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Texas’ Largest Police Union The Publication of the Houston Police Officers’ Union www.HPOU.org Vol. XXXIX No. 12 December 2013 The President’s Message The Necessity For and Concerns Merry Christmas about HPD’s Use of Force Policy and Ray Hunt Since the department rolled out the new documentation of force Happy New Year! requirements, the phones and emails at the HPOU have lit up. We understand your concerns and expressed these same concerns during the implementation of this policy. Chief McClelland includes the HPOU leadership in all command staff meetings and we truly appreciate it.

We heard firsthand the reasons for needing to capture the information and do not disagree. We have done some research and agree that HPD has been lagging behind other departments in documenting force.

Tyler Police Department, for example, has been documenting force for Blue Santa is out in full force! Tis the season for the thousands of Blue Santas in the Houston Police Department to be out in full force, supplying toys and presents for the the last 17 years. At HPD, our force has been noted in offense reports, needy families they sponsor this season. Blue Santa, epitomized by this officer (whose but would have to be extracted out of each report to get the numbers. identity is well known amongst his fellow officers), was scheduled to make his normal number of appearances in the weeks before Christmas. This picture captures the spirit and meaning of the special HPD program. GARY HICKS PHOTO We are not afraid of the numbers that will result and are confident the data will show that our highly trained officers are using force only NON-PROFIT ORG. Houston Police Officers’ Union U.S. Postage when necessary and reasonable. In fact, HPD officers undergo twice 1600 State Street PAID the training required by the state of Texas. Houston, Texas 77007 Houston, Texas Permit No. 7227 Our concern, however, is with the policy as it’s currently written. The time consumption of this new policy will greatly hinder the ability of rank-and-file officers to effectively do their job and get back in service. It will be especially burdensome on the sergeants, who already have more tasks to complete than their counterparts in most other departments.

According to the new policy, sergeants will now have to complete supplements on all force incidents. This appears to us to be overkill and will take sergeants out of service for extended periods of time. We believe that sergeants should only be completing supplements when Non-profit Statement: Badge & Gun is published monthly at no subscription charge. Send Correspondence and Address Changes (include mailing label) any weapon is used on the suspect or there is any injury to the suspect To: BADGE & GUN 1600 State Street Houston, TX 77007. Telephone: 713-237-0282. or officer. Continues on Page 4

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 1 12/2/13 9:54 PM HPOU Board of Directors Executive Board

Ray Hunt Doug Griffith Joseph Gamaldi Joseph Castaneda President 1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President Secretary (281) 701-5428 (713) 501-4991 (832) 283-9492 (281) 798-5051 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Board Members

J.G. Garza Gary Hicks Jeff Wagner Robert Breiding Jason Countryman 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 (832) 928-6336 (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]

Will Reiser Rebecca Dallas Rosalinda Ybanez Timothy Whitaker Lance Gibson Robert Sandoval O.J. Latin Tom Hayes Director 9 Director 10 Director 11 Director 12 Director 13 Director 14 Director 15 Director 16 (281) 923-1626 (832) 419-9589 (832) 293-1495 (832) 606-9502 (281) 658-2974 (281) 924-6369 (281) 726-1599 (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 Luis Menendez-Sierra Director 17 Director 18 Director 19 Director 20 (281) 924-3016 (832) 494-8244 (832) 731-9361 (832) 513-5110 [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 December 2013 Issue.indd 2 12/2/13 9:55 PM Editorial Page BADGE& GUN HPOU PAC Supports Voice of the Houston Police Officers’ Union Published monthly at no subscription charge Stardig, Garces, Burks, by the:

Houston Police Officers’ Union Kubosh in Dec. 14 City Council 1600 State Street, Houston, TX 77007 Ph: 832-200-3400 • Toll free: 1-800-846-1167 Runoff Elections Fax: 832-200-3470 THE DEC. 14 CITY RUNOFF ELECTION IS LATER THAN NORMAL runoff schedules, providing E-mail: [email protected] Website address: www.HPOU.org the HPOU PAC Committee with more time to get out the word about City Council endorsements.

Legal Department: 832-200-3420 There are four races. Two of them involve districts, District A and District I and two others are At Large Legal Dept Fax: 832-200-3426 positions, Nos. 2 and 3. The Position 2 seat is held by incumbent Andrew Burks Jr. HPOU PAC renews Insurance: 832-200-3410 its endorsement of Councilman Burks and urges a vote for him on Dec. 14. Position 3 is an open seat. Badge & Gun is the official publication of the The PAC endorses Michael Kubosh in that race. Houston Police Officers’ Union. Badge & Gun is published monthly under the supervision of its District I is an open seat in which Gracie Garces has earned the Union PAC’s nod of support. Board of Directors. However, opinions expressed by individual Board members or any other writer District A is a different story. The incumbent, Helena Brown, has shown no support whatsoever for law in this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the entire Board of Directors. Editorial enforcement. The first-term representative has been a constant naysayer, frequently the sole NO vote on submissions are welcomed and encouraged. council. HPOU PAC is endorsing Brenda Stardig. She was the incumbent District A council member All submissions must be received by the 7th of who lost to Brown in a low-turnout runoff election two years ago. An ardent supporter of Houston the month. police, Stardig deserves a return to City Hall. ADVERTISEMENT IN THE BADGE & GUN DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, The HPOU PAC urges runoff election votes for Brenda Stardig in District A, Gracie Garces in District A WARRANTY OR A GUARANTEE BY I and Andrew Burks Jr. in At-Large Position 2 and Michael Kubosh in At-Large Position 3 in the THE UNION. Saturday, Dec. 14 runoff election.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Badge & Gun ATTENTION OFFICERS! 1600 State Street Houston, TX 77007 Fax: 832-200-3470 As usual, the HPOU will be issuing its annual Calendar hopefully before Christmas or shortly after the New Year. Please facilitate the distribution process by making sure the Union office has any recent change of address. Please stop by the State Street office and notify Krystal, Chanel or Veronica about your change or go to the HPOU.org website. Thanks and Happy Holidays! Important Numbers Merry Christmas ATO: 713-223-4ATO Badge & Gun: 832-200-3400 and Happy New Year HPOU Offices: 832-200-3400 from 1-800-846-1167 Insurance Fax: 832-200-3470 Legal Services: 832-200-3420 Legal Fax: 832-200-3426 and email: [email protected] www.hpou.org

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 3 12/2/13 9:55 PM Continues from Ray Page 1 I am confident that our chief will review this policy and make changes We have found no other departments that require the extensive that will accomplish our goal and streamline the process. documentation that is being required by our new policy. We have found no departments that require SWAT officers to do a report for having Merry Christmas and Happy 2014 their weapons pointed at a suspect, but no shot fired. On behalf of the entire HPOU Board of Directors and staff at the We have found no department that requires every officer on a felony HPOU, we wish each of you a safe and Merry Christmas and safe and vehicle stop to do a supplement for simply pointing a weapon at the Happy 2014. occupants in a stolen car. Nor have we found a department that requires warrant teams to complete the form when they enter a felon’s residence Please be reminded that the first HPOU general membership meeting and make an arrest without incident. of 2014 will be on Thursday, Jan. 2.

