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Police GPS Tracking: Your Go-To Guide Female Columbus Firefighter Makes History With Promotion to Assistant Chief

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Winter 2020

Letter from THE EDITOR

Volume 36, Number 4 The PFIA Protector is printed quarterly by the Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association. The Executive and Editorial Offices are located at 101 E. 116th Street, Carmel, IN 46032 Local: 317-581-1913 or toll-free: 1-800-221-PFIA (7342) Creative Services Rebekah Brownson

Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association President Thomas Clines Senior Vice President/Executive Secretary John E. Murphy Vice President/Treasurer Jeff Warnock

Board of Directors Mike Carrigan . . . . . . . . Littleton, Colorado Ruben Cevallos . . . . . . . San Antonio, Texas Myles Christie . . . . . . . . . Augusta, Georgia Thomas Clines . . . . . . . . . . Fishers, Indiana Tom Evans . . . . . . . . Cattaragus, New York Edward Griffith, III . . . . . Brick, New Jersey Gerald Housel . . . . . . . . Speedway, Indiana Tom C. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . Peoria, Illinois Mark S. Kemp . . . . . New Palestine, Indiana David G. Lentz . . . . . . . . . Slidell, Louisiana John Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carmel, Indiana Steve D. Murphy . . . . . . . Indianapolis, Indiana Bradd Roembke . . . New Palestine, Indiana

hat a year 2020 has been!

The start of this year we welcomed in our new President, Tom Clines, and a new Treasurer, Jeff Warnock. It’s been a great year working alongside of both these gentlemen, as well as, Senior Vice President/Executive Secretary John Murphy and the direction we have from Vice President of Operations Jeanie Williams. I can say this, the employees we have here at PFIA really take pride in all they do!

I would like to give a big shout out to Marty Kuehn from Magnolia, Texas, for being our 2020 Agent of the Year! We understand how tough this year has been with the Covid-19 and you have definitely exceeded our expectations.

With that being said, PFIA has been working diligently to meet the needs of our members and their families during the Covid-19 crisis. Our agents now have the ability to accept applications and forms via email.

Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association has endured this epidemic very conscientiously. We have been able to provide benefits that are the absolute best in the industry. We plan to keep everything in the right direction for the protection and well-being of our members and their families.

We hope you have had a great holiday season and look forward to the new beginnings of 2021.

If you are reading this and you are not a member, please consider experiencing what police officers and firefighters across the U.S. are taking advantage of — no-cost fraternal benefits. PFIA would love to have you and your family enjoying the benefits our Association.

As always, we are “Each Other’s Keeper.”

Don Trejbal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Akron, Ohio Jeff Warnock . . . . . . . . . . . . Fishers, Indiana Legal Counsel . . . . . . . . . . John D. Hoover E. Davis Coots Lawrence W. Schmits ­Actuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Simanek Griffith, Ballard & Company

Rebekah Brownson rbrownson@pfia.net Phone: 317-581-1913 Ext: 126

CONTENTS

COVER STORY

16 POLICE GPS TRACKING: YOUR GO-TO GUIDE Law enforcement agencies are turning to modern tools and technologies to increase efficiency so they can save lives and protect the public. GPS fleet management systems have helped police fleets across the country improve operations so they can better serve their communities.

FEATURES 3 FEMALE COLUMBUS FIREFIGHTER MAKES HISTORY WITH PROMOTION TO ASSISTANT CHIEF A female firefighter makes history with promotion to assistant chief in Columbus, Ohio.

7 ONE LEG OF A FIVE LEGGED TABLE Father Ron Perkins has an office at the fire station where people can schedule a visit to discuss any issue they may be going through. He has a heart to serve not only the general public but specializes in assisting first responders.

26 U.S. MARSHALS RECOVER 45 MISSING CHILDREN Operation Autumn Hope was a multi-agency enforcement operation focused on human trafficking and the location and recovery of missing and exploited children.

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2 SCHOLARSHIP 5 HEROES 6 BACK AT THE OFFICE 8 IN THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD 12 PFIA REMEMBERS 14 TIMELINE 20 BODY SHOP 22 SWAP SHOP 24 ODDS N ENDS 27 MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN 28 CHARITABLE FUND 29 HOME OFFICE/REGIONAL MANAGER DIRECTORY 30 ABM/AR DIRECTORY

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Female Columbus Firefighter Makes

History With Promotion to Assistant Chief It took Tracy Smith two runs at the test to be accepted as a Columbus firefighter in 1998, but it only took her one try to become the highestranking woman in the Columbus Division of Fire’s history.

Smith, 55, has been promoted to assistant chief and will oversee all three shifts of the Emergency Services bureau, the Division of Fire announced.

The promotion is the latest in a

series: Smith was promoted to lieutenant in 2006, to captain in 2011, to battalion chief in 2013 and to deputy chief in May. Smith said her father had worked in public safety, but she had originally begun her career in a banking job when she was younger. She felt stifled, however, and decided to try to become a firefighter after talking with two female friends who were already with the fire division.

“Without being too cliché, it’s been like I haven’t worked a day since I’ve been here,” Smith said.

Early in her career, Smith said she expected to have to prove herself as a woman working in a maledominated field. However, she said she has seen a shift in how female firefighters are accepted and hopes it continues.

“I have never asked the people alongside me to do something I wasn’t able to do,” Smith said.

“I truly believe the people I’ve worked alongside and are on my team respect me for that same work ethic.”

Smith said few things have come between her and her work for the division.

“I’ve pretty much dedicated my last 22 years — aside from my daughter — either engaged in recruiting or building the fire department,” she said.

Pictured: Assistant Chief Tracy Smith and PFIA Agent Jason Mayberry.

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In a statement issued by the city regarding Smith’s promotion, she said the fact that she was the first female assistant chief was not significant.

“It’s significant that over the years, the city has changed in the opportunities it gives all people to succeed,” she said. “I hope this sends a message to young women everywhere that if they work hard and stay focused, they can do anything.”

Interim Fire Chief Jeffrey Happ said Smith is a role model for other female firefighters and women considering a career in firefighting.

“The fact that she is a woman can be considered a bonus,” Happ said.

“The reason she was promoted was because of her talent, knowledge, and ability to do the job.”

“I truly don’t think the person who’s running this bureau can be effective unless they’re out there and see how it’s being done,” Smith said.

When she got the call that she had received the promotion to assistant chief, Smith said she was humbled and in shock.

“The individuals who applied for this job were great leaders within our division,” she said.

Smith said she is looking forward to helping ensure the interactions that community members have with the fire division are positive and making sure the division is providing the highest quality of service possible. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2020/10/30/columbus-firefightermakes-history-first-female-assistant-chief/6072407002/

A Little History Increasing number of women in the fire service For over 200 years, women have been firefighting in the United States. Stories of individual women serving in the 19th and early 20th centuries eventually grew to all-female volunteer fire companies in the 1910s. World War II led to an influx of women filling the needs of the volunteer fire service as existing male firefighters left to serve in the war. After the war, women began getting paid for their firefighting work, but it was not until the mid-1970s that women entered into career fire suppression roles. It was around this time that women began to integrate more into local fire departments and work alongside their male peers. (Floren, 2007).

In 1999, the USFA worked jointly with Women in the Fire Service (WFS) to conduct a study of women firefighters. With just over 25 years of experience in career-level fire suppression positions, the number of women in career roles climbed to over 4,500 nationwide. The estimated number of volunteer and paid-on-call women in the fire service was 10 times higher than those in career roles, and that did not account for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics. The study also reported hundreds of women serving in federal and state fire agencies. In 1999, women comprised about 2 percent of career firefighters nationally, although this varied widely with some major departments having no women and others having up to 10 to 15% (Berkman, Floren, & Willing, 1999b).

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Emerging Health and Safety Issues Among Women in the Fire Service In 2015, women made up about 3.7% of career U.S. firefighters (Haynes & Stein, 2017). The percentage of women in the fire service had nearly doubled in the 15 years since the USFA/ WFS study. The “U.S. Fire Department Profile — 2015” offered more reliable data than in the past and reported that women held 12,850 career firefighting roles and 72,250 volunteer roles nationally, averaging 7.3% of the U.S. fire service overall (Haynes & Stein, 2017).

Today, women are found in all ranks of the fire service, from recruit firefighters to chiefs of departments. Women fire chiefs lead organizations ranging in size from small volunteer fire departments to large metropolitan fire departments, including Decatur, Georgia, and San Francisco, California. Many of the departments that were on the cutting edge of hiring women in the 1970s and 1980s employed these women through a full career to retirement, and they’re now experiencing the power of mentorship as the second generation of women are entering the fire service and joining these pioneering departments. The women who volunteer or serve as career firefighters within today’s fire service share the same dedication to their work and commitment to their community as the women 200 years ago. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/emerging_health_safety_ issues_women_fire_service.pdf

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IOWA — A single-vehicle car crash in Des Moines killed four people and seriously injured another.

Des Moines police said the vehicle crashed at about 2:25 a.m.

The vehicle, a 2013 Volkswagen Golf, hit a tree along the roadway and caught fire.

The Des Moines Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating the crash.

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A PFIA member/police officer (who prefers to remain anonymous) pulled a 22-year-old woman from the wreckage. She has been hospitalized in serious condition. Four men were killed, including the 22-year-old driver and passengers who were 22, 23, and 24 years old.

Excessive speed and failure to maintain control were “significant contributing factors” in the crash, Parizek said.

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The car left the road to the north, then re-entered the road, driving across the eastbound lane and crashing into a tree on the south side of the street. The vehicle then hit a tree and caught fire.

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BACK AT THE OFFICE

Pictured: Candy Land game (Jeanie), Operation game (Rebekah), burrito (Marie), gamer geek (Anne), gamer geek (Jennifer), cheese (Brittanie), wine (Amanda H.), Jake from State Farm (Brian), Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender (Amanda R.), and fake news (Nancy).

costum ners: e win 1st place Marie Gilbert, 2nd place Nancy Brown, and 3rd place Rebekah Brownson

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We are the first to jump up and help, but last to realize when the emergency call comes from us.

In the city of Fort Lauderdale, we are not immune to this phenomenon. We laugh off the hug squad from years past simply because they did not understand.

We help; we do not get help. This methodology slowly started to change with a visit from Father Perkins in 2014.

Father Perkins volunteered to come around the station and listen. Just listen. He started to show up at our critical incidents and then would follow us back to the station.

He would ask all the essential questions after a traumatic experience, What did you guys have to eat? How is your family? Where are you headed to or go on vacation? Key questions, not to ignore the incident, but more to let it settle in.

This step opened the door for further conversation in the future. He gained our trust.

legs focus on being pro-active and reactive in reaching our members.

The other two legs are the EAP (Employee Assistance Program) and the Clinicians (Certified Clinicians with specialized training with first responders). Together, these legs keep our PEER table stable and increase our brothers and sisters’ mental health.

Chipping through 1st responders’ armor is not an easy task. The armor is too strong for a Jack Hammer, Sledge, or saw.

Too pliable to be torn apart and too conditioned to be talked to, when not ready. Who would have thought, the patience of a brother asking the right question “So what did you guys eat today?”

