August 2024

Dear Members and Friends -
 
Night Out Against Crime upon us!  We hope you have some spectacular events happening in your community.  I’m sending out just a few brief notes this month. 
 
Information from our partners at DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3)
There is an upcoming training opportunity as well as a resource available to you that our CP3 partners wanted to ensure you know about.  First is the Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course (TERC), which trains federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (F/SLTT) homeland security partners on applying behavioral threat assessment approaches, as it relates to tips and leads, to prevent targeted violence in their areas of responsibility.  Second is the #Back2School with Know2Protect, a national effort to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).  Information flyers about both are attached with this email.
 
Crime Prevention Thursday
At our last Crime Prevention Thursday Session (Thursday, July 18th) we were joined by Marcus Pickett, Community Outreach Specialist for the DEA serving Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.  We learned about what Mr. Pickett does, and what resources are available for our communities.  For those missed the session, it was recorded, and the session is available for viewing via our Members section of our website.
 
With many of us being gone for August following Night Out, and our annual conference being the 17th-18th of September, our next Crime Prevention Thursday session will be October 17th, 2024.  We hop to feature our partner from the Portland Police Bureau to speak about how they’ve upscaled their Community Police Academy to give us ideas about how we can do the same in our communities.
 
Crime Prevention Conference, September 17-18, 2024, Wenatchee Hilton Garden Inn
Yes, yet another reminder about the conference.  We are really looking forward to you joining us.  Thank you to those who have already registered.  For those that have yet to register, you can do so here.  Great workshops, great networking.  And just like last year, you have a chance to walk away with some pretty cool swag just for filling out workshop evaluations.  Could be a signed football from the Seahawks.  Could be a signed wall flag from the Kraken.  Possibly a VIP Tour of the Museum of Flight.  Want a wine tasting for four at a Guardian Cellars tasting room?  How about a 6-pack of Bodhizafa from Georgetown Brewing?  Other than our conference, where else would you have this opportunity?  C’mon, you know you want to come. 
 
Membership Meeting and Election of Directors and Officers
As a reminder, we will be having a general membership meeting during the buffet lunch on September 17th.  We will be holding elections for Officers and Regional Directors.  If you are interested in being an Officer or a Regional Director, we ask you to submit a resume, letter of interest, and a letter of support from your supervisor (if applicable) showing your organization’s support of you serving on the WSCPA Board of Directors.  You must be an active (dues paid) member in order to hold office on the Board of the Association.  We’ve extended the deadline for submissions to August 16th, 2024
 
Nominations for Crime Prevention Awards
Please make your nominations for Crime Prevention Award recipients.  We will honor Outstanding Crime Prevention Program, Volunteer of the year, Crime Prevention Unit of the Year, Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year, The President’s Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award.  Please make your nominations for these awards.  To nominate an award recipient, please go here.

​Thank you all and thank you for all you do for your communities.  Have a great Night Out Against Crime.  We hope to see you in Wenatchee!

-Mark