We appreciate the fact that our chief is not requiring the documentation of force for simply having your weapon out and by your side like some departments are requiring, but strongly believe this new policy could be streamlined and still achieve the desired goal.

We currently do a racial profile form on each traffic stop. This takes less than one minute to complete. Why not use the same type form for use of force? Merry Christmas This template could have simple drop down options and a small text box for any explanations. Complete details will be in the offense report, which could be noted on the form. The data would be captured and readily retrieved and the officers and supervisors would not be bogged and Happy New Year down in paper work.

We understand that any new policy or form is sure to be met with scrutiny. We are not arguing the merits of capturing the data, but disagree with the logistics by which the department is choosing to carry this out.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia, center, is pictured with HPOU President Ray Hunt and Vice Presidents Doug Griffith and Joe Gamaldi during a Nov. 20 visit to the Union office. Garcia, a retired HPD officer and former Houston City Council member, came in for what Hunt called “a 100,000-mile checkup” to make sure the sheriff’s office was working effectively with the Houston police. Garcia described HPD as “our biggest client.” Hunt said the two law enforcement agencies work together well and attributed the great relationship to the fact that Garcia has former HPD Lt. Steve Marino as one of his majors. “Having Steve has helped to make wonderful inroads,” Hunt said. GARY HICKS PHOTO. Page 4 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 5 12/2/13 9:55 PM Tom Kennedy is a long-time Houston in HPD Officers paying retail. Here are some examples:

Signed Duke Snider Ball $100 $75 Signed Biggio Ball 199 $165 Signed Bagwell Ball $149 $115 Signed Stan “The Man” Musial Ball $199 $135 Signed Yogi Berra Ball $95 $75

9950 Hempstead Road (The Old Penney Location in Northwest Mall)

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 6 12/2/13 9:55 PM Legal Department Victories Suspect Jumps Written Reprimands Reduced During the Step II meeting, we pointed out on Patrol Cars, Dies to SIs that, although the General Order was changed REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATION to require inventory of property some time ago, By Sally Ring, Staff Legal Counsel By Chad T. Hoffman, Staff Legal Counsel the booking blotter still has not been changed A death-in-custody happened after 5 a.m. on On Sept. 24, two officers went through a to provide a place for inventory of property. Oct. 28 on the service road in the 6900 block Step II meeting with Assistant Chief Perales We then had a further discussion with the of the East Freeway at the intersection of in their grievance of written reprimands they assistant chief regarding the captain’s original Lathrop Road. received for violating general orders regarding intention to issue a Supervisory Intervention to Inventory of Prisoner’s Property. the officers when he believed the case would be An officer was dispatched to a suspicious handled at the divisional level. persons call at 6923 Gonzales St. As he The officers had arrested a suspect and approached this intersection, he observed a transported her to jail. When the prisoner Assistant Chief Perales conducted a large male matching the description of the was released from jail, she complained that thorough analysis of the issues presented and suspect rolling around in the street of the her hoodie sweatshirt was missing. Jail video immediately recognized where a service road. As the officer attempted to exit revealed that the hoodie was given to jail Supervisory Intervention would be the more his vehicle, the suspect ran toward him and personnel at the time she was accepted by leaped on top of the patrol vehicle. the jail. However, the officers were cited with appropriate corrective action given the failing to inventory the hoodie on the circumstances of this particular case. The suspect was a very large male, weighing booking blotter. To his credit, Chief Perales had already approximately 270 pounds. The suspect was conducted research into the involved thrashing about on the hood of the patrol car, officers and recognized that their past cursing and yelling incoherently. The suspect performance should be considered to got off the hood and began rolling in the street further support an SI. On Oct. 10, Assistant again, when a patrol car driven by a second Chief Perales recommended that the officers’ officer approached the intersection. Written Reprimands be reduced to Supervisory Interventions and the chief of police agreed. The suspect leaped on the hood of the second officer’s car as well. Officers noticed that the Facial Hair Suspension suspect was bleeding from his hand area and had smeared blood all over the front of the Reduced from 2 Days to 1 patrol cars. Officers were able to place separate REPRESENTATION handcuffs on each of the suspect’s hands and By Sally Ring, Staff Legal Counsel direct him off of the patrol car to the ground. An officer had been diagnosed with pseudo-folliculitis barbae and duly notified Officers were attempting to remove one set HPD of his condition. Over the course of his of handcuffs in order to properly restrain the career, the officer had maintained his facial hair suspect. The suspect continued struggling at an acceptable length to conform with HPD and thrashing, yelling, “Don’t kill me! Don’t grooming standards. kill me!” On two occasions in March 2013, the officer The officers decided to connect the two pairs was alleged to have violated G.O. 300-15, as of handcuffs together in front of the suspect, his supervisors believed his facial hair was not as that was the only way that he could be at an acceptable length. In August 2013, the restrained, due to his combative behavior. officer was issued a two-day suspension by the police chief. Several other officers arrived and observed the suspect still struggling against the Evidence was adduced at the hearing that officers. He was kicking and writhing on the ground, attempting to get up and away the officer had started taking a medication from the officers. Other officers assisted in during the time of the alleged violations that holding his feet, in an attempt to put leg restraints would have stimulated his facial hair growth. on the suspect. The suspect suddenly quit A fellow officer out of the same station and moving. Officers rolled him over to his back same chain of command testified that he had and observed that he was nonresponsive. been cited with the same violation around Officers began administering CPR to the the same time as this officer and was issued a suspect until HFD arrived. Supervisory Intervention.

HFD began to administer aid to the suspect, After hearing the evidence and testimony, who appeared to be deceased. However, the the Police Officers Civil Service Commission paramedics were later able to detect a weak reduced the officer’s discipline from two days pulse and the suspect was transported to to one day. the hospital. Continues on Page 8 Page 7 Badge & Gun • December 2013

BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 7 12/2/13 9:55 PM Continues from Page 7 voice sounded weak, as if she were in agony and from his gunshot wounds, but the female was Officer Shoots, Kills struggling to speak loud enough to be heard. still alive (at least as of the time the officers were Knife-Wielding Suspect giving statements at the Homicide Division). REPRESENTATION The officers notified the other officers at the The officers’ quick, decisive, and correct action By Aaron J. Suder, Staff Legal Counsel scene (now totaling six) that the suspect was undoubtedly saved the female’s life. An officer-involved shooting took place about armed with a knife and was dragging a female 10:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at an apartment in the who was calling for help. They decided that One day suspension overturned 10200 block of Scott. they had to make entry into the apartment to REPRESENTATION potentially save the female’s life. At that time, By Chad T. Hoffman, Staff Legal Counsel Several officers of the Southeast Patrol the officers attempted to break through the On Oct. 9, a civil service commission hearing Division responded to an Assault in Progress front door, but soon realized that it had been was held in an officer’s appeal of a One Day call on a ground floor apartment at 10225 barricaded with a piece of furniture. They Suspension for an at fault accident. Scott. The first two officers to arrive on the then turned to the windows in front of the scene, a male and female officer, located the apartment and began breaking out the glass The officer was on the Southwest Freeway and apartment and knocked on the front door. After with their asp batons. came upon a fatality accident. She observed several rounds of knocking, the door was that traffic was still trying to get around the finally opened by a black male suspect holding When the windows were finally broken out accident scene in the right lanes. She activated a hammer in his right hand. The male had a and the blinds pulled down, the officers could her emergency equipment to alert vehicles crazed look on his face and said nothing to the clearly see the male suspect standing over the behind her and began to pull into the next female officer that was standing in front of him. female with the knife. Through the window lane to start blocking traffic. As she did so, a The officer quickly drew her taser and ordered opening, the officers yelled commands at the vehicle moving at a high rate of speed tried to the male to drop the hammer. However, suspect to drop the knife, but he simply looked get around her, and the rear bumper of their the suspect ignored the command, slammed at them and then continued his attack on the vehicle made contact with the buddy bumper the door shut and locked the deadbolt. The female. When he raised the knife up as he was of the patrol vehicle. male officer immediately got on the air and about to stab her, one of the officers fired notified his supervisor that they had a barricaded his weapon. His first shot appeared to hit The accident investigator found dual fault, the suspect at the location. The supervisor the suspect in the chin, but the suspect only officer for making an unsafe lane change and the authorized the officers to make entry paused momentarily and then raised the knife other driver for failing to yield to an emergency in to the apartment if there were exigent up again. The officer fired a second time, this vehicle. In her One Day Suspension, the officer circumstances to believe that anyone inside was in time hitting the suspect center mass. After the was cited with violating the Transportation imminent danger. second shot, the suspect slumped back against Code section regarding unsafe lane changes. a wall and dropped the knife. As other officers began arriving at the At the hearing, it was pointed out that the scene, they set up a perimeter around the Two officers made entry through one of the Transportation Code allows for the driver apartment and attempted to see what was broken windows and were able to clear the of an emergency vehicle to disregard other going on by looking through the apartment front door so that the other officers could traffic laws provided that they drive with due windows. Two other secondary officers were come in. Several of the officers were able to caution. We asserted that the officer was cited able to see through the blinds in a side window move in and handcuff the suspect, while two with the wrong Transportation Code provision and located the suspect, who was now sitting of the officers tended to the female victim. since the department acknowledged that the down inside the apartment wrapping a bandage The victim had been stabbed several times by officer was operating an emergency vehicle at around one of his arms. The suspect appeared the suspect and had also been hit in the head the time of the accident. The officer further to be in somewhat of a trance-like state, several times with the hammer. Both the knife testified that she did all she could to alert other staring off into space. As these officers watched, and hammer were still at the suspect’s feet. drivers behind her, and could not control the the suspect finished wrapping his arm, stood The officers tending to the female attempted to actions of a driver that chose to disregard an up and began dragging something down the render first aid by applying pressure to her emergency vehicle. hallway with one hand, while holding a large various wounds to stop the bleeding. kitchen knife in the other hand. The officers After considering all the evidence and the soon realized that the object that the suspect Ambulances were called for both the testimony of the witnesses, the commission was dragging was a female victim, and they victim and the suspect, and they were both overturned the One Day Suspension. could hear her calling for help. The female’s transported to the hospital. The suspect died

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 9 12/2/13 9:55 PM ‘Lucky 100’ to Wear Body Cameras in First-Time Test Program for Officers By TOM KENNEDY Griffith said the second problem has been that officers forget to turn The department is now rolling out a new pilot program with 100 them on or off, which was a constant theme. officers wearing body cameras. “No officers have been punished in the Phoenix department over There has been a lot of discussion over the issue since the HPOU just forgetting to turn the camera on,” Griffith explained. “The current found out last month about the program. policy will be that you only turn the cameras on when you are dealing with a citizen.” The cameras are the VIVUE-LE2 and are currently being used by other agencies around the country. The HPD test policy will also include the following two rules of practice: • You will not have to inform anyone that they are being videoed unless “I personally contacted the Phoenix police officers association and spoke you want to. to their vice president, who wears one of the cameras,” HPOU 1st Vice • You will not record other officers, supervisors or your conversations President Doug Griffith said. with the district attorney’s office.

“I was informed that the cameras have actually helped his guys, but they Griffith said that “it should be noted that the HPD cameras will not be have had problems. the same ones that will be used later. This is going to be a trial-and-error pilot program.” “The one big problem with them was the ability to download the videos and how long it takes to do it. The Phoenix PD had to generate a special He urged any one of the “Lucky 100” to please give true and honest overtime code just to allow officers the time to download the videos.” feedback about their test-run experiences with the cameras.

On Nov. 19, Senior Police Officer Raymond Delacruz of Eastside Patrol was presented the Field Training Officer of the Month honor for July. Pictured here are Eastside Capt. Robert Manzo, left, Senior Police Officer Tim Whitaker of the HPOU Board, Senior Police Officer Raymond DeLaCruz and Lt. Linda R. Zamora of the Field Officer Training Division. The citation praised DeLaCruz as “an outstanding officer with a strong work ethic. While training Officer DeLaCruz goes out of his way to get probationary officers into as many different situations as possible. Officer DeLaCruz always does his best to allow the probationary officer the opportunity to demonstrate his/her ability to perform the necessary police function. Officer DeLaCruz’ documentation is exceptional. Officer DeLaCruz currently has an efficiency rating of outstanding and is a high producing officer who is well respected among his peers.” Page 10 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 11 12/2/13 9:55 PM Houston Area Army ROTC is Offering Full College Scholarships By TOM KENNEDY “We offer GRFD - Guaranteed Reserve Force from technical to nontechnical degrres The head of the U. S. Army ROTC for the Duty Scholarships – which pay the same, from all participating schools in the Greater Greater Houston area provides some exciting but upon graduation and commissioning as a Houston area.” news for HPD officers in HPOU’s November second lieutenant,” Smith explained. “You general membership meeting. serve in the Reserves or Guard and not on Smith said, “We’ve found that sons and active duty. daughters for police officers make great ROTC Lt. Col. Michael Smith said fully cadets. We often see them go on to become qualified sons and daughters of officers “So go to college, get a degree, get a commis- officers themselves after their active duty.” are now eligible for full four-year ROTC sion, graduate and stay in Houston!” scholarships at any of Houston’s vast array of He pointed out with a smile that becoming a institutions of higher learning. Although headquartered at the University certified police officer while remaining in the of Houston, the Army ROTC’s sponsor Army Reserve or in the National Guard could since 1948, this area’s ROTC will sponsor result in “a double pension situation.” scholarships for student cadets at Rice University, Houston Baptist University, UH-Downtown, UH-Clear Lake, Texas Woman’s University, the University of St. Thomas, Houston Community College and San Jacinto College.

To qualify a student cadet must be a full-time student in good academic standing and meet the Army’s height/weight standards. He or she must also be U. S. citizens, must complete the Army physical examination and pass the Army Physical Fitness Test.

Of course, each prospect must pass the criminal background check.

