Bob Vasquez Media Release on TPPA Endorsement

From the Bob Vasquez for Toledo City Council campaign:

Toledo Police Patrolmen’s Association to Endorse Candidate Bob Vasquez for Toledo City Council

Bob Vasquez, At-Large Toledo City Council candidate, will receive the endorsement of the Toledo Police Patrolmen’s Association at a press conference at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning at the union’s hall.

Dan Wagner, president of the TPPA which represents about 550 Toledo police officers, will discuss why the union has endorsed Bob Vasquez and what Mr. Vasquez’ election will mean for the citizens of Toledo.


Mr. Vasquez, who has also received the endorsement of the Toledo Police Command Officers Association, will outline his priorities for keeping Toledo safe.

Joining Candidate Vasquez and President Wagner will be Councilman Michael Ashford and members of the TPPA union.

The following statement was also included:


Media Alert

Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association Endorses Bob Vasquez for Toledo City Council

“I am the only candidate that has consistently made the safety of the citizens of Toledo my number one priority. I have demonstrated my commitment to Toledo’s safety forces while serving on many volunteer committees including the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the Citizen’s Tax Levy Review Committee.

I believe that a safe city is the foundation on which economic vitality is based. Businesses will only remain in cities that are safe and new businesses are attracted to cities where employees can live in safe neighborhoods.

Our neighborhoods can only be maintained and revitalized if the people feel they are safe places to live.

The feeling of safety is the most basic need of every person. Our citizens can only be productive after this need is met.

When I am elected to city council I will be relentless in my support for our police department. Our safety forces must be a priority during the budget process. I am committed to more than minimum manpower standards. We need to raise the manpower levels to those that allow for us to continue the implementation of community policing.

Unlike others, I have never put decorative lighting and bike paths before the need for more police. I call for the Mayor to abandon his efforts regarding additional lighting for the Hi Level Bridge and to reallocate those funds to paying for more police officers, vehicles and equipment. I am against paying for Toledo Pride signs and believe that those funds should have been allocated toward police officers, vehicles and equipment.

Standing with me is Toledo’s Pride. I support these police officers who put their lives on the line everyday to protect the citizens of Toledo.

I ask that you support these officers by helping me implement the Spots for Cops program. I would like for businesses in all parts of Toledo to partner with police by providing an empty office or room that they can make accessible to officers who are on patrol in their district, where the officers can fill out reports and complete other paperwork. This program’s goal is to keep officers from having to sit in their cars completing paperwork and instead puts the police officers in a location visible in the community. A symbol; similar to those used for Block Watch can be used to designate a business as a “Cop Spot.”

“I am honored by the support of the Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association and the Toledo Police Command Officers Association”