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PFLUGERVILLE JUSTICE CENTER
The Center's community room or conference
rooms are available for neighborhood or homeowner association meetings. Contact Michelle
Pundt at 670-5527 if you wish to reserve a room for a particular date and time, if
available.
The Center is already host to various
meetings for organizations that would benefit your neighborhood, such as Citizens on
Patrol (C.O.P.), Pflugerville Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (PCPAAA),
Citizens Police Academy (CPA) training, Victim Services training and meetings,
Pflugerville Council of Neighborhood Associations (PfCONA), and more.
PFLUGERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Police Department has the peace and
safety of your community and neighborhood in mind at all times. It brings all of its staff
and officers to bear on protecting our citizens and involves citizens in this effort via
volunteer opportunities such as CPA and C.O.P. offered by the Community Services Division,
and Victim Services training offered by the Victim Services Division.
Besides the activities that involve the
general community, the Community Services division can come to your neighborhood
association meeting to make a presentation or demonstration about Neighborhood
Watch/National Night Out, Volunteer Opportunities, Home Surveys, Close Patrol, Blue Santa,
Code Blue, Bike Registration, and more.
Current Highlights: If interested in
the next Victim Services Volunteer Training, call Call Judy Allen, Victim Services
Director, at 670-5701.
Alarm permits expire on 12/31 of every year. You can receive a permit application
in person at the Police Department at 1611 E. Pfenning Ln. You can also download the form
from the Police Departments web site. Go to http://www.cityofpflugerville.com/
and click on the Police Department link. Return your completed form along with a $10
permit fee to the PPD. Call 251-4004 if you have any questions.
If you're interested in Neighborhood Watch Training, Cpl. Mike Clowdus can train
your block at someone's home.
The Police Department Wants to HEAR from
YOU! The
Police Department conducts its survey of citizen attitudes and opinions
toward the department, along with safety in the community. Please take a few
minutes to print the survey. You may return it with your water bill, drop
it in the night drop at City Hall, or mail it directly to: Police Department Survey, P O
Box 679, Pflugerville, TX 78691. Click here to view and
print.
2003 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT was Tuesday, August
5th, 2003 and included 60 block parties in Pflugerville. There were 47 parties in 2001
and 58 in 2002. Click here for summary of 2002
event in the greater Pflugerville area. The goal was to turn your outside lights on and
get together with your neighbors to be organized to prevent/fight crime all year. Let's
turn this great event into an opportunity to strengthen and protect our neighborhoods,
especially neighborhoods or blocks that had parties for their first time. Call Cpl. Mike
Clowdus at 670-5512 to organize Neighborhood Watch if you haven't already.
Blue Santa needs your help every year. Click
here for flyer. New toys and canned goods are needed plus volunteers to help.
Related News Briefs
(8/7/03) National Night Out -- Many
local citizens assisted Cpl. Mike Clowdus in preparing for National Night Out Celebration.
Representatives from the Optimist Club, PfCONA, Neighborhood Watch, Crime Prevention
Dept., Victim Services, Citizens on Patrol, the Pflugerville Pflag, and the City of
Pflugerville as well as some children volunteered their time to prepare more than 60
packets and fold T-shirts which will be distributed at local parties. Participants
included: Mario Galliano, Cecilia Galliano, Michael Gannaway, Sally Gannaway, Rod Reyna
and his two daughters, Cpl. Mike Clowdus, Michelle Pundt and her daughter, and Mayor Scott
Winton.
(7/17/03) Pflugerville's NNO Set for
August 5th -- On Tuesday, Aug. 5, neighborhoods throughout Pflugerville are invited to
join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the "20th Annual National
Night Out" crime and drug prevention event. NNO, which is sponsored by the National
Association of Town Watch (NATW), will involve more than 9,800 communities in all 50
states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world. In all,
more than 33 million people are expected to participate. NNO 2003 is supported in part by
the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and co-sponsored locally by
the Pflugerville Police Department, PfCONA, HEB, and the Central Texas Animal Hospital.
NNO is designed to: (1) heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; (2) generate support
for, and participation in local anticrime efforts; (3) strengthen neighborhood spirit and
police-community partnerships; and, (4) send a message to criminals letting them know
neighborhoods in Pflugerville are organized and fighting back.
(6/12/03) State of Texas Honors Chief
David Buesing -- At a special ceremony at the state capital June 4, the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement awarded Chief of Police, David Buesing, the state's Law
Enforcement Achievement Award for Professional Achievement. Chief David was one of only
five officers from across Teas selected for this recognition and Achievement award.