Smith said plans are to have room and board Lt. Col. Michael Smith benefits might be in place by the fall at UH. “We are working the room and board Smith said now is the time to contact him for scholarships with UH only and should have application forms for scholarships beginning in in place some time between August 2014 and the Fall 2014 semester. He said four- and two- August 2015,” he said. year scholarships that pay full tuition and book allowances are available for qualified students. Smith accentuated the preferred fields of study by using the STEM acronyms: Science, Benefits also include a tax-free stipend from Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. $300 a month for freshmen to $500 a month But he also stressed that “Army ROTC is for senior cadets. comprised of students in all areas of study, DON’T GET CAUGHT without an ad in the BADGE Call Celest at & (832) 541-1463 GUN Page 12 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 13 12/2/13 9:55 PM Changes at the HPD Police Memorial By DON EGDORF New lights have been installed along the sidewalk around the Memorial Changes and improvements at our Police Memorial are underway. If you but are not yet functional. Once working, the lights will shine both haven’t visited the Memorial in a while, it is worth taking a look. white and blue light on the pathway surrounding the Memorial.

As part of the Buffalo Bayou project, there is now a bridge that crosses There is still a long way to go until all of the improvements are the bayou directly north of the Memorial. With the bridge being completed. Construction on the new “guard shack” should be starting opened, this means that there will be increased pedestrian traffic soon as well as other projects that we will be announcing soon. though the Memorial grounds. If anyone has any input or ideas about how to improve our Memorial, Temporary signs have been installed at the south side of the bridge at please contact Don Egdorf at [email protected] or 713-240-6033. the Memorial entrance to let anyone entering know that this a Memorial and not just another dog park.

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 15 12/2/13 9:55 PM Oregon Case Finally Adjudicated by Arbitrator, Sgt. Strouse Retires By TOM KENNEDY Department policy forbids use of an intoxicated person as an informant. HPD Sgt. Darrell Strouse, the only fired officer reinstated in the Also, any gang task force plan to investigate a narcotics case was subject controversial 1998 Pedro Oregon shooting case, has retired after having to the approval of the Narcotics Division, which evidence showed was his arbitration case finally adjudicated. This case spanned three decades. not obtained in this case.

Strouse was the only participant in a July 12, 1998 drug raid reinstated On the third attempt to set up a meeting between the informant after being fired by then-Police Chief C. O. “Brad” Bradford. The other and the drug dealer, the officers went to the apartment in question. officers involved lost their arbitrations, while the sergeant’s appeal of his Strouse and the other five officers were staged on the stairs outside the termination bounced around the legal system. apartment when they observed the person who answered the door run into the apartment. The officers followed this individual into the An arbitrator’s decision issued in September 2013 ordered the Department apartment and entered a bedroom where they confronted Pedro Oregon to reinstate Strouse as a sergeant. The arbitrator found no just cause who was pointing a gun at them. existed for an indefinite suspension but did order a suspension, without pay, from November 1, 1998 until January 1, 2002. Strouse was “back In the pursuit, one officer’s gun accidently went off, striking another on active duty” from January 1, 2002 until he retired on November officer, who was not seriously hurt because of his bullet-proof vest. 8, 2013. This period of reinstatement provided Strouse with back pay, Other officers apparently mistook the shot for hostile fire and began seniority and benefits for the above period. shooting at Oregon, who was hit 12 times and died.

“At the end of the day Darrell had enough to retire, effective Nov. 8, An investigation found that Oregon did not fire his gun which was 2013,” HPOU legal counsel Bob Armbruster explained, “thus ending a found near the body. legal battled that spanned three decades.” A grand jury cleared five of the officers of criminal conduct but charged Armbruster said the Strouse case was one of the more complicated and the sixth with a misdemeanor. An internal police investigation found all lengthy in recent history. the officers had violated not only department policies but also state and federal laws, prompting the firings. Fired on Nov. 1, 1998, Strouse went to arbitration several years later. The arbitrator suspended him for a couple years and ordered him to be At the time, Bradford said his decision to fire the officers was based demoted. On appeal to state district court, the City and Armbruster only on the facts, not the widespread outrage that greeted the grand contended that arbitrator did not have the authority to demote. jury decision.

A nine-year court battle ensued, going up and down the appellate The appeal filed by Sergeant Strouse and the ensuing litigation has process at least two times. Armbruster cited a Texas Supreme Court case, finally been resolved. Once the arbitrator issued his opinion the City known as Waco v Kelley, that finally answered a number of legal issues swiftly moved forward to comply with the decision. A number of in the case. After this case was decided Strouse’s appeal ended up before individuals at City Legal, Budget and Finance, HPD Legal and the the original arbitrator. “He reheard the case this year,” Armbruster said, Pension Office worked tirelessly to ensure that the arbitrator’s opinion “mindful he couldn’t demote the sergeant.” was fully and completely followed.

The arbitrator’s latest decision ordered a period of suspension for Strouse The efforts of these individuals made it possible for Strouse to retire. and paved the way for his retirement. Strouse, his wife and his four daughters are thankful for the support of the Union throughout this ordeal and greatly appreciate the efforts of The incident in question happened the night of July 12, 1998 when all those involved who worked to resolve this situation. Strouse led five other officers who were part of a gang task force operating in southwest Houston. They went to the apartment of an alleged drug dealer, relying on an informant who was intoxicated and on probation when they arrested him.

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 17 12/2/13 9:55 PM SERVING THE ALARM NEEDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS

HPOU, This is in memory of Lloyd Goehring (Feb. 1, 1929—Nov. 12, 2012:

“Your Smile” Though your smile is gone forever, and your hand we cannot touch, we still have many memories of the one we loved so much. Your memory is our keepsake, with which we’ll never part. God has you in His keeping, we have you in our hearts. sadly missed, but never forgotten. The Lloyd Goehring Family HPOU, Thank you so much for the beautiful plant you all sent.

We are grateful for your thoughtfulness and sympathy. The Arnold Ryza Family HPOU, During a time like this we realize how much our friends and relatives really mean to us.

Your expression of sympathy will always be remembered.

Thanks for the prayers and plant. Cross Family HPOU, The flowers sent by the HPOU were beautiful and greatly appreciated. The Johnson Family HPOU, My sincerest gratitude for you all’s thoughts and condolences during the lost of my grandfather. Sincerely, Officer Sabrina Rocha Traffic Enforcement Division

