Upcoming Texas Crime Stoppers Training

Training Requirements for initial certification and continuing certification.

Programs are required to document with at least two training certificates verifying 16 hours of training within the 12-month period preceding the application for certification or continuing certification—one certificate for a board member and one certificate for a coordinator (campus programs may provide a certificate for a school sponsor in lieu of a coordinator). Programs with executive directors must also provide a certificate for the executive director. The Texas Crime Stoppers Council provides training at basic courses, one-day courses, annual conferences, and on-line courses.

Only training provided by the Texas Crime Stoppers Training and Technical Assistance program may be used to satisfy the council’s training requirement. Crime Stoppers organizations may use the following training to meet the 16-hour training requirement.

1. Taking either of the 16-hour basic or basic campus course; or,
2. Using eight or 16 hours of training at either of the Texas Crime Stoppers annual conferences; or,
3. Using combinations of trainings that add up to the 16-hour requirement such as an 8-hour one-day training and 8 hours of conference training.

Online Crime Stoppers training is no longer available. Texas Crime Stoppers is in the process of developing an online course, so the training options listed above are the only means of obtaining needed credit hours for certification and continued certification.

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Due to the discontinuation of Authorware Player by Adobe online Crime Stoppers training is no longer available. Texas Crime Stoppers is working feverishly to develop an alternative online training option. This process is predicted to take several months, so the training options listed above are the only means of obtaining needed credit hours for certification and continued certification.

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16-Hour Basic Crime Stoppers Course
May 22-23, 2013
Abilene, Texas

Course Overview:
This 16-hour basic course for Crime Stoppers personnel covers an overview of Texas Crime Stoppers, board duties and responsibilities, operational guidelines, recordkeeping and requirements of the governor's office for program certification, campus programs, legal items and governance, and marketing.

Cost:
There is no fee for this course.

When/Where:
This course is held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with lunch breaks on both the 22nd and 23rd in the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau's Board Room, 1101 North First Street, Abilene, 325-676-2558. Overflow parking on South First Street behind the CVB with a tunnel pass through under the railroad tracks.

Deadline for course registration is close of business, Friday, May 17, 2013.

Click here to register!

Credit:
Sixteen hours training credit for initial certification, continuing certification, and TCLEOSE are available if you attend the entire course.

Hotel Reservations:
You are responsible for arranging and paying for your own lodging and travel. To make a reservation, please call the hotel directly.

The following hotels are offering an "Abilene Crime Stoppers" room rate.

Courtyard by Marriott
4350 Ridgemont Dr.
325-695-9600

MCM Eleganté Suites
4250 Ridgemont Dr.
325-698-1234

$99 single, $10 each additional adult, plus tax

Free breakfast buffet with eggs cooked to order, and free manager's reception.

Use: "Abilene Crime Stoppers" to obtain room rates listed above.

Special accommodations:
If you require special accommodations to participate, please call 512-245-0571 by May 3, 2013.

Cancellations/Substitutions:
Please notify Texas Crime Stoppers 866-220-4357 IMMEDIATELY if you determine at any time that you are unable to attend or that someone else is attending in your place.

Contact information:
Email questions about registration to Liz Demaer at led48@txstate.edu
Email questions about course content to George Landry at george@txstate.edu

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8-Hour Introduction to Crime Stoppers
Amarillo, Texas
June 15, 2013

Course Overview:
This eight-hour training is an abbreviated version of a basic course and is specifically designed for new board members and coordinators; and is tailored to the needs of the participants. Topics for this course are: Texas Crime Stoppers Overview, Board Responsibilities, Operational Guidelines, State Operations, Legal Items and Governance, and Marketing.

Cost:
There is no fee for this course.

When/Where:
This course is held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break on June 15, 2013 at the Amarillo Police Department, 200 SE 3rd Street, Amarillo.

Deadline for course registration is close of business, Wednesday June 12, 2013.

Click here to register!

Credit:
Eight-hours training credit for initial certification, continuing certification, and TCLEOSE are available if you attend the entire course.

Hotel Reservations:
You are responsible for arranging and paying for your own lodging and travel. To make a reservation, please call the hotel directly.

Courtyard by Marriott
724 S Polk, 79101
806-553-4500

Drury Inn and Suites
8540 W Interstate 40, 79106
806-351-1111

Homewood Suites by Hilton
8800 W Interstate 40, 79124
806-355-2222

Special accommodations:
If you require special accommodations to participate, please call 512-245-0571 by June 7, 2013.

Cancellations/Substitutions:
Please notify Texas Crime Stoppers 866-220-4357 IMMEDIATELY if you determine at any time that you are unable to attend or that someone else is attending in your place.

Contact information:
Email questions about registration to Liz Demaer at led48@txstate.edu

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16-Hr. Basic Campus Crime Stoppers Course
July 9-10, 2013
Richmond, Texas

Course Overview:
This sixteen-hour basic course for campus Crime Stoppers board members, sponsors, administrators, and coordinators includes the following topics: Texas Crime Stoppers Overview, Board Responsibilities, Operational Guidelines, Crime Stoppers School Safety Program, Record Keeping and Requirements of the Governor's Office for Program Certification, Board Member Safety, Legal Items and Governance, and Marketing Your Program.

Cost:
There is no fee for this course.

When/Where:
This course is held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break on both July 9 and 10 at the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department's Gus George Academy, 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, 77469.

Deadline for course registration is close of business, Friday, July 5, 2013.

Click here to register!

Credit:
Sixteen hours of training for initial certification, continuing certification, and TCLEOSE credit are available if you attend the entire course.

Hotel Reservations:
Each participant is required to arrange and pay for her/his own lodging and travel.

The following hotels are located within ten minutes of the academy.

Hampton Inn and Suites Rosenberg
3312 Vista Drive
Rosenberg, TX 77471
281-341-9393

Springhill Suites by Marriott Rosenberg
6815 Reading Road
Rosenberg, TX 77471
832-595-2220

Special accommodations:
If you require special accommodations to participate, please call 512-245-0571 by June 28, 2013.

Cancellations/Substitutions:
Please notify Texas Crime Stoppers 866-220-4357 IMMEDIATELY if you determine at any time that you are unable to attend or that someone else is attending in your place.

Contact information:
Email questions about registration to Liz Demaer at led48@txstate.edu
Email questions about course content to George Landry at george@txstate.edu

Email questions about registration or course content to george@txstate.edu

Texas Crime Stoppers Training
Phone (512) 245-0571 • FAX (512) 245-2851
Email George Landry: gl02@txstate.edu
Exhibitors, please email TCST here.

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