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Upcoming Events EPPD Retirees Breakfast
Aug 15, 2022El Sarape Restaurant 5103 Montana Ave.Board of Directors Meeting
Aug 16, 2022747 E. San Antonio Ave. Suite #103 El Paso Tx 79901El Paso Police & Fire Pension Board Meeting
Aug 17, 2022909 E. San Antonio Ave. El Paso, TX 79901 (915) 771-8111General Membership Meeting
Aug 18, 2022EPMPOA Memorial Hall, 3601 Rutherglen El Paso Tx, 79925104th Academy Class - Graduation Anniversary
Aug 26, 2022
The El Paso Municipal Police Officer’s Association is proud to support the El Paso Center for Children. Their mission is to “empower youth and families to brave adversity and conflict through constantly evolving, innovative programs, in order to co-create a brighter future.”
The EPMPOA urges its members and everyone in the community to participate in the El Paso Center for Children’s “Kicking Asphalt 5K Fundraiser. The run/walk race will take place at twilight (approximately 7:00 PM) on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Ascarate Park. In addition to the race, they will have live music, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, wine and beer tasting, and more! All proceeds will directly benefit the center’s programs.
For additional information on helping to sponsor the event click here or download the sponsor form here. Additional information, including a link for registration information is coming soon. Thank you.
According to EPPD officials, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO) requested the bomb squad after a call along the 10200 block of Kenworthy in Northeast El Paso. The call for assistance went out sometime after 10:30 a.m. No other information was released by law enforcement. KTSM.
Read More...El Paso Police Department officers responded to a reported burglary at a home on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the department. The suspects fled in a vehicle and led officers on a pursuit in the Lower Valley, the spokesperson added. Photos showed the pursuit at a standstill following a crash on North Carolina and Giles. KFOX 14.
Read More...Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured Friday by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, according to the Mexican government’s national arrest registry. Caro Quintero remains under indictment in Los Angeles for the crime.
Read More...An El Paso nurse was arrested and accused of threatening police officers by saying he "would give them fentanyl to end their lives." Officers arrested 30-year-old Steven Holguin on Monday. Holguin was at the Cincinnati Entertainment District on Saturday. While being taken to the regional command he made threats against the officers.
Read More...A El Paso Police Department (EPPD) officer responding to a call of a ‘man walking with a sword’ in Northeast El Paso, t-boned a second car, sending both drivers to the hospital. EPPD officials say the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning, at the intersection of Transmountain and Rushing.
Read More...Last month, the FBI released its 2021 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty. According to the report, 129 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2021, which is 27 more than the previous year. Of those 129 deaths, 73 were related to felonious acts and 56 were accidents.
Read More...Richard Trejo, Jr., or just “Rick” to his colleagues, has worked for the El Paso 911 Dispatch Center for about 17 years now. Trejo used to be an officer with the El Paso Police Department, but his life was forever changed when he was paralyzed in an ATV accident in November of 2003. “I like this version of myself. I wish it didn’t take this for me to learn.
Read More...El Paso area law enforcement agencies along with the El Paso Fire Department, participated in an active shooter training at a local elementary school Tuesday afternoon. Participating agencies include El Paso Police, El Paso Fire, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security, and other local police departments in the area.
Read More...The City of El Paso on Thursday recognized El Paso public safety personnel who responded to a call of an individual standing on an I-10 west overpass, with the presumed intent to jump into traffic, according to the city. Officers from the El Paso Police Department, the El Paso Independent School District Police Department, and staff from the El Paso Fire Department responded to the incident.
Read More...A national poll by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found support dropping for the Black Lives Matter movement and a number of police reform policies — from bans on police use of military-grade equipment to bans on officers using chokeholds — which had seen rising popularity in recent years. OFFICER.
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