Donations

     Your contributions are needed.  If any members knows any organization or business willing to donate to OSSO please let a board member know, donations are always needed and appreciated.

     The vision of the Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers is to enable a closer and more effective working relationship between Houston Police Officers and the community we serve. 

     At the same time, OSSO seeks to fund programs that include those needed to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods and to ensure our members have the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and abilities to assume a leadership role.

     Your comments and suggestions are elicited to enable us to better interact and collaborate with you while also providing opportunities for both our citizens and our police officers to better develop themselves.

     If you would like to make a donation send a check or money order to 901 North Loop; Houston, Tx. 77022, or contact our office through our  Contact Us page, just click on this link. Better yet just send us a donation through paypal, click on this link Products and Services, it is a very easy and self explainable process.

Several programs that benefit from contributions include:

• Research studies to determine implications of policies such as:

• Use of force

• Vehicle pursuit

• Tasers and the impact on our citizens

• Community policing programs

• Post traumatic stress

• Development of our officers

• Conference and training classes

• Leadership training

• Critical incident management

• Critical incident debriefing

• Scholarships and internships and mentorships

     OSSO seeks to continue providing educational and mentoring opportunities to young adults who are inspired toward formal education as well as to our members who seek professional development.

• Legal representation for our members

     OSSO currently provides legal assistance to its members whose on-duty decisions and discretionary actions are questioned. Conversely, OSSO will represent members in adjudicating complaints that they are denied equal opportunity in seeking transfers, promotions, or in enjoying the benefits offered to others.

Thank you for your continued help and support, remember,

 "United we stand divided we fall"

Rosalinda Ybanez

President

" Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope. "

-Robert Kennedy