In 1983 an idea was started at the Victoria Police Department by then Chief Kenneth Rosenquest.  With the assistance of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Crossroads Crime Stoppers officially began in February of 1984.  The original Police Coordinator at that time was Sgt. Larry Luna with the Victoria Police Department.

 

Crossroads Crime Stoppers legally changed their name to Victoria Crime Stoppers in 1990 to help identify the program as being operated in Victoria, Texas.

 

In 2001 Sgt. Larry Luna retired from the Victoria Police Department and Detective Randy Duke took over the duties as Police Coordinator for Victoria Crime Stoppers.  He continued in this capacity until the Police Department elected to have a civilian coordinator for the program.

 

In August 2005 Holly Sulak became the first civilian Crime Stoppers Coordinator for Victoria.  Holly did a good job as the coordinator just as Larry and Randy had, but by late 2007 it was obvious that some of the local awareness of the program had waned.  It was decided that a licensed Officer in uniform would naturally capture more of the public's attention and have a better chance to revive our local program.

 

In October 2007, the Police Department returned to having a licensed Officer as the Coordinator and assigned Detective Thomas Eisman to the position.  Detective Eisman has been with the Police Department since 2003 and has Patrol experience as well as having spent nearly two years in Community Services, which acts as the public education division of the Police Department.

 

Name	Position
Thomas Eisman	Coordinator
Lila Foster	Chairman
Mike Hamm	Vice Chairman
Tammy Gonzales	Secretary
Joseph Hollan	Treasurer
John Burgman	Board Member
Ann Castner	Board Member
Larry Clark	Board Member
Dawn Downs	Board Member
Glen Dry	Board Member
Cody Edwards	Board Member
JR Hartman, Jr.	Board Member
Jim Heger	Board Member
Jay Howard	Board Member
Delmar Jaschke	Board Member
Charles Kulow	Board Member
Homer Ortiz	Board Member
Ronald Peace	Board Member
Sammie Price	Board Member
Tom Stocker	Board Member
David Yeates	Board Member

Detective Eisman, Crime Stoppers Coordinator