Father Perkins became such an integral part of our family; our Local Florida — Ft. Lauderdale Fire Department Agent 765 President Scott Jorge Moral presenting Father Ron Perkins with a Bayne and the FOP check from PFIA. Father Ron Perkins has an office at the fire station where people can schedule a visit union President tried to to discuss any issue they may be going through. see what it would take He has a heart to serve not only the general public to keep him full-time. but specializes in assisting first responders.

Budget restraints being what they were, made this task very difficult. Donations would accomplish the only option. Public Safety Chaplaincy was born.

Public Safety Chaplaincy quickly expanded its reach around South Florida, adding Coral Springs/ Parkland Fire Rescue. They focus on assisting with CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) and Peer (1st responder to 1st responder). These three

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IN THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD...OUR FRATERNAL SIDE

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Fraternal Events

F E I L E R R DISASTE

Louisiana — PFIA Regional Manager Gary Ralph and Agent Charles Kennedy deliver a check on behalf of PFIA for Louisiana to help with damages for clean-up and repair following Hurricane Laura, which struck the Gulf Coast in August.

The Category 4 hurricane — with a top wind speed of 150 MPH and one of the strongest to ever strike the U.S. — has left a trail of destruction and almost 900,000 homes and businesses without power.

Pictured: Ethan Meaux, Hector Rivera, Todd Chaddick, Tony Magee, Lecia McCullough, PFIA Regional Manager Gary Ralph, PFIA Agent Charles Kennedy, and Chad Smith.

New York — PFIA Agent Chris Parker delivering a check for the Bethlehem Christmas Program community event for kids for Christmas. Donations will provide crafts, snacks, and to cover the cost of Santa’s visit.

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Texas — On September 12, 2020, PFIA Agent/ABM Tara Burnett presents a donation for HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas 5K and Motorcycle Sortie.

Pictured: Tara Burnett with representatives from Crabbs Prairie VFD, Huntsville Police Department & Fire Department, and Liesa Hackett, an Army veteran and organizer of the 5K.

Pictured: Vietnam Army veteran Huey Pilot/retired TDCJ employee BJ Shotwell and Agent/ABM Tara Burnett at the HEARTS Veterans Museum 5K and Motorcycle Sortie.

Rhode Island —During the Covid-19 pandemic, Rhode Island Firefighters and firefighters nationwide were not able to Fill the Boot for Muscular Dystrophy Association. PFIA supported firefighters and MDA with donations to departments in Rhode Island.

Pictured: PFIA Agent Ray Masse and John Jordan with Middletown Fire Department (left) and Ray Masse and Mike Reid of the Lincoln Fire Districts and Lincoln Rescue (top).

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IN THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD...OUR FRATERNAL SIDE

Missouri — On September 22, 2020, Regional Manager Mark Reuss presented a check to Tamarris Bohannon’s widow, Alexis, at the Police Hall. Although the Bohannons didn’t have a policy through PFIA, the tragic circumstances of her husband’s death inspired us to help the family out as much as we could.

Rhode Island — PFIA supporting the Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs with a donation to the LAST team. The LAST team is a group of firefighters that responds to departments with a LODD, active duty or member death and assists the department with anything funeral-related.

Alexis was so thankful for the help and very appreciative of the continued efforts of her police family during this crisis.

Indiana — The Evansville Firefighter’s Pipe and Drum Corps, all members of PFIA, played at the funeral service for a highly respected retired Chief of the Evansville Fire Department.

Pictured: Adam Bigge, PFIA Agent Greg Lehman, Jim Morrow, Chad Buttry, Ryan Wininger, all with Evansville Fire, and Zerrick Wells with Scott Township Fire.

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Georgia — PFIA Agent Eric Smith presents Rayonta Whitfield with a check for Augusta Boxing Club’s annual book bag drive to help with handing out 400 book bags to kids in need.

Retirement Party Ohio — PFIA Agent Chris Handley donated donuts and pizza for a retirement party for Cincinnati Fire Lieutenant Robert Konkoly at the Drinkery Over the Rhine in Cincinnati. The bar was opened just for this event beginning at 8:00 a.m., just after Lt. Konkoly’s last shift. A large number of firefighters came straight from work and celebrated until 1:00 p.m. An estimated 60 or 70 guys were in attendance through the day to celebrate.

Florida — Agent/ABM Tony Ragans talks to February 2020 new firefighter recruits from Jacksonville about PFIA Accident Protection Plan, which covers recruits during their training period.

Pictured: Mike Gallas, Ryan Southard, Kyle Pelley, and Roman Balzar.

Pictured: Mike Cresiski, Tony Vieira, Scott Kender, and Myles Dunne.

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PFIA sponsored a hole at the Brian Bauer Memorial Golf tournament held at Chestnut Hill Country Club on August 24, 2020.

Pictured: Mike Conti and Pat Martello.

Golf Tournament New Jersey — On October 15, 2020, PFIA was a sponsor of the Jersey City Police Department’s memorial golf outing at the Skyway Golf Course. Agent Allan Slattery proudly participated in the event.

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PFIA REMEMBERS OUR FALLEN HEROES

WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO OUR

FALLEN HEROES Police Officer Jason Knox Houston Police Department (TX) 8-year veteran

Corporal Bryant Searcy Wayne County Sheriff’s Office (MI) 18-year veteran

Police Officer Jason Knox was killed in a helicopter crash.

Corporal Bryant Searcy was killed when he was assaulted by an inmate in Detroit.

He was aboard the MD 369E helicopter as the tactical flight officer. The helicopter had been requested to search the nearby Greens Bayou after police had received unconfirmed reports that two bodies were in the area. The helicopter experienced an issue during the search and crashed into an apartment complex clubhouse.

Responding fire department units extricated Officer Knox and the pilot from the wreckage.

Officer Knox suffered fatal injuries in the crash and the pilot suffered severe injuries.

Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (MO) 3-year veteran Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon succumbed to a gunshot sustained the previous night when he and other officers were ambushed.

He and other officers were dispatched to reports of a shooting in the area. They were searching for a victim when a man opened fire on them, striking Officer Bohannon in the head and a second officer in the leg.

The man then forced two residents out of their home and barricaded himself inside.

He suffered severe injuries during the struggle with the inmate after he was attacked. He was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The inmate who attacked him remains in custody.

Corporal Bryant was assigned to Jail Division 2. He is survived by his wife and daughter.

Detective James M. Skernivitz Cleveland Division of Police (OH) 25-year veteran Detective James Skernivitz was shot and killed while working in an undercover capacity as part of a federal task force supporting Operation Legend.

An informant who was with Detective Skernivitz was also killed when three subjects approached the vehicle and attempted to rob them. Two juveniles and an adult were arrested and charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, and felonious assault.

He was assigned to the Gang Impact Unit and the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force.

Police Officer Jacob Hancher Myrtle Beach Police Department (SC) 8-month veteran

Officer Bohannon was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wound.

The subject remained barricaded inside of the home until being taken into custody early the following morning.

He is survived by his wife and three children.

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apartment.

Police Officer Jacob Hancher was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to a domestic incident at an

A man opened fire on the officers, killing Officer Hancher and wounding a second officer. The subject was found deceased a short time later.

Sergeant Harold L. Preston Houston Police Department (TX) 41-year veteran Sergeant Harold Preston was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to a domestic disturbance call in an apartment complex.

Police were called to the scene by a woman who had been locked out of her apartment by her estranged husband and was attempting to retrieve belongings.

Other officers had been to the apartment two additional times in the preceding days for domestic disturbance calls. Sergeant Preston and the other officer spoke to the woman for approximately an hour before her 14-year-old son managed to unlock the apartment door and encountered his father holding a gun.

The man then opened fire, striking Sergeant Preston numerous times in the head and upper body. The other officer and juvenile were also wounded. The man surrendered approximately one hour later.

Sergeant Preston was scheduled to retire in the coming weeks. He is survived by his elderly parents, whom he cared for, and fiancée.

Corporal Adam McMillan Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (OH) 19-year veteran Corporal Adam McMillan succumbed to injuries sustained on October 8, 2020, when his patrol car collided with a transit bus at the intersection of Eight Mile Road and Beechmont Avenue in Anderson Township.

Corporal McMillan was assigned to the Traffic Safety Section.

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TIMELINE

PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF

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By Dave Roos - Updated: February 22, 2019 | Original: January 14, 2019

How Prohibition Put the ‘Organized’ in Organized Crime Kingpins like Al Capone were able to rake in up to $100 million each year thanks to the overwhelming business opportunity of illegal booze.

The term “organized crime” didn’t really exist in the United States before Prohibition. Criminal gangs had run amok in American cities since the late 19thcentury, but they were mostly bands of street thugs running small-time extortion and loansharking rackets in predominantly ethnic Italian, Jewish, Irish and Polish neighborhoods.

In fact, before the passing of the 18th Amendment in 1919 and the nationwide ban that went into effect in January 1920 on the sale or importation of “intoxicating liquor,” it wasn’t the mobsters who ran the most organized criminal schemes in America, but corrupt political “bosses,” explains Howard Abadinsky, a criminal justice professor at St. John’s University and author of Organized Crime.

“The gangs were thugs in the employ of the political machines,” says Abadinsky, intimidating opposition candidates and funneling votes to the boss. In return, the politicians and police chiefs would turn a blind eye to illegal gambling and prostitution rings.

But the underworld power dynamics shifted dramatically with the onset of Prohibition and the overnight outlawing of every bottle of beer, glass of wine and shot of booze in America. With legitimate bars and breweries out of business, someone had to step in to fuel the substantial thirst of the Roaring Twenties. And no one was better equipped than the mobsters.

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Mobsters Hired Lawyers The key to running a successful bootlegging operation, Abadinsky explains, was a paramilitary organization. At first, the street gangs didn’t know a thing about business, but they knew how to handle a gun and how to intimidate the competition. They could protect illegal breweries and rum-running operations from rival gangs, provide security for speakeasies and pay off any nosy cops or politicians to look the other way.

It wasn’t long before the mobsters were raking in absurd amounts of money and it was bosses and cops who were taking the orders. As the money kept pouring it, these formerly small-time street thugs had to get smart. They had to hire lawyers and accountants to launder the millions in ill-gotten cash piling up each month. They had to start thinking about strategic partnerships with other gangs, as well as shipping logistics and real estate investment.

“They had to become businessmen,” says Abadinsky.

“And that gave rise to what we now call organized crime.”

Before Prohibition, criminal gangs were local menaces, running protection rackets on neighborhood businesses and dabbling in vice entrepreneurship.

But the overwhelming business opportunity of illegal booze changed everything. For one thing, sourcing and distributing alcohol is an interstate and even international enterprise. Mobsters couldn’t work in

isolation if they wanted to keep the liquor flowing and maximize profits.

“Suddenly gang leaders are making deals with each other,” says Abadinsky, forging mutual protection pacts across state and international borders, and across ethnic lines, to ensure that shipments of illegal alcohol poured freely into the big cities.

