Submitted by Olympia/Thurston County Crime Stoppers
Olympia/Thurston County Crime Stoppers just made a trip to the music capitol of the south. Four board members took a trip down to Austin Texas for the annual Crime Stoppers USA Training Conference. While there members were able to take three days of classes and network with other members of Crime Stoppers organizations from all over the United States and Canada.
The conference’s main focus is to provide new and innovative ways to improve our Crime Stoppers program here in Thurston County. “Olympia/Thurston County has an awesome group of individuals who I am proud to be associated with,” shares Chair Robbi Wright. “Attending the CS USA Conference allows us to network with other CS organizations and law enforcement throughout the United States.” Classes taken ranged from successful tip taking and social media to representatives from Washington D.C. providing information on protecting communities from all types of fraud.
Members had fun enjoying all that Austin offered including walking Lady Bird Lake, listening to live music at night time activities, and watching over a million bats come out of the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk.
A food challenge was taken at Threadgill’s to see who could eat the biggest chicken fried steak – only one finished to tell the tale. Myrle Carner from Washington’s Most Wanted was honored with the Crime Stoppers USA Coordinator of the Year. It was privilege to meet him and everyone learned so much from him.
The whole team came back from the conference excited to implement all the new knowledge they learned into the Crime Stopper’s Program. Hopefully this year will be the most successful year yet for Olympia/Thurston Crime Stopper’s. Make sure you all check our web calendar to see the new and exciting events going on.
