board members
promoting the well-being of our members
thomas Cline
President
Officer Thomas Cline has been in law enforcement since 2012 – and has been with the Richardson Police Department since 2015. Officer Cline is a police training officer and serves as an acting sergeant on patrol. He’s a dedicated member of the department who holds a master certification from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, serves as a stop stick instructor, and participates in the mobile field force and bike team.
ronnie garcia
Vice President
Ronnie Garcia has been a patrol officer with the Richardson Police Department since 2017. He is on the SWAT and bike teams and is a Police Training Officer. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University with a major in marketing and a minor in Spanish.
Matt Lynch
2nd vice president
Bio coming soon.
Zach Matthews
Secretary
Bio coming soon.
victor diaz
state trustee
Victor Diaz is a detective at RPD and has been serving the City of Richardson since 2006. Detective Diaz is currently assigned as a Task Force Officer with the Dallas FBI, Violent Crime Task Force. He is a member of the SWAT team and has been a TCOLE instructor for over 10 years. He holds a Master Peace Officer license through TCOLE and is a subject matter expert in gang-related topics/investigations.
brandon boren
sergeant at arms
Brandon Boren has been with the Richardson Police Department since 2017 and is assigned to the Patrol Division. He is a Police Training Officer, Police Driving Instructor in addition to serving on the Crisis Intervention and Bike Teams.
Brad Shackleford
chaplain
Bio coming soon.
ramon nieto
treasurer
Ramon (Ray) Nieto has been with the Richardson Police Department since September 1997. He started in Detention Division then transferred to Patrol Division in 2007. Ray is currently on Mobile Field Force and has Master Peace Officer certification through TCOLE. He has been with FOP Lodge 105 since its inception in September 2009.
cameron smith
trustee
Cameron Smith is a Sergeant at RPD and has been serving the city since 2007. He holds a Master Peace Officer license and is currently assigned to the patrol division. Sergeant Smith is also a supervisor over the department’s Crisis Intervention Team which he helped create in 2020 as well as a team leader on the Crisis Negotiation Team. During his career he has been a training officer, explorer advisor and member of the mobile field force unit.
nick perez
trustee
Nicholas Perez has been with the Richardson Police Department since 2018. He is currently assigned to Crisis Intervention Team, Mobile Field Force, Police Explorers, and Physical Training Staff. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters in Business Administration.
Micah Booker
trustee
Bio coming soon.
Kevin Collins
trustee
Bio coming soon.
