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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: President’s Message 2 Advisor Message 3 April Recap 4-5 TCFAAA/Trash/Wildflower/ Clothing Order Info 6 New Engine Photos 7 Class 19 / Helping Out 8 2014 Dues Form 9 Calendar 10 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 HOT OFF THE PRESS Officer Name Email address: President Rick Wilder [email protected] Vice President Travis Day [email protected] Secretary Alicia Marshall [email protected] Treasurer Ron Domke [email protected] Director Debbie Conard [email protected] Director Rich Hardin [email protected] Director David Hodges [email protected] Director Lela Paksoy [email protected] Director Claudia Tatum [email protected] Newsletter Editor John Shea [email protected] Contacts 2014 We Have a Scholarship Winner! The 2014 winner of our Academic Scholarship is Lucas Allen Marksberry. He is a student at Melissa High School and plans to attend Grayson County Community College to study welding. His father is Steven Marksberry who is on the “A“ shift of Station 6. Members of the selection committee were Jerry Gray, Gary Reim, Lela Paksoy and David Gibbs. Due to previous scheduling, Luke will not be able to meet with us at the May meeting. We’re working on a date that will be mutually convenient so we can meet him. May Meeting Our May meeting will be on Tuesday May 27, 2014. Dessert is at 6:30 p.m. and our meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at the new RFD Training Center on Lookout Drive. Please RSVP no later than noon on Friday May 23rd to [email protected].
Transcript of VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 HOT OFF THE PRESS - COR
INS IDE THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message 2
Advisor Message 3
April Recap 4-5
TCFAAA/Trash/Wildflower/
Clothing Order Info
6
New Engine Photos 7
Class 19 / Helping Out 8
2014 Dues Form 9
Calendar 10
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Officer Name Email address:
President Rick Wilder [email protected]
Vice President Travis Day [email protected]
Secretary Alicia Marshall [email protected]
Treasurer Ron Domke [email protected]
Director Debbie Conard [email protected]
Director Rich Hardin [email protected]
Director David Hodges [email protected]
Director Lela Paksoy [email protected]
Director Claudia Tatum [email protected]
Newsletter Editor John Shea [email protected]
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We Have a Scholarship Winner!
The 2014 winner of our Academic Scholarship is Lucas Allen Marksberry. He is a student at Melissa
High School and plans to attend Grayson County Community College to study welding. His father is
Steven Marksberry who is on the “A“ shift of Station 6. Members of the selection committee were
Jerry Gray, Gary Reim, Lela Paksoy and David Gibbs.
Due to previous scheduling, Luke will not be able to meet with us at the May meeting. We’re working
on a date that will be mutually convenient so we can meet him.
May Meeting Our May meeting will be on Tuesday
May 27, 2014.
Dessert is at 6:30 p.m. and our meeting
starts at 7:00 p.m. at the new RFD
Training Center on Lookout Drive.
Please RSVP no later than noon on
Friday May 23rd to
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President’s Message
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Rick Wilder
Hello Members!
We look forward to seeing you all at the regular meeting on May 27
th at the new training center.
We have 2 picnics coming up. June 24th is the Reunion picnic so if you know
any past members, please invite them or better yet offer to take them with you. The second picnic, September 18, is the joint picnic with the CPAAA. The CPAAA is hosting this year. The time and location will be forth coming. The next fund raiser is going to be held on July 26th (National Ice-cream Month) at Sweet Firefly. More details will be forthcoming.
The new apparel web site is up and running. See the link in the article on page 6 in this issue .
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What's Happening at the Richardson Fire Department?
Advisor’s Message
Steve Dossett
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Congratulations to the newly promoted Captains and Drivers. Their Badge Pinning Ceremony was May 13th. Listed left to right - Captains David Davis, Ron Gill and Casey Merriman Drivers Clay Lee, Brad Sherburn, Luis Gutierrez and Nathan Carsten. Congratulations to the 26 graduates from Class #19 of the Citizens Fire Academy. Thanks to all that work the First Aid tent at the Wildflower Festival!! Thanks to Alicia and all that helped during CFA Class #19. If you are interested in attending the Firefighter Rehabilitation and Medical Monitoring NFPA 1584 training on Saturday, July 12, 2014 - don’t delay in registering at http://masimo.custhelp.com/ci/documents/detail/2/Plano. Thanks to the CFAAA for the purchase of 50 Lithium batters to be used in the department's smoke alarm program. Thanks for all that you do!!!