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 18 12/2/13 9:55 PM Homicide Sergeant and Lacrosse Coach Involved in Stuffed Animal Collection for Children of Crime On the weekend of Dec. 7 and 8, Houston police officers, together with To his delight, Julia's family, friends and teammates took up her cause. the Cy-fair Girls Lacrosse Association, and the Girl Scouts of America The collection has been so great that every division within the Houston collected stuffed animals to provide comfort to local children affected Police Department that deals with victims of violent crimes has access to by crime. the animals. Each year the donations have grown and Julia’s vision has spread to over 24 agencies that benefit from the stuffed animal drive. The collection was held at Zube Park at 17400 Roberts Road in Hockley. It began at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Julia’s parents, Scott and Vera Briggs, have been ardent supporters of the HPD and have also established a scholarship in Julia’s name to benefit a More than 45 girls lacrosse teams from around the state gathered to girl with a “servant” heart. The winner must show that they have served play in the fifth annual Cy- Fair Burning Flower Lacrosse tournament their community and the scholarship can be used for any summer camp to Remember Julia. Each team has been gathering stuffed animals that will further their commitment to service. throughout the year. Harris saw firsthand the impact of Julia’s dream on a nine-year-old girl This effort was conceived by 13-year-old Julia Briggs, who wanted who witnessed the beating of her younger brother. “She picked out this children of homicide victims, witnesses or even of suspects to have huge stuffed animal and held on to it during the interview,” the sergeant something to hold and comfort them during what can be a traumatic said. “Her face lit up when she was told she could take it home. It was time. More than 4,000 stuffed animals were collected at the 2012 then I realized, this is what Julia was talking about.” tournament. Julia wanted to make a difference in the lives of children affected by homicide. “Our stuffed animal collection efforts will continue throughout the year,” Harris said. “All officers or anybody else who wants to contribute Shortly after proposing the project to her lacrosse coach of three years, has to do is call me.” (713-308-3676) HPD Homicide Sgt. Brian Harris, Julia died from a rare form of cancer. At Julia's funeral, Harris spoke of her mission to help those children, but The collected stuffed toys will be distributed to various HPD divisions, feared the drive would end with her untimely death. as well as area organizations that assist children affected by violent crime.

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 19 12/2/13 9:55 PM Trusted Detective Red Smith needed a lead belt to ‘weigh in’ at HPD, tutored an auxiliary officer named Marvin Zindler, partnered with Herman Short and helped to raise PAC money to get Civil Service protection for Houston officers By TOM KENNEDY and fell three pounds short of the minimum auxiliary policemen. We trained them and they James Roddy “Red” Smith went down in weight – a condition soon remedied. carried guns. history as the oldest living retired Houston police officer at the time of his death in 2004 He had other support from a man in a high “People would come in for the night shift. at age 98. place. In 1907, the community of Peck was Marvin Zindler’s dad and his brother owned renamed Tomball for the local congressman that big clothing store on Congress Avenue. by the name of Thomas Henry Ball, who had They (city officials) wanted him because they a major role in the development of the Port wanted the support of his dad and uncle. of Houston. Ball gave Smith a letter inside a sealed envelop and told him to present it to the “We worked the three-to-eleven. We were person in charge of Civil Service. driving downtown by the store when all of a sudden somebody came out the front door When Smith did so at City Hall, the individual and tore out down Congress Avenue with a in charge said, “Who the hell do you think you stack of shirts in his arms. The somebody who are, Smith? We don’t hire you unless you’re was following this man yelled, ‘Catch him! backed by somebody.” Catch him!’

Then the man opened the letter and immediately “And Marvin pulls out his gun and changed his tune. That was the typical hiring BAM! BAM!” practice back then. The next step in the process involved Smith’s friend, a police lieutenant with Zindler wasn’t a good shot. No bullet hit a special belt. anybody. His action violated the policies affecting auxiliary police officers and he was “He told me, ‘You got to weigh so much and summarily removed from the force. you’re three pounds short.’ He gave me a belt with four pounds of lead in it. I put it under my East End Outhouse shirt and strapped it. Smith laughed and smiled when he said of his Red Smith, at age 92, in his retirement years in Cuero “It was just part of my employment, me getting bosses, “They didn’t blame me. They knew started and feeding my family.” Marvin Zindler even back then.” The Badge & Gun interviewed Smith at his residence in Cuero in March of that year, The department issued him a uniform “that In the World War II years, Smith’s monthly listening to him recount the early days of the you coulda wrapped around me two times,” salary was $250, which didn’t make ends meet Houston Police Department, especially the and Smith was on his way to night patrol. with a growing family. So he did what officers legislative fight for job security and the have done throughout history – he worked struggle for decent salaries for officers. Oh, and Officers were under-trained in this era, as an extra job, driving a truck for a wholesale there were the war stories, too. evidenced by Smith’s first partner, who lost his grocery company. He saved all he could to buy job by discharging his service revolver through his family’s first house. Three Pounds Short the patrol car windshield at a fleeing suspect on a narrow street with cars parked on both sides. Smith went to a mom-and-pop loan company While he was at it, Red Smith was the to make the purchase. The man in charge told longest-serving partner of Herman Short, which history shows served nine years, Part of Smith’s duties was at the Port of him he would construct a house on Smith’s the longest-tenured chief ever. And Smith Houston, where he kept an eye out for German 75-by-100-foot lot on the East End. “It won’t “supervised” a wartime, gun-toting auxiliary U-boats, although no official records were be a mansion,” the loan operator said. “I’ll police officer by the name of Marvin Zindler. maintained about such assignments. furnish you a house and you pay me back any way that you can.” At the time of the interview, Smith was spry During one period when he was on for his age, had a girlfriend, went out to eat evening shift duty patrolling downtown, Smith There was no bathroom or running water, only for most of his lunches and always said grace was accompanied by HPD Auxiliary Officer an outhouse. Smith then saved money from before every meal. Marvin Zindler. Let him tell the story: his extra job and bought enough galvanized pipe to construct a bathroom in one corner The man known as “Red” got on HPD in “During the war the city was short of Houston of the house by hooking the pipe to another 1943 when many officers were serving in the police officers. I was on patrol all by myself. individual’s city water line and paying his share armed forces in World War II. He was skinny The city started a deal to get police help – Continues on Page 21 Page 20 Badge & Gun • December 2013

BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 20 12/2/13 9:55 PM Continues from Page 20 of the monthly bill. Smith described his family’s conditions in the 1940s Early PAC Activities as “typical of what many officers had to deal with.” Herman Short, the HPD chief of police for nine years up until Dec. 31, 1973, seldom smiled after the tragedy, Smith recalled. The officer became the partner of a young, up-and-coming, no-nonsense detective named Herman B. Short, a man who would be But he brightened at recalling the good times when “we worked chief who also was tight with compliments or even small praises. together like two good doctors.”

Smith and Short were also strong supporters of the post-war effort by leaders within the department to get important state legislation passed that would protect the jobs of Houston police officers. Hand in hand with the need to have somebody back you with a letter or other influences to get you in the Department was the possibility that you – as an officer – could be fired based on the whim of a new mayor.

The officers who were leaders in the effort met in secret for fear of being fired if Mayor Oscar Holcombe learned their identities. The actions of three of the most prominent leaders – Julius Knigge, Earl Maughmer and Breck Porter – are well documented in Houston Blue: the Story of HPD, the history of the Department.

In the 2004 interview, Smith had his own view of what happened in the 1940s when the secret effort was afoot.

Red Smith, center, at the scene of an arrest with two other HPD officers in the late 1940s. He was a detective in the Robbery Division. While working with Short in the case of a stolen meat truck, Smith went one way and Short the other. Smith was on the right track when he used a reliable informant, resulting in a tip that helped recover the truck and the meat.

“He has me beat being a detective,” Short told other officers, referring to Smith. “I want you all to meet my partner here, he’s Mr. Detective. He recovered the truck and the meat.”

It was one of the few times in Short’s career that he was so free with a compliment.