Through this award, Texas recognizes by this award police officers who, through personal
initiative, fixity of purpose, persistence, and endeavor, create a program or system that
has a significant impact on the law enforcement profession, exceeding the normal
expectations of a job performance. Attending this formal presentation and to give Chief
Buesing his personal congratulations on this award was Texas State Representative Jack
Stick (Dist. 50), which includes Pflugerville.
Also cheering him on were his wife Carol, Chief Deputy Constable Pct. 2, members of the
Pflugerville Police Department, including Assistant Chief Chuck Hooker and members of
Precinct 2 Constable's Office along with Constable Bob Vann.
With the award, Chief Buesing received a Commendation Bar to be worn on his uniform and
letters of congratulations from Governor Rick Perry, State Senator Florence Shapiro and
State Representative Dawnna Dukes. A reception was held after the ceremony and now the
State of Texas knows what we in Pflugerville have known for a long time: we are blessed
with a find and wonderful Chief of Police in David Buesing.
(5/22/03) Preparing for National Night
Out -- Now is the time for Pflugerville residents and their subdivisions to prepare
their block(s) for National Night Out the first Tuesday in August, as well as prevent
crime on their streets this summer and beyond. Block captains or those that want to become
one, should come to the Tuesday, June 3 Neighborhood Watch Training from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at
the Pflugerville Justice Center Community Room.
Those interested should also bring as many members of their block with them to become
trained. This training is being put on by the Pflugerville Police Department Crime
Prevention Services and is being hosted by Pflugerville Council of Neighborhood
Associations (PfCONA). Attending this training also qualifies a block to have a
Neighborhood Watch sign put up on their block. Call Cpl. Mike Clowdus at 512-670-5512 with
any questions or to RSVP. Any PfCONA-related questions may be directed to Nancy Ramsey,
PfCONA Vice Chair and PfCONA Safety Committee, at 512-989-1048.
(9/19/02) Marching Orders from Chief for
C.O.P.s -- “We need you at events, we need you on patrol. We need
you, especially now during a lean economy—more than ever,” said Chief of Police
David Buesing to Citizens on Patrol at their September 5, 2002 Citizens Police Academy
Alumni Association (PCPAAA) meeting at the Pflugerville Justice Center. “I’ll
take one hour a month, 10 hours a month, I’ll take more. I need you. Anything you can
give I’m thankful for,” he told those assembled.
The PCPAAA meeting was the
kickoff for the 2002-2003 year and its purpose was to help inspire some of the more than
160 graduates of the past nine citizen police academies to devote themselves as much as
they can this next year. The Chief also used his invitation to speak to gather feedback
from C.O.P.s on what could be done to support them, what other training would they like to
be involved in, and what areas in the city had they noticed (e.g., while on patrol) needed
addressing.
“I’d love to see
the room filled with everyone who has graduated,” said Chief Buesing. “This is
team Pflugerville. If you’ve been through the class, you’re on my side. It takes
a whole community working together to make it a better place. Let’s link up
neighborhoods. Let’s keep in touch with each other and relay information to help each
other out. When something goes wrong we need each other. Let’s get the auto
burglaries figured out and have more of you doing crime prevention. The more people we
have that are a part of this the better we are. My best recruiters are you all.”
The Citizens Police Academy
program coordinated by Sgt. Randy Glasgow has been in place since 1998 and some
participants have taken the classes to become better informed citizens while others have
taken the next step to help as a Citizen on Patrol at football games, parades, Deutchen
Pfest, neighborhood patrol, traffic/crowd control, park and trail patrol, Neighborhood
Watch, Bike Rodeos, Blue Santa, Child ID booths, fundraisers, and parades, to name a few
activities. In August, K-EYE News profiled how Pflugerville C.O.P.s have an effort, and
Austin doesn’t, to patrol the hike and bike trails and the city parks during the
summer especially and throughout the year. The reporter and videographer rode-along on the
all-terrain vehicle with Karl Schiltz, PCPAAA president, and interviewed Sgt. Randy
Glasgow, C.O.P. Willis Havens, and Municipal Court Clerk Tina Heine, who happened to be
walking the trails at the time.
The Pflugerville C.O.P.
program is one of the few in the state of Texas that is very comprehensive and it has been
a model for others. The program has its own car, an all terrain vehicle, a C.O.P. office
in the police department, special access to the police department, and full support of the
Chief and his department. Which is all the more reason why the newly installed PCPAAA
officers wanted the Chief to issue the group marching orders and remind academy graduates
of devotion to duty. The Chief himself said, “We can do better. We have more
potential. Pflugerville is the best. Let’s keep it that way. Work harder than you can
imagine.”
