Last week our Training Advisory Board met to review our law enforcement training from 2021 and our training plan for 2022.
Aransas Pass Police Department is a contract training provider for TCOLE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement) and is responsible for providing training not only to our agency, but also to those in our area. The Aransas Pass Police Department Training Division reports to a Training Advisory Board comprised of both law enforcement and public members. The Training Advisory Board is responsible for advising on the development of curricula, policies and procedures, identifying specific training needs, and determining the type, frequency, and location of courses to be offered.
Special thanks to our Training Advisory Board Members for their dedication to the Aransas Pass Police Department Training Division and their commitment to Aransas Pass citizens.
Below are the current members of the Training Advisory Board:
Officer Stephanie Diaz (APPD) – Chair
Rene Thakor (Microtel Inn)
Captain Kyle Rhodes (APPD)
Asst. Chief Lynn Pearce (APPD)
Bryan O’Bryant (Aransas Pass ISD)
Brenda Dodson (Aransas Pass for Youth)
Alex Hinojosa (Farmers Insurance)
TCO John Flowers (APPD)
Gil Molina (Allen Samuels Auto Group)
K9 Knox was struck and killed during a pursuit of a stolen vehicle around 1:40 a.m.
Officers attempted to stop the driver of a stolen vehicle at a gas station on...
Captain Helio Garcia was killed when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Flat Shoals Road close to Connell Road.
Captain Garcia was on patrol...
K9 Chico was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Interstate 10 East at 12:50 a.m.
K9 Chico and his handler had completed a traffic stop with a K9 deployment...
Deputy Sheriff Melissa Pollard was killed when her cruiser collided with the back of a semi-truck at the intersection of FM 14 and State Highway 37-S, between Quitman and Winnsboro,...
K9 Blitz was shot while apprehending a suspect who fled from officers during a traffic stop.
Officers attempted to stop a vehicle on U.S. Highway 74 for fictitious plates. The...
Deputy Sheriff Will May was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at the Dollar General Market at 10738 US-90 in Defuniak Springs.
Around 2:00 p.m., Deputy May arrived...
Police Officer Osmar Rodarte was shot and killed while serving a search warrant at Kestrel Court in Olivehurst at 7:50 a.m.
Law enforcement officers were serving 20 drug trafficking search...
Sergeant Grant Candies was killed by the driver fleeing a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Slidell near the Oak Harbor exit.
The driver was driving recklessly without a tag on...
Deputy Sheriff Hector Cuevas was killed when his patrol car struck a pole at the intersection of El Evado and Seneca roads just before 11 a.m.
Deputy Cuevas was in pursuit...
K9 Azi was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a subject who barricaded himself in a hotel room at the Red Roof Inn at 1300 North Central Expressway in...
