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HAPCOA Local Chapter Member in Action

Being a HAPCOA member means you get to meet diverse and

interesting people. Here is our Local Chapter Vice President,

Paul Chapa, being greeted by General (ret) Pervez Musharraf,

10th President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army.

Congratulations,

HAPCOA San Antonio Chapter

(click on picture to enlarge)

IF YOU MISSED THE COMEDY SHOW YOU MISSED A GREAT TIME!

COMEDY SHOW 2009 HIGHLIGHTS

COMEDY SHOW FUNDRAISER

Comedy Show Fundraiser 2009
was a great success thanks to YOU!!

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Self Defense or Murder? Your Call.

HAPCOA SA Chapter Invites you to look at this Video:

Here is something you might want to share
with your “civilian” friends and neighbors.

Click here FIRST ---> POLICE SHOOTING.

THEN Click here ---> The Story behind the Story.

YOU may BE SURPRISED AT WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN.

New Crime Prevention School

New school training for active officers and interested retirees.

A 40-hour Crime Prevention Certification Training
TCLEOSE approved school is available May 18^th through 22^nd, 2009

Anyone interested can sign up. See: Crime Prevention School for details.

Thanks,

Gilbert C. De La Portilla
Retired SAPD

4 Officers Shot in San Francisco after traffic stop.

4 officers shot, suspect dead after Calif. traffic stop

Police say suspect behind two separate shootings involving officers

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updated 8:16 p.m. CT, Sat., March. 21, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. - Four officers were in critical condition and a suspect dead on Saturday after gunfire at a traffic stop led to a massive manhunt that ended in a shootout, police said.

Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1 p.m. after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland, said Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason.

The suspect fled the scene on foot into a nearby neighborhood, police said, leading to an intense manhunt by dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies. Streets were roped off and an entire area of east Oakland closed to traffic.

At about 3:30 p.m. officers, acting on an anonymous tip, found the suspect, who had barricaded himself in a building.

"We had SWAT officers go into that building and that's where the second shooting took place," said Thomason. The suspect was killed during the exchange, and two more officers wounded.

Colleagues await word

All four officers are in critical condition at Highland Hospital, Thomason said. Dozens of people, including other officers gathered outside the hospital awaiting word of their colleagues' condition.

Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said the department was still investigating.

"At this point we don't believe there are other people involved, but it's too early to tell," he said.

Tension between police and the community has escalated since the New Year's Day fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant by a transit police officer. That former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.

Violent protests erupted on the streets of Oakland in the weeks after Grant's death.

Bystanders taunt officers
People lingered at the scene of Saturday's traffic-stop shooting. About 20 bystanders taunted police. A group of Oakland ministers went to the hospital to offer prayers and condolences to the family members of the injured officers and the dozens of Oakland police officers who gathered there.

They said that on Sunday morning they would urge their parishioners not to let the event tear the city apart. Pastor Raymond Lankford, executive director of Healthy Oakland, urged people to show support for the officers and their families.

"What officers do, that's a tough job," Lankford said . "They need love, they need support. They need to know the community is behind them." The mood was somber outside the police station in east Oakland as the investigation continued. Officers hugged and consoled each other.

"This is a highly sensitive situation that we're dealing with right now with our OPD family, and we're still trying to notify family members that their family members were hurt," Thomason said.

