President's Letter
First of all I would like to thank all of you for allowing me to become President of MDOA.
It is an honor to be President of such a great association with our main goal of keeping children safe. I hope you all
gained some valuable information from the classes you took while at conference, I know I did. Use the information you
received and make the coming school year great!!
I look forward to the follow to the following year. As
we work on next year’s conference I would like to see more officers at the training. If you have any ideas about
classes you would like to see please contact Kevin Tieman.
If there is anything I can do for you please call or email me.
Please have a safe and happy school year.
Cpl. Garrett Schott Perryville
Police Department
Greetings,
I wanted to take a minute to say thank you for giving me the opportunity of serving you as President for the past year.
I found myself out side of my comfort zone but I enjoyed every minute of it. One of the things
that I learned during this past year is how strong our association is. You should feel proud to be a contributor
to such a great organization. I will try to continue doing a job that will make you proud.
I know that I couldn’t wait for the 2009 conference to come and go but now that it is over I am sad to say that
I miss the excitement of being in the middle of everything. . I hope that you walked
away from the conference with a renewed excitement to start this coming school year. Hopefully you gained
new friendships and had the pleasure of catching up with old friends. I urge you to get involved with the planning stages
of the next conference. The experience is very rewarding. We have so many talented people within our organization
that if each person was to get involved in some manner we would have a great time each year.
I am proud and honored to have served you. Never forget that we do what we do to keep our kids safe.
No matter what the critics say I know that you do an excellent job and touch many lives. Keep up
the good work and know that even the kids that seem not to get it will never forget you for being there when they needed you.
Please stay safe and keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Police Officer Holly Sticken, Past President MDOA
Kansas City, Missouri Police Department 
