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	*M.P.C.A.* *Missouri Police Chiefs Association Online*
*CLEO Magazine*

*CLEO*	Chief Law Enforcement Officer A Newsletter for members and friends of The Missouri Police Chiefs Association & The Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable Foundation

Volume 2Issue 1-2001 Feb. 5, 2001

SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR

Feb. 25 – 28, 2001 Midwest Conference on Community Policing and Problem Solving - Adams Mark Hotel, Kansas City, MO

March 27-30, 2001 Missouri Police Clerks Conference – Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO

April 4, 2001 MPCA Legislative Symposium– Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City

May 19-23, 2001 L.E. Combined Conference– Adam’s Mark Hotel, Kansas City

August 8-10, 2001 12th Annual Regional Law Enforcement Executives’ Conference – Double Tree Hotel Chesterfield, MO

September 16, 2001 Burkhead Golf Fund Raiser for Fallen Officers at Tan-Tara Golf Course.

September 17 – 18, 2001 Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association and Charitable Foundation Annual Conference – Tan-Tara Hotel Osage Beach, Missouri.

As 2001 is now in full swing, so is the 2001 Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association Board of Directors. Chief James Person of Belton, Missouri has assumed his place as President of the Missouri Police Chiefs Association.
The 2001 MPCA executive board of directors are as follows: 1st Vice President is Chief Richard Hetzel of Cape Girardeau PD, 2nd Vice President is Chief David Hane of Brookfield PD, 3rd Vice President is Chief Lynn Rowe of Springfield PD, Treasurer is Chief Mark Willenbrink of Warson Woods PD, Region #1 VP is Chief Ron Neubaurer of St. Peters PD, Region #2 VP is Chief Larry Overfield of Raytown PD, Region #3 VP is Chief Keith Woods of Maryville PD, Region #4 VP is Chief Michael Garbulski of Moberly PD, Region #5 VP is Chief Edward Dennis of Joplin PD, Region #6 VP is Director James Leist of Sikeston PD, Region # 7 Chief Roger Schroeder of Jefferson City PD and Immediate Past President Chief Ken Conlee of Lee’s Summit PD.

President Person has identified "Making the training division the primary focus, eliminating telemarketing as a funding source, increase MPCA legislative efforts and standing, Focusing on Management Issues – (training, services and support), enhance committee activity and support, and continued fiscal responsibility".

BOARD MEETING DATES SET FOR 2001

Effective immediately, all MPCA board meetings will be held the 3rd Thursday of each month with the exception of May, June, July, and September. There will be no board meetings in June or July and the board meeting dates for May and September will be held at the conferences scheduled for those months. (All members are welcome.) The Foundation and Association committee chairman and members are now on the MPCA & MPCCF web page located at www.mopca.com. If you would like to serve on a committee please send a letter to the MPCA requesting the committee you wish to serve. The committee members were obtained by the questionnaires set out in 2000.

Page 2 CLEO Volume 2Issue 1-2001

2001 Legislative Session: "Bills To Watch"

1. Eluding

2. Extension of 20 hour hold

3. Confidentiality of LE residence/phone:

4. Administrative Funding for Profiling Law: NONE

5. Administrative Funding for Forfeitures:

6. Non-LE use of MULES:

7. Status offense/juvenile –tobacco under 17

8. L.E. Annuity

9. Reduce BAC to .08

10. Expanded use of PBTs

11. POST Bill

12. Automated Red Light

13. Computer Crime Bills

14. Primary Seat Belt Enforcement

15. Multi-jurisdictional Fraud Units

16. L.E. Minimum Salary Bill

17. CCW and Firearm Related Bills

18. Labor issues & collective Bargaining

19. Eliminates marshal in 3rd class cities

20. Bills addressing "Sunshine Law"

HB428
HB513

HB524/ SB85" & amend",287

NONE

HJR6/ SJR3

NONE

HB37 & 268

NONE

HB38, HB302, HB380 /SB36

HB302

HB479

SB199

HB246// SB70, 214,& 255

HB302

HB80

HB49 & 430

HB27, 28, 33,57,258/SB170

HB 64,160,162,177,525/SB120

HB491

HB237,270/ SB19

Please note that this is not all of the bills the MPCA is tracking and working on, but these are bills that have been filed and relate to MPCA legislative issues to date. A more detailed report will be submitted to the membership on Friday, February 9, 2001.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CLEO SPONSOR

Attached to this newsletter is information from Liberty Mutual Insurance. Please take time and see if the benefits offered will assist you and or your families.
We would like to thank Liberty Mutual for their support of the Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association and the

Missouri Police Chiefs’ Charitable Foundation as the sponsor of CLEO.
BEST WISHES FROM