New PCPAAA officers as of
August 2002 are: Karl Schiltz, President; Craig Zimmerman, Vice President; Marie Davis,
Secretary; Karen Kocurek, Treasurer; and, Robert Stephens, Sgt. at Arms.
If anyone wishes to be
involved in the next academy, which will be scheduled next spring 2003, contact Sgt.
Glasgow at 670-5510. Another 16-week academy is being planned for spring 2003 while the 10th
academy class graduation was just held on September 16th.
An
opportunity for the public to get a behind the scenes look at the police department, where
C.O.P.s will be helping out, will be at an upcoming Justice Center Open House on Sunday,
October 13th, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at 1611 East Pfenning Lane.
(7/18/02) A Night for Neighbors to Come
Together -- On Tuesday, August 6, neighborhoods throughout Pflugerville are being
invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the "19th Annual
National Night Out" crime and drug prevention event. National Night Out is designed
to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation
in, local anti-crime efforts; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community
partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods in
Pflugerville are organized and fighting back.
From 7 to 10 p.m. on August 6, residents in neighborhoods throughout Pflugerville and
across the nation, are asked to lock their doors, turn on porch lights and spend the
evening outside with neighbors and police. Many neighborhoods throughout Pflugerville will
be hosting a variety of special events such as block parties, cookouts, parades, visits
from police and firefighters, flashlight walks, contests, youth activities, and anti-crime
rallies. National Project Coordinator Matt Peskin said, "National Night Out is an
extraordinary way to build neighborhood unity and strengthen police-community
partnerships. Neighbors meet neighbors--and citizens and local law enforcement have the
opportunity to enhance their relationships. On August 6, we invite neighborhoods to join
forces with us to Give Crime and Drugs a Going Away Party."
Resident Ralph Cochran said, "This is a really great program. Last year we had 20
neighbors attend our front yard National Night Out. Officer Randy Glasgow attended our
event and explained police activities and how to participate in neighborhood watch
programs.
In 1994, the City Council of Pflugerville issued a proclamation designating the first
Tuesday of every August as "Pflugerville National Night Out Against Crime". It
urges all Pflugerville residents to join together in delivering a decisive message to
criminals that Pflugerville is a Crime Prevention Community and crime will not be
tolerated.
(7/1/02) Neighborhood
Watch Training was offered July 10thin the Pflugerville Justice Center Community Room
for residents of any Pflugerville block. It is a way to support the patrolling of our
neighborhoods by police officers and a chance to unify and work together as a block.
This training is a chance for a block to be
Neighborhood Watch certified before National Night Out (NNO), Tuesday, August 6th, and it
also qualifies your block for a Neighborhood Watch sign. Training was requested of Cpl.
Mike Clowdus with Crime Prevention by Saxony subdivision but it is open to all
subdivisions. See if your neighbors or block contacts, if you have one, are interested and
come. There is no minimum of homes that are required to attend but the more the better for
your block effort and the more "eyes and ears" trained. Calls to the police
department by residents keeping a lookout for one another and their own homes has resulted
in criminal activity being averted or cases being solved.
If you have already been NWatch trained, come for a
refresher, to meet others, or recruit those on your block who have never been trained.
Call Cpl. Mike Clowdus at 670-5512 to RSVP for training and about hosting a NNO block
party.
This training is sponsored by Pflugerville Police
Department, Saxony Homeowners Association, and the Pflugerville Council of Neighborhood
Associations. See http://www.pfcona.org/ for related
NWatch/NNO information dates and neighborhood subdivision weblinks. For more information
about Crime Prevention, see: www.cityofpflugerville.com/Departments/Police/.
Also know that PfCONA will host an NNO Packet Stuffing Party on Wednesday, July 31st, from
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at Police Department. NNO Kickoff is Thursday, August 1st, at
Police Department. Time TBA.
(5/16/02) Burglars Busted --
Pflugerville police are crediting an observant resident for helping break-up a series of
motor vehicle burglaries reported in the city the past two months. Officers were
dispatched to Dansworth Drive at about 2:30 Tuesday morning after a resident reported
seeing suspicious people looking into his neighbor's car, according to reports. The
suspects fled before police arrived, however, a description of their vehicle led to the
car being located in the Gatlingburg subdivision. Officer Sean Brown arrested three Austin
men and a woman on several charges including burglary of a motor vehicle and engaging in
organized crime. The foursome was transported to the Travis County Jail.
