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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS MARK SPANGLER AND I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, RECRUITING AND TRAINING DIVISIONS.I EXTEND MY THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR JOINING ME THIS MORNING FOR THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF THE 143RD ACADEMY CLASS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF AUSTIN'S NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS WITH YOU ON FEBRUARY 18, 20, 20, 58.
MEN AND WOMEN CAME TOGETHER FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNDERGO THE TRAINING REQUIRED TO BECOME AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS AFTER 32 WEEKS PLUS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR THE 143RD ACADEMY CLASS, INCLUDING SEVERAL ADDITION, ADDITIONAL WEEKS DUE TO DOWNTIME DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, 42 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THEIR GOAL.
THEY HAVE MET OUR DEMANDING PHYSICAL ACADEMIC AND ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND WE'LL NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF WEARING THE BADGE OF AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AND WELCOME THE GRADUATES OF THE 143RD CADET CLASS.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE, OF THE COLORS BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, HONOR GUARD AND THE STAR SPANGLED BANNERPLEASE REMOVE YOUR COVER FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED BY AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHAPLAIN, RICK RANDALL.
IF YOU'D LIKE WHAT YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER GRACIOUS GOD, OUR FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY IN A CEREMONY OF HONOR AND CELEBRATION, WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ONE 43RD ACADEMY CLASS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN HAVE OVERCOME INCREDIBLE OBSTACLES TO STAND HERE TODAY.
THEY COMPETED TO BE SELECTED AND WERE CHOSEN FROM HUNDREDS OF THEIR PEERS.
THEY STRUGGLED THROUGH A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THEIR PROFESSION.
AND THEY ACCOMPLISHED ALL THIS THROUGH A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE AND HATRED TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR NATION.
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WE CELEBRATE THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR CALLING FOR THAT.IT'S WHAT THIS PROFESSION IS A CALLING.
THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO THE DIVINE SPARK FOR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THAT YOU OH, GOD PLACED WITHIN THEM.
AS WE HAVE HONORED GENERATIONS OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE THEM WITHOUT THEIR SERVICE, WITHOUT THEIR SELFLESSNESS, EVIL WOULD SURELY SWALLOW UP ALL THAT IS DEAR TO US.
WE HONOR AS WELL HERE TODAY, THEIR FAMILIES, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SACRIFICES THAT HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE OFFICERS TO BE HERE TODAY.
MAY YOU ALL, LORD BLESS EVERY FAMILY THAT IS REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
AND THOSE THAT COULDN'T BE WITH US BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC DRAW THESE FAMILIES TOGETHER IN YOUR LOVE.
EVEN AS YOU UNFOLD THEIR OFFICERS IN YOUR STRONG WINGS OF PROTECTION, BE A SHIELD AND FORTRESS FOR THEM THAT NOT ONLY KEEPS THEM SAFE FROM HARM, BUT CREATES A HEALING AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
AT THE END OF EVERY SHIFT, GOD, HOW EASILY WE FORGET THE COST THAT COMES WITH THIS CALLING TODAY.
WE ALSO REMEMBERED THE 22 FALLEN APD OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THERE'S ARE THE SHOULDERS ON WHICH WE STAND.
AND LORD, WE REMEMBER HOUSTON POLICE, SERGEANT HAROLD PRESTON, AND WE PRAY COMFORT FOR HIS FAMILY.
NOW GOD, WE ASK THAT YOUR HAND OF MERCY AND PROTECTION REST UPON EACH ONE OF THESE NEW OFFICERS HAVE MERCY UPON THEM.
AS THEY ENTER INTO THE CHALLENGES OF APPLYING ALL, THEY HAVE LEARNED INTO THEIR LIFELONG CAREER PROTECT NOT ONLY THEIR LIVES, GOD, BUT THEIR HEARTS PRESERVED THEIR PASSION FOR SERVICE, THEIR DREAM TO HELP OTHERS.
AND MAY THEY RETIRE MANY YEARS FROM NOW SAFE AND COMFORTED BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE FULFILLED YOUR COMMISSION AND PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIVES, BLESS THEM.
ALL OF OUR OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
WE PRAY IN YOUR BLESSINGS NAME.
CHAPLAIN RANDALL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMISSIONING AND GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE 143RD CADET CLASS IS UNDERWAY.
PLEASE BE SEATED ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF OF POLICE, BRIAN MANLEY.
I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS TRULY VERY SPECIAL OCCASION.
I ALSO WISH TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO GREAT HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH AND THEIR PASTOR, DANNY
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ON STAGE AND IN OUR AUDIENCE WHO HAVE JOINED US FOR THIS COMMISSIONING CEREMONY.
PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE FINAL INTRODUCTION.
MAYOR STEVE ADLER, CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK, CHIEF OF POLICE, BRIAN MANLEY, CHIEF OF STAFF, TROY GAY ASSISTANT CHIEF JOE CHACAN, ASSISTANT CHIEF JENNIFER STEVENSON, ASSISTANT CHIEF ROBIN HENDERSON, ASSISTANT CHIEF BRENT DUPREY CHAPLAIN, RICK RANDALL, LIEUTENANT EVE STEPHENS, SERGEANT MICHAEL MONROE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE HERE VIRTUALLY, UH, THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE GREATER OF THE AUSTIN GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION WHO WERE PRESENT TODAY FOR THIS STREAMING BROADCAST.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMAND STAFF FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE KEY TO THE GROUP OF GRADUATES THAT ARE BEFORE ME.
