Criminal Justice students from The Academy of Irving ISD competed at regional Texas Public Safety Association (TPSA) competition January 31 in Arlington.
Students participated in 24 events designed to test students’ skills related to criminal justice and law enforcement duties. TPSA is an organization designed to serve instructors in Texas who are teaching in the occupational fields of law, public safety, corrections and security. This is the first year for Academy criminal justice students to attend the TPSA regional competition, and participation helped prepare students for regional SkillsUSA competition February 20-21 at Texas State Technical College in Waco.
Academy students earned a total of seven first place awards, four second place awards and four third place awards. For more information about TPSA regional competition, access http://texaspublicsafetyeducators.org.
TPSA state competition is April 16-18 at Texas State University in San Marcos.
List of students:
1st Place Winners |
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Seslie Rico - Incident Report Writing
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DeShavia Patterson - Team Obstacle Course, Female Obstacle Course
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Matt Carroll - Team Obstacle Course
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Maclovio Martinez - Team Obstacle Course
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Michelle Barrera - Team Obstacle Course
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Enrique Morado - Building Search
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Taylor Jones - Building Search
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Rosemary Henriquez - Forensics
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Kimberly Cole - Forensics
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Isabel Mendoza - Forensics
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Jessica Munoz - Opening Statement
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Taylor Jones - Traffic Stop
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2nd Place Winners |
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Enrique Morado - Felony Stop
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Taylor Jones - Felony Stop
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Chris Cantu - Traffic Accident Report, Defensive Tactics
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DeShavia Patterson - Defensive Tactics
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Veronica Mentado - Fingerprinting
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3rd Place Winners |
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Ailen Renteria - Brain Bowl
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Chris Cantu - Brain Bowl
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Erica Soto - Brain Bowl
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Veronica Mentado - Brain Bowl
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Elizabeth Garcia - Criminal Incident
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Ricardo Ordaz - Criminal Incident
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Nick Kammerer - Incident Report
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Adam Caraway - Criminal Case Analysis
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Nick Kammerer - Criminal Case Analysis
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