For those of you unfamiliar with Region III, we are made up of 13 western and Midwestern US states from Texas to Minnesota.  All but a few of those states have inactive crime prevention associations and it is my goal to avail ISCPP training and membership to crime prevention practitioners in each of the region’s states while I am serving as region 3’s director.

        A couple of exciting things are happening in Texas.  As America’s aging population continues to grow exponentially, criminologists are looking more specifically at the elderly as an important demographic.  Law enforcement will take on an increasing role in responding to calls for service and many of those calls will include people with diminished capacity suffering from all forms of dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease.

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