Short and Smith played “good cop/bad cop” in many investigative Red Smith with then-Gov. Preston Smith when Smith was serving as chief of the Texas scenarios but seldom if ever had to draw their guns. Meanwhile, another State Capitol Police in the late 1960s. more aggressive officer “must have killed 15 people,” Smith said in “Breck Porter, Earl, Julius and quite a few others got together and put recalling the regular practices of some HPD officers of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He said the officer, who later held higher ranks, was pressure on the legislators. We talked to an old House member in Austin pleased that he saved the taxpayers the cost of trials. about this (civil service) deal. There were a half dozen others; I forget their names. During their shifts together in the Robbery Division, Smith and Short grew closer than brothers. When Smith was able to move from his “We wanted them to put Houston police officers under state civil family’s first house to a larger abode on the south side, the property service with some kinda deal about a pension added to it. This old adjoined that of Short and his wife, Lucille. Both families raised gardens representative told us, ‘Boy this is going to cost you all some money.’ ” and Smith and Short earned extra money using their tractor and mowers The state representative referred to the 1940s version of a campaign to mow the large neighboring lots in the neighborhood. contribution, which was necessary at the time “so we can get this done.”

Smith’s normally ebullient countenance grew grim when he recalled the Thus an early version of a Houston police Political Action Committee day a drunken driver struck and killed Lucille Short as she was crossing was organized. the street to deliver fresh vegetables to a neighbor. Continues on Page 24 Page 21 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 23 12/2/13 9:55 PM Continues from Page 21 Police Chief Percy Heard saw to it that Smith and fellow detectives Smith said, “We anted up a hundred bucks apiece. I don’t have any idea J.E. Adams and R. B. Howard were assigned to bust a long-time house how much we raised. Each one of us would go around and talk to our of prostitution operated by a madam named Mabel. During the bust friends. They’d maybe say, ‘OK, here’s twenty.’ the detectives arrested many well known businessmen and confiscated shotguns, pistols, bowie knives, boxes of jewelry and one large pasteboard box ten inches deep with cash. Smith turned in every dollar.

In the years between 1940 and 1955 the city of Houston was either “open” or “closed” to vices such as gambling and prostitution, depending on the leadership at City Hall. The war years saw a dramatic growth in what was known as “policy games,” particularly in minority areas such as Third, Fourth and Fifth wards.

“Policy” was an illegal lottery wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. The name “policy” is from a similarity to cheap insurance

One day Smith went with an officer friend to the bust of a neighborhood policy game in Third Ward. It was his job to keep an eye on a rather attractive young African-American woman who was part of a large group of policy players caught before the winning numbers were announced.

The man on the left is Herman Short as a Robbery detective at least a decade before Approximately 70 years later, Red Smith recalled what happened as if it he became police chief at HPD. On the right is his partner, fellow detective Red Smith, were last week. whom Short described as “Mr. Detective” of HPD. “We’d turn that in. It musta been quite a lot. I imagine there was so The scene of these activities was a typical three-bedroom home. The much pressure on them (the leaders). Mayor Holcombe was in there woman, subject to misdemeanor charges like the rest of the group, told and didn’t want it. He said a Houston police officer wasn’t worth $250 Smith she feared what her husband would do to her when he had to pay a month. the fine. She motioned the plain clothes officer to a bathroom and once behind the door she exposed herself and said, “All this can be yours as “The next session we got it done.” long as you want it if you don’t arrest me.” When he told the story, Smith admitted that there might yet be some The Houston Police Officers Association (HPOA) also was birthed of his contemporaries who would have looked the other way and turned during this same time period (1945-1950). HPOA evolved into the this suspect loose, whether she fulfilled the proposition or not. Houston Police Officers Union. The law that was passed in the 1940s – known as 1261m of the State Civil Service statues – evolved into the It was either book her or the alternative. meet-and-confer provisions now in effect to provide Houston officers with better benefits and job protection than ever before. Again – as he so often did while recounting his HPD war stories – Smith laughed, smiled and nodded his head, saying, “I took her downtown Tempted but Trusted and she was booked like the rest of ‘em.”

Long before Smith’s friend and partner Herman Short became chief, He retired from HPD in July 1965 after serving 21 years. He then the more trustworthy brass relied on the very Godly and by-the-book became police chief of the State Capitol Police in Austin and also earned Detective Smith, knowing he wouldn’t succumb to the temptations of retirement from that law enforcement job. gambling and prostitution when others in the department, especially one captain suspected of “making millions” by protecting madams, were Smith lived in Cuero before dying at age 98 on Dec. 6, 2005. No other more susceptible. retired HPD officer has lived that long. SUPPORT PAC, IT PAYS BIG RETURNS

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 32 12/2/13 9:55 PM How Impatience Hurts Retirement Saving Keep Calm & Carry On – argument for dollar cost averaging – the slow and steady investment it May be Good for your portfolio. method by which you buy shares over time, a little at a time. When the Provided by Brian Craft, AIF market sinks, you are buying more shares as they have become cheaper – meaning you will own more (quality) shares when they regain value. Why do so many retirement sav- It also shows you the value of thinking long-term. When you save for ers underperform the market? From retirement, you are saving with a time horizon in mind. A distant 1993-2012, the S&P 500 achieved horizon. Consistent saving from a (relatively) early age and the power of a (compound) annual return of compounding can potentially have much greater effect on the outcome 8.2%. Across the same period, the of your retirement savings effort than investment selection. average investor in U.S. stock funds got only a 4.3% return. What Keep your eyes on your long-term retirement planning objectives, not accounts for the difference? One big the short-term volatility highlighted in the headlines of the moment. factor is impatience. It is expressed in emotional investment decisions. Too PSFG representatives, your HPOU Deferred Comp Provider, may be many people trade themselves into reached at 832-200-3440 mediocrity – they react to the head- lines of the moment, buy high and Investing regular amounts steadily over time (dollar-cost averaging) sell low. Dalbar, the noted investing may lower your average per-share cost. Periodic investment programs research firm, estimates this accounts cannot guarantee profit or protect against loss in a declining market. for 2.0% of the above-mentioned 3.9% Dollar-cost averaging is a long-term strategy involving continuous difference. (It attributes another 1.3% of the gap to mutual fund operat- investing, regardless of fluctuating price levels, and, as a result, you ing costs and the remaining 0.6% to portfolio turnover within funds.) should consider your financial ability to continue to invest during Impatience encourages market timing. Some investors consider “buy periods of fluctuating price levels. and hold” passé, but it has certainly worked well since 2009. How did market timing work in comparison? Citing Investment Company Institute calculations of equity fund asset inflows and outflows from January 2007 to August 2012, U.S. News & World Report notes that it didn’t work very well. During that stretch, mutual fund investors either sold market declines or bought after market ascents 57.4% of the time. In addition, while the total return of the S&P 500 (i.e., including dividends) was -0.13% in this time frame, equity mutual fund inves- tors lost 35.8% (adjusted for dividends). Most of us don’t “buy and hold” for very long. Dalbar’s latest report notes that the average equity fund investor owned his or her shares for 3.3 years during 1993-2012. Investors in balanced funds (a mix of stocks and bonds), held on a bit longer, an average of about 4.5 years. They didn’t come out any bet- ter – the report notes that while the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index notched a 6.3% annual return over the 20-year period studied, the average balanced fund investor’s annual return was only 2.3% . What’s the takeaway here for retirement savers? This amounts to a decent

