Service in the Texas Highway Patrol
Texas DPS Academy Class A-80
January 7 – May 9, 1980
Front Row ( all rows L-R): Jim Taylor, Director of Training Academy, Roger Leathers, Recruit School Coordinator, Earl Petropoulos, Larry Secrest, Phillip Waldrup, Max Stahl, David Dudley, Fred Walker, Dwayne Pruett, James Johnson, Alvin Lewis, Sgt. Robert Andrews, Sgt. Richard Lenoir, Sgt. Fred Little
Second Row: John LaRocque, Rafael Hernandez, Scott Finch, Joe Prescella, James Tucker, David Sligh, Ken Havins, Michael Mote, George Sisneros, Timothy Ray, Johnny Sherwood, James Savage, Rocky Wardlow
Third Row: Joe Frias, Larry Watson, Michael Heitkamp, Stacy Nobles, Pedro Lozano, Alfredo Garcia, Jose Hernandez, Luis Carrillo, Gregory Bedford, Barry Goines, George Thomas, Tom Prudom, Kenneth Miniard
Fourth Row: Douglas Vance, Rene Garza, Federico Castillo, John Brannon, Felipe Escobedo, Johnny Hirst, Dave Holden, Carey Booker, Mark Byrd, Charles Derrick, John Perdue, Clif Floyd, Joey Gordon, Jude Schexnyder
Fifth Row: Lucio Flores, Frank Frausto, Rene Munoz, Richard Najera, John Fields, Israel Pacheco, Praxedis Flores, Jose Cortines, Lambert Cantu, Bill Fort, Paul Cullum, Don Graham, Larry Martin, Scott Haag, Kevin Vreeland
Sixth Row: Mike Cowie, Glenden Hunt, Michael Brown, Johnny Bekkelund, Marcus McCormick, James Lasater, Roberto Garza, Michael Fincher, Monte Grimes, Kenneth Reynolds, Tom Selman, Charles Woods, John Hughes
Favorite DPS Academy Classmates – Jim Savage and Jude Schexnyder. No two better to be found anywhere. Great guys.
Graduation Program for Academy Class A-1980 – May 9, 1980
Beaumont District Unit Radio Number List for Highway Patrol – June, 1980
THP Diboll – With my partner, Barry Caver, at Diboll Day in Old Orchard Park – October 1982 shortly after transfer to Sgt Area 2B5, Lufkin from 2B4, Livingston
At Joe’s Lake outside Spurger, Texas for Spring, 1983 Beaumont District Pistol Shoot – Area 2B5, Lufkin Troopers
Front (L-R) – Trooper Bo Dunkin, Trooper Rocky Thigpen, Trooper Tom Selman, Trooper Barry Caver
Back (L-R) – Beaumont District Captain B.F. Wade, Beaumont District Lieutenant James Fife, Lufkin Trooper George Conner, Houston Region Commander Major A.J. Mladenka
THP Sgt. Area 2B5, Lufkin – 1983
Front (L-R) – Trooper Keith Barbier, Trooper Bo Dunkin, Trooper Howard Malone, Trooper George Conner, Trooper Steve Sikes, Sgt. Dale Nicholson
Back (L-R) – Trooper Rocky Thigpen, Trooper Harold Goggans, Trooper Tom Selman, Trooper Mike Lazarine, Trooper Barry Caver
August, 1984 – Received my ’84 Ford Mustang, Unit F4-443. A happy day, finally done with the slow cars.
Fall 1984 Beaumont District Pistol Shoot – Polk County Range in Moscow North District Squad Troopers Barry Caver, Tom Selman, Mike Scales, Jim Miller and Beaumont District Captain Wayne Pullen
Joe’s Lake in Spurger, Texas – 1985 Beaumont District Spring Pistol Shoot – Area 2B5 had a bad day
Front – Sgt. Dale Nicholson and Beaumont District Captain Wayne Pullen
Back – Trooper Bo Dunkin, Trooper Harold Goggans, Trooper Barry Caver, Trooper Tom Selman
Joe’s Lake in Spurger, Texas – 1985 Beaumont District Spring Pistol Shoot Captured Third Place in the Shoot