“These are very violent people who are used to solving problems by killing them, but eventually they sit down and say, ‘We’ll guarantee peace in your area if you guarantee peace in our area.’ That’s called syndicated crime, this cooperation between criminal groups,” says Abadinsky. “In the absence of Prohibition, we wouldn’t have had the kind of syndicated criminality that occurred.

Prohibition was the catalyst.”

Kingpins Made Millions Each Year The demand for illegal beer, wine and liquor was so great during the Prohibition that mob kingpins like Capone were pulling in as much as $100 million a year in the mid-1920s ($1.4 billion in 2018) and spending a half million dollars a month in bribes to police, politicians and federal investigators.

Making money was easy, says Abadinsky. The hard part was figuring out what to do with all the cash. Money laundering was another way in which organized crime was forced to get far more organized. When gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931, loads of Prohibition-era mob money was funneled into the new casinos and hotels. Underworld accountants like Meyer Lansky wired money to brokers in Switzerland who would cover the mobster’s tracks and reinvest the cash in legitimate business.

Others, like Capone, weren’t as savvy and got sent up river on tax evasion charges.

Turf Wars Turn Deadly In the 1920s, Charles “Lucky” Luciano was famous for bringing together some of New York’s biggest Italian and When Prohibition was Jewish mobsters to dominate finally repealed in 1933, the city’s bootlegging business. the cash grab was over, but In Chicago, Johnny Torrio the sophisticated blackkept a fragile peace between market business schemes and his Italian-run bootlegging Mafia gangster Dutch Schultz, seen bottom left, in the money-laundering tactics of operation in the city’s South District Attorney’s office after being questioned about a organized crime were here Side and the Irish and Polish shoot-out with Detectives. to stay. The biggest gangs gangs working the North Side. shifted their operations But it didn’t last. By the time Torrio’s protege Al away from alcohol and into secondary businesses like Capone took over, it was an all-out turf war. In the drugs, gambling and prostitution. They also profited infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929, greatly from the Great Depression.

Capone’s men dressed as police officers and gunned down seven of the rival gang’s henchmen.

“The gangs had cash in a cash-starved economy,” says Abadinsky. “If you wanted to set up a Some of the biggest and most lucrative Prohibitionlegitimate business, have to go to organized crime. era bootlegging operations imported illegal booze Loansharking becomes a major industry.” from Canada via the Great Lakes. Underworld profiteer Arnold Rothstein, famous for fixing the In hindsight, it’s clear that Prohibition, a national 1919 World Series, ran shipments of alcohol through temperance campaign aimed at reforming America’s Lake Ontario, over to the Hudson River and down worst tendencies, that gave birth to one of the nation’s into the thousands of speakeasies of New York City. worst criminal traditions.

And the Mayfield Road Gang in Cleveland became famous for its rum-running speedboats criss-crossing Lake Erie.

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Police GPS Tracking: Your Go-To Guide BRIAN DZIUK | OCT 19, 2020 For first responders, every second counts. This is especially true for police fleets responding to the scene of an accident or a public safety incident. These police fleets, as well as other law enforcement agencies, must be as efficient as possible so they can save lives, protect the public, and protect themselves.

Faced with the increasing challenges of the 21st century, more and more law enforcement agencies are turning to modern tools and technologies to increase efficiency.

GPS fleet management systems is one such tool that has helped police fleets across the country improve operations so they can better serve their communities.

How? Police GPS tracking can be used to: •

Increase visibility into your police fleet

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And more!

Ready to learn more about how GPS tracking devices can help you experience these valuable benefits? We’ve compiled this go-to guide to police GPS tracking so you can better understand the features of vehicle tracker devices and how they can transform your own police fleet. So let’s dive in!

What Is GPS Tracking?

GPS, an acronym for global positioning satellite, is a system that uses a series of satellites and transmitters to determine the position of a specific object. GPS tracking is a technology that can be used to manage fleets of all sizes, whether that means tracking vehicles and drivers or the location of high-value assets or equipment.

Modern GPS tracking devices have the ability to perform numerous different tasks that go far beyond just location tracking. For example, while some can interface with a vehicle’s diagnostics system to provide

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remote diagnostics and robust reports, others allow a vehicle owner to disable their vehicle’s starter remotely to reduce theft. No matter your goals or what you’re looking to monitor, there is likely a GPS tracking device out there that aligns—the key is simply choosing the right option for your specific needs.

Why Do Police Use GPS Tracking?

Police use GPS tracking because it provides a wealth of valuable data that their fleet managers can use to make more strategic, well-informed decisions. When every second on the job counts for first responders, this ability to work smarter and faster can quite literally be the difference between life and death.

Law Enforcement and Remote Work The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that hit the U.S. in early 2020 forced many government and law enforcement organization to change the way they operate to ensure the safety of their employees.

To help prevent the spread of coronavirus through the ranks, law enforcement officers (LEOs) and other public safety personnel started to “work from home” for the office portion of their jobs. However, this created new challenges for law enforcement agencies that would normally coordinate efforts for LEOs before shifts at in-person briefings.

How Coronavirus Impacted Law Enforcement Unfortunately, coronavirus affects LEOs just as readily as it affects everyone else. According to an article by Time, as of April 2, 2020, “over 1000 New York City Police Department (NYPD) personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus… Five members of the department have

died.” An article by the Center for American Progress, published on April 14, put the number of infected NYPD officers at over 2,000.

Police departments and law enforcement agency personnel still need to interact with the public to enforce stay at home orders and to ensure that individuals and businesses are following curfews and other restrictions. One interesting side-effect of the coronavirus outbreak on law enforcement has been a noticeable drop in crime rates.

In the Times article, Commissioner Dermot Shea of the NYPD was credited with saying that “crime rates have dropped significantly since people started staying indoors, minimizing the need for foot patrols.”

So, while enforcement needed to continue, this particular law enforcement agency was able to cut back a bit on foot patrols—which is an activity that puts officers at a higher risk for contracting COVID-19.

To further help counter the risks of catching the coronavirus from infected people, many police departments attempted to supply LEOs with masks and gloves—but protective wear was in short supply for much of the outbreak, and it wasn’t effective for protecting officers from suspects who would spit, cough, or outright assault them.

Being able to have officers and support staff work remotely instead of everyone having to report to the precinct helped to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

However, working from home to do paperwork, coordinate patrols remotely, and perform other tasks can take some adjustment.

What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Do to Be Ready for Remote Work How can a law enforcement agency prepare for remote work so that they can protect officers and key staff from infectious diseases without severely impacting their ability to protect public safety and order? Here are a few ways to ready them for remote work: Ensure All Personnel Have Access to Communication Solutions. Communication is the basis of any successful remote work strategy. If officers and key staff are going to work from home to file reports and coordinate patrols, they need to be able to communicate with ease. Verifying that LEOs and other staff have active cell phones, internet, and other communication tools is vital for ensuring that they’ll work together efficiently.

Conduct Video Conferences When Possible. While not a replacement for an in-person meeting, using video conferencing solutions can help law enforcement agency staff be more active and engaged during remote meetings.

It also helps encourage people to uphold department standards for maintaining hygiene and appearance, since everyone will be able to see one another.

Update Emergency Contact Information. Officers may need to be called in for extra shifts to cover for coworkers who get sick or need to take vacations. Additionally, loved ones may need to be contacted if a LEO is injured, or worse, in the line of duty. Making sure that emergency contact information (names, addresses, and phone numbers) is up to date can be incredibly important for a law enforcement agency working remotely.

Use Telematics Solutions to Coordinate Officer Patrols. With numerous officers being quarantined in each jurisdiction because of coronavirus infections, police departments need to cover their jurisdictions with fewer officers than ever before. Using telematics solutions, like GPS tracking, can help law enforcement agencies make more efficient use of patrol vehicles to cover a larger area with fewer officers.

9 Ways Police Fleets Can Use GPS Tracking to Improve Daily Fleet Operations Wondering how police use GPS tracking throughout the day-to-day to improve their fleet operations? Here’s four key ways that police fleets can actually use GPS tracking devices in practice!

1. Increase Safety for Officers Police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement professionals need every advantage to keep themselves and their communities safe. Modern technologies, such as police GPS tracking, is one such advantage that can help to make daily law enforcement activities safer and more efficient for everyone.

Working in law enforcement can be very dangerous.

According to statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, over the last decade (2008-2018), a total of 1,582 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty.

The leading causes of death have included: •

Shootings (528 deaths)

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Struck by vehicle (122 deaths)

Officers in distress need their backup and emergency first aid responders to arrive quickly after a distress call. The risk of a fatality increases exponentially with every minute that a police fleet response is delayed because an officer could not be located. However, finding the exact location of a downed officer in an emergency can be extremely difficult without having a reliable and accurate GPS tracking system available.

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benefits of GPS tracking for police officers is transmitting their squad car’s current location, minimizing the time it takes for a backup unit to arrive and find the origin point of the call. Efficient fleet management software can save vital minutes, which could mean the difference between life and death for an injured officer.

Improving Vehicle Maintenance. By collecting vehicle use data and time since last maintenance for police vehicles, fleet managers can check to see which patrol cars are approaching their next maintenance milestone.

Then, they can apply preventative maintenance to keep police cars from suffering sudden catastrophic failures while on the road.

Monitoring Driver Behaviors. GPS tracking data can be used to monitor how officers are driving so good driving behaviors can be encouraged to increase safety. More on this later.

2. Improve Patrol Coverage Police using GPS tracking devices also enables police fleets to cover larger areas with fewer vehicles more efficiently. Many police precincts must cover an extensive area with too few active patrol vehicles, which can lead to a reduced perception of police presence and negatively impact public safety. Optimizing patrol routes through fleet tracking helps to increase patrol efficiently as well as the perception of police presence — which serves as a powerful deterrent to criminal activity.

This increased visibility means that if a police officer or deputy presses the distress button on the radio, you can use the emergency vehicle GPS tracking device that coordinates to dispatch additional police fleet units and medical emergency personnel to the exact location quickly and efficiently. This capability helps to reduce your response time by several minutes, which can make all the difference in the world to a law enforcement officer’s safety.

Reduce Idle Time. Engine idle time can be a significant problem for some precincts. While some idle time is unavoidable (especially for highway patrol cars looking for speeders), excessive idling wastes valuable time and contributes to higher fleet costs while reducing the area the car can patrol. With police GPS tracking, it’s easy to determine when a car spends too much time in idle so dispatch can remind the officer to get back on their assigned route.

Additionally, geofencing is an invaluable tool that can be used to inform you about when vehicles outfitted with a vehicle tracker device enter or leave high-crime areas. It allows law enforcement to create virtual boundaries that correspond with physical locations in the real world. Not only can this help to improve fleet operations in highcrime areas, this element of police GPS tracking can help to improve officer safety by tracking precisely when and where their patrol cars enter or leave a specified area.

4. Increase Transparency and Accountability Law enforcement agencies nationwide are experiencing more scrutiny than ever before. Maintaining the trust of the community your precinct serves requires robust fleet management tools for creating transparency and supporting accountability for a police fleet in the field.

To protect both the public and police officers, dashboard and body cams are quickly becoming standard issue for law enforcement. Police using GPS tracking devices can supplement this trust-building by helping precinct staff accurately track when and where police and their vehicles have traveled at all times.