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Human Trafficking
Sgt. Tracy Utsey from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) was our guest
speaker at our April meeting. His topic was Human Trafficking. He presented in
detail a past case for us.
Sgt. Utsey is a graduate of Collin County Community College’s Texas Police
Academy and has been with the Collin County Sheriff’s Department since 1999.
He has been with Patrol, Field Training Officer, Narcotics, SWAT, Criminal
Investigation, and now works in Crimes against Persons. He is married and has
two children. One of them, his son Spencer, was his assistant, manning the slide
projector while the Sgt. gave his talk.
Prostitution is a big issue; human trafficking is a big issue. While doing
undercover work, they became aware of the human trafficking problem in Frisco
and consequently Collin County. Pimps used to use the Dallas Observer’s back
page to recruit johns and the girls they used. From the back page they moved to
the internet through Craig’s List; then they got more sophisticated with their own web site
Backpage.com with the “goods” for sale in Frisco, Allen, and Plano.
The pimps set up shop mostly in motels and pay weekly rates for a room with 2-3 girls at a time per
room. The pimps see to their needs: food, clothing, drugs, internet pictures, make-up etc.. The girls
are advertised on Facebook, and other internet media as models, stars, etc.
Law enforcement has many parties involved: Collin County Sheriff’s Office, Child Protective Ser-
vices, Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, Drug Enforcement Agency, etc. They target escort services
which set up delivery of the girl. Law enforcement sets up a controlled environment—when, where,
type of dress, and amount to pay—usually in a set of three hotel rooms—1) Where the girl meets the
prospective john, 2) the surveillance control room, and 3) the room where they book and process the
girls/pimps. There is also surveillance from the outside.
The “delivery” is dressed according the request. The pimp drives by slowly checking the place out or
returns in a few minutes. Surveillance in a van keeps tabs on the pimp’s car.
Meanwhile the girl enters the first room. A price is negotiated. When the code phrase is said, for ex-
ample, “It’s my birthday!” the arrest is made. The girl is interviewed. The occupants in the pimp car
outside are taken in.
In one instance, the girl was 15 years old, a runaway or kidnapped; sometimes they are younger and
also runaways. However, once the girl admits she’s 15 or younger, she is not treated as a criminal,
but as a victim.
Are there more victims? The US Marshals adopt a warrant and the hunt began. The pimp runs…
fast. They found more victims, more children involved. The media agreed to work with the agencies
to get the pimp in custody first.
The FBI and the US Attorney were called to help. They (CCSO) found more girls. On a tip from the
pimp’s girlfriend, they found him, even though it was by foot pursuit. But they got him in custody.
But once he was in jail, he told everyone his business, via mail and phone calls, even though he was
warned they might be monitored.
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Human Trafficking (cont)
The victims, now identified, have severe emotional trauma, were unable to testify. They didn’t know
what they wanted to do in life. Most of them had absentee fathers.
ATF got the pimp on possession of firearms. Further searches found contraband with him posted on
his Facebook page and elsewhere with several rifles. Photoshopping does not help. Do NOT post
online. They will find out.
He was in Dallas but went to the suburbs. Big mistake. The Feds got an indictment and he got 20
years. When he gets out, he must register as a sex offender and be monitored for life.
The local police are becoming more trained, too, taking human trafficking classes, to get their inter-
mediate licenses.
One other case was the supposed runaway of a 13 year old from Princeton. Usually runaways take
things with them—like a phone or money or favorite things. In this case, none of these were taken or
disturbed, leading the investigator to believe it was not a case of running away but a kidnapping.
The child met the guy on an online gaming site. The guy was a native American trucker from Wash-
ington state. His family up there appeared to be running a kidnapping ring from the home base in
WA. Why did the girl go with the truck driver? She was “bored”.
Our thanks to Sgt Utsey and his son Spencer for an eye-opening and informative presentation
Photos courtesy of John Shea.
