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Chapter 1 Meeting Minutes – June 2018

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Attendance:

Melbourne PD
Sebastian PD
Titusville PD
Fort Pierce PD
Palm Bay PD
Indialantic PD		 Port St. Lucie PD
St. Lucie SO
West Melbourne PD
Indian River Crime Lab
Indian River SO
Vero Beach PD

The meeting was called to order at 1100 hrs.

Officer Johnny Rodriguez with the Melbourne PD spoke to the group about being a canine officer, including the training necessary to become a certified handler.

Jackie Moore, Evidence Coordinator with the Indian River Crime Lab spoke to the group regarding IRCL’s intake and analysis procedures.

Old Business

  • Confirm that your contact information is correct on MemberPlanet
  • 2018 Conference is August 27-29 at the Wyndham Resort in Orlando. Certification test will be on the 30th
  • Let us know if you have any ideas or requests for guest speakers for our meetings
  • Also let us know if you have any items from your department to contribute to raffles.

New Business

  • Most of the pins have been given out for the last round of people who had passed the 2017 Certification test. Those of you in Martin County, please get with Colleen for your pins.
  • Nominations are being accepted for President, Treasurer, and Educational Coordinator for PEAF. You may nominate yourself or another person.
  • There are two scholarships for attendance to this years conference.
  • Submit contenders for the annual slogan competition
  • Conference flyer and agenda are attache

Discussions

  • FES = issues with people not wanting to be run through FES; non-approvals; approvals but shouldn’t have been approved (medical paperwork voluntarily given to deputy said no firearms); timeframe for holding firearms
  • Narcan availability = sworn v. non-sworn

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 1315 hrs.

Chapter 1 Meeting Minutes – January 2018

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Yesterday we had our first quarterly meeting of 2018. Thank you Colleen and Sebastian PD for hosting! Our guest speaker was Wayne Walker from the Indian River Crime Lab, and he did a wonderful presentation about CODIS and eligibility for entry. Please see attached for a synopsis of his presentation. His contact information is included in that document as well.

As for PEAF business:

Please be sure to log on to your MemberPlanet profile, and confirm that your contact information is correct.

For those who passed their certification test at the 2017 conference, and have not received your pin, those should be sent out//arriving shortly.

  • Keep your eye out for the 2018 first quarter Newsletter
  • The 2018 conference will be held August 27th to 29th, at the Wyndham resort, same location as the previous years. The certification test will be held on the 30th, and the test will be held on the 31st. For more information, please see http://www.peaf.us/id1.html

• Please let us know if you have any requests for guest speakers, and if you’d like to host at your agency.

• PEAF is looking for items to be raffled off! If you have any items from your department that you’d like to donate, please let Colleen know.
• Don’t forget that in order to maintain your status in PEAF, you must attend at least onemeeting per year, and one conference per three years. You may attend meetings of other Chapters, if that is easier for you due to location and time.