5. Reduce Fleet Costs Fleet costs for a police motor pool is an enormous expense, even for a small precinct. There are a variety of fuel waste factors that contribute to higher fuel consumption and fleet costs, such as:

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Some GPS fleet management software employ software plug-ins to track the amount of time that has passed since a GPS-tagged asset has visited a particular area. With police GPS tracking, police dispatches can use these customizable, color-coded, aging maps to see which routes have been least attended and redirect a patrol car there to improve coverage. This can:

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Minor engine problems

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Hard acceleration/braking

Limit Patrol Overlap. While it’s important to make sure that no one area goes too long without a patrol presence, excessive patrol overlap also can be an inefficient use of your patrol assets. Through fleet tracking, dispatch can actively prevent too many police fleet units from gathering in one location by tracking where each squad car is at any given time.

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Law enforcement agencies that implement police GPS tracking for police vehicles can reduce these types of wasteful fleet costs by: •

Improving route planning and assigned route enforcement

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Identifying drivers who frequently brake or accelerate too quickly

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Improving maintenance scheduling

6. Improve Driver Behaviors

devices is perfect for long-term surveillance.

Fleet management software paired with GPS tracking devices will also allow you to identify and address officers who practice ineffective or dangerous driving habits on the road. Police using GPS tracking devices enable police precinct chiefs to enforce safe driving habits among their officers more effectively, which reduces the risk of fatal crashes, lawsuits, and other situations that can result from bad driving behaviors.

9. Vehicle Theft Prevention

A significant fleet management software benefit of equipping each vehicle with a GPS vehicle tracker device is that it can help to spur real-time adjustments in employee driving behaviors. For example, Rastrac helped Hidalgo County and its Constable Precinct 4 solve these issues, along with many others, leading them to receive a best practices award from the Texas Association of Counties for implementing a GPS vehicle tracking program. Through the program, the county was able to reduce fuel and fleet costs by $25,000, reduce incidents of employee speeding in county vehicles, and cut fleet idle time, saving the public significant money in overhead costs and potential fines.

7. Enhance Communication with Law Enforcement Officers Dispatchers who miscommunicate when giving directions to law enforcement services can dramatically delay their response time. Being unable to provide the correct information to police officers about a crime in progress puts public safety at risk and reduces the likelihood of law enforcement officials locating and arresting suspected criminals.

Today, many law enforcement jurisdictions are using GPS tracking devices in their bait car programs. Typically, bait cars are nondescript automobiles rigged with realtime GPS tracking devices and other features which are strategically set up to look abandoned, broken-down, or in some cases, still running. The best bait are those vehicles that have already been identified as attractive to thieves.

Interestingly, crime analysis reports determine that Hondas, Toyotas, and trucks are the vehicles most likely to be stolen. These bait cars are left in higher risk neighborhoods or in areas that have been plagued with car thefts. When the car is tampered with or driven off by a thief, the GPS tracking device alerts the police command complex, which immediately starts to monitor the vehicle and alert patrols of any activity or movement.

An important goal of bait car stings is to reduce the likelihood of a high-speed chase occurring, which increases safety for the suspect, bystanders, and officers.

When police officers stop the car and locate it using GPS coordinates, they do so on their own terms.

Should the suspect attempt to flee, the dispatcher can remotely shut the car off, causing it to come to a gradual stop. The car doors can also be locked remotely, keeping the suspect confined if necessary. Bait car stings deliver several advantages to law enforcement agencies: •

Police officers can maintain their regular duties and patrols rather than stake out a potential robbery for hours or days at a time

With fleet tracking, dispatchers receive live, up-to-date traffic information and identify the fastest routes to take to reach the crime scene. This feature is especially helpful for officers in hot pursuit of a suspect during a car chase.

Dispatchers can accurately direct and navigate police officers using their fleet management software dashboard and warn them of potential road hazards. Officers traveling in unfamiliar areas can also maintain constant communication and receive accurate instructions to avoid getting lost.

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Thieves steal vehicles that are owned by the city, rather than those owned by citizens

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Attainment of exceptionally high conviction rates because the evidence provided by bait car sting operations using GPS tracking devices and in-car cameras is virtually indisputable

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Bait cars have also proved valuable in sting operations targeting criminals involved in stripping down abandoned cars

8. Track Criminal Activity

A similar tactic has been applied to bicycles in some municipalities. Instead of GPS tagging a car, a bait bike uses a GPS device hidden on a bicycle to track bike thieves.

In the case of the United States vs. Katzin, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled law enforcement officials are allowed to use GPS tracking devices to trace a suspect’s vehicle and monitor their activity once a warrant is properly obtained—which prevents law enforcement from trampling on a person’s Fourth Amendment rights that protect them from “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

GPS tracking is highly useful when law enforcement agents need to track suspicious cargo and monitor other criminal activity, especially when performing covert operations. The extended battery life of GPS tracking

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THE BODY SHOP

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Sacroiliac Joint Pain Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain is felt in the low back and buttocks. The pain is caused by damage or injury to the joint between the spine and hip. Sacroiliac pain can mimic other conditions, such as a herniated disc or hip problem. Accurate diagnosis is important to determine the source of pain. Physical therapy, stretching exercises, pain medication, and joint injections are used first to manage the symptoms.

Surgery to fuse the joint and stop painful motion may be recommended.

What is sacroiliac joint pain?

The SI joints are located between the iliac bones and the sacrum, connecting the spine to the hips.

The two joints provide support and stability, and play a major role in absorbing impact when walking and lifting. From the back, the SI joints are located below the waist where two dimples are visible.

Strong ligaments and muscles support the SI joints. There is a very small amount of motion in the joint for normal body flexibility. As we age, our bones become arthritic and ligaments stiffen. When the cartilage wears down, the bones may rub together, causing pain (Fig. 1). The SI joint is a synovial joint filled with fluid. This type of joint has free nerve endings that can cause chronic pain if the joint degenerates or does not move properly.

Sacroiliac joint pain ranges from mild to severe depending on the extent and cause of injury. Acute SI joint pain occurs suddenly and usually heals within several days to weeks. Chronic SI joint pain persists for more than three

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months; it may be felt all the time or worsen with certain activities.

Other terms for SI joint pain include: SI joint dysfunction, SI joint syndrome, SI joint strain and SI joint inflammation.

What are the symptoms?

The signs and symptoms of SI pain start in the lower back, and

buttock, and may radiate to the lower hip, groin, or upper thigh.

While the pain is usually one sided, it can occur on both sides.

Patients may also experience numbness or tingling in the leg or a feeling of weakness in the leg.

Symptoms may worsen with sitting, standing, sleeping, walking, or climbing stairs. Often the SI joint is painful sitting or

sleeping on the affected side.

Some people have difficulty riding in a car or standing, sitting, or walking too long. Pain can be worse with transitional movements (going from sit to stand), standing on one leg, or climbing stairs.

What are the causes?

The SI joint can become painful when the ligaments become too loose or too tight. This can occur as the result of a fall, work injury, car accident, pregnancy and childbirth, or hip/spine surgery (laminectomy, lumbar fusion).

Sacroiliac joint pain can occur when movement in the pelvis is not the same on both sides.

Uneven movement may occur when one leg is longer or weaker than the other, or with arthritis in the hip or knee problems.

Autoimmune diseases, such as axial spondyloarthritis, and biomechanical conditions, such as wearing a walking boot following foot/ankle surgery or nonsupportive footwear, can lead to degenerative sacroiliitis.

How is a diagnosis made?

A medical exam will help determine whether the SI joint is the source of your pain. Evaluation includes a medical history and

physical exam. Your physician will consider all the information you provided, including any history of injury, location of your pain, and problems standing or sleeping.

There are specific tests to determine whether the SI joint is the source of pain. You may be asked to stand or move in different positions and point to where you feel pain. Your doctor may manipulate your joints or feel for tenderness over your SI joint.

Imaging studies, such as X-ray, CT, or MRI, may be ordered to help in the diagnosis and to check for other spine and hiprelated problems.

A diagnostic SI joint injection may be performed to confirm the cause of pain. The SI joint is injected with a local anesthetic and corticosteroid medication. The injection is given using X-ray fluoroscopy to ensure accurate needle placement in the SI joint.

Your pain level is evaluated before and 20-30 minutes after injection, and monitored over the next week.

Sacroiliac joint involvement is confirmed if your pain level decreases by more than 75%. If your pain level does not change after the injection, it is unlikely that the SI joint is the cause of your low back pain.

What treatments are available?

Nonsurgical treatments: Physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and stretching exercises help many patients.

Some patients may require oral anti-inflammatory medications or

topical patches, creams, salves, or mechanical bracing.

Joint injections: Steroids can reduce the swelling and inflammation of the nerves. Joint injections are a minimally invasive procedure that involves an injection of a corticosteroid and an analgesic-numbing agent into the painful joint (Fig. 2). While the results tend to be temporary, if the injections are helpful they can be repeated up to three times a year.

Nerve ablations: Injections into joints or nerves are sometimes called “blocks.” Successful SI joint injections may indicate that you could benefit from radiofrequency ablation – a procedure that uses an electrical current to destroy the nerve fibers carrying pain signals in the joint.

Surgery: If nonsurgical treatments and joint injections do not provide pain relief, your physician may recommend minimally invasive SI joint fusion surgery.

Through a small incision, the surgeon places titanium (metal)

implants and bone graft material to stabilize the joint and promote bone growth. The surgery takes about an hour. The patient may go home the same day or following day. For several weeks after surgery, the patient cannot bear full weight on the operated side and must use crutches for support.

Recovery and prevention

A positive attitude, regular activity, and a prompt return to work are all very important elements of recovery. If regular job duties cannot be performed initially, modified (light or restricted) duty may be prescribed for a limited time.

Prevention is key to avoiding recurrence: • Proper lifting techniques • Good posture during sitting, standing, moving, and sleeping • Regular exercise with stretching /strengthening • An ergonomic work area • Good nutrition, healthy weight, lean body mass • Stress management and relaxation techniques • No smoking

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SWAP SHOP

CLASSIFIEDS

For Sale or For Swap is for firefighters or law enforcement officers who have items to swap or sell, or are looking for items to add to a collection. There is no charge for this service, but we ask that you follow one rule: items advertised must relate to your profession as firefighters and/or law enforcement officers.

PFIA solely makes it possible for you to contact one another. PFIA does not accept any responsibility for transactions. To participate, e-mail your name, contact information, & ad information to

rbrownson@pfia.net.

You may use any address and/or telephone number you wish.

PATCHES Starting a police and fire patch/ pin collection for my grandson.

Will trade one for one. Just add self-addressed envelope with your patch. I am a 35-year veteran.

Contact: Sal Franscino, 63 Lauren Lane, Brick, NJ 08723, or 908907-0844. (0115)

Kansas Fire Engineer wanting to trade Fire and EMS patches. Have extra patches from other depts.

E-mail and we can find out if there are others you would want to trade. Contact Tim Dokken, at tim.dokken81@gmail.com or send patch to Tim Dokken 1028 W. Ash St., Junction City, KS 66441. (0816)

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Pueblo, CO, police officer and EOD tech looking to trade police, fire, bomb, and military patches.