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 33 12/2/13 9:55 PM By NELSON ZOCH Lest We Forget December 17, 1929 Officer Thomas Loved to Help Firefighters; He Died on a Motor, Run Over by a Pumper On Monday night, December 16, 1929, 1935), Robert Vaughn, R.F. Johnson and Officer C. F. Thomas’ gravesite was located in Motorcycle Officer C. F. “Osburn” Thomas W.E. “Pokey” Sammons. the old section of Forest Park on the north side was on duty on his motor in the business of Lawndale. The marker reads: district at approximately 7:30 p.m. when he Interestingly enough, of the pallbearers, Officer heard the clang of a fire department apparatus Sammons had been a former partner of Officer OUR PAL rushing south on Caroline Street. Thomas. Officer Sullivan was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1935 and is buried not C.F. THOMAS The trucks were going to a major fire far from Officer Thomas, as is Officer J. Clark 1906-1929 reported at 1122 Capital Avenue. With his siren Etheridge, killed in the line of duty in 1924. DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY screaming, Thomas hurried east on Texas Officer Etheridge was riding with Officer HOUSTON MOTORCYCLE POLICE Avenue in an attempt to reach Caroline in Sammons on the night he was killed on his advance of the fire engine. Then he would motorcycle just south of downtown Houston. SAFETY CLUB further escort the firefighters to their assigned destination. C. F. (initials only) Osburn Thomas was born on May 8, 1906, in Hearne, Texas. His It was his extreme devotion to his duty that parents were Mr. James A. Thomas (from caused this dedicated public servant to attempt Florida) and Mrs. Ella Osburn Thomas (from to accomplish his self-assigned mission. Tennessee). He had been with the Police However, a hose truck, two engine trucks and Department since January 9, 1929 and recently the fire chief’s chauffeur vehicle had already been assigned to the motorcycle force. He was gone through this intersection. well known at the HFD Central Station for his willingness to assist firefighters on their way As Officer Thomas approached Texas to a fire scene by preceding the fire trucks and Caroline, another pumper truck and warning motorists of their approach. It driven by Fireman A. Giese was entering the was that dedication, unfortunately, that led to intersection. Thomas, apparently seeing that a his death. crash was inevitable, slammed on his brakes, causing his motorcycle to veer. Witnesses saw The following poetic tribute was written about the motor strike the rear of the pumper and Officer Thomas by the Reverend F. M. Johnson, skid right under the large vehicle’s wheels. chaplain of the Houston Fire Department:

Officer Thomas sustained extensive injuries to When the siren shrieked through the city’s streets, his left chest. A Fogle-West ambulance rushed As fireman rode a danger to meet, him to Baptist Hospital where he passed away When excited crowds heard the clanging bell, from those injuries at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, And knew that fireman would soon face hell, December 17, 1929. He was only twenty-three. HE CLEARED THE WAY.

He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Lee His siren was heard above all the rest, Thomas of 4444 Clay in Houston and his In the line of duty he gave his best; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Thomas, one sis- When he faced danger he met the test, ter, Mrs. Mary Edna Landrum, and three Now his duty done, he deserves his rest: brothers, Leo Thomas of Miami, Florida, HE CLEARED THE WAY. and Lynn Thomas and Fred Thomas, both of Houston. No thought of self as he nightly rode, His duty was first he plainly showed. Funeral services were held from the His staunch brave spirit has gone on high, Westheimer Funeral Home on Thursday, And there for a comet in God’s great sky. December 19, 1929, with the Reverend L.H. HE CLEARED THE WAY. Mathison officiating. Burial followed at the Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Such a spirit as his will ne’er grow dim, Lawndale. The escort included Houston police One thinks of a cross, of the love of Him, officers, Houston firefighters and, especially, his Who, too, saw duty, but such they slay, fellow motorcycle squad officers. Pallbearers For it’s not easy on any day were Emmett Bailey, R.E. Rogers, R.H. TO CLEAR THE WAY. “Rimps” Sullivan (Line of Duty Death, Page 34 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 35 12/2/13 9:55 PM Obituaries Arrington Miller Carl B. Arrington passed away Nov. 4. He is the father of Lieutenant Mr. Alfred Miller passed away on Nov. 15. He is the father of Sgt. Carl S. “Steve” Arrington, assigned to the Homicide Division. Services Edna F. Miller, assigned to the Traffic Enforcement Division’s Solo were held Nov. 8 with burial in Woodlawn Funeral Home Cemetery. Motorcycle Detail, and Jail Attendant Rachel G. Miller assigned to the Jail Division and grandfather of Jail Attendant Kimberly M. McCoy, Becker assigned to the Jail Division. Services were held Nov. 23 with burial in Mrs. Ira Mae Becker passed away. She is the mother of Police Officer Houston National Cemetery. Alberto Vasquez, who died in the line of duty on May 22, 2001. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Becker, cousin Senior Police Officer Mixon Michael J. Ybanez, assigned to the Major Offenders Division, and his Helen Florence Jenkins Mixon passed away Nov. 5. She is the mother-in- spouse, Senior Police Officer Rosalinda R. Ybanez, assigned to the law of Margaret J. Turner, an Evidence Technician Supervisor assigned Narcotics Division. Services were held Nov. 23. to the Property Room. Services were held Nov. 9. Buie Monroy Perlie Buie passed away Nov. 11. He is the father of Senior Data Entry Mrs. Elena Gama Monroy, 73, passed away on Nov. 6. She is the mother Operator Carolyn Edmonson, assigned to the Crime Lab. Services were of retired Capt. Victor G. Rodriguez and mother-in-law of Senior Office held in Roxie, Mississippi on Nov. 17. Assistant Janice Rodriguez, assigned to the Professional Standards Command. Victor Rodriguez currently serves as the Chief of Police of Bustamente the METRO Police Department. Services were held Nov. 12 with burial Domingo Bustamente passed away Nov. 20. He is the Grandfather in Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster. of Records Technician Monica Flores assigned to Employee Services. Services were held Nov. 25 with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Pina Mr. Adolfo Pina Sr. passed away on Nov. 19. He is the father of Senior Cameron Police Officer Richard Pina, assigned to the Clear Lake Division, whose David Cameron (80) passed away Nov. 3. He is the father of Senior wife is Senior Police Officer Donna L. Pina, assigned to the Clear Lake Police Service Officer David A. Cameron, assigned to the Airport / Division. Private services were scheduled for Dec. 21. IAH Division. Services were held Nov. 7. Rohling Gonzales W. “Bud” Rohling passed away Nov. 24. He is the father of retired Sgt. Mr. Saul Gonzales passed away on Nov. 19. He is the brother of former Robert “Jeff” Rohling, who entered Phase Down “C” March 30, and Word Processor Elizabeth G. Escot, who passed away off duty on Oct. the grandfather of Police Officer Christopher R. Rohling, assigned to 26, 1996 while assigned to the Southwest Division. He is also the uncle the Internal Affairs Division. Bud was a veteran of the Second World of Administrative Assistant Melissa Ann Saldivar, assigned to the Public War who served as a B-29 bomber pilot in the Pacific. Services were Affairs Division. Services were held Nov. 23. held Nov. 26 with burial in the United States Military Cemetery of the Philippines. Gordy Retired Sgt. Buster K. Gordy passed away Nov. 5. Sgt. Gordy joined the Villarreal Martinez Department Jan. 7, 1952 as a member of Academy Class No. 8. Prior to Mrs. Carmen Villarreal Martinez, 93, passed away on Nov. 19. She is joining the Department as a Police Trainee, he was a Junior Clerk with the mother of Senior Police Officer Raymond J. Delacruz, assigned to the Department’s Bureau of Identification. He retired Nov. 28, 1975. the Eastside Division, mother-in-law of retired Sgt. Arthur A. Valdez, Services were held Nov. 7 in Anacoco, Louisiana. who retired in 1992, and grandmother of Police Officer Krystal A. Munoz, assigned to the Central Jail, and Police Officer Michael V. Graham-Evans Ortiz, assigned to the Southeast Division. Services were held Nov. 23. Mrs. Ula Graham-Evans, 70, passed away Nov. 9. She is the mother of Senior Police Officer Osa Lee Robinson, assigned to the Burglary and Willard Theft Division’s Alarm Enforcement Detail. Services were held Nov. 16 Retired Police Officer William J. “Buddy” Willard passed away Nov. 20. in Indianapolis, Indiana. Officer Willard joined the Department Oct. 21, 1963 as a member of Academy Class No. 29. During his career, Buddy was assigned to Special Leamons Operations and Auto Theft. He retired March 26, 1994. Services were Retired Senior Police Officer Roy L. Leamons Jr. passed away Nov. 17. held Nov. 24 with burial in Rockdale. Roy joined the Department Oct. 6, 1969 as a member of Academy Class No. 42. During his career, he was assigned to the Jail, Central Patrol Wright and for his last 25 years on the Department, he was assigned to the Air Retired Senior Police Officer Michael L. Wright passed away Nov. 23. Support Division. Officer Leamons retired from the Department, May Officer Wright joined the Department Jan. 9, 1984 as a member of 8, 2004. Services were held Nov. 22. Academy Class No. 118 and was assigned to Westside, Homicide and the Special Crimes Division. He retired Jan. 5, 2013.