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Fallen Officers Remembered during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Washington, DC — In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, leaders of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and the Hispanic law enforcement community gathered Monday in Washington, DC, to pay tribute to the 637 Hispanic law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout U.S. history. The ceremony took place at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, where the names of all law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice are engraved. Joining NLEOMF Chairman and CEO Craig W. Floyd in placing a wreath at the Memorial's center medallion were Plainfield (NJ) Police Detective Edwin Maldanado, East Coast Vice President of the National Latino Peace Officers Association (NLPOA); DC Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Juan Espinal, President of the NLPOA Washington, DC, Metro Chapter; and Special Agent Zinnia James of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, representing the Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association. "The walls of this Memorial are inscribed with the names of law enforcement officers of myriad races, ethnicities and national origins — all of them heroes who made their communities safer and our nation more secure," said Mr. Floyd. "Today, as our country begins its observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, we come to this sacred ground to pay our respects to the 637 Hispanic law enforcement officers who died in service to the community." Added Detective Maldanado, "The NLPOA and our National President Roy Garivey are honored to partner with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. We come to Washington, DC, to honor not only the service and sacrifice of Latino and Hispanic officers at the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, but to honor all American law enforcement officers who have given the ultimate sacrifice to keep our communities safe." As a demonstration of its commitment to the law enforcement profession, the NLPOA recently pledged $100,000 to the capital campaign to build the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum, adjacent to the National Memorial in the nation's capital. NLEOMF research records indicate that the first Hispanic American law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty was Joaquin De La Torre, a deputy sheriff with the Monterey County (CA) Sheriff's Department. On November 10, 1855, Deputy De La Torre and two other members of his department were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest. He was one of only three Hispanic law enforcement to die in the line of duty during the 19th Century. During the first half of the 20th Century, a total of 90 Hispanic officers made the ultimate sacrifice. As the Hispanic American population of the United States grew as a whole, so did the number of Hispanics serving in law enforcement — and the sacrifices endured by these brave men and women. From 1950 through 1999, 407 Hispanic officers died in the line of duty. Since the year 2000, more than 140 Hispanic American officers have made the ultimate sacrifice, including 20 in 2007. Over the last decade, 1 in 10 law enforcement fatalities in the United States has involved a Hispanic American officer. Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins on September 15, is a nationwide celebration of the contributions of people of Hispanic heritage to the history of the United States. Read the NLEOMF's recent American Police Beat article on Hispanic officers killed in the line of duty.

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About the NLEOMF
Founded in 1984, the non-profit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Fund works to increase public support for law enforcement by permanently
recording and appropriately commemorating the service and sacrifice of law
enforcement officers, and to provide information that promotes law enforcement
safety. In 1991, the NLEOMF dedicated the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial, on which the names of 18,274 officers who have died in the line of
duty throughout U.S. history are engraved. The NLEOMF is now leading the
effort to build the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum. For more
information, visit www.nleomf.org.

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A warrant was issued for a HAPCOA member

A warrant has been issued for Manual Alfaro, HAPCOA
member San Antonio Chapter, by the Muscular Dystrophy
Association for its Most Wanted and Caring individuals.

Bail has been set at $2,,400 in order to send
as many children to MDA Summer Camp as possible.

Manual has the opportunity for immediate release
if bail is raised prior to the court date of
Thursday, August 7 at 4:00pm

In order to support one of our members,
the San Antonio Chapter of HAPCOA voted
last night to help with bail money in the amount of $500.

Every HAPCOA member is asked to look into his/her own
heart and help the children of Bexar County and others
with muscle diseases AND keep Manual Alfaro out o
MDA jail before his arrest on August 7th.

Any size donation is acceptable. All money will be turned
over to MDA. Please make checks payable to

Muscular Dystrophy Association and mail to:

Manual Alfaro
1716 S. San Marcos suite 200
San Antonio TX 78207

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HAPCOA Member sworn in as new chief

HAPCOA - San

Antonio Chapter is always happy to see one of it's
members reach a milestone in their career.

Richard Palomo recently took that step as he was sworn in as the new
police chief for the Southside Independent School District. The ceremony
was held at the Southside ISD Board meeting room on Thursday,
July 24, 2008 at 1800 hrs. Officiating the ceremony was Precinct 1
Constable Ruben C. Tejeda.

The Southside Independent School District HQ is located located at
1460 Martinez-Loyosa.

Richard's friends congratulation him and wish him good luck with his new
assignment.

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