ALERT/SAM TEAM
Chairman- John Lynkiewicz from Colorado State Patrol
I started in law enforcement at the age of 15 with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Youth Division and then became a Sheriff's Cadet until my enlistment in the United States Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist, K-9. After the service, I served as a Reserve Officer for the Golden Police Department for almost 10 years. In 2003, I started with the Arvada Police Department as a Records and Evidence Supervisor until laid off 2009. In 2010 I worked as a Records Supervisor for the Thornton Police Department until October, 2014. In November of 2014, I started with the Colorado State Patrol to establish a Central Records Unit (agency records were decentralized prior) as the Central Records Manager.
Throughout my career in law enforcement records, I have supported and served on the board of the ALERT/SAM organization in the roles of Vice-Chairman and Chairman. In these roles, I have been fortunate to work with the CCRN Advisory Board as the ALERT/SAM liaison. Both these incredible organization's both proudly serve the law enforcement records community of Colorado and provides great opportunities to obtain relevant trainings in our areas of expertise and technologies, network with other records professionals and the ability to obtain Master Records Technician certification through the great efforts of the CCRN.
Vice- Chairman Position open, please contact John Lynkiewicz for interest.
Secretary,- Stephanie Zingg from Lone Tree PD
I am currently working as the Police Records Supervisor for Lone Tree Police Department. I started my police career in 2008 at the Parker Police Department as a report technician, and took a full time position in Records in 2013. I became the Lone Tree Police Records Supervisor in 2017 and am still doing well there. Living in Parker, it was important for me to have some positive participation in my community. In 2016 I was nominated and accepted a position as the Alert Sam Secretary to help support this organization, and all of its members. In 2017 after I accepted my current position as Records Supervisor in Lone Tree, I was finally able to retire from my 2nd job at Safeway after 28 & 1/2, years! I feel very blessed and proud to be a part of, and have close access to the members of CCRN and ALERT Sam. I really think that with the help and support of each other we can all help to hold one another up, and become better at what we do all the time. We do a lot to help law enforcement do its job as well as possible, and bring a good light to the backstage of law enforcement and I think we should all take a lot of pride in that. What we do is really important to not just us, but the organizations that we work for, and the communities we serve.
I was born and raised in Colorado, and I love it here. My husband of over 20 years is a landscape construction foreman, and have one grown son. When I'm not at work, with any luck, you'll find me enjoying our amazing state, horseback riding, sledding or snowboarding with my son. I am also an amateur photographer and have shot many stills, portraits, senior photos, and even a few weddings.
Treasurer- Gloria Hull from Boulder PD
Have a question about dues? Please contact Gloria.
CCRN Team
Certification and Re-Certification Specialist - Claudia Aguirre from Erie PD
Claudia is who can help with questions about certification points and training. She works with agencies to host training events and also the conferences.
CCRN Conference Coordinator- Kathleen Phelan from Denver PD
Kathleen Phelan is a Paralegal from Denver PD's Civil Liability Unit. She handles conference registration (Western Slope and Front Range) and co-coordination of Front Range conferences.
Testing Expert Conference Co-Coordinator- Sonja Parmeter from Gunnison PD
Hi! I am the Records Manager for Gunnison Police Department - I have worked there since 2005and was previously the Records Supervisor for Chaffee County. I joined the CCRN board in 2008 and served until 2015. I realized how much I missed it!! So, I re-joined the board in 2024. I loved meeting the other members and working with the conference speakers - if you have great ideas about conferences or speakers, I would love to hear from you!! I'd also be happy to try to answer any questions for you regarding CCRN, or at least point you in the right direction!!
Angel Lepire from Wheatridge PD
Angel handles scheduling month trainings and co-coordination for the Front Range CCRN Conferences.
beth@town.meeker.co.us Beth Ridgeway from Meeker PD
Beth handles Is a co-coordinator for Western Slope CCRN Conference details