IACP Award

HCSO Receives IACP Award

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is the world’s largest and most influential professional association for police leaders. With more than 31,000 members in over 165 countries, the IACP is a recognized leader in global policing, committed to ad‐vancing safer communities through thought‐ful, progressive police leadership.

The IACP selected the Harris County Sher‐iff’s Office from law enforcement agencies across the world to receive their 2021 IACP/ Security Industry Association Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public/Private Co‐operation Award. The HCSO received the award for collaborating with private and pub‐lic entities to develop the Clinician and Offi‐cer Remote Evaluation (CORE) Telehealth Program for patrol deputies. The HCSO worked with JSA Telehealth; Cloud 9, a soft‐ware development company in Austin; Harris County Emergency Corps; Verizon Wireless; and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

This collaborative work group developed the program that now includes the eight Harris County constable offices, the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Houston and Baytown police departments.

Several jurisdictions across the state and na‐tion have replicated Harris County’s pro‐gram. These jurisdictions include Grand Tra‐verse County, MI; Plano, TX; Travis County, TX; and upstate New York. Several other ju‐risdictions across the nation have contacted Harris County about starting a similar pro‐gram.

“The Harris County Sheriff ’s Office is an exemplary police agency and leader in the field of community safety.”

- IACP AGENCY FIRST

(Left to right) Chief Deputy Edison Toquica, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Assistant Chief Mike Lee