As we near the end of 2023, I want to say thank you to all our members, especially those pushing sleds, working the decks of our jails and serving in the courts. We currently have a membership rate of 94%! We will continue to provide the best service possible to our members in 2024.

For the last several officer-involved shooting callouts, we have had our full team and an attorney on scene within an hour of when our involved officers pulled the trigger.

Within the next month, we will push out a survey to our membership. This survey will be somewhat lengthy. Having said that, we are asking you to grade us, the Executive Board of the LVPPA. Your feedback is critical.

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce two new LVPPA patches that were recently created. There were many design variations, but ultimately, we settled on these versions. The patch with the green background will now be placed on all our retirement plaques for presentation to our members.

These patches are for sale at the office. The price is three for $10 or one for $5. They will also be available at the check-in table at our future events. If you are a retired member and reside out of state, please contact me or the office staff, and we will facilitate the order over the phone and get them mailed out to you.

Have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season. We will be on the strip and downtown for New Year’s Eve. As always, we are a phone call away if there is anything you need.