Will trade one for one, with many extras. Contact R. Jones at k-rjones@comcast.net; or mail items to R. Jones, 24400 Gale Road, Pueblo, CO 81006-1995.

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Herculaneum, MO, Fire Department patches to trade.

One for one. New patches only.

Have other patches to trade as well. Bill Haggard, 441 Jefferson, Herculaneum, MO 63048. 636475-5476 or billh6300@hotmail. com. (0216)

• Looking to grow police/fire patch collection. If you have patches you would like to part with, please send to Shannon McCarty at 20 Nicole Court, Lakewood, New Jersey 08701.

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• Wanted: I’m looking to trade police/fire patches or pins. I’m building a shadow box. Will trade one for one. Contact: A. Ferguson at fergusonadrianne@yahoo.com or mail items to 1234 Texas Ave., Shreveport, LA 71101. (1116)

Looking to grow my fire patch collection. Captain Jeff Fuchs, Carmel Fire Department, 2214 Mozart Drive, Greenfield, Indiana.

46140. 317-695-8969 (0420)

OTHER Retired Cleveland Police Officer Bob Guttu’s book, “Community Policing (It Really Works).”

Contact: Bob Guttu at rguttu@ clevelandpolicefoundation.org.

(0217) • Fire bike painting commemorating 9/11 by artist Motor Marc Lacourciere. A framed giclee collector’s piece, #2 of 250, $1,000. Contact: William Irby at 386-316-8275 or skipirby@aol. com. (0314) • Wanted: Fire grenades, leather fire helmets, and solid-stream leather-handled nozzles with shut-off valves. Contact Mark Carter at 352-494-7619 or markhaynescarter@gmail.com.

Custom-designed blankets with PD/FD logos. Choice of colors to match department and company patches. Contact NHRF&R FF Stefan S. Vassallo at 973-7681049 or Sv145@aol.com.

50x60 80% cotton 20% poly $65 Free shipping in the Continental US. • Retired Police Officer Michael Price, mike22price@yahoo. com. Shadow Boxes by Officer Friendly. Specializing in paying tribute to Police, Fire, Corrections, EMS, and Military with customized shadow boxes.

Go to www.facebook.com/ shadowboxesbyofficerfriendly for samples of my work. (1115) • I would like to swap challenge coins with other officers or agencies. One for One. I also sell them for $10 each plus $5 for shipping. Sandra Torres at 903221-6344

Looking to buy your agency challenge coins to add to my collection. Send pictures via text or email. Contact: Nicole Pendergrass 912-322-5210 or time2jiggle@yaboo.com.

• For Sale: A Fireman’s Log, a collection of poems written by a fireman. Titles include, Fireman’s Pole, A Fireman’s Wife, A Fireman’s Coat and more. $10 each plus $2 shipping. Contact Huey Hoover at hjh.33sd@gmail. com or phone 895-542-6434.

(1119) • Firefighter/paramedic of the Independence Fire District would like to trade fire, EMS, or police challenge coins for one of our fire challenge coins.

Email me or mail me your coin and I will return the favor.

10409 Sharpsburg Drive Independence, KY 41051 dcoyle@independencekyfire.org (0220)

MOVING? Maintaining contact with our members at Police & Firemen’s Insurance is very important to us. In order for us to do that, we are providing a change of address form to assist our members in helping us maintain their most current information.

Go to our website at www.pfia1913.org In the top right-hand corner select Address Change and fill out your updated information.

Please download form ChangeAddress.pdf and Email to: memberservices@pfia.net (Form must be downloaded first, then saved to your desktop to retain your information)

• Wanted: I collect antique fire memorabilia and any items from Wilmington, DE Fire Department.

Contact E. Tickner at bat6wfd@ verizon.net or call 302-598-6038 and leave a message. (0518) • I have pictures available for anyone interested. Duty holster $165 and tactical holster $195 retail. I’m willing to sell both for $250. Contact Det. Brian Jeffers at 720-810-0856.

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ODDS N ENDS

MISCELLANEOUS

Various Kinds of Things Two Missing Autistic Children Indiana —Officer Mariah Patrick from the Indianapolis Police Department was awarded the Community Service Award for the third quarter of 2020.

Officer Patrick received this award for her actions on July 18, 2020, when she responded to a call of two missing autistic children.

After the first child was located, Officer Patrick took it upon herself to walk several hundred yards through the thick brush to find the other missing child.

After walking for several minutes through the heavily wooded area she located the boy safe and unharmed near a body of water.

It was later learned Officer Patrick has a young nephew who has autism. Officer Patrick frequently spends time with her nephew and is familiar with behaviors related to autism.

Specifically, the draw that bodies of water have to young individuals within the autism spectrum.

Unfortunately, many times when young people with autism wander off close to a body of water they are found too late.

Officer Patrick was determined to do everything she could to avoid that outcome. Officer Patrick’s personal knowledge, along with her willingness to go above and beyond to avert

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a potential tragedy, should be recognized as a shining example of her dedication to upholding the highest professional standards while serving the community.

If this note finds you, we must have done something right Colorado — It’s been a stressful week for residents of Grand County, Colorado. First, the East Troublesome Fire exploded threatening numerous homes, then over the weekend a winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow in the area, causing potential risk to homes that hadn’t been properly winterized.

Out of this all, however, the fire crews working in the area found the time and displayed their humanity while working to protect what they could.

“It just melts your heart,” homeowner Daniel Stones said, adding “I’m a grown man and I can admit this, I wept. It was just so touching. It’s been such an emotional roller coaster after the past week and to get something that is not only confirmation but good, it’s just so overwhelming.”

A team working to winterize homes in the area discovered Stones’ home was still standing – they also found a note from firefighters apologizing for not being able to save a shed and having to cut a hole in the fence.

“If this note finds you we must

have done something right. Sorry for the loss of your shed and we had to cut a little of your wood fence to save your house. Things got really hot we stayed as long as possible. Best wishes, Engine 1446, Meeker, Co. 81641,” the note said.

Along with sharing this uplifting story, Stones wants to say thank you to this team of firefighters by raising money for their department. He’s created a GoFundMe. “It’s a way for us to put our money where our mouth is and give back, make sure their resources succeed, whether it’s better beds at the fire department, whatever it is to make their lives easier take the stress off, I think it’s on us to do that,” Stones said.

Sister station KDVR tracked down the Engine 1446 team who are in shock their message has reached so many people.

“It is kind of surreal, we all don’t really do this job for the limelight,” South Zone Fire Management Officer Kyle Fray said, adding “The main thing for us is we’re really glad he’ll be able to go to his house and it’s still standing.” https://kfor.com/news/colorado-firefighters-tohomeowners-if-this-note-finds-you-we-must-havedone-something-right/

Ohio — Cincinnati Police Officers at Blue Line mass/First Responders mass where the officers & police vehicles & fire vehicles were blessed with holy water.

Florida — No fire, but plenty of water. This is what happens in recruit training (February 2020) when you pull the wrong lever.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Florida — Nineteen year veteran of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, Lt. Bartley starts her day wearing a custom mask before going on a call. Lt. Bartley runs EMS calls out of station 15. All JFRD employees are required to wear masks when responding to a call.

Ohio — This was a combination of Cincinnati Police and Cincinnati Fire learning bike training to become either a police mountain bike rider or a paramedic firefighter mountain bike rider. Although many police officers were trained to ride daily, the firefighters will use their skills at events, like Taste of Cincinnati or Octoberfest, to get through crowds quickly but safely.

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXFLOITED CHILDREN

U.S. Marshals Recover 45 Missing Children October 26, 2020 Brad Stuart, Chief Deputy Columbus, OH – During the month of October, the U.S. Marshals Service Offices in Southern Ohio and Southern West Virginia, in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, participated in operation “Autumn Hope.”

Operation Autumn Hope was a multi-agency enforcement operation focused on human trafficking and the location and recovery of missing and exploited children. During the operation 45 missing children were recovered by the U.S. Marshals and 179 arrests were made by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. In addition, 20 children were located per the request of law enforcement to ensure the child’s well-being.

The operation was supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Ohio state and local agencies.

developed from that recovery linked her and other possible victims to an individual in Columbus suspected of human trafficking.

During one of the missing child recoveries, a loaded gun was recovered. The 15-year old male juvenile had two warrants and is suspected in multiple shootings and a homicide.

Over the past five years, the USMS has recovered missing children in 75% of the cases it has received. And of those recovered, 72% were recovered within seven days.

Since 2005, the USMS has recovered more than 2,000 missing children. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 enhanced the U.S. Marshals’ authority

Another case involved a high-risk 15-year-old girl who was missing from Cleveland. Information

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An additional recovery of two juveniles occurred when the USMS Southern Ohio task force forwarded information to Marshals in West Virginia.

A recovery of the missing juveniles occurred on a traffic stop after the West Virginia State Patrol was informed to be on the lookout for the adult male and the vehicle he was driving. The adult male was charged with concealment/ removal of a minor child in Jackson County, WV. During the operation the Lancaster Police Department requested assistance in locating a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in the middle of the night.

The girl was recovered in Columbus by the U.S. Marshals within six hours of being reported missing.

to assist federal, state, and local law enforcement with the recovery of missing, endangered or abducted children, regardless of whether a fugitive or sex offender was involved. The Marshals established a Missing Child Unit to oversee and manage the implementation of its enhanced authority under the act.

The U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team is comprised of 70 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies from the lower 48 counties in the state of Ohio.

“My thanks to all personnel who have stepped up for this operation,” said Peter C. Tobin, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio. “These are the same personnel who hunt down violent fugitives every day.

I’m incredibly proud of them and pleased that they were able to apply those same skills to finding missing children. I know Operation Autumn Hope has made a difference in a lot of young lives.”

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www. usmarshals.gov.

HELP US FIND THESE

Missing Children

Our members are in a unique position to spot missing children.

PFIA urges you to make a special effort to try to locate these missing children. If seen, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children immediately at 1-800-843-5678 or report a sighting online at www.missingkids.com. You may also call or visit the website for free abduction prevention tips.

MISSING • HELP BRING ME HOME

JOSEFINA MORALES RAMOS

Sex: Female Race: Hispanic Birth: 9/10/2004 Age Now: 16

Height: 5’0” Weight: 90 Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown

Missing: February 22, 2020 Lehigh Acres, FL

KENDALYN VAN AUSDALL

Sex: Female Height: 5’5” Race: Biracial Weight: 160 Birth: 5/15/2004 Eyes: Brown Age Now: 16 Hair: Brown

Missing: September 22, 2020 Amarillo, TX

ISABELLE MONTANEZ

Sex: Female Race: Biracial Birth: 5/5/2003 Age Now: 17

Height: 5’5” Weight: 140 Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown

Missing: March 13, 2020 Pueblo, CO

THOMAS DELOACH

Sex: Male Height: 5’11” Race: White Weight: 160 Birth: 7/8/2004 Eyes: Blue Age Now: 16 Hair: Lt. Brown

Missing: August 30, 2020 Chapman, KS

DON’T HESITATE CALL

AUNDREA PICKERING

Sex: Female Height: 5'0” Race: Am. Indian Weight: 130 Birth: 10/20/2006 Eyes: Brown Age Now: 14 Hair: Brown

Missing: November 19, 2019 Oklahoma City, OK

JADEN FOSTER

Sex: Male Race: Biracial Birth: 7/8/2003 Age Now: 17

Height: 5’9” Weight: 145 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black

Missing: August 28, 2020 Stockbridge, GA

911 OR 1-800-843-5678

SPECIAL NOTE: Height and weight are listed from the date an individual went missing and may not currently be accurate.