AND THAT IS THE STAFF OF THE RECRUITING AND TRAINING DIVISION.
IT IS THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF THESE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS AND OUR CIVILIAN SUPPORT STAFF THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE THIS GROUP OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED POLICE CADETS, AND INDEED TRANSFORM THEM INTO OFFICERS IN THE FINEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING.
LIEUTENANT WADE LIONS, SERGEANT HEATHER ROBINSON, SERGEANT ORLANDO, SMART OF THE RECRUITING UNIT, CORPORAL YVONNE RAMOS OF THE CADET TRAINING UNIT, LIEUTENANT RICHARD EAGLE, SERGEANT JANE PACIFICA AND CORPORAL MAREZ HAYWARD OF THE LEARNED UNIT SERGEANT JIM BECK AND SERGEANT STEVE MAYORS OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATION UNIT.
ALONG WITH THESE SUPERVISORS WOULD ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE RECRUITING AND
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TRAINING VISION.THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS ON THE STAGE FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S CEREMONY.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY POSSIBLE.
THESE CADETS SET THEIR GOALS AND SUCCEEDED IN COMPLETING THE MOST PHYSICALLY INTENSE AND ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS TRAINING REGIMEN IN THE NATION TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE PROVIDED CARE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT DURING THEIR DURATION OF THE ACADEMY.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A PERSONAL, THANKS.
THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP FOR ORIENTATION.
WHAT BACK IN JANUARY, A LONG TIME AGO, UH, I MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO PRAY FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR CADETS EVERY DAY THAT WE WOULD GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
AND INDEED THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHAT ALL ACTIVE AND RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS, PLEASE STAND.
EACH OF YOU HAS EARNED OUR THANKS AND RESPECT FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEIR HONOR? IT IS NOW MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SPEAKER AUSTIN CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRUMP, SPENCER CRUMP JOINED THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS CITY MANAGER ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2018, FOLLOWING A VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL FORMALIZING HIS APPOINTMENT.
THE CITY MANAGER IS ONE OF FOUR EMPLOYEES DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND OVERSEES THE CITY'S $3.9 BILLION BUDGET.
AND MORE THAN 14,000 EMPLOYEES, CITY MANAGER KRON COMES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FROM MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE HE WORKED AS CITY COORDINATOR FROM 2014 TO 2018.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, CHAIR OF THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC DAVE DATA, GRIEF GOVERNANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD AND MINNESOTA INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
BEFORE JOINING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MANAGER, CROCK SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SENIOR ADVISOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK UNDER FORMER MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG CITY MANAGER CRUMP RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH HONORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON.
HE IS A GRADUATE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SENIOR EXECUTIVE IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND WAS A PUBLIC AFFAIR AFFAIRS FELLOW WITH THE CORO NEW YORK LEADERSHIP CENTER.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRUMP.
WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
WELCOME TO THE CADET CLASS OF ONE 43.
AND SO ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LOVED ONES THAT JOINED US HERE THIS MORNING TODAY IS ABOUT YOU.
WE CELEBRATE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED LEADING UP TO THIS DAY OF YOUR GRADUATION.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US IN OUR CITY FAMILY.
AND TO SEE YOU CHOOSE THIS LIFE OF SERVICE, WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN POLICING, BOTH NATIONALLY, BUT ESPECIALLY
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IN OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY, MORE SO THAN EVER.OUR COMMUNITY IS WATCHING CLOSELY YOUR PERFORMANCE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
YOU ARE ALSO JOINING AT A PARTICULARLY HISTORIC TIME AS COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, GRAPPLE WITH THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC PEOPLE ACROSS OUR NATION HAVE REASON TO FEEL UNCERTAIN, UNSURE, AND EVEN UNSAFE, BUT IT IS IN THESE TIMES THAT YOU AND THOSE OF US WHO CHOOSE TO SERVE RISE TO THE OCCASION IN THESE FRAGILE MOMENTS IN DOING SO, WE MUST LEAD AND CARRY OUT OUR WORK WITH EMPATHY AND COMPASSION.
WE MUST BE AT OUR BEST FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE FEELING THEIR WORST AS A DEPARTMENT AND AS A CITY, WE WILL LEAD THE WAY IN EVOLVING POLICING TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE MUCH TO ADVANCE THIS WORK, BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO.
CALL US TO APPROACH THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
WE WILL LOOK TO THE IDEALS OF COMMUNITY POLICING, STRENGTHEN OUR SHIFT TO GUARDIAN MENTALITY AND CHANGE OUR BASIC APPROACH TO PROBLEMS FROM A RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE POSTURE.
TO THAT OF DEESCALATION, THERE IS MUCH WORK TO DO, BUT WE WILL RISE TO NEW HEIGHTS AND YOU WILL BE PART OF HOW WE DO IT.
YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.
WE'LL TAKE FOUR TO TUDE AND CHARACTER.