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE

Page 3 CLEO Volume 2Issue 1-2001

2001 MPCA Legislative Priorities Set

During the September 2000 MPCA Annual Conference, the MPCA established its 2001 legislative priorities as an association. These positions have been refined and transformed into proposed legislation. Your legislative Chairmen for 2001 are Chief Chris Turnbow of Raymore and Chief Robert Lowry of Florissant.
The MPCA will be actively supporting the following:

1. Prohibit eluding law enforcement by ANY MEANS.

2. Extending the 20 hour hold to 32 hours for 7 Deadly.

3. Insuring confidentiality of L.E. residence & phone.

4. Funding for last year’s "racial profiling" bill.

5. Administrative funding for performing forfeitures.

6. Law Enforcement Annuity system.

7. Non– law enforcement use of MULES by L.E.

8. Possession of tobacco by a person under 17 years of age to be a status offense and under juvenile authority.
9. Reducing BAC to .08

10. POST Bill Revisions.

11. Extend use of PBTs to Municipal & County L.E.

12. Automated Red Light Enforcement

13. Primary Seat Belt Enforcement

14. Enhancement of Computer Crime Statutes.

15. Minimum pay bill for law enforcement officers.

The MPCA will be actively opposing collective bargaining, other labor issues addressed independently and others as they develop.

MPCA and MPCCF Web Page – "New & Improved"

If you have not already visited the MPCA and MPCCF Web Page located at www.mopca.com, we encourage you to visit your web page. For those of you that have visited the web page but not recently, we encourage you to check it out again.
Your web page has been improved and is being updated regularly. Services, training, calendar of events, policies and proceedures, committee members, conferences, newsletters, and legislative updates are just a click away.

New services such as entry level and promotional level tests, $1 one year police motorcycle leases, and training announcements, and flyers that can be directly down loaded are just a few of the new improvements to the page.
THIS IS YOUR WEB PAGE & IT WORKS FOR YOU!

Check it out at www.mopca.com

Non Law Enforcement Use of MULES by Law Enforcement

For several years the has existed an restriction upon law enforcement agencies to use MULES for employment checks and other checks that were not for law enforcement purposes.
Recently, Chief Lynn Rowe and Sheldon Lineback met with representatives of the Missouri Highway Patrol, and the Department

MPCA– Producing Reslults.
of Public Safety regarding this issue.
The meeting proved to be very informational and productive. The result of the meeting will be a letter sent to all Missouri law enforcement agencies depicting guidelines to allow local law enforcement agencies to conduct MULES checks for non-law enforcement purposes.

Volume 2Issue 1-2001			Feb. 5, 2001
*SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR* Feb. 25 – 28, 2001 Midwest Conference on Community Policing and Problem Solving - Adams Mark Hotel, Kansas City, MO March 27-30, 2001 Missouri Police Clerks Conference – Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO April 4, 2001 MPCA Legislative Symposium– Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City May 19-23, 2001 L.E. Combined Conference– Adam’s Mark Hotel, Kansas City August 8-10, 2001 12th Annual Regional Law Enforcement Executives’ Conference – Double Tree Hotel Chesterfield, MO September 16, 2001 Burkhead Golf Fund Raiser for Fallen Officers at Tan-Tara Golf Course. September 17 – 18, 2001 Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association and Charitable Foundation Annual Conference – Tan-Tara Hotel Osage Beach, Missouri.	As 2001 is now in full swing, so is the 2001 Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association Board of Directors. Chief James Person of Belton, Missouri has assumed his place as President of the Missouri Police Chiefs Association. The 2001 MPCA executive board of directors are as follows: 1st Vice President is Chief Richard Hetzel of Cape Girardeau PD, 2nd Vice President is Chief David Hane of Brookfield PD, 3rd Vice President is Chief Lynn Rowe of Springfield PD, Treasurer is Chief Mark Willenbrink of Warson Woods PD, Region #1 VP is Chief Ron Neubaurer of St. Peters PD, Region #2 VP is Chief Larry Overfield of Raytown PD, Region #3 VP is Chief Keith Woods of Maryville PD, Region #4 VP is Chief Michael Garbulski of Moberly PD, Region #5 VP is Chief Edward Dennis of Joplin PD, Region #6 VP is Director James Leist of Sikeston PD, Region # 7 Chief Roger Schroeder of Jefferson City PD and Immediate Past President Chief Ken Conlee of Lee’s Summit PD.		President Person has identified "Making the training division the primary focus, eliminating telemarketing as a funding source, increase MPCA legislative efforts and standing, Focusing on Management Issues – (training, services and support), enhance committee activity and support, and continued fiscal responsibility".
	BOARD MEETING DATES SET FOR 2001
	Effective immediately, all MPCA board meetings will be held the 3rd Thursday of each month with the exception of May, June, July, and September. There will be no board meetings in June or July and the board meeting dates for May and September will be held at the conferences scheduled for those months. (All members are welcome.)		The Foundation and Association committee chairman and members are now on the MPCA & MPCCF web page located at www.mopca.com. If you would like to serve on a committee please send a letter to the MPCA requesting the committee you wish to serve. The committee members were obtained by the questionnaires set out in 2000.