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CHARITABLE FUND

PFIA’S

Charitable Fund PFIA can accept charitable contributions to the Fund that are tax deductible for the person or company donating.

The Board consists of the Executive Committee and two other current Board Members. The Board will determine every December meeting how much PFIA will contribute to the fund and then distribute the funds to predetermined charities. The fund will be distributed to a zero balance and start over on January 1st of every year.

We will lean heavily towards children and military families. The four funds that we will contribute to will be: Make-A-Wish Foundation®, Special Olympics, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Everyone gives money to charities of their choice, but we think that giving our members a place to give — where they know 100% of funds are distributed to charities close to their heart — will be a very benevolent endeavor.

We think that will be a great extension of our fraternal mission and hope it is received well and becomes the go-to place for members to help others.

What better way to fulfill our fraternal mission in today’s society with over 100 years of service with donating money to the deserving funds listed?

General Contributions: Jerry & Mary Jane Housel Stephen A. Pitz

Memorial Contributions to Honor the Memory of JESSIE WOLF JERRY WHITAKER JACK WHITE Thank you Mark & Debbie Kemp If you are interested in becoming a contributor or if you would like to donate, please make a check payable to PFIA Charitable Fund and put in the memo “charitable contribution,” or write a note and put it in the envelope and mail to: PFIA ATTN: Tom Clines 101 East 116th Street Carmel, IN 46032

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CONTACT

Information

317-581-1913 • 1-800-221-PFIA • www.pfia1913.org Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association is the only group in the world that exclusively caters to police officers, firefighters, and correctional officers. Our members enjoy competitive premium rates and products designed specifically for police officers and firefighters, which are unavailable anywhere else.

Executive Committee Association Offices Chairman of the Board Tom Jackson Vice President of Operations Jeanie Williams Thomas Clines President

John Murphy

Senior Vice President/ Executive Secretary

Jeff Warnock Vice President/ Treasurer

Regional Managers

Departments Accounting Lead Sherrie Vermande Accounting Nancy Brown Jennifer Ireland ACH Coordinator Tommy Lewis Agency/Commissions Brandy Bushman Claims Mindy Roberts Kelsea Johnson Claims Examiner Susan Pickett Creative Services/Editor Rebekah Brownson Department Assistant Tanyia Elston General Services Marie Gilbert

National Sales Director Bradd Roembke 317-498-9440 (C) pfia282@gmail.com

Information Services Chris Marlor Josh Bernardin

Southeast Myles Christie 706-951-9620 (C) pfia567@gmail.com

Member Services Anne Karn Amanda Rice

Louisiana Gary Ralph 318-426-4034 (C) garyralph874@gmail.com

New Business Brian Kinnaird Brittanie Butcher Amanda Hendricks Receptionist Angie Sur Secretary to the Executives Susan S. Woolf Shipping & Receiving Cristian White Statutory Accounting Joe Tauber

Texas Darren “Lang” Spencer 979-716-6193 (C) lspencer_pfia@yahoo.com Mid-Atlantic Ed Griffith 732-674-3143 (C) pfiaejg3@gmail.com Midwest Mark Reuss 513-706-1287 (C) mark.pfia@gmail.com Northeast Alan “Tom” Evans, Jr. 716-628-4774 (C) nypfia@gmail.com Winter 2020 • The PFIA Protector

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Directory of Advisory Board Members & Account Representatives (H) Home Phone Alabama Birmingham PD PAUL A. IRWIN JR. 205-365-7092 (C) 205-591-0911 (B)

Colorado Arvada FD TODD HOBLER 720-540-4940 (H) 303-919-7759 (C) todd.hobler@arvadafire.com Denver FD JAMES H. SNYDER 303-888-0810 (C) 303-425-6042 (F) jimpfia434@gmail.com Denver PD JASON CARRIGAN 303-994-7575 (C) pfiacarrigan@gmail.com Denver PD & Sheriff MIKE CARRIGAN 303-619-6112 (C) pfia.mikecarrigan@gmail.com Denver Sheriff MICHAEL P. BENNETT 720-273-9292 (H) Denver West Metro Fire Rescue DUANE G. PELL 303-238-2328 (H) 303-810-2480 (C) pelldp@q.com Mountain View FD MIKE STRATTON 970-587-8923 (H) 970-412-6730 (C) mikestratton@gmail.com mstratton@mvfpd.org

Connecticut Bridgeport FD MIKE KAMSZIK 203-767-3331 (C) mikekamszik@gmail.com CT State Corrections - Garner SCOTT STRIELKAUSKAS 203-206-2027 (C) 203-757-0036 (H) scottstriel@icloud.com Hartford FD EDWARD MACHIAL 860-985-9350 (C) latinofire73@yahoo.com New Britain FD TIM CYR 860-841-7242 (C) ctpfia@outlook.com New Britain PD PAUL BAK 860-560-3973 (C) pbak66@comcast.net

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(C) Cell Phone

(B) Business Phone

(F) Fax Number

New Haven Corrections ERNEST AWUSAH 347-270-6141 (C) ernestawusah@gmail.com

Gainesville FD EUGENE DUGAN 386-344-3427 (C) ejd0907@gmail.com

Macon Bibb FD ZEDRIC GREENE 478-221-0496 (C) policefire2018@gmail.com

New Haven Corrections JAMES ELLIOTT 203-500-5373 (H) kingjamesxxiii@aol.com

Gainesville PD MARTIN HONEYCUTT 352-871-5360 (C) martinh5360@gmail.com

Macon Bibb Co. FD & PD STEPHEN M. STAFFORD 478-978-5316 (H) ss20041@cox.net

New Haven FD and Branford FD & PD JASON T. CUSACK 203-996-G0597 (C) qball0056@gmail.com

Jacksonville FD ANTHONY E. RAGANS 904-768-3546 (H) 904-699-7181 (C) tbone247@att.net

New Haven FD and Branford FD & PD WILLIAM CUSACK 203-494-6762 (C)

Orange Co. FD JIM MERGENTHALER 407-694-4927 (C) pfiacfl@gmail.com

Norwalk FD & PD JUSTIN BISCEGLIE 203-803-8050 (C) Norwalk FD & PD GARY MECOZZI 203-965-5345 (W) Robinson State Corrections ROSENDO DELEON JR. 860-982-9692 (C) rodeleonjr0311@gmail.com Stamford FD MICHAEL GALLS 203-470-0275 (C) pfia786@gmail.com Stamford PD FRANKIE FORBES 203-469-5320 (H) 203-627-0259 (C) dblf11484@sbcglobal.net Waterbury FD JOHN PERUGINI 203-233-3394 (C) johnperugini1987@gmail.com Waterbury PD MICHAEL STOKES 860-637-0815 (C) mikestokes628@gmail.com

Orlando FD T.J. LOWREY 407-970-0893 (C) pfia.tj@gmail.com Orlando PD JASON BATURA 321-228-7821 (C) pfiaorlandorep@aol.com Port St. Lucie FD & Sheriff MICHAEL RIZZELLO 772-370-4803 (C) firerizz@aol.com

Roswell FD IOSEFA LEOTA 678-559-4304 (C) iosefa.pfia@gmail.com Savannah FD & PD JASON ROEHM 989-239-1450 (H) roehmjason@yahoo.com Whitfield Co. FD, PD, Sheriff & Corrections BRETT MILLER 706-280-2160 (C) bmiller0828@gmail.com

Illinois Champaign FD & PD TODD HITT 217-621-1991 (C) todd.pfia@gmail.com Chicago FD MICHAEL McGRATH 773-608-9818 (C) mcg.pfia@gmail.com

St. Petersburg FD WINTHROP M. NEWTON 727-323-1213 (H) iwilldo@earthlink.net

Chicago FD MICHAEL J. SHANAHAN 312-307-8795 (C) mspfia@msn.com

St. Petersburg PD SCOTT LAANINEN 813-482-3972 (C) scott.laaninen@gmail.com

Chicago FD MICHAEL WALSH 773-852-2927 (C) pfia3210@att.net

St. Petersburg PD RICHARD THOMAS 727-798-7165 (C) rthomas1@knology.net

Chicago, Southern Suburbs FD & PD, University Park FD JEFFERY A. DUHOSKI 708-927-0960 paidnproud@aol.com

Delaware

Tampa PD CHRIS LaFRAMBOISE 813-892-5313 (C) clafram.pfia@gmail.com

Wilmington FD & PD ANTHONY HARRIS 302-250-5276 (C) aharris275@msn.com

Volusia County FD &PD JUSTIN HUGHES 386-931-8728 (C) jhughespfia@yahoo.com

Peoria FD SHAUN MANNING 309-261-9441 (C) manningshaun@yahoo.com

Georgia

Peoria PD TERRY L. PYATT 309-697-9325 (H)

Florida Cape Coral FD EDWARD AGOCS 239-214-1467 (H) edagocs@yahoo.com

Atlanta FD GEORGE W. HOWELL III 678-787-2465 (C) george.howell.pfia@gmail.com

Ft. Lauderdale FD JORGE MORAL 772-341-2446 (C) pfia765@gmail.com

Augusta FD & PD ERIC V. SMITH 706-339-5979 (C) smith23ev@hotmail.com

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DeKalb Co. PD & FD TAD LANDAU 404-557-4205 (H) tadlandau@yahoo.com

Danville FD TODD HITT 217-621-1991 (C) todd.pfia@gmail.com

Rock Island FD NICK THOMPSON 309-314-6276 (C) nick3146276@yahoo.com Urbana FD TODD HITT 217-621-1991 (C) todd.pfia@gmail.com

(P) Pager Number Indiana Anderson FD & PD MATTHEW COLE 765-208-5179 (C) pfia176@gmail.com Columbus FD AARON EICHEL 812-603-8641 (C) aaroneichel246@gmail.com Evansville FD & PD GREG LEHMAN 812-455-3443 (C) glehman64@gmail.com Ft. Wayne FD CHARLES ‘DJ’ REID 260-615-9513 (C) charles.reid@cityofftwayne.org Ft. Wayne PD KYLE HARTMAN 260-908-4726 (C) kyle.hartman@cityoffortwayne.org Hammond FD JEFF HARTLERODE 219-671-2167 (C) pfia707@gmail.com Indianapolis FD ERIC HOFMEISTER 317-946-8551 (C) pfia332@gmail.com Indianapolis PD STEVE D. MURPHY 317-786-8198 (H) 317-696-7562 (C) pfsmurphy@gmail.com Indianapolis PD DAVID V. ROTH 317-490-9008 (C) rothventure@gmail.com Mishawaka/South Bend FD & PD NICK KAUFMAN 574-226-9681 (C) nikkik204@comcast.net Richmond/ Connersville FD & PD MATT MATLOCK 937-409-1508 (C) mmatlock94@yahoo.com Terre Haute FD DIANA LUTHER 812-243-0250 (C) lutherpfia@gmail.com