YOU WILL SURELY BE CHALLENGED AND MUCH WILL BE ASKED OF YOU SOMETIMES MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAR, BUT YOU WILL BE APPRECIATED FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN YOU AS NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, YOUR CHIEF BRIAN MANLEY, AND YOUR ENTIRE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN GUIDING US INTO THIS NEW FUTURE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND I AM PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OF YOU.
CITY MANAGER, EACH CADET CLASS, ALEKS ITS OWN CLASS OFFICERS SELECTION.
HIS CLASS PRESIDENT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY.
THE CLASS PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND ACT AS THE CLASS'S OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE AS SUCH THE SELECTION SYMBOLIZES THE CONFIDENCE.
THE CLASS HAS BESTOWED UPON THIS INDIVIDUAL.
THE 143RD CADET CLASS HAS CHOSEN CADET JIMMY EASILY AS ITS PRESIDENT COULD HAVE EASILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MY NAME IS JIMMY EASILY, AND I'M GOING HALF OF THE ONE 43RD CADET CLASS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THE AUSTIN POLICE ACADEMY IS NOT AN EASY TASK AND TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL DURING A PANDEMIC DID NOT SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS.
WHEN I THINK THAT'S OUR CADET ORIENTATION IN JANUARY, I REMEMBER US ALL BEING EXCITED AND NERVOUS TO START THIS RITE OF PASSAGE TO EARN OUR PLACE IN THE AUSTIN POLICE.
WE ALL KNEW THE ROAD WILL BE LONG AND DIFFICULT, BUT NONE OF US COULD HAVE PREDICTED JUST HOW MUCH ADVERSITY WE WOULD NEED TO OVERCOME TO EARN THESE BADGES WE EVER SEE, WE ARE RECEIVING TODAY.
FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE ACADEMY, WHERE AS NORMAL AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, LOTS OF YELLING, RUNNING AROUND SHINING BOOTS AND DUSTING SAND, OUR UNIFORMS INTER COVID-19.
AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE LYING.
IF WE SAID WE WEREN'T AT LEAST A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT WAS TO COME ONE DAY, ONE DAY, THE TENANT'S STEVENS AND SERGEANT MONROE WALKED INTO OUR CLASSROOM TO BRIEF US ON THE CURRENT COVID-19 SITUATION AND OUR COURSE OF ACTION MOVING FORWARD.
THE PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULD BE SENT HOME FOR TWO WEEKS AND THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING ONLINE CLASS VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PEOPLE WITH THE PERSONALITY TYPE WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS DON'T DO WELL BEING RESTRICTED TO A DESK FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY, BUT WE WERE DETERMINED AND WELCOME TO CHAT.
TWO WEEKS TURNED INTO A MONTH.
ONE MONTH TURNED INTO TWO, TWO MONTHS ONLINE CLASS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAVING SATURDAY OFF AND THEN COMING IN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS TO TAKE OUR EXAMS. WORKING FROM HOME SOUNDS LIKE A VACATION, BUT IT PRESENTED ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES BETWEEN DISCONNECTIONS ON TEAMS AND SURPRISE AT HOME
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UNIFORM INSPECTIONS, EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE CADET STAFF WAS READY FOR THINGS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.AFTER WHAT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.
WE FINALLY GOT THE WORD THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO CAMPUS AROUND THAT TIME.
THERE WERE PROTESTS AND RIOTS AND GOLFING.
THE NATION'S LARGEST CITIES POLICE OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AND RIGHTFULLY SO EXEMPLARS OF SOCIAL ETHICAL VALUES.
AND THAT DEMAND IS HIGHER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SCARED OF SEVERAL OF THE ONE 40, 43RD INTO RESIGNING, BUT IT HAS ONLY MOTIVATED US TO BE THE BEST OFFICERS THAT WE CAN BE AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH ADVERSITY.
GOD DECIDED TO THROW A LITTLE BIT MORE OUR WAY AND SEES GOD HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.
AH, THE ONE 43 CLASS PRESIDENT BECAME PATIENT ZERO FOR A CLASS OUTBREAK OF COVID-19.
I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 COVID-19 ALONG WITH ABOUT 16 OTHER CADETS.
AND WE WERE QUARANTINED AT HOME FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
THERE WAS PLENTY OF WORRY IN THE AIR THAT THIS WOULD BE THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE ONE 40 THIRDS BACK YET.
HERE WE ARE DURING OUR INITIAL SERGEANT MONROE MENTIONED TO US THAT OFFICERS ON THE STREET WERE ALREADY JOKING ABOUT US BEING VIRTUAL COPS AND THAT EVEN THOUGH IT BEING RESTRICTED TO VIRTUAL TRAINING, WASN'T OUR FAULT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK HARDER THAN ANY OTHER CLASS HAS HAD TO WORK IN ORDER TO FIX OUR IMAGE AND REPUTATION.
I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT MISSION.
ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FELLOW CLASSMATES, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WENT ON THIS YEAR.
TICO, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT RESTRUCTURED THEIR TEST FOR 2020.
