PLEA Board of Directors
PLEA Officers
Steve Newsom/President
Colonel, Hamilton County Park District
10245 Winton Road
Cincinnati, OH 45231
(513) 521-3980
Fred McCormick/Vice President
Minneapolis Park Police
2117 W. River Rd. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone (612) 230-6550
Dale Steele/Treasurer
Ranger Lieutenant
Greene County Park District
651 Dayton-Xenia Rd.
Xenia, OH 45385
(937)562-7405
Rick Haake/Secretary
Deputy Chief, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
P.O. Box 5000
Wheaton, IL 60189-5000
(630) 871-6417
PLEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Capt. Carl Nielsen
Bureau of Florida Park Patrol
SW District
2295 Victoria Ave.
Ft. Myers, FL 33901-2896
(239)332-6975
PLEA NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Mike Burko
Chief of Rangers,
Lake Metroparks Ranger Dept.
11189 Spear Road
Concord, Ohio 44077
(440) 358-7290
PLEA BOARD MEMBERS
Captain Raymond R. Castro Jr.
City of San Antonio Park Police
600 HemisFair Park, bldg # 337
San Antonio, Texas, 78205,
210-207-8592
Sgt. Reginald McCrary
Forest Preserve District of Will County Police Dept.
22606 S. Cherry Hill Road
Joliet, Illinois, 60433
815-727-8700
Rob White
Manager of the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
307 West Sackett Ave.
Salida, CO 81201
719-539-7289
Larry Habegger
Chief Ranger,
Oklahoma State Parks
120 N. Robinson, Suite 600
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405)230-8387
Bill Jacobs
Captain (Retired),
Minneapolis Park Police Dept.
19175 Rutledge Rd.
Deephaven, MN 55391
(952) 473-2084
John Nesbit
Assistant Chief Park Ranger,
Saint Louis County Park Rangers
41 South Central Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63105-1734
(314)963-7707
Dr. Bruce Wicks, Assoc. Professor
Department of Leisure Studies,
University of Illinois
104 Huff Hall
1206 South Fourth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333–4410
Larry Brownlee Sr./Past President
Division Chief,
Maryland Nat’l Capital Park Police
Prince George’s County Division
6700 Riverdale Road
Riverdale, Maryland 20737
(301) 429-5620
Nate Pinkard
Chief,
Mill Creek Metro Park District
P.O. Box 596
Canfield, OH 44046
(330) 744-3848
R. Dan Crone
Park Ranger,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Saylorville Lake
5600 N. W. 78th Ave
Johnston, IA 50131
(515) 276-4656
Stuart Foland/Past President
Captain,
Johnson County Park Police Dept.
7900 Renner Road
Lenexa, Kansas 66219
(913) 438-7275
PLEA STATE AFFILIATES
KANSAS PLEA
Mike Killion/President
Park Ranger Supervisor
Shawnee County Parks and Recreation
3137 SE 29th St.
Topeka, KS
(785)267-1156
OHIO PLEA
Brian Holmes/President
Ranger/Manager
Lorain County Park District
12882 Nickel Pl Diagonal Rd.
LaGrange, Oh 44050
(440) 458-4319
ILLINOIS PLEA
Jeff Diedrick/President
Chief of Police
McHenry County Conservation District
18410 US Hwy 14
Woodstock, IL 60098
(815)338-6228
IPLEA Website
UTAH STATE PARK OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
Floyd Powell/President
264 North 900 East
Bringham City, UT 84302-2313
floydpowell@utah.gov
(435)734-9494
