October 2024
Dear Members and Friends -
Welcome to October! We have a lot of content for you in this month’s message, so grab a cup of coffee and settle in.
2024 WSCPA Annual Crime Prevention Conference
Thank you all who attended our 46th Annual Crime Prevention Conference in Wenatchee. From start to finish, we had an amazing line up of presentations, including our very special Keynote Speakers, Tessa Gorman (US Attorney for Western Washington) and Vanessa Waldref (US Attorney for Eastern Washington). I was personally ecstatic that they both agreed to join us. We will be hard pressed to find guests of their caliber to meet with us in 2025, but we will try.
We hope that those who attended were able to walk away with tools and resources you can put in place in your communities, whether it’s best practices for engaging business communities in crime Prevention, growing an effective law enforcement volunteer program, innovative law enforcement-community engagement ideas, or conducting school security assessments. We also hope you had a chance to engage with our vendors and sponsors; we are grateful for their attendance and participation and hope they join us again.
We have reviewed the presentation evaluations that were completed. Thank you for your feedback. We will use them to guide our 2025 conference program. We read very clearly that you wanted more Plans and Programs ideas and more “How To’s.” It is our goal to provide that. If you didn’t get a chance to fill out an elevation about a particular session or the overall conference, or if something came to mind after the fact that you’d like to share, please do so. Email us directly at info@wscpa.net. Whether you have kudos or criticism, please let us know your thoughts.
We have the conference presentations that can be shared in the Members Section of our website for you to view to view at your leisure. We are awaiting a few more presentations and will update the site as they come in.
2025 Crime Prevention Conference
As we wrap up our 46th annual conference, we are already in the planning stages for our 47th Annual Crime Prevention Conference, currently scheduled for September 16th-17th at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington. Registration for the 2025 conference will go live shortly, so you can reserve your spot and reserve your lodging at Heathman.
Several of you indicated you would be interested in being on the conference planning committee. Thank you for those who have agreed to step forward and craft our next conference; we have your contact information and we will be reaching out. There were a few of you who indicated that you’d be interested in being on the planning committee but neglected to include your name and contact information. If you are interested in shaping our next conference, please reach out to us directly so we can include you.
Crime Prevention Thursday
Our next Crime Prevention Thursday session will be October 17th, 2024. We hope 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. If Officer Haunsperger is unable to join us, we will do our Crime Prevention/Community Engagement Specialist statewide check in. We will let you know soon via an email blast. Either way, you can register for our next Crime Prevention Thursday session here.
40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention Certification Course
We will be holding our next 40-hourt Basic Crime Prevention Certification Course February 24-28, 2025. Please see the attached flyer. We will be hosted by the Snohomish County Sherrif’s Office at their North Precinct in Marysville, WA. The registration link for this training is now live. Please share with those inside your agency (or with another agency) that would like to - or needs to - receive this training. You should know that WSCPA is one of the only entities in the country that offers this type of training. And unlike others, we make it local and relevant to you. To register for this training, please go here.
Thank you all and thank you for all you do for your communities. Be Well and Stay Safe!
Mark