In all more than 20 cars in the city were reported burglarized the past two months and
more than $18,000 in property was taken, according to reports. Recovered in the bust were
car stereos and speakers, a wealth of tools, including several flashlights, screwdriver
and pliers, telephones, wallets, and binoculars. PPD had extra officers on the street in
an effort to catch the burglars.
"We applaud the citizen that alerted us to suspicious individuals and activity they
observed. We may have gone days, weeks, or months before we had a break in the case,"
said Lt. Jim McClean PPD spokesman. "The citizens are extra eyes and ears for the
department. I cannot emphasize the importance of reporting suspicious activity or persons
to the police departments," he said. [Source: Pflugerville Pflag]
(5/16/02) Pflugerville Police Officers
Armed to Help Save Lives -- Thanks to a grant from the American Heart Association, the
PPD has new tools to better the health and safety of the community. Earlier this month,
PPD officers learned how to use automated external defibrillators--medical devices used to
administer an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart. A computer assesses the
patient's heart rhythm, judges whether defibrillation is needed, and then administers the
shock.
The AEDs purchased by the city help officers through the process with computerized voice
commands. The device is battery-powered and about the size of a bathroom scale. While
medical help is not the average police officer's specialty, cops often are put in
situations where care is needed. PPD's Makeba Lewis knows first hand. While a reserve
officer in the City of Elgin, Lewis helped deliver a baby. After coming to Pflugerville,
he's performed CPR on a diabetic woman who was suffering an asthma attack. "We
usually get there first. We're usually in the car, in the neighborhood," Lewis said.
In June 2002, the New England Journal of Medicine published results of a study that
concluded AEDs used non-medical personnel significantly helped reduce fatalities related
to heart attacks. After completing the four-hour training course, taught by fellow city
employee Amy Adkins, Lewis felt confident about using the AED effectively. "You open
it up and it pretty much tells you what to do," he said. [Source: Pflugerville
Pflag]
(5/15/02) City of Pflugerville Justice
Center Wins Two Awards For Construction Design
and Safety -- City of Pflugerville representatives announced that DalMac Construction
Company, the general contractor for the Pflugerville Justice Center, was recently honored
with the 2001 Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) Central Texas Chapter
Excellence in Construction Eagle Award and Excellence in Construction Safety Awards in the
General Contractor $3-$20 million category.
DalMac was selected by the City of Pflugerville in 2000 to build the Pflugerville Justice
Center, a 38,000 Sq. Ft. master planned facility. ABC stated the decision to award the
Eagle and Safety honors to DalMac was based on the size of the Justice Center project, its
complexity, safety and the fast track schedule. DalMac used design-build principles
to safely put more than $6.9 millions dollars worth of high-quality construction in place
in just one year.
"The Justice Center was completed on time and under budget in July 2001," said
Steve Jones, Pflugerville City Manager, Project Owner and Building Committee Member.
"Our congratulations and thanks to DalMac, its project team, the citizens of
Pflugerville, and the following Committee Members: Bond Committee Members: John
Pfluger, Alison Silverstein, Mike Heath, Elaine Boozer, Kurt Reece, Bob Sheehan, Timothy
Moltz, Scott Winton, Bobby
Huston, Mike Marsh, Bobbi Neyland, and Richard Hasting. Building Committee Members:
Chairman Don Boozer, Alison Silverstein, John Franklin, Randy Strickland, Bob Sheehan,
Chief David Buesing, and Assistant Chief Charles Hooker.
The DalMac/Justice Center project team included: Brinkley/Sargent
(www.brinkleysargent.com), design architect who brought the project through design
development; and Croslin & Associates (www.croslin.com), architect of record, which
produced the construction documents and provided construction administration. The
City had full time representation from the police department as well as an outside project
management firm ASD Consultants (www.asdconsultants.com.). The project also included many
other specialty consultants such as Studio West, an interior design firm and indoor
shooting range consultants. The indoor shooting range was bid as an allowance item
and DalMac contracted
with Caswell Detroit for the construction of the firing range.
The Justice Center contains a state of the art Communications Center, Jail, indoor
Shooting Range, and the following divisions within the department, Municipal Court,
Central Records, Victim Services, Property, Criminal Investigations, Identification,
Patrol, Administration, Community Services, Juvenile, weight room and locker rooms. The
facility is primarily of Texas native white limestone, brick and stucco with rough hewn as
accents and a standing seam metal
roof.
JUSTICE CENTER DETAILS:
The Justice Center is equipped with VAV/VFD HVAC system a UPS and generator back-up power
supplies. Interior and exterior of the building are equipped with full video
surveillance and card reader access control. The building has interior and exterior
courtyards and all offices have exterior facing windows. The design and construction
of the center produced a facilities infrastructure consisting of:
1. Full courtroom with mahogany wall and ceiling treatment, motorized, projection
screens, two operable room partitions, complete audio vision system, and room darkening
devises.