Iowa Burlington FD KENNETH MORRIS 319-753-6285 (H) Cedar Rapids FD LYLE THEISEN 319-462-3912 (H) lylepatthe@msn.com

Des Moines FD & PD RAYMOND A. GALLARDO 515-205-2414 (C) ray.gallardo13@gmail.com

Shreveport FD PATRICK DENNEY 318-349-8530 (C) patrickdenney398@gmail.com

Wayne Co. FD & Sheriff BRIAN CHASE 734-752-0787 (H) bchase42@gmail.com

Bradley Beach PD PATRICK CASTELLANO 732-804-1563 patrick_castellano@yahoo.com

Long Branch FD & PD PATRICK CASTELLANO 732-804-1563 patrick_castellano@yahoo.com

West Des Moines FD DOUG REX 515-222-3423 (W) 515-991-3684 (C) dougrex1@gmail.com

Shreveport FD CANYON ROAN 318-458-0845 (C) canyonr18@outlook.com

Missouri

Camden County PD & FD Cherry Hill FD ED MICUA 609-315-0609 (C) 856-428-3252 (H) edmicuapfia@verizon.net

Manasquan PD PATRICK CASTELLANO 732-804-1563 patrick_castellano@yahoo.com

Kansas Junction City FD, PD & Sheriff J. R. REYNOLDS 785-238-7835 (H) 785-375-1340 (C) j.r.jcfd@gmail.com Kansas City FD LOARN JEANNERET 913-371-5704 (H) loarnjeanneret@hotmail.com

Kentucky Ashland FD & PD DAVID REDMAN 606-465-9344 (C) fdredman@yahoo.com Covington/Northern Kentucky FD CHRIS HANDLEY 513-919-3521 (C) Chris.handley.pfia@gmail.com Lexington FD PATRICK SUMNER 859-743-9485 (C) sumnerp@lexingtonky.gov Lexington PD GARY THURMAN 859-351-4507 (C) thurnam.pfia@gmail.com

Louisiana Baton Rouge FD PAUL H. OWENS 225-772-4190 (C) paulowens1948@gmail.com Caddo Parish Sheriff JERRY SILVA 318-655-5627 (C) j.silva360@yahoo.com Jefferson Parish Sheriff KIM LENTZ 985-774-4414 (C) 985-639-1723 (H) lentz1848@bellsouth.net Lake Charles FD & PD MACK KENNEDY 337-855-3714 (H) Livingston Parish FD PAUL H. OWENS 225-772-4190 (C) paulowens1948@gmail.com Mandeville FD ROBBY MARQUETTE 985-789-2814 (C) healthavengers@gmail.com New Orleans & Kenner FD PAUL J. MELANCON 504-524-3878 (H) 504-430-1962 (C) New Orleans PD DAVID G. LENTZ 985-649-5741 (H) nameck2@aol.com Shreveport PD RODNEY HORTON 318-773-1232 (C) spdp386@comcast.net

Slidell FD LOUIS MELANCON 985-960-7651 (C) tamnlou@gmail.com Slidell PD DAVID L. LENTZ 504-606-4427 (C) dlentz78@gmail.com

Maryland MD National Capital Park PD ZENOBIA SANTANA 347-229-3561 (C) pfia.santana@gmail.com Montgomery County PD CARLO CORVOISIER 301-580-2595 (C) corvoisier73@gmail.com Western PD, Sheriff, & Corrections ALLISON ARANA 301-730-0443 (C) allisonarana89@gmail.com Wicomico Co., FD & PD DUANE CLECKER 443-365-3805 (C) 410-873-2538 (H) cleck2006@aol.com

Massachusetts Fall River FD CJ PONTE 508-962-4157 (C) cponte@frfd.org Hampden County Sheriff ADAM APPLE 413-237-3233 (H) New Bedford PD & FD New Bedford FD & PD JAMES ESTRELLA III 774-473-0451 (C) james.estrella@newbedfordpd.com Wayland FD DANIEL BUENTELLO 508-922-2247 (C) danfd50@yahoo.com Worcester PD TIMOTHY REYNOLDS 774-253-6432 (H) tcr316@live.com

Michigan Ann Arbor FD & PD CHRIS MCGLOTHIN 517-915-8316 (C) 810-237-6888 ext. 4479 (W) Flint PD MICHAEL P. SULLIVAN 810-814-3381 (C) sully1968@comcast.net Grand Traverse City FD & PD KARYL L. MOORE 231-947-1758 (H) dfivestar@chartermi.net

Kansas City FD CHRISTOPHER NELSON 816-289-3151 (C) chrisnelsonpfia@gmail.com Kansas City Metro Area DONNIE SHOOK 816-315-9943 (C) pfiashook@gmail.com

Clifton FD,& PD JASON AYALA 973-249-7976 (H) samjay134@gmail.com

St. Louis FD BRIAN RUDY 314-803-2478 (C) brudypfia@aol.com

East Orange FD & PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com

St. Louis FD BRYAN A. RADLEY 314-724-3005 (C) bryan.radley@yahoo.com

Elizabeth FD & PD ANTHONY “FOGE” FAZIO 908-377-2052 (C) foge69@aol.com

St. Louis FD JACOB NEWMAN 314-706-2522 (C) jake.pfia@gmail.com

Essex County Sheriff & Corrections KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com

Nebraska Lincoln FD KARLA HOUFEK 402-499-1773 karlajhoufek@gmail.com Omaha FD RANDY WOLODKEWITSCH 402-216-9664 (C) 402-571-2694 (H) pfia.rjw656@gmail.com Omaha PD QUENO MARTINEZ 402-212-9336 (C) pfia307@gmail.com

New Jersey Asbury Park FD & PD PATRICK CASTELLANO 732-804-1563 patrick_castellano@yahoo.com Atlantic City FD & PD GENNARO BASSO 609-214-3002 (H) gennarobasso81@gmail.com Bayonne FD ROBERT PILGER 201-638-5297 (H) rpilg@aol.com Bayonne PD ALLAN SLATTERY 201-315-4314 (C) allanslattery1959@gmail.com Bay Shore, Monmouth Co. PD, FD MICHAEL MICHALSKI 732-673-6402 (H) michalskipfia@gmail.com Belleville FD & PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com Bergen Co. PD, FD MICHAEL PARISE 973-271-0069 (H) mparisepfia@gmail.com Bloomfield FD & PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com

Garfield PD CHAD DiGIORGIO 201-206-5183 (C) chadckfd@verizon.net Glen Ridge PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com Gloucester County FD & PD EDWARD VINCENT 856-316-2547 (C) edvincent.pfia@gmail.com Hackensack FD & PD MICHAEL PARISE 973-271-0069 (H) mparisepfia@gmail.com Hoboken FD ROBERT PILGER 201-638-5297 (H) rpilg@aol.com Hoboken PD ALLAN SLATTERY 201-315-4314 (C) allanslattery1959@gmail.com Irvington FD CHARLES WEST 973-945-4892 (C) 973-328-7974 (H) chuckwest@newarkfd.com Irvington PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com Jersey City FD ROBERT PILGER 201-638-5297 (H) rpilg@aol.com Jersey City PD ALLAN SLATTERY 201-315-4314 (C) allanslattery1959@gmail.com Linden FD STEPHEN SMIGELSKY 732-634-8582 (H) 732-236-3036 (C) srs214@msn.com

Mercer County GREGORY A. SWANSON 609-352-9931 (C) njpfia@gmail.com Middlesex County PD THOMAS RATAJCZAK 732-501-5604 (H) tjay103@yahoo.com Middletown Twp. FD & PD MICHAEL MICHALSKI 732-673-6402 (H) michalskipfia@gmail.com Monmouth Co. PD, FD, & Sheriff MICHAEL MICHALSKI 732-673-6402 (H) michalskipfia@gmail.com Montclair FD CHARLES WEST 973-945-4892 (C) 973-328-7974 (H) chuckwest@newarkfd.com Montclair PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com Morris County FD & PD CHAD DiGIORGIO 201-206-5183 (C) chadckfd@verizon.net Newark FD CHARLES WEST 973-945-4892 (C) 973-328-7974 (H) chuckwest@newarkfd.com Newark PD ALEX MARTINEZ 973-390-1918 (C) alnpd@mac.com Newark PD NAJEE WEBB 201-454-6845 (C) webbees99@aol.com North Bergen PD FRANK DePINTO 201-458-4846 (C) esu322@ymail.com North Hudson FD ROBERT PILGER 201-638-5297 (H) rpilg@aol.com Nutley FD & PD KYLE KONDRECK 201-341-2946 (C) kkondreckpfia@gmail.com Passaic FD & PD JASON AYALA 973-249-7976 (H) samjay134@gmail.com Passaic County Sheriff MISAEL MATOS 862-668-4386 (C) matosmisael@yahoo.com Passaic County Sheriff THOMAS M. PANZARINO 973-296-8006 (C) bkckgangarino@gmail.com

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Paterson FD & PD FRANK DAUNNO 973-330-2968 (C) jrdaun@aol.com

Niagara Falls FD JOSEPH TORRE 716-940-8225 (C) j.torre@nypfia.org

Paterson FD & PD ERIKA VICENTE 201-212-1132 (C) blue10four@gmail.com

Akron FD GREG GEARHART 330-351-2673 (C) gearhartpfia@gmail.com

Niagara Falls FD RISKY SANABRIA 716-550-0625 (C) rskpfia@gmail.com

Canton FD, Greentown FD, Massillon FD & PD & Stark Co. FD MARC R. JACKSON 330-904-9095 (C) cfd110@aol.com

Plainfield FD & PD NUNO CARVALHO 908-296-6871 (C) ncarvalho.pfia@gmail.com Sussex County FD, PD, & Sheriff MICHAEL PARISE 973-271-0069 (H) mparisepfia@gmail.com

Niagara Falls PD RICK FLECK III 716-807-6876 (C) preekil7@aol.com Rochester FD BRIAN WHITE 585-705-7179 (C) white.brian11@gmail.com

Cincinnati PD GREG TOYEAS 513-738-4141 (H) 513-484-2459 (C) gregtoyeas@yahoo.com Cincinnati FD CHRIS HANDLEY 513-919-3521 (C) chris.handley.pfia@gmail.com

Trenton FD & PD GREGORY A. SWANSON 609-352-9931 (C) njpfia@gmail.com

Rochester FD & PD JONATHAN YOUNG 585-310-2259 (C) pfia@mac.com

Union City PD FRANK DePINTO 201-458-4846 (C) esu322@ymail.com

Schenectady FD MARK KARL 518-852-4953 (H) omm21@yahoo.com

Cleveland FD VINCE VIANCOURT 440-835-5647 (W) 216-534-6927 (C) benefits.consulting@yahoo.com

