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Our Next CBPOA Meeting
Thursday, October 20,2022
Hosted by the San Patricio County Sheriff’s Office and Sinton Police Department
Time: Registration 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Serving at 7:00 p.m.
Place: Sinton Community Center 1301 East Sinton Street, Sinton, Texas 78387
Meal $10.00 per person
If you would like to be served you Must RSVP
RSVP to Chief Deputy Rodriguez at adrian.rodriguez@co.san-patricio.tx.us
RSVP By noon on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
New Member Fee: $8.00
Returning Member Fee: $5.00
Don't Be Left Out
Don't be left out. To make sure you have a reserved seat, click on the link below. If the link doesn't work, copy and paste Chief Deputy Rodriguez's email address on the left. We need to know no later than October 18 for an accurate head count.
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Law enforcement encourage residents to check gate locks
Suspicious Activity On The Rise
On Tuesday night, the Operation Lone Star Taskforce member agencies assisted Live Oak County Sheriff’s Office and DPS as a series of pursuits came to an end in Live Oak County.
The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office called in DPS air support out of San Antonio while responding to the area.
The driver fled from the Live Oak Sheriff’s Office, wrecked on a rural road and then fled on foot. After an extensive search, units were unable to locate the driver.
Officials searched the vehicle and discovered tools used to gain access to gates and buildings. They also found a new padlock in the center console.
Law enforcement believe that this organization may be related to the recent cutting and attempted cutting of locks in the area. On Tuesday, the GCSO responded to the Weesatche area for a call of a lock on a gate being cut an replaced with another lock.
The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office encourages you to check your gates for suspicious activity and call them if you see something.
The GCSO provided the above information and photos.
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Judge rules vax mandate can’t justify firing
The judge's order said the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene “exceeded” its legal authority
By Chris Sommerfeldt and Emma Seiwell
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge found New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate can’t justify firing or putting on leave members of the city’s biggest police union.
The city vowed an immediate appeal of the ruling issued Friday by Supreme Court Judge Lyle E. Frank.
In his ruling, Frank wrote that the city’s vaccine mandate is “invalid to the extent it has been used to impose a new condition of employment to current PBA members.”
Frank ordered the reinstatement to the NYPD of any member of the Police Benevolent Association who was “wrongfully terminated” or put on unpaid leave for refusing to get vaccinated.
“This decision confirms what we have said from the start: the vaccine mandate was an improper infringement on our members’ right to make personal medical decisions in consultation with their own health care professionals,” said Police Benevolent Association president Patrick J. Lynch.
Frank’s order said the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene, “exceeded” its legal authority when ordering the mandate, which he found lacked a “rational basis.”
City Law Department spokesman Nicholas Paolucci said Lyle’s order “is at odds with every other court decision upholding the mandate as a condition of employment.”
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A day in the life of a recruit training officer
For Officer Macarena Garner, becoming an RTO is a dream fulfilled
By Cindy Arora, Behind the Badge
The first thing you notice about Officer Macarena Garner is she’s about 5 feet tall, maybe 5’1” when she’s wearing her Campaign Cover, which adds a bit of height due to its pointy top.
But to be clear, her size doesn’t slow her down as Bakersfield Police Department’s first full-time female Recruit Training Officer (RTO). In fact, she prides herself on knowing it’s the combination of her size, demeanor and ability to discipline that makes her a great mentor.
“The first two weeks at the academy is all about yelling and discipline,” said Garner. “It’s not that we are trying to break them. We are trying to show them a taste of what they are going to deal with out in the world. They have to be able to handle stress … they have to be able to deal with people who want to hurt them while yelling at them and still remain in control.”
For Garner, who has been with Bakersfield Police Department for the last seven years, becoming an RTO is a dream fulfilled. The Chile-born police officer arrived in Kern County when she was 17 years old. She finished her junior year at one of the local Bakersfield high schools and went on to Bakersfield College before she moved to San Diego to live beachside for several years.
Becoming a police officer was a calling, one she couldn’t tamp down even when she told herself that she didn’t have what it took to wear the uniform.
She was petite, didn’t have any family or friends in law enforcement, and the job felt out of reach. But as she got into her 20s and still sought her path, she always came back to being a police officer.
“It was a childhood dream that I pushed away. I was always hesitant because I didn’t think I had what it took … I was insecure,” Garner said. “But then one day I told myself if I don’t try then I will never know if I could’ve done it.”
Garner enrolled at Bakersfield Police Academy and told her parents she was going to become a police officer – a first for her family.
“In Chile, female police officers work office jobs. They don’t go out in the field, so my mom was fine with it until she asked me what I was going to be doing at the department and I told her I would be on patrol,” Garner laughed. “She was very surprised. But my family has been very, very supportive of me through the academy, graduation and now in my career.”
Since joining Bakersfield Police Department, Garner has worked as a patrol officer, joined the gang unit, and became a taser instructor and a field training officer. When she began working with new police officers, she realized she enjoyed teaching them.
She was asked to take a temporary role as a recruitment training officer at the Bakersfield Police Academy. She spent two weeks getting in the faces of new recruits and loved it. When she was asked to become the first full-time female officer, she was thrilled to break gender barriers.
“The department is very supportive, and all of the female officers are very supportive of one another,” Garner said. “Having me as an RTO has helped with the retention of female police recruits. I think having positive female role models helps recruits see there is a lot of opportunities here.”
Garner understands being tough will help her recruits out in the field in the long run.
“I am so passionate about this career,” she said. “I care about our recruits and don’t want them to get hurt. This fire sits inside of me that I bring to the position.”
For Garner, when she places the Campaign Cover on her head, the importance of her job, of turning civilians into police officers, is what allows her to go from understanding educator to disciplinarian.
It’s why at 4 a.m. she can leave her maternal role at the door and be who the recruits need her to be to get through the intensive program that she believes is 90 percent mental.
“If recruits are not mentally strong to do this job, they aren’t going to bother to get through the physical part of this job. There’s a shock with showing up (at the academy) on your first day,” said Garner. “There’s a stress that they aren’t used to feeling. They aren’t used to being told what to do, being confronted, being yelled at, or telling them what their mistakes are. And we try to make them mentally stronger to handle it. Every day you have to be motivated to come back and do it all over again.”
Hoof Patrol Program
San Patricio County S.O. is teaming up with Jim Wells, Bee & Refugio Counties on a Loose Livestock & Fence Damage program. These other counties have an active program in place that is aimed to help ranchers with animals that come loose. The program will be promoted through the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Association and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. They will start promoting the program soon with meetings at various locations. They plan to assign a deputy to manage the program & check on these ranches & extend the program to farmers as well. There is NO cost to Rancher or Farmer & San Patricio S.O. will provide the plate & registration.
About Us
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
"The purpose of the CBPOA shall be to promote the cooperation and understanding of all persons involved in the enforcement of laws of the State of Texas and of the United States; the continued and convenient interchange of information and training between various Federal, State and local agencies, and to conduct ourselves in a manner that
"The purpose of the CBPOA shall be to promote the cooperation and understanding of all persons involved in the enforcement of laws of the State of Texas and of the United States; the continued and convenient interchange of information and training between various Federal, State and local agencies, and to conduct ourselves in a manner that will gain the respect of those we serve and to constantly strive to improve our position.'
Scholarships
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
The Coastal Bend Peace Officers Association is responsible for awarding thousands of dollars of scholarship money each year to qualified and responsible sons and daughters of CBPOA members who wish to carry on the tradition of law enforcement and law enforcement related fields.
Our Members
Serving the Coastal Bend and it's Officers Since 1966
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