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Police impact team members introduced
By Tom Munds
At the Oct. 19 city council meeting, Englewood Police Chief Tom Vandermee introduced Perry Schellpfeffer, Joel Jose, Chad Read and Matt Mander, who have been selected as impact team members .
“We had an impact team from 1995 until 2003. They were highly successful working to resolve neighborhood issues, patrolling the parks and furthering the goal of community policing,” the police chief said. “They were out in the community daily and were a very visible image of the police working with the people of Englewood. They were a valuable asset to our community and we are glad we will soon again have an impact team.”
Vandermee told the council the four team members will remain at their present duties until their replacement are trained. He said they will take up team duties full time right after the first of the year.
The chief said, although they are still assigned to the current duties, he has already asked the impact team members to find time to work on a couple of neighborhood issues.
The announcement completes several years of effort to restore the team. It finally was accomplished thanks to Englewood’s successful application for a federal grant to law-enforcement agencies.
The money, almost $1 million over three years, enabled Englewood to hire four new officers which will fill the vacancies that will be created when the four veteran officers are assigned to the impact team full time.
“I am happy I am still on the council when the impact team is restored,” Councilmember John Moore said with a smile. “Everyone agreed the impact team was a valuable asset to the city and to our residents. The council has tried every year to find the money to restore the team but the dollars just weren’t available. I am glad the federal grant provided the money so we will soon have an impact team again.”
Vandermee said the selection process for team members began in late September. Fifteen Englewood officers were candidates for the positions.
“All the candidates were well qualified and they all had a good working knowledge of code enforcement, community policing and problem solving,” the chief said.
Shellpfeffer joined the Englewood Police Department in 1992 and was a member of the original impact team. He has been a patrol officer and currently is the graffiti investigator and liason with Neighborhood Watch, duties that remain with him when he moved to the team.
Jose joined Englewood as a patrol officer in October 2000. He is a field training officer, crime scene investigator and hostage negotiator. He, too, will retain some of his duties when he joins the impact team.
Read came to Englewood from the sheriff’s department in Boone County, Ill., where he formed a nonprofit organization called Angels’ Wings to assist young men and women who have lost their parents. He joined Englewood Police Department in 2006.
Mandar was a student officer for the Colorado State University Campus Police and created a bike patrol on campus. He joined the Englewood department in June 2007.
“We had an impact team from 1995 until 2003. They were highly successful working to resolve neighborhood issues, patrolling the parks and furthering the goal of community policing,” the police chief said. “They were out in the community daily and were a very visible image of the police working with the people of Englewood. They were a valuable asset to our community and we are glad we will soon again have an impact team.”
Vandermee told the council the four team members will remain at their present duties until their replacement are trained. He said they will take up team duties full time right after the first of the year.
The chief said, although they are still assigned to the current duties, he has already asked the impact team members to find time to work on a couple of neighborhood issues.
The announcement completes several years of effort to restore the team. It finally was accomplished thanks to Englewood’s successful application for a federal grant to law-enforcement agencies.
The money, almost $1 million over three years, enabled Englewood to hire four new officers which will fill the vacancies that will be created when the four veteran officers are assigned to the impact team full time.
“I am happy I am still on the council when the impact team is restored,” Councilmember John Moore said with a smile. “Everyone agreed the impact team was a valuable asset to the city and to our residents. The council has tried every year to find the money to restore the team but the dollars just weren’t available. I am glad the federal grant provided the money so we will soon have an impact team again.”
Vandermee said the selection process for team members began in late September. Fifteen Englewood officers were candidates for the positions.
“All the candidates were well qualified and they all had a good working knowledge of code enforcement, community policing and problem solving,” the chief said.
Shellpfeffer joined the Englewood Police Department in 1992 and was a member of the original impact team. He has been a patrol officer and currently is the graffiti investigator and liason with Neighborhood Watch, duties that remain with him when he moved to the team.
Jose joined Englewood as a patrol officer in October 2000. He is a field training officer, crime scene investigator and hostage negotiator. He, too, will retain some of his duties when he joins the impact team.
Read came to Englewood from the sheriff’s department in Boone County, Ill., where he formed a nonprofit organization called Angels’ Wings to assist young men and women who have lost their parents. He joined Englewood Police Department in 2006.
Mandar was a student officer for the Colorado State University Campus Police and created a bike patrol on campus. He joined the Englewood department in June 2007.
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