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 36 12/2/13 9:55 PM In Memory of… December - Houston Police Officers Slain in the Line of Duty

Herman Youngst 12-12-1901 John C. James 12-12-1901 J.D. Landry 12-03-1930 Claude R. Beck 12-10-1971

James C. "Boz" Boswell 12-9-1989 Dawn S. Erickson 12-24-1995 Tim Abernethy 12-7-2008

C.F. Thomas 12-17-1929 James T. “Jim” Gambill 12-01-1936 Let us Never Forget...

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BadgeGun December 2013 Issue.indd 39 12/2/13 9:55 PM Psych Services Attention, Santa: The Importance of Play By LISA GARMEZY Some children come to school with many more words than others, and As the holidays hit, church bulletins remind us that “Children need your it makes all the difference. Stanford researchers have found, again, that presence, not your presents.” Heavily marketed gadgets often top kids’ higher-income parents speak more to their children than children in wish lists. Forget them. Just play with your child. You’ll find here the lower-income households. (Granted, the less talkative parents may be how-tos and the why-you-shoulds. exhausted from trying to make ends meet.)

I have shared with a few clients my inspired way of coping with small The new study estimates that by the age of three, children in middle- children after a tiring day. Occasionally, you can lie on the couch class and upper-class homes hear a staggering thirty million more words pretending to be sick. Moan, groan and beg to be cured while your kids than children living in poverty. “doctor” you by taking an oral temperature with a crayon. Let them stick Band-Aids on you. Rest a little. Zap something frozen. Talk to your child—about a game, about a bear’s dinner, about road conditions—and language develops. Reading comes more easily, and A friend of mine used to put a sheet over the kitchen table and serve test scores go up. dinner on paper plates below it, playing “camping.” The kids loved it. Forging a Bond A Screen-Free Child? School matters—but can we agree that your child’s connection to you Simple imaginative games like these develop cooperation and problem- matters even more? Without the confidence that comes from feeling solving skills. “Young children learn best from—and need—interaction loved and valued, a child won’t tackle challenges in the classroom or with humans, not screens,” says the national professional organization anywhere else. There is not an app for that. of pediatricians on their website, www.healthychildren.org. Think of playing with your child as adding to your “emotional bank More complex play, such as board games, teaches planning ahead, account” with him. Make deposits now. When you have to say, “Trust turn-taking and taking the other person’s perspective. Cooking or me, it’s a bad idea,” your child’s faith in you will be bolstered by your building with your child teaches math. Throwing a ball or dressing close relationship. It’s sort of a rainy-day fund. Barbie in those teeny little shoes develops motor skills in a way that poking a tablet cannot. Besides, seemingly demonic children change when they no longer have to misbehave to get attention or influence their environments. Twenty minutes per day of one-on-one play “cures most parent-child problems,” The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement in October according to my colleague, Dr. Maren Jones. She frequently prescribes sticking by their earlier recommendation to keep children under two as this when children are brought in for therapy. It’s the surest way to “screen-free” as possible. That means no games, no surfing, no movies reboot a relationship. and no so-called educational software. “The Honest Toddler,” aka blogger Bunmi Laditan, has tips for parents’ Children and teens should also be limited to two hours of behavior. She says that if you’re playing with your child, and your little entertainment screen time, they say. The group admits—probably after one says “water flies into a rainbow and shatters into poo flakes, then trying to unplug their own kids—that teens will spend additional time water flies into a rainbow and shatters into poo flakes. It’s called poetry. online blending socializing and schoolwork. Parents need to monitor Heard of it?” And don’t look at your watch “unless you’re in a rudeness and guide this activity. Find out how by searching “learn from play” or competition.” “media plan” on the AAP website. In other words, set a timer and sit down with your child to do whatever Now drill down on two key benefits of unplugged play: a stronger he or she chooses, just the two of you. Let your child be in charge. relationship with your child and more readiness to learn. Don’t guide or teach unless asked to do so.

Starting Smart If you can’t do 20 minutes per day per child, do 10 minutes, or five. Served up with your undivided attention, children love classics like Something I saw at the zoo illustrates how small exchanges make a chess, dominoes and pick-up sticks. Dr. Jones’s boys used to beg for just huge difference. Two different mother-and-child pairs watched a bear, one hand of gin rummy before bed. and two happy children voiced the same question: “Mommy, what’s he eating?” One mother said, pleasantly, “He’s eating his dinner, honey.” This holiday season, ask Santa to put at least one toy on the sleigh that The other said, “It looks like he has apples and carrots—what do you needs no charging. Schedule a screen-free night for games or other see?” This is what shapes school readiness—building observation skills, activities. It’s a fun way to act on what matters most: the tough job of an inquisitive mind, and – above all – vocabulary. raising good kids. Support PAC, It Pays Big Returns Page 40 Badge & Gun • December 2013

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