DPSST Corrections Policy Committee Meeting 5-13-2025 -04/11/25

CORRECTIONS POLICY COMMITTEE

MEETING SCHEDULED

The Corrections Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training will hold a regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on May 13, 2025, in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. For further information, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167.

**To view the Corrections Policy Committee's live-stream and other recorded videos, please visit DPSST’s official YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@DPSST.

Agenda Items:

1.  Introductions

2. Approve February 11, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. *Administrative Closures Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)
    Presented by Jennifer Levario

    a) Bonnie Kessell; DPSST No. 46671

        Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Supervisory Parole and Probation Certifications

    b) Nathan Lelek; DPSST No. 54004

        Basic Parole and Probation Certification

4. *Chris Barnhart, DPSST No. 42754; DOC/Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution

    Presented by Melissa Lang-Bacho

5. *Phillip Barrier, DPSST No. 60490; Lane County Sheriff’s Office
    Presented by Melissa Lang-Bacho

6. *Peter Collins, DPSST No. 49894; Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
    Presented by Melissa Lang-Bacho

7. *James Damon, DPSST No. 44535; DOC/South Fork Forest Camp
    Presented by Melissa Lang-Bacho

8. *Bradley Herrera, DPSST No. 49861; Harney County Sheriff’s Office

    Presented by Cindy Park

9. *Justin White, DPSST No. 53769; DOC/Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
    Presented by Jennifer Levario

10. *Corrections Policy Committee Chair and Applicant Review Committee Nominations

11. Agency Updates

12. Next Corrections Policy Committee Meeting: August 12, 2025, at 10:00am

Administrative Announcement

This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Corrections Policy Committee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.

DPSST Applicant Review Committee Meeting Cancelled 04-23-2025 -04/10/25

APPLICANT REVIEW COMMITTEE

MEETING CANCELLED

The Applicant Review Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training meeting scheduled for April 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., has been cancelled due to a lack of quorum.

The next Applicant Review Committee meeting is scheduled for May 21, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

DPSST Fire Policy Committee Meeting Cancelled 5/28/2025 -04/10/25

FIRE POLICY COMMITTEE

MEETING CANCELLED

The Fire Policy Committee (FPC) of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training meeting scheduled for May 28, 2025, at 09:00 a.m., has been canceled due to a lack of agenda items.

The next Fire Policy Committee meeting is scheduled for August 27, 2025, at 09:00 a.m.

DPSST Telecommunications Policy Committee 5-7-2025 -04/08/25

TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY COMMITTEE

MEETING SCHEDULED

The Telecommunications Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training will hold a regular meeting on May 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom at the Oregon Public Safety Academy located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. For further information, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167.

**To view the Telecommunications Policy Committee's live-stream and other recorded videos, please visit DPSST’s official YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@DPSST.

Amended Agenda Items:

1. Introductions

2. Approve February 5, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. *Administrative Closures Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)

     Presented by Cindy Park

     a. Jeris Nakamasu; DPSST No. 64153

     Basic Telecommunications Certification applicant

4. *Review of Telecommunication Curriculum Advisory Committee

     Reapproval of the Current Bylaws

     Presented by Chris Enquist

5. *Applicant Review Committee Nominations

6. Agency Updates

7. Next Telecommunications Policy Committee Meeting: August 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

Administrative Announcement

This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Telecommunications Policy Committee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.

DPSST Board & Policy Committee Recruitment 2025 -04/02/25

2025 Board on Public Safety Standards & Training

 and Policy Committee

Open Vacancy – Recruitments

The Board on Public Safety Standards & Training (BPSST) and established Policy Committees have open vacancies looking to be filled before the end of the year! The current vacancies are as follows:

BPSST: All Board applications must be submitted through Workday.com

• One member who is a sheriff recommended to the Governor by the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association
• One person representing non-management law enforcement 
• Representative of the collective bargaining unit that represents the largest number of individual workers in the DOC
• Public Member

Policy Committees: All Policy Committee applications must be submitted by June 20, 2025.

