The public and all law enforcement officers are invited to attend the 73rd annual Caprock Peace Officers’ Association (CPOA) Rattlesnake Rodeo from 8 a.m. until completion Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Old Clairemont School in Clairemont (Kent County).
Civilians are encouraged to participate along with law enforcement officers in events such as horseshoe pitching, trap shooting and other competitive shooting.
Lunch is sponsored by Motorola and catered by Los Carnales La Familia MC, and an awards presentation will follow the competitions. Events open to all members include a combat course, a riot trap shoot, a police pistol combat jackpot shoot, a speed challenge with steel targets, a pistol shoot, and horseshoe pitching.
The CPOA will also award three $1,500 scholarships at the meeting.
Master of Ceremonies will be Dickens County Judge Kevin Brendle.
There will be a special recognition in 2023 for the Kent County Road and Bridge crew.
Firearms qualification, including submission of paperwork to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), on a 50-round course, will be offered for official law enforcement, as well as a two-hour Continuing Law Enforcement Education Course that will be held after the annual meeting.
The CPOA will raffle off several guns: a CZ Redhead O/U 1299 shotgun, a Henry Big Boy .45 Long Colt, a Springfield Garrison 1911 9mm,andaGlock199mm Silver Texas Edition.
Tickets are is $20 each or 6 for $100. Participants need not be present to win.
The CPOA was founded in 1949 by Cecil Fox, Charlie Kimmel, Horace Cage, V.C. Smart, Horace Wood and J.R. Whitmire, who met at the Wood Ranch on the south bank of the Salt Fork of the Brazos River. The purpose of the meetings was to focus on the need and benefits of cooperation in law enforcement. The CPOA was designed to facilitate competitive fun and fellowship to be a few of the deep-rooted elements it was built upon.
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