The Annual meeting of the Police Training Institute Alumni Association was held on February 27, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. at the Peoria Police Department. Mr. Tom Burke called the meeting to order.

Attendance:

Tom Burke
Melissa Miner
Mike Button
Jim Hagearty

Jim Gentry
Al Clark
Freda Heflin
Lois Welling

Additions or Corrections to Agenda

There were no additions or corrections to the agenda of the meeting.

Approval of Minutes

Jim Hagearty made motion to approve the minutes of the April 15, 2000 Annual meeting. Jim Gentry seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.

Reports

Treasurer's Report

Melissa Miner reported that the account balance of the Police Training Institute Alumni Association is approximately $20,696.00. Mrs. Miner also reported that the Summary of Accounts budget has not changed.

Mike Button made motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Jim Gentry seconded the motion. The Treasurer's Report was approved.

Secretary's Report

Membership Update

There are 442 members of the PTI Alumni Association. In 2000, the Association collected $1,930.00 in Life and Active membership dues.

Cop Shop

Sales for 2000 were $57.543.00 total year / with an average of $4,795.00 per month. January 2001 sales were $4,953.00. Graduation sales for 2000 were $5,100.00 total year / with an average of $638.00 per graduation. Class T-Shirt and Photo sales were $14,744.00. Target sales were $2,919.00.

Mike Button made motion to accept the Secretary's Report. Lois Welling seconded the motion. The Secretary's Report was approved.

Old Business

The participants of the 2001 British Exchange will be leaving on April 19 and returning on May 6. Participants include Sgt. Ron Shipp of Peoria PD, Sgt. Alan Stoeckel of Palatine Police Department, Officer Steve Trame of U of I Police Department, Sgt. Albert Ekstrom of NIU Police Department, Sgt. Fred Ortiz of Bartlett Police Department and Sgt. Kurt Rutz of Vernon Hills Police Department.
Social Committee

The members discussed the outcome of the Regional Training Conference held today at the Peoria Police Department. All members felt that the conference was a success and would like to hold a Conference every 2 months in a different region. Lois Welling suggested asking the MTU's on which region to go to next. Mike Button commented that Racial Profiling is a good topic at this time because so many departments are scared of what could happen. Al Clark suggested involving participants in a practical during the conference. Another suggestion was to show a video during the time the group has lunch. Jim Gentry commented that Mike Zopf was an excellent speaker on this topic. Lois Welling and Freda Heflin will work on setting up the next conference to be held sometime in April.

Mike Button made motion to accept the Old Business. Jim Gentry seconded the motion. The Old Business was approved.

New Business

Freda Heflin stated that the production of the 2001-2002 PTI Catalog is in process. There will be a page on the Alumni Association, Cop Shop and the PTI Targets inserted in the catalog. Information on the Board members will also be included in the catalog.

Freda Heflin stated that Sherry Holzner of PTI is in the process of working on the PTI Web Page. Ms. Holzner will be revamping the Alumni Association section of the web page. New features to be added to the Alumni page will be as follows:

Ø Minutes of all Alumni meetings will be posted.
Ø Executive Board members contact information.
Ø Section on Training and Conferences.
Ø Online catalog of the Cop Shop.
Ø Bulletin board.
Ø Information on the British Exchange.

Mrs. Heflin commented that if anyone had other suggestions for the Web page to please let her know as soon as possible so they could be added.

Jim Gentry made motion to accept the New Business. Jim Hagearty seconded the motion. The New Business was approved.

Comments for the Good of the Order

Mike Button stated that he was glad to see that the Alumni Association was able to hold its first Regional Training Conference.

Motion to adjourn at 2:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by: Freda Heflin, Secretary