Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association

What Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association does

The Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association (TSDPCA) is a Texas-based professional membership association founded in 1996 that serves police chiefs and law-enforcement leaders of Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs). It originated in Houston as an informal luncheon group, formalized as the Southeast Texas School District Police Chiefs Association in 1997, and adopted its current statewide name in 2001 to standardize school district policing practices across Texas. The organization is governed by an elected Executive Board with a President (Chief Kirby Warnke for 2025-2027), four Vice Presidents, an Executive Director/CFO (Chief Bill Avera, appointed 2025), and a Secretary/Conference Coordinator (Deborah Bonola), and it now operates through twenty regional networks covering every Texas county.

TSDPCA's core offerings are member services rather than technology products: an annual training conference held each year since 1998 (the inaugural event at Aldine ISD drew over 100 participants), a 20-region professional networking infrastructure with dedicated Regional Directors, employment opportunities for school-based law enforcement, an executive board, and legislative advocacy coordinated through a designated Legislative Liaison. Online conference registration is handled via Zoho Forms and membership dues are processed through Zoho SecurePay; the association's website serves as the primary information hub. Corporate sponsorship has been institutionalized into Platinum, Gold, and Bronze tiers, with Motorola Solutions as Platinum sponsor and multiple Gold-level vendors (including Symbol Arts, 3M, Raptor Tech, ShopCo, ID Dynamic Solutions, Relativity Scan, CRG, Mangus1, Point Emblem, Promotions, and Blauer).

The business model is a traditional non-profit membership association funded through three streams: (1) annual membership dues paid via Zoho SecurePay, (2) conference registration fees and vendor booth sales collected via Zoho Forms, and (3) corporate sponsorships. Its primary customer segment is the police-chief leadership of Texas Independent School Districts, with an ex-officio seat held by the Texas Education Agency's Director of School Safety Policy and Rulemaking to support regulatory alignment. The association operates from a Jacksonville, TX mailing address relocated under the new Executive Director/CFO in 2025.

Name

Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association

Legal name

Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association

Website

https://texasisdchiefs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association is a 1996-founded professional membership organization serving police chiefs of Texas Independent School Districts through an annual training conference, twenty regional networks, legislative advocacy, and employment resources, funded by membership dues, conference fees, and corporate sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association / Law Enforcement Membership Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

School Resource Officer (SRO) & Law Enforcement Liaison Services (EDAEACAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Security Supervisor/Management & Operations Training (BPAKAOAG)

Keywords

• Professional association
• School district policing
• Law enforcement training
• School safety advocacy
• Police chief networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association is a professional membership association that provides an annual training conference (held continuously since 1998), quarterly professional development meetings, legislative advocacy, and statewide networking across 20 regions for Texas Independent School District police chiefs. Core deliverables include the annual training conference, membership services with dues management, an employment opportunities board for school-based law enforcement positions, and regional coordination networks covering all Texas counties.

Product overview

Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association (TSDPCA) is a professional membership organization for school district police chiefs in Texas. The organization operates a portfolio of member services including an annual training conference (held since 1998), online conference registration and membership dues management via Zoho platforms, an employment opportunities board for school-based law enforcement positions, and a regional network structure covering all 20 regions of Texas. The association does not offer a commercial software product but provides professional development, networking, and resource-sharing services to its member departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Training Conference Annual training conference held continuously since 1998, providing professional development and networking for school district police chiefs across Texas. The first conference was held at Aldine School District in Harris County and attracted over 100 participants.
• TSDPCA Membership Annual membership in the Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association, providing Texas ISD police chiefs access to quarterly meetings, professional development, legislative advocacy, and regional networking across 20 regions. Membership dues are collected annually via Zoho SecurePay.
• 2026 Vendor Booths Sponsorship and exhibitor booth packages offered to vendors at the annual conference, with tiered levels including Platinum (Motorola Solutions), Gold (multiple sponsors including Symbol Arts, Raptor Tech, CRG, ID Dynamic Solutions, ShopCo, Relativity Scan, Mangus1, Point Emblem, Promotions, Blauer, EPIC/3M), and Bronze (Bus Patrol, Point).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• Motorola SolutionscoreOthersPlatinum level corporate sponsor of the TSDPCA. Listed as a 2026 Corporate Sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• Bus PatrolminorOthersBronze level sponsor of the TSDPCA 2026 conference.
• PointminorOthersBronze level sponsor listed on the TSDPCA website.
• Symbol ArtsmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• EPIC-logo / 3MmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• Raptor TechmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• ShopComoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• ID Dynamic SolutionsmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• Relativity ScanmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• CRGmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• Mangus1moderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• Point EmblemmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• PromotionsmoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.
• BlauermoderateOthersGold level corporate sponsor with logo placement on the association website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• California School Resource Officers Association: CSROA is a California-based regional association serving school resource officers and school policing professionals, making it a geographic analog to TSDPCA's Texas scope.

Broad incumbents

• Texas School Safety Center: TxSSC is a Texas state-funded center at Texas State University that develops school-safety standards, training and best practices statewide. It is a broader, publicly funded incumbent in the same policy and training space as TSDPCA.
• National Association of Police Organizations: NAPO is a national coalition of police unions and fraternal orders advancing police officers' interests through federal advocacy. It overlaps with TSDPCA's advocacy function at the federal level.

Direct peers

• Texas Police Chiefs Association: TPCA is the statewide professional association for Texas police chiefs across municipal, county and specialized agencies. It directly overlaps TSDPCA's audience (police chiefs in Texas) and competes for legislative influence and training events.
• Texas Municipal Police Association: TMPA is one of the largest statewide law-enforcement associations in Texas, providing training, legal defense and legislative advocacy to police officers and chiefs. Its general-purpose scope overlaps with TSDPCA's ISD-police mandate.
• International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators: IACLEA is the leading international association for campus and university law enforcement leadership. It is comparable to TSDPCA as a peer membership body serving educational-sector police leadership with training and standards.
• National Association of School Resource Officers: NASRO is the leading national professional association for school resource officers and the school policing community, making it the closest direct peer to TSDPCA's mandate of professionalizing and training ISD police chiefs.

Others

• Texas Association of School Boards: TASB represents Texas school board members and the governance side of Texas ISDs. While not a police association, it is the closest governance peer within the same Texas education ecosystem that TSDPCA serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TSDPCA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tsdpca

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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