Private Security/Investigator Policy Committee:

• One person representing the retail industry
• One person representing persons who monitor alarms
• One person who is a private investigator licensed under ORS 703.430, and is recommended by the Oregon State Bar (will also serve on the PI Sub-Committee upon appointment)
• One person representing the public who has never been employed or utilized as a private security provider or investigator

Telecommunications Policy Committee:

• One person representing recommended by and representing the Oregon State Police

Private Investigator Subcommittee:

• Currently licensed private investigator

To inquire about a vacancy, please visit Department of Public Safety Standards & Training : Board on Public Safety Standards & Training and Policy Committees : Boards and Committees : State of Oregon.

If interested in applying for a Policy Committee position, please complete and submit the Policy Committee Interest Form found under the ‘Board and Committee Resources’ section of the website listed above.

If interested in applying for a BPSST position, please complete the online application at Workday Board and Commission Opportunities. (Please note that an account may need to be created if not already in Workday)

For further information regarding the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training or its respective Policy Committees, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167 or juan.lopez-hernandez@dpsst.oregon.gov.

Thank you,

DPSST Board & Committees Staff

Public Safety Memorial Fund Board Meeting Scheduled 4-24-2025 -03/26/25

PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL FUND BOARD

MEETING SCHEDULED

The Public Safety Memorial Fund Board will hold a regular meeting on April 24, 2025, directly following the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training meeting that begins at 9:00 am. at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE Salem. For further information, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167.

Agenda Items

1. Introductions

2. *Approve January 23, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. Budget Update

   Presented by Kathy McAlpine

4. *Sergeant Brian Gaunt (DPSST #37820); Beaverton Police Department; Supplemental Application for Discretionary PSMF Benefits

    Presented by Kathy McAlpine

5. Next meeting – July 24, 2025, directly following the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training meeting at 9:00 a.m.

Administrative Announcement

This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. 

DPSST Board On Public Safety Standards And Training Meeting 4-24-2025 -03/25/25

BOARD ON PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING

MEETING SCHEDULED

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training will hold a regular meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. For further information, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167 or juan.lopez-hernandez@dpsst.oregon.gov.

**To view the Board's live-stream and other recorded videos, please visit DPSST’s official YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@DPSST.

Agenda Items:

1. Introductions

2. *Meeting Minutes

Approve the January 23, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. Fire Policy Committee

a. Fire Policy Committee Update – Dan Lenzen, Chair

b. *Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)

A. *John Cota, DPSST No. 44136; Tenmile RFPD – No Action

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the FPC on February 26, 2025.

B. *Jesse McFarland, DPSST No. 44129; Scio RFPD – No Action

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the FPC on February 26, 2025.

C. *Rhett Sunia, DPSST No. 41600; Coburg RFPD – No Action

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the FPC on February 26, 2025.

D. *Proposed Rule Changes for OAR 259-009-0005, OAR 259-009-0062, and OAR 259-009-0065

Minimum Standard on Professional Qualifications for Firefighters

E. *Committee Appointments

Fire Policy Committee

• • Levi Hopkins – Forest Protection Agencies, Appointment to the FPC, 1st term effective April 24, 2025.

4. Criminal Justice Policy Committees

a. Police Policy Committee Update – Scotty Nowning, Chair

b. Telecommunications Policy Committee Update – Michael Fletcher, Chair

c. Corrections Policy Committee Update – Matthew English, Chair

d. *Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)

A. *Randall Broome, DPSST No. 56468; Lane County Sheriff's Office – No Action

Unanimous vote with one (1) recusal to recommend to the Board by the CPC on February 11, 2025.

B. *Bradley McIntyre, DPSST No. 35126; Portland Police Bureau – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on February 20, 2025.

C. *Rafael Munoz, DPSST No. 60210; DOC/Coffee Creek Correctional Facility – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on February 11, 2025.

D. *Tyler Odom, DPSST No. 52085; Frontier Regional 9-1-1 – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the TPC on February 5, 2025.

E. *Jeremiah Oswald, DPSST No. 60805; Washington County Sheriff's Office – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on PPC on February 20, 2025.

F. *Matthew Paton, DPSST No. 44975; Marion County Sheriff's Office – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on February 11, 2025.

G. *Jeremy Pilon, DPSST No. 54019; Newberg-Dundee Police Department – No Action

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on February 20, 2025.

