2020 CBPOA President and Directors
President- Derek Franco
1st Vice-Sheriff Raul "Pinky" Gonzales
2nd Vice-President-Lt. Adrian Rodriguez
1st Senior Director Lt. John Davis
2nd Senior Director Sheriff Richard Kirkpatrick
1500 E. King Ave.
Kingsville, Texas 7836
1st Junior Director Captain Danny Lorberau
901 Leopard St.
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
2nd Junior Director Lou Villagomez
Secretary-Treasurer Charity Franco
Email: coastalbendpoa@gmail.com
Sgt.-At-Arms Chief Deputy Roy Boyd
101 N. Glass St.
Victoria, Texas 77901
Chaplain-Pastor T. Wayne Price
Chairman of the Board Sheriff Alden Southmayd
Scholarship Chairman Sheriff Larry R. Busby
CBPOA Mystery History
Help Us Identify These Members From the Past
Your help is needed. Do you know any of the members in the above photo from many years ago after one of their quarterly meetings? If so, go to the "CONTACT US" page and let us know so that we can properly identify these early members of the CBPOA.
Our Beginning
The first quarterly meeting of the CBPOA was held in the Central Jury Room of the Nueces County Courthouse on November 1, 1966 and was called to order by the first CBPOA President, Franklin Painter, Supervisor with the TABC in Corpus Christi. Officers and Board of Directors elected were:
First Vice-President: Sheriff Wayne Hitt, San Patricia County Sheriff's Department
Second Vice-President: Sheriff Johnnie Mitchell, Nueces County Sheriff's Department
Secretary/Treasurer: William L. Burch, Nueces County Sheriff's Department
Sergeant-At-Arms: Texas Ranger Silwin H. Denson
Director: Sheriff Bob Reagan, Live Oak County Sheriff's Department
Director: Sgt. Ray Holub, Texas Department of Public Safety, Sinton
Director: Sheriff Jack Robinson, Bee County Sheriff's Department
Director: Chief Frank Petrova, Sinton Police Department
Director: Deputy R.M. Campbell, Kenedy County Sheriff's Department
Director: Chief Felix Turnbough, Aransas Pass Police Department
Director: Sheriff Joe Farinhunt, Aransas County Sheriff's Department
CBPOA Life Members
The Following Members of the CBPOA Are Official Life Members:
Melvin Arnold
Joseph Lyvers
Larry R. Busby
Bob C. Mayfield
H.A. Conner
J.K. McMahan
Rafael Cuellar
Pat Moore
Lee Duckworth
C.B. Owens
Bill Gibbens
Kenneth R. Poenish
Adolfo Guerrero
Joe Salinas
Rita Gunter
Dino Tamez
Robert Hewes
Lou Villagomez
D.E. Higgens Botham
Gilberto Ybanez
James D. Hodges
Robert Zenner
Robert L. Horn
Tony Trevino
Leroy Moody