THIS RESTRUCTURING SAW A SPIKE IN FIRST ATTEMPT FAILURES ACROSS THE STATE, BUT NOT FOR THE ONE 43RD VIRTUAL POLICE.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ALL 42 WHO TOOK THE TQL TEST PASS ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT SHOULD BE ALL BE YOU SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF HOW FAR YOU COME
BUT REMEMBER, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
IT WAS AN HONOR SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ONE 43RD, ALWAYS LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE STREETS ON BEHALF OF THE ONE 43RD, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDES TO CADET, TRAIN STAFF, AND LEARN SKILLS UNIT FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, PREPARING US TO BECOME PATROL OFFICERS TO OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR SUPPORTING US THROUGH THIS DEMANDING JOURNEY INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A GREAT CITY, BE SAFE AND GOD BLESSED.
EACH CADET CLASS NOMINATES A FELLOW CADET TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD TO HONOR THEM AS THE CLASS HUMANITARIAN, THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED AND NAMED AFTER RETIRED AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIEUTENANT ERNIE HINKLE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
LIEUTENANT HENKEL NEVER MISSED AND HAS NEVER MISSED A GRADUATION CEREMONY.
AND HE IS CERTAINLY IN MY HEART.
AND I KNOW HE IS IN YOURS AS WELL.
LIEUTENANT HENKEL WAS THE CLASS PRESIDENT OF THE 23RD CADET CLASS COMMISSIONED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1960.
HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER AS A STREET OFFICER, LIEUTENANT HENKEL PERMIT PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN 1973, WHEN, WHERE HE REMAINED IN PATROL FOR 22 YEARS, BECAUSE HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNIFORM DIVISION.
AT ONE TIME, LIEUTENANT HENKEL WAS THE MOST DECORATED POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY RECEIVING OVER 200 AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS IN 1993, HE WAS ONE OF 18 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE SELECTED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RECEIVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PROFESSIONALISM.
LIEUTENANT HENKEL RETIRED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 1995 AND DEVOTED MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
HE ALSO GAVE UNSELFISHNESS UNSELFISHLY OF HIMSELF TO OTHERS EACH AND EVERY DAY OF HIS CAREER.
HE REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS ASSEMBLE OF WHAT A GREAT OFFICERS SHOULD BE.
COURAGEOUS KIND, HONORABLE, HUMBLE PRINCIPLED WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION TO PRESENT THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD TO THE CADET WHO BEST EXEMPLIFIES THESE CHARACTERISTICS AS AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT MICHAEL MONROE, SERGEANT MONROE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
FIRST WE'D LIKE TO THANK LIEUTENANT STEVENSON COMMANDER
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SPANGLER FOR GIVING ME THIS HONOR.UM, IT'S JUST A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY, YOU DESERVE TO BE SITTING THERE AND YOU DESERVE THIS DAY WITH THAT BEING SAID, I PRESENT THE LIEUTENANT ERNIE HINKLE COMMUNITARIAN AWARD TOO.
AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO NEED THAT THIS VANESSA
OUR NEXT AWARD IS THAT OF HONOR CADET WHO IS CHOSEN BY THE TRAINING STAFF AS A CADET WHO BEST EXEMPLIFIES A COMBINATION OF SKILLS AND QUALITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM INITIATIVE, HARD WORK, DEPENDABILITY, AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR HONOR, CADET, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME LIEUTENANT EVE STEPHENS, LIEUTENANT STEVENS AT THE END OF EVERY CADET CLASS AND EVERY ACADEMY CLASS.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF NINE AWARDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE CADETS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK.
SEVEN OF THOSE AWARDS WE GAVE YESTERDAY ON CAMPUS TO THOSE CADETS.
TWO OF THE AWARDS WE DO AT GRADUATION, THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD AND THE HONOR CADET AWARD, THE HONOR CADET AWARD IS THE ONLY AWARD WHERE THE CADET TRAINING INSTRUCTORS VOTE FOR THE RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE HONOR CADET AWARD TO CARLOS RODRIGUEZ.
DON'T
UH, IT TRULY IS, UH, NOTHING MORE THAN A TESTAMENT, UH, THAN TO YOUR WORKLOAD TO YOUR INDEED YOUR INTEGRITY AND HONOR, UH, THAT YOU HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR THESE SEVERAL CADETS IN THIS CLASS WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE AND THERE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT, UH, THAT ONE STOOD ABOVE THE REST.
IT'S NOW MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE CHIEF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF BRIAN MANLEY HAS BEEN WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1990 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN HIS 30 YEARS WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE HAS SERVED AND SUPERVISED IN MANY AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING PATROL NARCOTICS, CHILD ABUSE, HOMICIDE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, SPECIAL OPS AND HOMELAND SECURITY AND RECRUITING AND TRAINING.
ADDITIONALLY, HE LED A DELEGATION OF AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS TO THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN WASHINGTON, DC.
HE HAS COMMANDED A GROUP OF SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM OFFICERS ON A DEPLOYMENT TO EUSTON TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE IKE AND HAS ATTENDED THE SENIOR COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS SEMINAR AND ISRAEL, CHIEF MANLEY EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IN 1992, MAJORING IN FINANCE, HE EARNED HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS DEGREE FROM ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY AND AUSTIN IN 2004 AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY, 2004, OUTSTANDING MASTER OF SCIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS GRADUATE.
AFTER GRADUATING CHIEF MANLEY WENT ON TO SERVE AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AND THE ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FORENSICS PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS, HE WAS AWARDED THE SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL AND SCIENCES 2012.
