Sunday Speaker Series “back to school” program at MOSTHistory on Aug. 18, 2013 at 2 p.m.
The Museum of South Texas History welcomes Pharr Police Officers Christopher Hernandez, Irving Segura and Marty Vielma just in time for back to school as they provide an informative presentation on the Pharr Police Department and its community partnerships. Audience members will learn about grassroots-based program Community Awareness and Police Enforcement (CAPE) from Officers Hernandez and Segura while Officer Vielma, along with his four-legged partner, will educate the audience about the Pharr Police K-9 Unit. This Sunday Speaker Series program will include a multimedia presentation and conclude with a question and answer session at MOSTHistory on Aug. 18, 2013 at 2 p.m.
Community Awareness and
Police Enforcement (CAPE)
Located in south central Hidalgo County, the city of Pharr, Texas was founded in the early 1900s and named in honor of Louisiana sugarcane planter Henry Newton Pharr. Today the city of Pharr has a population of more than 70,000 people – and growing – on just over 20 square miles and is a major port of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border through the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge. With a staff that also patrols on bike and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), the City of Pharr department entrusted with improving the quality of life by enforcement of laws, protecting rights, lives and the property of every person is the Pharr Police Department. Comprised of three divisions, the Pharr Police Department has also created several programs and units within each division that work in community partnerships to identify and respond to neighborhood concerns and needs, including anti-crime program CAPE.
City of Pharr
The Pharr Police Department also networks with other cities and works in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Unique to the Pharr Police Department is the location of a substation at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge. It is especially advantageous that many Pharr police officers have grown up with some of the same challenges faced by local citizens on either side of the border. Officers Hernandez, Segura and Vielma have been with the Pharr Police Department for seven years, three years and 12 years, respectively. This Sunday Speaker nbso Series presentation by the Pharr Police Department is included in the fee for regular museum admission. As a participating museum in Blue Star Museums, all active duty military personnel and up to five family members receive free admission. FRIENDS of the museum are admitted free as a benefit of FRIENDship.
Pharr Police Department
About Pharr Police Department
The Pharr Police Department is located in Hidalgo County on 1900 South Cage Blvd. in Pharr, Texas. Led by Chief of Police Ruben Villescas and a staff of approximately 200 employees, the mission of the Pharr Police Department is to improve the quality of life of its citizens by enforcement of laws protecting rights, lives and property of every person. The Pharr Police Department is comprised of three divisions: Patrol, Investigations and Administrations. Within these divisions are programs and units created to work in community partnerships including CAPE, Crime Prevention, GREAT/Gang Officer, Sex Offender Registry, recreationally-oriented youth crime prevention program Police Athletic League (PAL) and School Resource Officer (SRO).
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