Page 2	CLEO		Volume 2Issue 1-2001
2001 Legislative Session: "Bills To Watch"
1. Eluding 2. Extension of 20 hour hold 3. Confidentiality of LE residence/phone: 4. Administrative Funding for Profiling Law: NONE 5. Administrative Funding for Forfeitures: 6. Non-LE use of MULES: 7. Status offense/juvenile –tobacco under 17 8. L.E. Annuity 9. Reduce BAC to .08 10. Expanded use of PBTs 11. POST Bill 12. Automated Red Light 13. Computer Crime Bills 14. Primary Seat Belt Enforcement 15. Multi-jurisdictional Fraud Units 16. L.E. Minimum Salary Bill 17. CCW and Firearm Related Bills 18. Labor issues & collective Bargaining 19. Eliminates marshal in 3rd class cities 20. Bills addressing "Sunshine Law"	HB428 HB513 HB524/ SB85" & amend",287 NONE HJR6/ SJR3 NONE HB37 & 268 NONE HB38, HB302, HB380 /SB36 HB302 HB479 SB199 HB246// SB70, 214,& 255 HB302 HB80 HB49 & 430 HB27, 28, 33,57,258/SB170 HB 64,160,162,177,525/SB120 HB491 HB237,270/ SB19
Please note that this is not all of the bills the MPCA is tracking and working on, but these are bills that have been filed and relate to MPCA legislative issues to date. A more detailed report will be submitted to the membership on Friday, February 9, 2001.
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CLEO SPONSOR
Attached to this newsletter is information from Liberty Mutual Insurance. Please take time and see if the benefits offered will assist you and or your families. We would like to thank Liberty Mutual for their support of the Missouri Police Chiefs’ Association and the			Missouri Police Chiefs’ Charitable Foundation as the sponsor of CLEO. BEST WISHES FROM LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE

Page 3		CLEO	Volume 2Issue 1-2001
2001 MPCA Legislative Priorities Set
During the September 2000 MPCA Annual Conference, the MPCA established its 2001 legislative priorities as an association. These positions have been refined and transformed into proposed legislation. Your legislative Chairmen for 2001 are Chief Chris Turnbow of Raymore and Chief Robert Lowry of Florissant. The MPCA will be actively supporting the following: 1. Prohibit eluding law enforcement by ANY MEANS. 2. Extending the 20 hour hold to 32 hours for 7 Deadly. 3. Insuring confidentiality of L.E. residence & phone. 4. Funding for last year’s "racial profiling" bill. 5. Administrative funding for performing forfeitures. 6. Law Enforcement Annuity system. 7. Non– law enforcement use of MULES by L.E.	8. Possession of tobacco by a person under 17 years of age to be a status offense and under juvenile authority. 9. Reducing BAC to .08 10. POST Bill Revisions. 11. Extend use of PBTs to Municipal & County L.E. 12. Automated Red Light Enforcement 13. Primary Seat Belt Enforcement 14. Enhancement of Computer Crime Statutes. 15. Minimum pay bill for law enforcement officers. The MPCA will be actively opposing collective bargaining, other labor issues addressed independently and others as they develop.
MPCA and MPCCF Web Page – "New & Improved"
If you have not already visited the MPCA and MPCCF Web Page located at www.mopca.com, we encourage you to visit your web page. For those of you that have visited the web page but not recently, we encourage you to check it out again. Your web page has been improved and is being updated regularly. Services, training, calendar of events, policies and proceedures, committee members, conferences, newsletters, and legislative updates are just a click away.	New services such as entry level and promotional level tests, $1 one year police motorcycle leases, and training announcements, and flyers that can be directly down loaded are just a few of the new improvements to the page. THIS IS YOUR WEB PAGE & IT WORKS FOR YOU! Check it out at www.mopca.com
Non Law Enforcement Use of MULES by Law Enforcement
For several years the has existed an restriction upon law enforcement agencies to use MULES for employment checks and other checks that were not for law enforcement purposes. Recently, Chief Lynn Rowe and Sheldon Lineback met with representatives of the Missouri Highway Patrol, and the Department	MPCA– Producing Reslults.		of Public Safety regarding this issue. The meeting proved to be very informational and productive. The result of the meeting will be a letter sent to all Missouri law enforcement agencies depicting guidelines to allow local law enforcement agencies to conduct MULES checks for non-law enforcement purposes.