OUTSTANDING ADJUNCT AWARD IS A GRADUATE OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT
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INSTITUTE FOR POLICE AND IS CERTIFIED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN 2009, CHIEF MANLEY WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 WORLD'S GREATEST LEADERS BY FORBES MAGAZINE.IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PLEASE WELCOME AUSTIN CHIEF OF POLICE, BRIAN MANLEY.
I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY LONGER JOURNEY THAN IT REALLY WAS, BUT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU SUCCEEDED AND I AM PROUD TO BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH YOU TODAY.
IT IS MY HONOR TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY, THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR CAREER, NOT KNOWING WHAT LIES AHEAD OF YOU, BUT TODAY BEGINS YOUR LEGACY TODAY BEGINS WHO YOU WILL BE AS AN OFFICER AND YOUR CAREER OF SERVICE TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S REWARDING TO LOOK OUT HERE AT THE FUTURE OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KNOW THAT THOSE OF US THAT ARE ON THE STAGE THAT ARE NEARING THE END OF OUR CAREERS ARE LEAVING IT IN THE HANDS OF CAPABLE, COMPETENT, PREPARED, COMPASSIONATE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WILL TAKE THE HELM.
WHEN WE LEAVE STANDING HERE TODAY, I KNOW EACH OF YOU IS BOUND TO DO AMAZING THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF YOU WILL SAVE A LIFE AND YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IN THAT MOMENT THAT YOU SAVED THAT LIFE.
ALL OF YOU AT SOME POINT WILL SAVE A LIFE OR FOREVER CHANGE A LIFE, BUT YOU MAY NEVER KNOW.
YOU WILL ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DURING YOUR CAREER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SOMEONE IN THEIR WORST MOMENT.
AND TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, SOME OF YOU WILL MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE IN A MOMENT AND AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT ALL OF YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.
IN THIS TIME WHERE AMERICAN POLICING IS UNDERGOING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY, AND WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PROFESSION, MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF OUR ACTIONS, WHERE POSSIBLE, AND TO ELIMINATE THE DISPARITIES AND BUILD TRUST AMONG ALL THAT WE SERVE, YOU WILL PLAY THE PIVOTAL ROLE.
EVERY INTERACTION YOU HAVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD TRUST IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
EVERY ENCOUNTER YOU HAVE WILL MOVE THAT NEEDLE OF PUBLIC TRUST, ENSURED THAT THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE, MOVE THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WELL, THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR PROFESSION.
IT'S ALSO AN EXCITING TIME BECAUSE YOU WILL BE THE GENERATION TO DEFINE THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLICING.
YOU WILL PUSH OUR PROFESSION TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
YOU WILL DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE METHODS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, TO SOLVE CRIME AND TO PROVIDE SAFETY.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST AND LEGITIMACY IN THIS PROFESSION.
REMEMBER THAT FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, YOU WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
YOUR ACTIONS WILL BE JUDGED BY MANY ON A DAILY BASIS.
STAY TRUE TO YOUR CHARACTER FOR THAT'S WHY WE HIRED YOU STAY TRUE TO THE CANONS OF OUR PROFESSIONS, SUCH AS TRUTH AND INTEGRITY FOR THERE.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND STAY TRUE TO YOUR TRAINING FOR THAT WILL SAVE YOU MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD, YOU ARE ALL WOMEN AND MEN OF CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.
IF NOT, YOU WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE TODAY, BUT IN DISCUSSING INTEGRITY, I THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO BE MADE.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE TAKEN FROM US IN OUR LIFETIME, BUT YOUR INTEGRITY IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
IT IS YOURS ALONE, AND YOU MUST GUARD THAT AS YOU DO YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR INTEGRITY, YOU HAVE NO ROLE IN THIS PROFESSION.
REMEMBER TO NEVER TAKE A DOLLAR THAT WAS NOT EARNED AND NEVER TAKE AN OFFICIAL ACT BASED ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL APPLICATION OF THE LAW, YOUR TESTIMONY WILL WEIGH HEAVY IN THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
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SO YOUR WORD MUST ALWAYS BE TRUE.AND ABOVE REPROACH, YOU ARE ENTERING A CAREER WHILE YOU WILL RUN IN.
WHILE OTHERS RUN OUT, YOU WILL REIGN STOIC WHILE OTHERS CRY.
YOU WILL BE PATIENT WHILE OTHERS AGITATE AND CALM WHILE OTHERS ANGER, BUT YOU WILL HURT.
YOU WILL BLEED AND YOU WILL GRIEVE.
YOU MUST BE SURE NOT TO LOSE YOUR HUMANITY ALONG THE WAY, WITH EVERYTHING YOU EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU ARE WITH THAT PERSON IN THEIR WORST MOMENT, MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
YOU WILL HAVE A LOT ASKED OF YOU.
YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON TO BE A COUNSELOR, AN ADVOCATE, AND A CONFIDANT.
YOU WILL PERFORM HEROIC ACTS THAT WILL SAVE LIVES, BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE LIVES TAKEN IN HORRIFIC WAYS.
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE BOTH THE BEST AND THE WORST IN HUMANITY.
THINGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH FROM THE DEPTHS OF YOUR GUT AND ACHE TO THE CORE OF YOUR SOUL.
AND AT TIMES YOU MAY EXPERIENCE BOTH DURING THE SAME SHIFT.
REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATION ON MONDAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING AN INVENTORY OF WHO YOU ARE TODAY, YOU ARE THE WE HIRED AS YOU SIT TODAY, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FAITH, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR HOBBIES, AND YOUR INTERESTS, AND THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF PERIODICALLY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T STRAYED TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE PERSON YOU ARE AT YOUR CORE TODAY.
IT'S A GIFT THAT YOU'LL GIVE YOURSELF SO THAT YOU DON'T LOSE YOURSELF IN THIS PROFESSION.
STAY CLOSE TO YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, AND YOUR FAITH, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THE HANDS THAT HELP STURDY YOU.
WHEN YOU TREMBLE TO LIFT YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AND THAT EMBRACE YOU WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO ASK FOR HELP.
AND REMEMBER, IT'S OKAY TO ASK.
IT'S OKAY TO ASK, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SELECTED A CAREER THAT IS MANY THINGS, BUT EASY IS NOT.
ONE OF THEM ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE YOUR ANCHOR FOR, THEY WERE WITH YOU BEFORE YOU ENTER THIS PROFESSION.
THEY WERE WITH YOU DURING YOUR TRAINING.
THEY WILL STAND WITH YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, AND THEY WILL BE WITH YOU LONG AFTER YOU COMPLETE YOUR SERVICE.
AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE FAMILIES.
I KNOW COMMANDER SPANGLER ADDRESSED YOU ALL EARLIER, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THE SAME BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TRUSTED YOUR LOVED ONES TO US AS A CITY AND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF CONCERN THAT THAT MUST GIVE GIVEN THE PROFESSION THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN, BUT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREPARE THEM AND THEY ARE READY, OR THEY WOULD NOT BE SITTING BEFORE US HERE TODAY.
WE WILL STAND WITH THEM THROUGH THEIR CAREER, GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK YOU DID, EITHER RAISING THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO BE THE PEOPLE OF CHARACTER THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY HAVE A HEART TO SERVE, AND THEY'VE CHOSEN TO SERVE HERE OR THAT YOU'VE SUPPORTED THEM ALONG THE WAY.
SO MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL FOR RAISING SUCH FINE MEN AND WOMEN AND ENTRUSTING THEM TO US BACK TO THE SOON TO BE OFFICERS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER IS STEEPED WITH TRADITION.
AND IT'S OFTEN TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS THAT INCLUDE HONOR VALOR, STRENGTH, CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, AND SACRIFICE LIVE EVERY DAY OF YOUR CAREER.
THESE VALUES AND HONORING THE SACRIFICES OF SO MANY WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU HAVING MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, NEVER DO ANYTHING TO DISHONOR THEIR SERVICE OR THEIR SACRIFICE PERIODICALLY VISIT THE TEXAS PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE STATE CAPITOL.
AND WHILE ON THOSE HALLOWED GROUNDS, REMEMBER THE OATH.
YOU WILL SWEAR TODAY AS YOU RUN YOUR HANDS ALONG THE GRANITE WALLS
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AND FEEL THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN ENGRAVED FOR ALL TIMES, NAMES OF THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US IN THIS LIFE, BUT WHO LOOK UPON US FROM THE NEXT AND BE PROUD.YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF WORTHY TO SERVE, BUT BE HUMBLE IN YOUR SERVICE.
IT WAS A LONG ROAD TO GET HERE TODAY.
A ROAD FILLED WITH DEDICATION, HARD WORK, SWEAT, BLOOD TEARS, AND LIKELY A FEW LAUGHS ALONG THE WAY, ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT YOUR TRAINING CHALLENGED YOU PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, BECAUSE THIS JOB WILL CHALLENGE YOU IN THOSE SAME WAYS.
YOUR TRAINING HAS PREPARED YOU FOR THE RIGORS OF THIS PROFESSION, BUT YOU MUST DO YOUR PART AND FOLLOW YOUR TRAINING.
WELL, THIS IS A CAREER WHERE HAVING A BAD DAY CAN MEAN NOT GOING HOME.
AGAIN, ALWAYS REMEMBER FEAR IS A REACTION.
BE COURAGEOUS IN YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS REQUIRED BY OUR I CARE VALUES.
AND REMEMBER COURAGE COMES IN MANY FORMS, INCLUDING THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL DECISION.
ALWAYS MUCH OF YOUR TRAINING WAS SPENT LEARNING HOW TO USE ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU WILL WEAR ON YOUR SAM BROWN, AROUND YOUR WAIST, YOUR FIREARM, YOUR BATON, YOUR PEPPER SPRAY, BUT NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE TWO MOST VALUABLE TOOLS YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
YOUR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TO THINK THROUGH THE SITUATION YOU ARE IN AND YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
AS THESE CAN OFTEN BRING TENSE SITUATIONS TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION.
