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LOCAL ENFORCEMENT North Texas Local Agencies Hold Regional Challenge Competition By Officer Wes Bement, Grand Prairie Police Department On Monday, April 15, the Grand Prairie Police Department hosted the third annual North Texas Regional Inspectors Challenge Competition. Eighteen competitors from 11 agencies competed for the right to compete at the State Challenge to be held in June at College Station, Texas. This is the largest number of competitors that have ever competed. The competition was supported by several industry leaders and their sponsorships. These included: First Choice Transport, Pollock Paper, Trimac Transport, Lonestar Coaches, Select Energy, Dave’s Hi-Way Wrecker, Chalk
Mountain, John Wright & Associates, Shale Tanks, and the DFW Safety Council. Competitors were subjected to a written test and had to conduct four inspections that were organized similarly to the NAIC competition. At the end of the day, Scott Hill from Lewisville PD and Alexis Crocket from Carrollton PD took first and second place, respectively.
officers from the Houston Area. Scott Hill of Lewisville proudly took first place among the four competitors and will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to test his skills against competitors from all over North America. On behalf of all local agencies, we want to wish Scott the very best at NAIC and thank all of our industry sponsors for making this possible. n
These two officers travelled to College Station, Texas and competed in the State Challenge the week of June 12, along with two other local
REGIONAL RAP ON THE MOVE
RECOGNITIONS
New Commander for the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division
Officer Tom Mueller (shown on the right) of the Reno Police Department was recently awarded its agency’s Chief’s Commendation Certificate. The award was presented by Chief Steve Pitts and Deputy Chief Tom Robinson. Officer Mueller was identified for this award due to his ongoing efforts with regards to the Reno Police Department’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit. Officer Mueller originated the unit in 2006 and was one of the first officers that the Nevada Highway Patrol trained that year. Since then, he has been both active with MCASP administration as well as serving a term as the Locals Vice President of CVSA. Officer Mueller has been with Reno Police Department for 20 years and is currently assigned to the traffic division, where he is an accident investigator as well as a commercial enforcement inspector. n
On Monday, June 17, 2013, Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter promoted Captain Michael J. Eslinger to Major. Major Eslinger is now the Commander of the ISP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division. As the commander, Eslinger is responsible for the supervision of all ISP scale facilities throughout Indiana, serves as the ISP liaison to the Indiana Department of Revenue and Indiana Department of Transportation, and oversees the day-to-day operations of the nearly 190 subordinate civilian and sworn Commercial Vehicle Enforcement staff. Eslinger is a 19 ½ year veteran of the ISP having started his career as a trooper on the Indiana Toll Road, then as a Squad Sergeant and Lieutenant at the former Terre Haute Post, and was promoted to Area V Captain in 2010. He was also instrumental in forming the first ISP Meth Lab Team in the State of Indiana at the former Terre Haute Post. Eslinger is a native of Parke County and a graduate of Indiana State University. He and his wife and two daughters reside in rural Sullivan County. “Major Eslinger is a hard-working and dedicated veteran of our department. His proven leadership skills, compassion for his fellow employees and his desire for the commercial vehicle enforcement division to be the best it can be, make him the right choice for this position,” commented Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter. n
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