*** RSVP for this meeting by 5pm on Thursday, October 8. No walk-ins are permitted. ***
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 7-9am
Location: The Vista at Applewood Golf Course – 14001 W 32nd Ave. Golden, CO 80401
Cost: $20 for WRBA Members and their guests, $25 for Non-members (*Please see below) How to register as a guest >>
Speaker: Chief Chris Murtha, Wheat Ridge Police Department
President’s Circle Member Business Spotlights: Christine Jensen, Fairway Home Mortgage – Arvada Branch
Patron Member Business Spotlight: Heather Speaks, Intermountain Health Lutheran Medical Hospital, Thomas Burney, EXP Realty
Topic: “How the WRPD is using Cutting Edge Technology and Looking to the Future“
- Setting the standard for culture through relationship-based Policing
- What the “Compassion and Boundaries” mantra means
- The need for a new larger Police Department
Speaker: Chief Chris Murtha, Wheat Ridge Police Department
Chief Chris Murtha is Wheat Ridge’s sixth Chief of police and joined the Wheat Ridge Police Department just prior to COVID in February 2020. He was the Deputy Chief for the Patrol Bureau of Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland. With 28 years’ experience in law enforcement his credentials would fill this page.
Under his leadership, the Wheat Ridge Police Department has improved recruitment and retention by emphasizing a culture of leadership, growth, opportunity and family. His emphasis on a Relationship-Based Policing philosophy has built trust within the community and improved public safety as crime rates have dropped for five consecutive years since 2021.
Chief Murtha received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire and a certificate from the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police.
Chief Murtha Is an engaging speaker and you will find his stories and information fascinating and uplifting.
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*IMPORTANT PLEASE READ – About our Monthly Meeting
- Our monthly meeting tickets are:
Member – $20 per person (member and member paying for their guests. Must be logged in to their member account)
Non-member – $25 per person (guests visiting the second time and returning past members) - Punch card is $100 for 5 punches. (Available for members only. Credit is loaded into your member account)
- Annual meal package is $225 for the whole year (10 meetings @$20/ea plus 1 holiday luncheon @$25/ea. We will still RSVP for you automatically and if you can’t make it, you are encouraged to send in someone else in your place. This is a use-it-or-lose-it program with your convenience in mind).
- The WRBA will cover the first meeting for prospective members. (Need a completed guest card), Second time visitor is $25
Additional persons attending from the member business or guests of a member, if registered by the member logged in to their account, is $20/ea. - Each meeting ticket includes hot breakfast, but not eating the breakfast WILL NOT excuse you from needing a ticket as we submit the headcount to the venue and pay for it. Please consider the ticket price as cost for the great networking opportunity and information you will receive. No-shows will be invoiced, unless notified BEFORE the RSVP is closed.