WHILE YOU MAY DRIVE VEHICLES THAT ARE BLACK AND WHITE, YOU WILL OFTEN OPERATE IN AREAS THAT ARE GRAY AREAS, WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE AN OBVIOUS RIGHT ANSWER IN THOSE MOMENTS, YOU MUST RELY ON YOUR TRAINING, BUT ALSO UPON YOUR COMMON SENSE IN GOOD JUDGMENT SIGN, STILL HANGS IN OUR ACADEMY CLASSROOM FOR A REASON.
AND THOSE ARE THE SKILLS THAT WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.
AT TIMES YOU WILL DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE HAVING BAD MOMENTS OR ENGAGED IN BAD CONDUCT.
BUT REMEMBER THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM BAD PEOPLE, BE SURE YOU ALWAYS PACK YOUR EMPATHY IN YOUR GEAR BAG BECAUSE YOU WILL BE DEALING WITH THE HUMAN CONDITION, WHICH IS IMPERFECT.
YOUR INTERVENTION MAY PROVIDE THAT PERSON WITH A NEW BEGINNING.
AS WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ON MONDAY DURING YOUR CAREER, YOU WILL TAKE AWAY THINGS FROM PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS OF TERRIBLE ABUSE.
YOU MAY TAKE AWAY CHILDREN'S IN SITUATIONS THAT MANDATE AND ARREST, YOU WILL TAKE AWAY FREEDOM.
BUT IN MY 30 YEARS OF POLICING, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE AWAY.
SOMEONE'S DIGNITY, TREAT ALL WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING IN KIND.
AND REMEMBER YOU ARE THE TRAINED PROFESSIONAL IN EVERY INTERACTION YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SERVE.
AND ONE OF THE LEADING POLICE AGENCIES IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY, AND YOU HAVE SHOWN YOURSELVES WORTHY OF WEARING THE BADGE OF AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER.
WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES IT.
AND OUR PROFESSION DEMANDS IT.
THE NAME ON YOUR BADGE SAYS, WHO HIRED YOU? AND THE NAME ON YOUR NAME PLATE SAYS, WHO RAISED YOU MAKE SURE YOUR ACTIONS ALWAYS HONOR THEM.
THERE ARE MANY VALUES TIED TO OUR PROFESSION, INCLUDING JUSTICE HONOR, DUTY, MERCY, HOPE.
REMEMBER YOU ARE THE PROTECTOR AND DEFENDER OF EACH OF THESE VALUES.
YOU ARE NOT THE DISPENSERS OF JUSTICE, BUT YOU ARE SERVANTS TO IT ALWAYS STRIVE TO INSPIRE OTHERS.
BY THE EXAMPLE YOU SET CLOSING POPE FRANCIS RECENTLY STATED THE FOLLOWING RIVERS DO NOT DRINK THEIR OWN WATER.
TREES DO NOT EAT THEIR OWN FRUIT.
THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE ON ITSELF AND FLOWERS DO NOT SPREAD THEIR FRAGRANCE FOR THEMSELVES.
AS A RULE OF NATURE, WE ARE ALL
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BORN TO HELP EACH OTHER.NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, LIFE IS GOOD WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY BUT MUCH BETTER WHEN OTHERS ARE HAPPY BECAUSE OF YOU BE THAT PERSON WHO BRINGS HAPPINESS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, THROUGH YOUR SERVICE.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE BADGE WITH WHICH YOU WERE ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED SHOULD ALWAYS BE WORN WITH COURAGE, RESPECT, HUMILITY, YOUR ACTIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER WILL BE A REFLECTION OF THAT.
BATCH YOUR CHARACTER AND OUR DEPARTMENT WEAR THIS BADGE WITH PRIDE, DEFEND IT WITH HONOR AND ALWAYS SEE IT AS A SYMBOL OF THE SACRED TRUST BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.
CORPORAL RAMOS, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US ON STAGE? AS I ANNOUNCED THE NAMES FOR THE 140 THIRD CADET CLASS, EACH CADET, AND THE PERSON SELECTED TO ACCOMPANY THEM WILL COME FORWARD ONTO THE STAGE FOR THE BADGE PENDING FOR THE FAMILY.
AS YOU SEE THEM LINING UP ON STAGE SHALOM ALVAREZ, PENNING OFFICER ALVAREZ, BADGE IS HIS MOTHER MARUCCI ALVAREZ ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER FRANCISCO ALVAREZ.
OFFICER CRA ASHCROFT'S BADGE IS HIS GIRLFRIEND GABRIELLE GEAR.
HIS BADGE IS HIS WIFE, GINA BORIS, AND HIS SONS THOMAS AND ATLAS
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CHASE ROPER BROWN PINNING OFFICER BROWN'S BADGE IS HIS MOTHER, STEPHANIE AND HIS FATHER, GREG
BADGE IS HIS WIFE, SARAH
KAREN
BADGE IS HIS WIFE, VICTORIA AND HIS DAUGHTER ZELDA
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MATTHEWPENDING OFFICER DALEY'S BADGE IS HIS MOTHER KAY BELK AND HIS FATHER DARNELL DAILY, SR
JUSTIN CHRISTIAN, DINA PENDING OFFICER DINA'S BADGE IS HIS WIFE, KAREN AND HIS DAUGHTER LILY
SARAH M DOS PENDING OFFICER DOSSES BADGE IS HER FRIEND, JOHN HOLLAND.
