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Fallen Officer: Ernesto Serna
End of Watch: November 12, 1991 - "Forget Not His Sacrifice"
Fallen Officer: Enrique Rivera
End of Watch: November 25, 1923 - "Forget Not His Sacrifice"
Kennedy and Brooklyn Baca showing their support
for EPPD officers at the Northeast Regional Command Center
EPMPOA Members at the 13th Annual Crime
Victims Memorial Walk - November 3 @ Ascarate Park
El Paso Police Memorial at Chuck Heinrich Park
2019 "Top Golf" Event to benefit Ben Ayala Scholarship Fund
Directors Steve Jaso, Efren Vasquez & Jorge Santana
Congratulations to the Mission Valley "Iron Pigs"
Champions of the 2019 EPMPOA Turkey Bowl
EPMPOA Members at the 2020 Borderland 100 Club
Officers Brian Rodriguez #3486 and Raul Villarreal #3117
posing with Jacob J. Gonzalez, celebrating his 6th Birthday!
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| Blood Drive at Pebble Hills Regional Command Center |
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association encourages its members to participate in a blood drive being held by Vitalant at the Pebble Hills Regional Command Center on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The blood drive will take place in Vitalant's Blood Mobile. Many blood drives have been canceled, so your individual donations now matter more than ever.
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| Funeral Services for Retired Detective Pedro Valdez Jr. |
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of Retired Detective Pedro "Pete" Valdez Jr., #312, who passed away on November 3, 2020. (Ret.) Detective Valdez served with the El Paso Police Department for 21+ years, from September 1971 until his retirement on November 19, 1992.
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| Funeral Services for Retired Sergeant Miguel M. Franco |
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of Retired Sergeant Miguel M. Franco #150, who passed away on October 30, 2020. (Ret.) Sergeant Franco served with the El Paso Police Department for 30+ years, from October 1964 until his retirement on December 27, 1994. After retiring from the police department, (Ret.
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| Nice Nails November & December |
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association has received approval from Police Chief Greg Allen to hold a fundraiser to benefit the association’s Ben Ayala Scholarship Fund. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, all of our scholarship events this year had to be canceled.
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Dear El Paso:
I write this as we approach Thanksgiving, a time of family gatherings and the expected increase of COVID-19 positive cases, increased hospitalizations, and ultimately, more deaths. Why? Because one of the greatest strengths of our region is a family-centered culture. We are a multi-generational community and family is a priority.
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A man out on bond for a gun possession charge was arrested Tuesday in the shooting death of HPD Sgt. Sean Rios, as investigators continue to piece together what precipitated the deadly gun battle on Houston's northside. Robert Soliz, 24, was taken into custody on the Katy Freeway and now faces a murder charge, police said. Case records were not yet available Tuesday night.
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The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of Retired Detective Pedro "Pete" Valdez Jr., #312, who passed away on November 3, 2020. (Ret.) Detective Valdez served with the El Paso Police Department for 22+ years, from January 1972 until his retirement.
Funeral Services for (Ret.) Detective Pedro Valdez Jr.
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Two nonprofits who keep track of law enforcement line of duty deaths say that COVID-19 is responsible for killing more officers per year than gunfire, car accidents, and all other causes combined.
According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, at least 135 officers have died from complications with the virus so far this year.
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) El Paso District is partnering with El Paso Police Department (EPPD), El Paso Electric (EPE) and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank for the annual pedestrian safety campaign, just as daylight savings time ends.
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To honor law enforcement, the star on the mountain will shine blue in November.
Tropicana Homes along with its affiliated companies, Tropicana Building, Tropicana Properties and Patriot Mortgage will sponsor the costs of the “Blue Star Over El Paso” month-long commemoration.
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El Paso's Dustin Liston has been named Iowa City's new police chief by a unanimous Iowa City Council acting on an "enthusiastic" appointment by City Manager Geoff Fruin.
"I don't take this recommendation lightly," Fruin told council members Tuesday night.
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Dustin Liston, a University of Iowa alum and former El Paso Police Department lieutenant, was appointed the new Iowa City Police Chief in a unanimous vote by city council Tuesday night.
Liston will begin his role as Chief of Police on January 11, 2021.
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Prosecutors charged a 36-year-old man Wednesday with a brazen ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies earlier this month, an apparently unprovoked shooting as they sat in a squad car outside a rail station. The deputies suffered head wounds in the Sept. 12 attack and have since been released from the hospital.
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An El Paso man was arrested after allegedly attacking a police officer with a hatchet following a liquor store theft Wednesday evening in the Five Points neighborhood.
Rodney Raymond Zavala, 29, is accused of throwing a hatchet at a police officer who found him drinking a bottle of stolen liquor. The officer was not hit by the hatchet.
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The EPMPOA website is a service set up to provide information and assistance to the men and women of the El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association.
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