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.