The Dangers in and around Police Cars
In the last two days, most Aransas Pass Police Department officers and several officers from area departments took part in the Road Wise Course. This course is designed to teach officers skills when it comes …
Legislative Updates Training
Last week, Aransas Pass Police Department hosted two Legislative Updates Classes. The class was put on by Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) at no cost to APPD or the participants. In all, we had 67 …
First Response Medical
Last week we concluded our final Active Attack Response course for the summer. This course was a 3-day train the trainer course on First Response Medical. The course was completely grant-funded and put on by …
Outside Training in the Rain???
Last week we did not let the rain stop us from training. We hosted the Exterior Response to Active Shooter Events course here in Aransas Pass. Officers from Aransas Pass PD, Ingleside PD, Portland PD, …
Sexual Assault / Family Violence Investigators
Last week we hosted two Sexual Assault Family Violence Investigator courses. The first course was a three-day course designed for patrol officers and investigators, and the second course was a one-day course specific to Telecommunications …
Hostage Negotiation
Today we wrapped up our week-long Hostage Negotiation Course. This course is designed to be an introduction to crisis/hostage negotiations and covers topics including team structure, effective communications, psychology in negotiations, gathering intelligence, case studies, …
What training was APPD doing last week?
The Aransas Pass Police Department training division was busy last week. We had several courses going on simultaneously, so here is what we were up to. Last Wednesday, we had our quarterly defensive tactics class. …
Range Day at APPD.
Aransas Pass Police Department strives to provide some of the most progressive and leading training around! We continuously train in de-escalation, defensive tactics, less-lethal weaponry, and firearms. There are some significant advantages to being a …
Crystal Bath remembered at the start of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Yesterday was the start of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. We started off our celebrations of our amazing dispatchers today. There was no more heartfelt way to start the week than to post a permanent …
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Another Busy Week of Training….and we’re not stopping there!
Last week was a huge week for training for Aransas Pass Police Department and Law Enforcement in the Coastal Bend. Here is what we have been up to: Three Aransas Pass officers traveled to the …
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Sergeant Richard Houston was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance in the parking lot of a grocery store at 1500 S Beltline Road. During the investigation, a man produced...
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Skip Nicholson was shot and killed while he and the chief deputy responded to a domestic disturbance call on Shamburger Road in Yellow Bluff at about 5:00...
Detective Antonio Valentine was killed in a vehicle crash near the intersection of Chambers Road and Crete Drive, in Bellefontaine Neighbors, at about 3:00 pm. He and his partner were responding...
Police Officer Henry Laxson was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to a domestic violence and shooting call in the 3600 block of Jervis Court in Rex...
Sergeant Dominic Guida suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a multi-agency field force training exercise at the Relay Fire Tower in Bunnell. He was participating in the training...
Code Enforcement Officer Adam Arbogast died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Officer Arbogast had served with the Parsons Police Department for one...
Deputy Sheriff Frank Ramirez was killed in a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 14 at about 12:50 am. He was driving eastbound during a period of rain, responding to a call...
Corrections Officer Rhonda Russell was shot and killed after a struggle for her firearm at the holding area of the Central Court building at 615 Fourth Street in Altoona. A...
Master Trooper Daniel Stainbrook died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Master Trooper Stainbrook had served with the Wisconsin State Patrol for 20 years...
K9 Rogue suffered a fatal heart attack while performing training exercises at 1400 Fire Lane in Cedar Park. K9 Rogue had served with the Cedar Park Police Department for seven...