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TCFAAA News The next TCFAAA meeting will be a Delegates/Alternates only business meeting to discuss the future of the TCFAAA. The meeting will be on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at the Euless Fire Admin Offices, 201 N. Ector Drive, Euless, TX 76039. Only the Delegate OR Alternate can vote.
We are looking for people to serve as President, Vice President, Secretary, & possibly Treasurer for 2014. If no one steps forward to fill these positions, then we will discuss how to disband, & distribute the current funds in the treasury.
Submitted by Rich Hardin, Richardson Primary Delegate.
TrashBash
WildFlower!
https://www.racereach.com/form.php?storeitem_id=14972
Click the below link to go to the clothing order web site page.
Clothing Orders
Notes:
For women’s shirts, order two sizes larger as they run small.
Once you have a shirt embroidered, you can’t send it back.
Photos courtesy of Debbie Conard.
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2013 E-One Cyclone II 1000-2250-Single Stage Pump-530 GWT
Photos courtesy of Lindsay Dye.
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Those Helping Out CFA & CFAAA Hospitality, Speakers—Alicia Marshall.
Fundraising: Veronica Day.
CPR: Irene Redwine, John Douglas, and Alicia Marshall.
Heartwarmer: Kari Reed.
Mentor Program for CFA Class 19: David Hodges.
Newsletter Editor: John Shea.
Public Relations: TBD.
Quartermaster: Ron Domke.
Class 19 Pictures courtesy of Debbie Conard.
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Dues Statement
PLEASE PAY THE FOLLOWING ITEM
Invoice Year: 2014
RCFAAA Phone: 972-744-5750
c/o Richardson Fire Department Fax: 972-744-5796
136 N. Greenville Avenue
Richardson, TX 75081
Thank you!
Terms: Please pay upon receipt of this statement.
REMITTANCE: (Please complete this section)
DATE: ___________________
AMOUNT:___________________
YOUR CANCELLED CHECK IS YOUR RECEIPT.
Please print:
NAME ___________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHONE: ____________________________________________ ALTERNATE PHONE: __________________________________
E-MAIL: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Check below type of membership: Can we include your information in the members directory: Yes___ No___
$25.00 – Single One Year _____________
$45.00 – Single Two Year _____________
$65.00 – Single Three Year _____________
Date
Type Description Amount Due
Dues Renewal Calendar year 2014
Total
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RICH A RD SO N CIT IZ EN F I RE ACA D EM Y ALUM N I
ASSO CIAT IO N
May 22, 2014: CFA Class 19, Graduation!
May 27, 2014: General Meeting.
June 16, 2014: Board Meeting.
June 24, 2014: Reunion Picnic.
July 4, 2014: Breckenridge 4th.
July 21, 2014: Board Meeting.
July 26, 2014: Sweet Firefly Fundraiser.
July 29, 2014: General meeting.
August 18, 2014: Board Meeting.
August 26, 2014: General Meeting
COMING EVENTS—APR 2014—MAY 2014
June 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 Board
Meeting
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22 23 24 Reunion
Picnic
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29 30 The mission of the Richardson Citizen Fire Academy Alumni Association (RCFAAA) is to function in an auxiliary capacity to assist, promote, and support the Richardson Fire Department through service, education and recognition.
We’re on the Web at: http://www.cor.net/index.aspx?page=180.
CFAAA Board Meetings
c/o Richardson Fire Department
136 N. Greenville Avenue
Richardson, TX 75081
Phone: 972-744-5752
Fax: 972-744-5796
Email: [email protected]
Heartwarmers: a condolence card to Debbie Conard on the death of her uncle. A get well card to David Gibbs who had bypass surgery. A “thinking of you” card of encouragement to Jenny Lauderdale.
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January 20, 2014 July 21, 2014
February 17, 2014 August 18, 2014
March 17, 2014 September 22, 2014
April 21, 2014 October 20, 2014
May 19, 2014 November 10, 2014
June 16, 2014 December 15, 2013
"Board meetings are open to any CFAAA member. They are held at 6:30 P.M. in the conference room at the
Admin Building on Greenville Avenue. Meetings have moved from Wednesday back to Monday nights."
Fund-Raising and Speakers:
If you have any ideas for fund-raising, please send
them to Veronica Day.
If you have any suggestions or leads on speakers for
our monthly meetings, please send them to Alicia
Marshall.
