14 standard drinks per week for men or seven for women. In addition, it means no more than four drinks on Consider, however National Institute of Health figures on the damage any single day for men, or three drinks in one day for women. Exceed done by alcohol. In one year, in the 18-24-year-old age group: that, according to the National Institute of Health, and you are putting yourself at risk for developing alcoholism, liver disease, certain cancers • Alcohol is linked to 690,000 assaults and 600,000 accidental injuries, and other health problems. including car crashes, falls and burns. • More than 97,000 students are victims of date rape or alcohol-related A standard drink is 12 ounces of regular beer, eight or nine ounces of sexual assault. malt liquor, five ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor. Of • One in four students report that drinking interfered with his or her course, most cocktails aren’t standard. Three typical margaritas actually academic performance. add up to five drinks. Google the NIH Cocktail Content Calculator to • Health problems develop in 150,000 young people and one percent check the amount of alcohol and calories in your favorite beverages. will try to commit suicide, either because of alcohol/drug use or while under the influence. So common it seems normal, binge drinking is defined as alcohol use that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to .08 or above. In Many more will face the classic consequences of drunken behavior— practical terms, this is typically having five drinks for men or four for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. Some just screw women over a couple of hours. It’s thought to occur in 40 percent of up their chance to follow their parents into law enforcement. college students. My sons called it “pre-gaming”—drinking privately before going somewhere you cannot be served. Teens always think, “It can’t happen to me.” Police officers know better. The mistakes our kids make can haunt them for a lifetime. Binging is seriously hazardous. For example, binge drinkers are 14 times more likely than other drinkers to drive under the influence. Alcohol Our Job poisoning can occur.

Many parents don’t realize we can make a difference. Research done The young person or reader who has alcoholism in the family is at at UT Austin and Penn State shows that college freshman are under particularly high risk for developing a dependence on alcohol or another the influence—yours. Kim Fromme of UT says at that age, “Parental substance. People with this legacy definitely can’t binge safely. As they awareness and caring are still exerting an influence on alcohol use, say on Comedy Central, sometimes the family tree has a car wrapped sexual behavior and drug use.” They won’t thank you, but when you around it. Don’t try to argue with genetics. talk to them about alcohol, they’re listening. Check It Out For parents, managing underage drinking is all about delaying it. There is a clear connection between beginning to drink younger and Anyone interested in changing his or her drinking patterns should abusing alcohol. visit www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov. Call if we can help. To learn more about preventing teen drinking, Google “NIH Make a At some point, we move from asking for abstinence to guiding young Difference” or “Talk. They hear you.” adults toward safer use, like never getting in a vehicle with an impaired driver. Sadly, we have to caution our sons and daughters not to drink in The effort of campus leaders to lower the drinking age is described at excess with people they can’t completely trust, and to intervene if others www.theamethystinitiative.org. One name not on the sponsors’ list is are taking advantage of intoxicated women. that of Anthony Marks, who led my kids’ college. Marks’ name was removed after his arrest for drunk driving a year into the project. Young people also need to know that the amount of alcohol that causes a pleasant buzz is not always vastly different from a fatal overdose. In What are we telling young people and why? Our silence is often two hours, 10 drinks for a 140-pound woman or 13 for a 160-pound understood as acceptance. Worse still, if our messages to kids about man create a potentially lethal medical emergency. These amounts take alcohol use are unclear, defensive or self-serving, they need to change. most people to a .35 BAC, which leads to death half the time.

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