Ventnor FD WILLIAM NAGLE 609-705-8450 (C) bubby129056@yahoo.com

Syracuse PD BRENT POTTS 315-266-7168 (C) bpotts@syracuse.org

Cleveland PD DAN VIANCOURT 216-990-2882 (C) dsv.pfia@gmail.com

Wallington FD & PD MICHAEL PARISE 973-271-0069 (H) mparisepfia@gmail.com

Syracuse FD JAMES ENNIS 315-430-0340 (C) 315-468-8630 (H) jennis@twcny.rr.com

Columbus City FD DANIEL WORTH 614-205-6228 (C) danielw.pfia@gmail.com

New Mexico Colfax Co. FD & Sheriff PAUL MAY 832-724-5818 (C) pm3149@sbcglobal.net

Troy FD RAYMOND J. DAVIS 518-423-8918 (C) sdavistroy@hotmail.com

New York

Troy PD CHRISTOPHER J. PARKER 518-378-2283 (C) parkerc24@yahoo.com

Albany FD EDWARD VERHOFF 518-378-1488 (C) everhoff@hotmail.com Albany PD KYLE PARKER 518-944-6206 (C) kjparker@albany-ny.org Albion Corrections THOMAS SUTTON 716- 471-9326 (C) co11to7@aol.com Buffalo FD WENDY MAJTYKA-HARTMAN 716-479-2976 (C) ffwendi@gmail.com Buffalo PD JOHN A. PETRICCA 716-380-2057 (C) 716-649-3441 (H) jpd441@verizon.net Cattaraugus County Sheriff NATHAN A. ROOT 716-938-2239 (W) 716-498-3252 (C) naroot@cattco.org Monroe County Sheriff ALFRED N. DeROSA 585-208-3902 (C) aderosa58@gmail.com Niagara County Sheriff KEITH HETRICK III 716-622-6461 (C) keith.hetrick@gmail.com

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Utica FD PETER A. CARUSO 315-725-5712 (C) pfiapete@yahoo.com Utica PD PETER A. CARUSO III 315-269-4886 (C) paac3@yahoo.com Wende State Corrections ZACHARY HANCZAROWSKI 716-697-8017 (C) zhanczarowski@gmail.com

North Carolina Greensboro FD MATTHEW PATTERSON 336-382-4600 (C) mattsfiregfd@yahoo.com Jacksonville FD DUANE M. MESSNER 931-338-6895 (C) jff432@yahoo.com Winston-Salem FD DAVID POLLARD 336-403-7771 (C) wslocal682@gmail.com

Ohio Akron PD DON G. TREJBAL 330-352-4502 (C) apd506@aol.com

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Columbus Metro FD JASON MAYBERRY 614-395-7561 (C) jmayberry05@yahoo.com Columbus PD WILLIAM CAPRETTA 740-983-6347 (H) 614-563-9636 (C) dcap851@aol.com Coshocton County FD & PD CORY WILSON 740-502-9240 (C) cwilsoniaff216@gmail.com Dayton Region MATT MATLOCK 937-409-1508 (C) mmatlock94@yahoo.com Hamilton Co., FD MATT NIEMER 513-919-6926 (C) me11an@yahoo.com Marietta FD JOE A. MATTHEWS 740-373-3053 (H) mayorjoe@suddenlink.net Marion FD & PD MICHAEL M. RADCLIFF 740-386-2582 (W) mandjradcliff@roadrunner.com Youngstown FD SHAWN MURRAY 330-518-2966 (C) mur511.sm@gmail.com Youngstown PD CHARLES GUZZY 330-707-2171 (H) Zanesville FD, PD, Sheriff, & Corrections RANDAL WINEGARDNER 740-475-8014 (C)

Pennsylvania Allentown FD & PD LUIS JIMENEZ 484-725-5663 (C) lehighpfia@gmail.com

Providence PD SCOTT ZAMBARANO 401-265-1657 (C) zambarano1075@yahoo.com

South Carolina

Delaware Co., FD & PD MARTIN KELLY 610-299-3656 (C) marty1297@aol.com

North Charleston PD MICHAEL FIGUEROA 973-477-0749 (C) mfigpfia@gmail.com

Erie FD TIM ROMANSKI 814-572-2323 (C)

North Myrtle Beach FD & PD RICHARD BUDDELMEYER 843-249-5334 (C) pfia1913@sc.rr.com

Johnstown FD ROBERT J. OPETT 814-659-9313 (C) opett24@ymail.comre McKeesport FD & PD JEFFREY D. TOMOVCSIK 412-523-3903 (C) 412-675-5050 Ext.640 (W) jtomo170@comcast.net Penn. Law Enforcement JONATHON RUSH 412-952-5615 (C) jrush21488@hotmail.com Philadelphia FD FRANK DAUBER, JR. 215-904-7143 (C) 215-904-7143 (H) francis5923@aol.com Philadelphia FD TIMOTHY G. McSHEA 267-331-0606 (C) tbonemick17@gmail.com Philadelphia FD JASON MILES 267-718-5093 (C) jasonmilespfd@gmail.com Pittsburgh FD DONALD DORSEY 412-680-9351 (P)

Tennessee Nashville FD ADDIS KENDALL 615-533-8685 (C) rakendall13@gmail.com

Texas Amarillo FD, PD, & Corrections JOE C. PONDER 806-584-0953 (C) joeponder2012@yahoo.com Beaumont PD JARROD MIRELES 409-284-5220 (C) neilmireles@gmail.com Bee County FD, PD, Sheriff & Corrections RICHARD L. WEBB 361-319-3758 (C) urout_78102@yahoo.com Brazos Co,. Sheriff JERRY BARRATT 979-492-1008 (C) barrattjn@gmail.com

Pittsburgh FD THOMAS HERAK 412-761-6281 (H)

Brazoria County FD, PD, Sheriff & Corrections PATRICK WARE 936-581-3309 (H) txpware@outlook.com

Pittsburgh FD BOBBY JUNKER 412-551-9041 (C) robert.junker@pittsburghpa.gov

Coryell Co. FD & PD MIKE CLOUDS 936-293-0486 (C) mikeclouds@yahoo.com

Pittsburgh PD CARL R. MOROSETTI, JR. 412-600-2806 (C) crm3393@gmail.com

Denton County Sheriff LES WOODS 817-675-6151 (C) lwpfia@yahoo.com

Scranton FD & PD & Waymart Corrections ANDY POLANSKY 570-961-9024 (H) 570-878-1248 (C) andy.polansky@verizon.net

Rhode Island Johnston PD SETH D. CROSBY 401-641-1575 (C) scros788@gmail.com Pawtucket FD & East Providence FD RAYMOND J. MASSE 401-639-0164 (H) pfia1261@gmail.com Providence FD ANTHONY LANCELLOTTI 401-569-3551 (C) 401-946-6939 (H) iggylance29@cox.net

El Paso Sheriff LUIS D. RODRIGUEZ 915-294-8385 (C) lrodriguezpfi@yahoo.com Gatesville Corrections CAROLYN L. IRISH 254-248-5400 (H) Gurney Unit Corrections CINDY ARNOLD 903-724-9007 (C) cindyarnold18@yahoo.com Harris County PD, Sheriff & Corrections MARTY KUEHN 281-935-4610 (C) mk0160@yahoo.com Harrison County Police & Fire FLOYD DUNCAN 903-930-9721 (C) 903-777-3694 (H) fduncan440@gmail.com

Jefferson County Sheriff BRITTANY NGUYEN 409-540-9342 (C) britnguyen94@gmail.com

Pasadena FD, PD, & Corrections J.C. ROCK 832-457-1685 (H) rockfish007@gmail.com

McAllen FD ERIC RAMIREZ 956-607-7549 (C) esmr412@gmail.com

Port Arthur FD & PD BRIAN K. SIMMONS 409-460-0039 (C) firebksman@yahoo.com

McAllen PD ROLANDO CASTILLO 956-655-8476 (H) r.c.21@hotmail.com

San Antonio FD JOE VALADEZ 210-656-9046 (H) 210-693-4344 (F) valadezjp@aol.com

McLennan County Sheriff SHEILA THUN 254-405-3797 (C) sdthun@ctwa.com

San Antonio FD RUBEN CEVALLOS 210-861-4578 (C) ruben.cevallos@gmail.com

Montgomery County PD, Sheriff & Corrections THOMAS M. PIERCE 936-355-0490 (C) toetee@aol.com

Smith County Sheriff WANDA HUNTER 903-710-2769 (H) 903-511-6819 (C) Tarrant County Sheriff & surrounding Metropolis area TANYA YOUNG 817-988-9704 (C) 817-292-5388 (F) tanyayoung7800@sbcglobal.net

Walker County FD, PD, Sheriff & Corrections TARA M. BURNETT 936-668-9193 (C) burnett.t2013@yahoo.com

Page County FD, PD, Sheriff, & Corrections MICHAEL WAGONER 540-860-2382 (C) kc8jpk03@gmail.com

West Virginia

Webb County Sheriff JOEY MEDELLIN 956-652-8640 (C) joeymedellin4130@gmail.com jmedellin@webbcountytx.gov

Prince William Co. FD ADAM MOWRY 703-303-3883 amowry739@gmail.com

Wyoming

Virginia Fairfax County PD ANIELLO DESANTIS 540-273-2729 (C) 302710aad@gmail.com Fredericksburg FD, PD, & Sheriff HANSON D. JOHNSON 540-847-1091 (C) 540-548-0022 (H) hdj2@verizon.net Loudoun County FD, PD, Sheriff, & Corrections MICHAEL COX 703-297-1527 (C) mcox.pfia@outlook.com

Suffolk FD JO GUFFEY 757-434-9638 (C) joguffey66@yahoo.com

Huntington FD & PD RANDY D. ELLIS 740-886-5388 (H) 304-633-4975 (C) Laramie City FD, PD & Sheriff B. JOHN FITZGERALD 307-775-9610 (H) jcatfitz@msn.com

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. FD PETER J. BAGDOVITZ 301-980-0843 (C) pjbagdovitz@juno.com Washington, D.C. FD WESLEY BANNER 540-604-4518 (C) wbdcfdt16@outlook.com Washington, D.C. PD MIGUEL MIRANDA 202-439-2292 (C) miguel.miranda@verizon.net

ACCIDENT PROTECTION PLAN $600/mo. Disability, On-duty • $1,200/mo. Disability, Off-duty

Optional Gunshot and Burn Riders (only $1 each per month!)

$34.59 (12 pay) $17.30 (24 pay) $15.97 (26 pay) $7.99 (52 pay) ●

1st day coverage (up to 1 year per occurrence)

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Additional Tax-free Benefits:

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Accidental Death (up to $40,000), Dismemberment (up to $12,000)

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Fractures (up to $2,250), Dislocations (up to $2,025)

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Tendon/Ligament Repair ($400-600)

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Burns (up to $600), Stitches ($50-200)

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Medical Fees (up to $250 for off-duty Only)

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Physical Therapy (up to $250 for off-duty Members Only)

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Emergency Treatment ($125)

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Appliances (crutches/wheelchair)

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Blood/Plasma ($200)

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Torn Knee Cartilage

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Ruptured Disc

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Eye Injury Pays in addition to other coverage! Full family coverage also available.

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