2. Court administration offices.
3. City Police Department.
4. Detention grade holding cells and booking areas with electronic clocks,
visitation area, and camera surveillance.
5. Juvenile detention intake area with detention grade holding cells.
6. Emergency operations center with data and power on emergency generator backup.
7. Communication/control room with 911 operations, dispatch and door controllers for
booking and holding areas.
8. Building security and intercom system.
9. Photo lab.
10.Citizens on Patrol Office.
11.Sally port area.
12.State of the art firing range.
13.Secure evidence storage area with vault.
14.Kitchen and laundry areas.
15.Future expansion capacity.
DalMac worked collaboratively with all the design team members and owner's representatives
to bring the project to fruition, according to David Buesing, Pflugerville Chief of
Police/Assistant City Manager. "I was very pleased with DalMac and the team assigned
to our project," said Buesing. "John Straub, Project Manager, and Larry Wilson,
Project Superintendent had a keen understanding of our needs and objectives and were able
to give them shape throughout the course of the project," Buesing added. [Source:
City Press Release]
(2/28/02) Volunteers Play Vital Role in
Fighting Crime -- Those who work to keep Pflugerville a safe community were honored
for their efforts...The Pflugerville Police Department's third annual awards banquet also
shed light on the vital role volunteers play in law enforcement.
Police Chief David Buesing recognized the department's largest corps of
volunteers--Citizens on Patrol. "This program has put many pairs of eyes on the
street," Buesing said. Volunteers must complete an extensive training program before
taking part in COPs activities. Commissioned COPs often are called to search for missing
children, direct traffic at automobile accidents, and work security detail at city events.
City Manager Steve Jones, who helps set PPD's budget noted, "We can really stretch
our budget with volunteers." He paid tribute to Victim's Assistance volunteers, those
who help crime victims cope with issues, saying "They really make Pflugerville a
place that's respected across the state.
When it came time for special awards, Carolyn Eary, a volunteer with Neighborhood
Conference Committee, took home that group's Person of the Year Award. NCC works with
parents and law enforcement officials to help young people take control of their lives.
Frank Gaddy was awarded the Crime Prevention Citizen of the Year Award. Gaddy owns and
operates Gaddy's Feed and Hardware and gives his time and money to crime prevention
efforts.
Bill Anderson was given the Crime Prevention Security Survey Awards for helping residents
with security issues and Susie Nelson of Spring Hill Elementary School was given the DARE
Educator of the Year Award. Gail Hoy was honored for her volunteer work with the
Victim's Assistance program.
Dispatcher Candace Carson received the first ever Non-Sworn Employee of the Year Award.
Buesing noted her willingness to work until a job is complete and her propensity for
helping others. Craig Zimmerman was awarded the COPs Volunteer of the Year Award and Rod
Reyna was given special recognition by Buesing for his COPs volunteer efforts.
Loretta Domel earned the Community Service Award. She played a vital role in a drive to
raise funds for the victims of Sept. 11. Sgt. Darrin Fairchild and officer Trevor Smith
were given the Life Saving Award. The two responded to a drug overdose call and were able
to resuscitate the victim.
Officer Daryl Wilkes and Cpl. Mike Clowdus were co-winners of the Officer of the Year
Award. "He is on top of his game with the high ethical standards he brings to work
with him everyday," Buesing said of Wilkes. Clowdus, who heads the department's Crime
Prevention Unit, was cited for his efforts with the Blue Santa program, which provides
Christmas gifts and other items for local families, National Night Out, which raises crime
prevention awareness by bringing neighbors together and his other community involvement.
"He goes about his work quietly and without fanfare," Buesing said. [Source:
Pflugerville Pflag]
Note: On behalf of the Citizens on Patrol, at the PPD Awards Banquet, the Pflugerville
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Organization presented a poster-size symbolic "savings
deposit slip" in the amount of $115,200 to the Chief of Police, Mayor, City Council,
and City Manager. That amount represents 7,200 hours put in by volunteers since 1998
(based on $16 per hour base police officer starting salary), but does not reflect overtime
savings and hours not turned in. If these were taken into account, the amount comes closer
to 1/4 million dollars saved or that did not need to be spent by the city. A similar
presentation was made to the city at a March 12th City Council meeting.
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Crime Stats at PPD website.
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Citizens Police Academy section on PPD website.
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Citizens on Patrol, and Alumni Association section on PPD website.
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Services section of PPD website.
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