H. *Marcus Risteen, DPSST No. 58653; Yamhill County Sheriff's Office – No Action

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on February 11, 2025.

I. *Shelli Taleghani, DPSST No. 60679; TDOC/Two Rivers Correctional Institution – Revoke

Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on February 11, 2025.

J. *Proposed Rule Changes for Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 259-008-0085

Codifying Board Approval of the Revisions to the Corrections Career Officer Development Self-Study Course

K. *Proposed Rule Changes for Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 259-008-0085

To Adopt the 2024 Telecommunicator Field Training Manual

L. *Committee Appointments

Telecommunications Policy Committee

• • Kathryn Fischer – Telecommunicator, Appointment to the TPC, 1st term effective April 24, 2025.

5. Private Security/Investigator Policy Committee

a. Private Security Investigator Policy Committee Update – Dan Lenzen, Chair

b. *Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote).

A. *Committee Appointments

Private Security/Investigators Policy Committee

• • Helena Snyder – Currently Licensed Private Investigator, Appointment to the PSIPC, 1st term effective July 27, 2025.
  • Placeholder – Armed Security Representative, Appointment to the PSIPC, 1st term effective July 27, 2025

6. *Board on Public Safety Standards and Training Chair and Vice-Chair Nominations – Kathy McAlpine

7.Annual Director's Evaluation – Chair English

8. Agency Updates – Agency Director, Phil Castle

9. Next Meeting Date: July 24, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

Administrative Announcement

This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Board members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.

Dedication Ceremony Honors Former Marion County Sheriff Jason Myers (Photo) -03/18/25

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2025

MEDIA CONTACT:

Sam Tenney, Communications Coordinator

sam.tenney@dpsst.oregon.gov

Cell: 503-931-4069

DEDICATION CEREMONY HONORS FORMER MARION COUNTY SHERIFF JASON MYERS

SALEM, Ore. — The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) held a ceremony on Monday, March 17 to commemorate the life and legacy of the late Jason Myers. Members of the law enforcement community, elected officials, and family members gathered for the dedication of a bench at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in memory of Myers, who made a tremendous impact on public safety in the state during a career that spanned more than three decades.

Myers spent 28 years with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), including ten years leading the agency as sheriff. From 2016 to 2019, he chaired both the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training and its Corrections Policy Committee. After retiring from MCSO in 2019, he served as the executive director of the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association.

Myers passed away in October 2024 after a two-year battle with cancer. In recognition of his lasting impact on DPSST and the public safety community throughout the state, the agency dedicated the bench at the academy in Salem in his memory.

DPSST Director Phil Castle said that the placement of the bench in a courtyard in front of a classroom building at the academy is fitting. “Jason is and was a big part of this academy,” Director Castle said. “And having this bench that looks out on the rest of the academy…we just thought it was fitting.”

Guest speakers at the event included Valerie Colas, public safety advisor to Governor Tina Kotek, retired Marion County Undersheriff Troy Clausen, Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Tim Svenson, Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Director Kevin Campbell, and Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter.

Campbell noted that during difficult conversations, negotiations, or other engagements of people with different perspectives, Myers displayed servant leadership not by what he said, but by how he acted.

“He, without exception, treated people with incredible dignity,” Campbell said. “He always listened first.”

Speakers universally praised Myers’ strong, yet quiet, style of leadership, his thoughtfulness and integrity. Sheriff Hunter noted that the memorial bench’s true purpose is to serve as a place for academy students to reflect on the legacy of a man he described as the best law enforcement mentor he’d ever known.

“Where this sits here at the academy, where we are shaping the next generation of law enforcement, it could not be in a better place,” Sheriff Hunter said. “This is the true definition of a legacy.”
 

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About DPSST

The mission of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is to pursue excellence in training and accountability for public safety professionals. DPSST certifies and licenses police, corrections, and parole and probation officers, as well as regulatory specialists, emergency telecommunicators and medical dispatchers, criminal justice instructors, private security providers, private investigators, fire service professionals, and polygraph examiners in the state of Oregon.  DPSST works with public and private safety agencies around the state to provide basic, leadership and specialized training at the 237-acre Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem and regionally throughout the state.