June 16, 2009
Volume 3, Issue 1 The Dispatcher
Edited by Severin Hall
Special Interest News from the Surprise Police Employees Association
Articles:
• Officer Involved Things you need to know:
Shooting, the
Aftermath The SPEA Board has
been attempting to
• A Message from the
Traffic Services Unit
get several items
approved since our
• Current Events last meeting. One
major concern for
most of our members
is the approval of a
lightweight “polo” type
uniform. There have
been several
suggestions made
and the board would
like to thank Officer
Individual
Highlights:
When the smoke clears:
When the smoke clears: Your legal first aid after a shooting
Your legal first aid after a
By Chuck Remsberg
shooting 1 Senior PoliceOne
Contributor
Watch your
Speed 2
The shooting’s over.
You’ve survived. The
Recipe 3 suspect is likely dead or
wounded. And now your
priorities change.
Moments before, your sole
focus was on protecting
your life, your partner’s life
or the life of some civilian.
Now you need to protect
yourself from a different
threat: any potential legal
actions that may be
headed your way.
In more than 20 years as a
police attorney, John Hoag
has represented more than
40 officers who’ve been
Kennedy for funding
the mock-up polo.
The board realizes
that Officer Kennedy
has gone through
great personal
expense and effort to
procure a uniform that
will hopefully attain
approval from the
Uniform Committee
and the Chief of
Police. All
employees are
involved in shootings. As a
lawyer for law enforcement
unions throughout the
Northwest, he has
protected LEOs through
departmental
investigations, grand jury
probes, review board
hearings, and state and
federal lawsuits. He knows
firsthand how treacherous
missteps can occur even in
shootings that are slam-
dunk justified.
Drawing from his
experience, Hoag recently
shared with PoliceOne 10
critical elements of legal
“first aid” he believes are
essential for you to tend to
once the smoke has
cleared from your armed
encouraged to bring
their uniform and
apparel needs before
the Uniform
Committee for
approval. Feel free to
contact Officers Hall,
Malone, or Lynch, Lt.
Scartozzi or Gang,
Det. Lipsky, Sgt.
Reppert, or Shauna
Vaughn for assistance.
encounter.
If you belong to a strong
bargaining unit or patrol
where an Officers’ Bill of
Rights is in force, some of
these considerations are
supposed to kick in on your
behalf automatically.
Otherwise, they’re issues
to lobby for now with your
department and to
remember on your own
after a lethal confrontation.
Keeping a checklist in your
pocket may prove to be a
godsend when you’re
under stress and groping
for guidance after a fight of
— and for — your life…
Follow the link to read the
remainder of the article.
http://www.policeone.com/offic
 Watch Your Speed; a message from the SPD Traffic Unit
We’ve all heard it,
whether from a citizen
at a spring training
game, while testifying in
court, or from a violator
on a traffic stop, “yeah I
was speeding, but how
fast did you have to go
to catch up to me?” I
know that this is never
a reasonable argument
to justify speeding in
any form. But there is
something to be said for
“
With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green m
” Available SPEA Board Positions
--Mitch Hedberg
Interested in serving the
Employees of the
Surprise Police
Department, without
having to necessarily
please the
Department’s
Administration? The
newly elected SPEA
Board still has vacant
positions. We are
currently seeking 1
Civilian
Representatives. If
Test your OIT
Where does the 15
MPH School Zone
start and end?
What are the hours
for residential
construction in
Surprise?
the general premise.
Most people have
heard about the MCSO
Deputy that was issued
a civil citation on Grand
Ave for 92 mph in a 45
mph. I have personally
been harassed on a
traffic stop for citing an
individual for speeding
when, “my buddies are
drag racing down
Grand Avenue, and
nothing happens to
you, or someone you
know is considering a
position on the Board,
seize the day, they may
not be vacant for long.
Current Board
Members include,
President-Doug Lynch,
Vice-President-Tim
Murel, Secretary-Jason
Washburn, Treasurer-
Rick Malone, Public
Information Officer-
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them.” We would like to
remind every officer in
this Department that
you have taken an oath
to uphold the laws of
the State of Arizona.
You also have a
Statutory duty, to drive
with due regard for the
safety of all motorists,
this should extend to
your off duty driving as
well.
-Surprise Motors
Severin Hall, Civilian
Representative-Don
Dial.
Get involved and help
increase our numbers.
Contact a Board
Member to get
enrollment paperwork
for non-enrolled
employees.
Answers will be
posted in subsequent
issues.
Recent Meeting Items
During the most recent SPEA
meeting several items were
discussed, a brief overview
will follow, for full details
contact a SPEA member or
feel free to raise concerns at
the next meeting. We
initially discussed cuts in
PTO time 40 hours
instead of 80 hours. We
further mentioned that
insurance premiums will
be going up citywide,
singles will now be
paying $25/month for
insurance, family's will
pay the $25 plus 10% of
current payments equal
to about $40/month, all
pre tax. Several members measure throughout the
revisited the issue of outer city we mentioned, should
load bearing vest carriers. further budget cuts be
Polo shirts/uniforms were made, doing away with
debated. Changes to paid holidays for those who
discipline policy and off duty don’t work.
policies were mentioned
(since this issue an off duty Feel free to voice your
policy has been submitted concerns and suggestions
pending approval). at the next SPEA meeting.
-changes to the current off
duty schedule as well as
other agencies working
within the city were
mentioned. We spoke on the
issue of 2-man units on
double squad days (320
gallon/week fuel savings).
Also as a cost saving

Squad Representatives?
The SPEA Board of would also like to
Directors has been hear from any cynics
floating the idea of who feel that this may
electing a not be a feasible
“
representative from option, and could
We in America do not have governme
each of the squads submit another
who would be possible solution to .”
responsible for keeping all members --Thomas Jefferson
reporting all informed and
information from the involved.
Board to the
members. We need
your input regarding
this measure, so far
the response has
been positive, but we
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