ASSIST - Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas

3300 Bee Caves Road · Suite 650-119 · Austin, TX 78746 · Phone (832) 274-1079

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Fallen Officers
Fund

Goal $150,000

Currently:
$61,205.53

• Donations
• Disbursements

THE ASSIST BOARD

President
Bob Burt

Exec. Vice President
Walt Roberts

Vice President
Alan Trevino

State Treasurer
Denise Nicholson

State Secretary
Michael McGregor

Regions Coordinator
Susan Griswold

Past President
Dan Flores

Central Texas Region President
Charlie Deckert

El Paso Region President
Jessie Ruelas

Gulf Coast Region President
Ruben Amaya

North Texas Region President
Kathy McReynolds

Rio Grande Valley Region President
Jaime Ochoa

South Texas Alamo Region President
James Prock

News & Events Committee Chairman
Dave Scepanski

Member Services Director
Lauren Oakley

Webmaster
Dave Scepanski

Home

Emergencies/Disasters - Companies Available
Updated Jul-29-10

By-Laws - Ethics - Mission
Updated Mar-28-06

ASSIST Board Minutes
Updated Aug-11-10

ASSIST Board Members
Updated Jul-29-10

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ASSIST REGIONS:
• CENTRAL TEXAS
• EL PASO
• GULF COAST
• NORTH TEXAS
• RIO GRANDE VALLEY
• SOUTH TEXAS ALAMO

History of ASSIST
Updated Feb-1-06

Assault Against a Security Officer
Updated Jun-9-10

Fallen Officers Fund
Updated Jun-9-10

Companies Operating Illegally
Coming Soon

Managing Security Today
Updated May-17-10

Lobbyist for ASSIST
Updated Jun-9-10

Past Conventions
Updated Feb-25-10

Help Wanted
Updated Apr-25-06

Texas Mutual Insurance
Updated Dec-27-04

Lifetime Members
Updated Oct-7-09

Honorary Members
Updated Oct-8-04

Online Member Database

Articles & Press Releases
Updated Jun-9-10

ASSIST MEMBERSHIP

Member Services

Who Has the Trophy?

Dave's Corner
Updated Aug-25-09

Discussion Board

LEAPS Chapters:
-Dallas
-El Paso
-Houston (Coming Soon)

Helpful Links
Updated Jan-14-06

The Director's View

Cliff Grumbles, Executive Director TCPS

News From the State

For quite some time now I have been happy to hear from members of the security profession in Texas about ideas to “raise the bar” for security professionals. The ideas and actions that have been expressed show the desire to provide the citizens of Texas with security services of high quality by dedicated and professional individuals. Also, it seems that the security profession is developing a “zero tolerance” for members who habitually break the “rules” or practice unethical behavior. These are positive things that are happening and I believe will pay dividends in the future to those who continue to look for ways to improve their services and increase their knowledge.

I want to take this opportunity to, again, request company owners and qualified managers to take an active roll in the education of their employees about the Private Security Act (Chapter 1702 Texas Occupations Code) and the Board Rules. We continue to get calls from individual registrants with questions I know could be answered by their company’s licensed manager. While we have no problem answering their questions, understand that with our present staffing situation, each telephone call takes a person away from application processing.

Another area that will have mutual benefits is to be sure your personnel that handle applications are trained in the proper manner of application submission, including the proper fee structure. An incomplete application or wrong fee will result in delays in your receiving pocket cards and greatly slows our process. The added steps to handle an incomplete application requires time that reduces the efficiency of our data entry and license techs. Taking a little extra time to review an application prior to submission can save us time and expedite our response to your applications.

There are exciting times ahead for the security profession in Texas. Participate in the many educational opportunities that are being developed. You will benefit yourself and the citizens of Texas.

Cliff Grumbles
Texas Board of Private Security

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