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THE FEE BIG PENDING OFFICER FEE BADGE IS HIS MOTHER MELINDA AND HIS FATHER DAVID
KATE AARON HAGEMEYER PENDING OFFICER HAGEMEYER BADGE IS HER MOTHER NANCY ERIE.
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LESLIE
THIS IS HER GIRLFRIEND, COURTNEY DEAL, HER MOTHER TERRY BROCK AND HER FATHER MARK MORRIS
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DYLAN PEDEA PENDING OFFICER PADILLA'S BADGE IS HIS BROTHER DAVID PADILLA, THE THIRD, HIS MOTHER ROBERTA FATHER DAVID AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, DARLENE TRANNICK RECALLED A OFFICER RECALL DAYS.
BADGE WILL BE PINNED ON BY HIS WIFE, JAB C AND HIS DAUGHTER, ELENA
BADGE IS HIS GIRLFRIEND AUBRIANNA BRUNER
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HIS WIFE, NICOLE AND HIS MOTHER.KAY
ERIC
A SIGNS PINNING OFFICER'S SIGNS, BAD
PENDING OFFICER SERRATUS BADGE IS HIS WIFE, BERNICE, HIS MOTHER, YVETTE LONGORIA, AND HIS SON LANDON SERATO.
NICK PENDING OFFICER SWISSNEX BADGE IS HER HUSBAND, COLIN, LOGAN, AND HER MOTHER, MARY
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YOU SAVE, YOU HAVE ARGUS AND HIS FATHER SILVANO ARGUS
CHIEF MANLEY WILL YOU NOW COME AND ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE CLASS ONE 43.
PLEASE STAY, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME.
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DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM ALL DUTIES.INCUMBENT UPON ME AS A POLICE OFFICER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY, MY ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE EXECUTED WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL TO THE DEMANDS FOR TRUTH AND HONESTY AS ESTABLISHED BY MY PROFESSION AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL BE PROFESSIONAL IN ALL REGARDS RESPECT AND OBEY MY SENIORS IN RANK AND ENFORCE THE LAW WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATION.
I WILL DEVOTE MY EFFORTS AND SKILLS TO THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF POLICING AND TO THE SERVICE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDIVIDUALS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I WILL ASSIST THOSE IN PERIL AND DISTRESS, AND IF NECESSARY, LAY DOWN MY LIFE RATHER THAN SWERVE FROM THE PATH OF DUTY, CONGRATULATIONS CLASS ONE 43
IT'S NOT IN THE SCRIPT AND Y'ALL DIDN'T PRACTICE IT, BUT I GET TO DO THAT.
THIS IS ALSO A SPECIAL GRADUATION FOR US AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE YOU ALL REPRESENT THE LAST CADET CLASS.
WELL GRADUATE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMANDER, MARK SPANGLER, MARK, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
MARK WILL BE RETIRED NEXT YEAR.
I HOPE I DIDN'T SHORT TO ANY THERE.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A 35 YEAR CAREER MARK HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DID NOT WANT TO LET THIS DAY PASS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
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IN PREPARING THESE CADETS FOR THEIR SERVICE WILL CARRY ON.THAT'S NOT AN EASY JOB AND YOU HAVE DONE IT WELL.
AND SO I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE AND I WILL READ IT SAYS AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, MARK SPANGLER, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, RECRUITING AND TRAINING COMMAND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP 462 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BECOME AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS, YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND YOUR SPIRIT WILL CARRY ON IN APD FOR DECADES TO COME THROUGH THEIR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR BUILDING THE FINEST OFFICERS IN THE NATION WITH TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE DATED OCTOBER 23RD IN THE YEAR 2020
AND I'LL ASK COMMANDER, SPANGLER, LET'S SAY A FEW WORDS.
WELL, HERE'S THE TISSUE TRULY THIS DAY IS ABOUT THE 42 IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT AS I HAVE GIVEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALONG WITH THE OTHER 462 THAT CAME BEFORE, IT WAS NOT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THOSE AROUND ME, I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT PEERS, WITHOUT STAFF, WITHOUT THE TRUE LEADERSHIP THAT THESE OFFICERS BRING FORWARD EVERY DAY TO THIS, TO THIS AREA, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVES, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE CLOSE TO HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER AS AN ORGANIZATION, 35 YEARS, IT GOES BY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION EVERY DAY, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
GOD HAS PLACED YOU IN THIS, IN THIS MOMENT FOR A REASON AND FOR A PURPOSE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO CHIEF MANLEY, THANKS TO, UH, CITY MANAGER, KRONK, THANKS TO MAYOR ADLER.
THANK YOU TO MY STAFF, THE OFFICERS, AND MY PEERS FOR THIS HONOR.
AND IT TRULY HAS BEEN AN HONOR.
NOW I GOTTA FINISH THIS UP ON BEHALF OF THE RECRUITING AND TRAINING STAFF AND THE ENTIRE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AUSTIN'S NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS.
MY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT MADE THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S CEREMONY OFFICER EASILY AS YOUR LAST OFFICIAL ACT AS CLASS PRESIDENT, WILL YOU PLEASE DISMISS THESE OFFICERS?
PLEASE BE SAFE AND PLEASE BE HEALTHY.