Region 17 of the United States Section of the International Police Association was chartered on May 8, 1976 as the seventeenth region to be formed within the United States. Today, the region has about 200 members in Colorado and 18 in Wyoming. The members represent more than 40 Colorado law enforcement agencies, 5 Wyoming agencies, and 9 federal agencies. Members who have retired from law enforcement agencies from outside of Colorado and Wyoming represent 22 different agencies from 11 states.
As is the custom with IPA Sections and Regions throughout the world, visitors are welcome to our region, and will be greeted warmly. Language won't usually be a problem here! Our visitors will find regional members, or their spouses, who can sign in sign language for the deaf, and our international visitors with limited English language skills will find that, collectively, we speak 17 different foreign languages: Dutch, Flemish, French, Gaelic, German, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Portugese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Visayan.
Region 17 President Donn Kraemer (Lakewood Police Department)
Region 17 1st Vice President Rich Resling (Colorado Springs Police Department, retired)
Region 17 2nd Vice President Dick Gearke (Lakewood Police Department)
Region 17 Secretary Dick Tobin (Adams County S.O., Ret.)
Region 17 Treasurer Eric Hartsough (Colorado DoR, Auto Industry Division)
Region 17 NDC Representative Dave Remley (Denver PD, Retired)
Constable Newsletter Editor John Thelen (San Francisco PD, Retired)
Are you receiving your e-mailed copies of The Constable? The extensively revised attractive format is now being presented in color and distributed via e-mail in Adobe Reader format (.pdf files). Thanks to editor John Thelen for for these splendid changes. If you are not receiving your e-mailed copies, you need to ensure that (1) your dues are paid and current, and (2) that the region always has a working and current e-mail address for you.
General Membership dinner meetings are held on Saturday evenings in even-numbered months.
Planned Meetings or Events:
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 11:30 am. Monthly lunch meeting. TNT Cafe in Morrison.
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 4:45 pm. Mark Your Calendars for A Dinner With A Taste of ‘Nawlins’, at NoNo’s Café, in Littleton. Space will be limited and details will be forthcoming! For more information on the venue, check out their menu at: www.nonoscafe.com.
Here are just a few events of National and International interest, but in the future, we'll try to add some events of broad interest sponsored by other U.S. Regions.
Your Web page editor only selects a few events to list here; be sure to visit the IPA United States Section Website for more information on upcoming events.
Region 17 Travel
Visit Region 17's Colorado-Wyoming Travel Page.
Send change of address notifications by mail or e-mail to Region 17 Secretary Dick Tobin. For privacy reasons, his address is not given here, but is available in the mailed membership newsletters.
IPA, International Administration Centre (International Headquarters)
IPA Cypress, Famagusta Region
IPA Poland
IPA Slovenia
Are you not a member yet, but interested in joining? If you are a current employee of a civilian law enforcement agency in Colorado or Wyoming, we'd love to have you. If you are retired from a civilian law enforcement agency anywhere and are now living in Colorado or Wyoming, we'd love to have you, too! Follow this link for an application form. Follow the instructions provided and either return your paper application by mail, along with your check for $25 to the address provided on the form.
