Chief Alan Creech & Officer Mark Hupe
Chief Alan Creech was tragically killed in a plane crash on June 21, 2002. Also killed in the plane crash was longtime Nampa Police Reserve Officer Mark Hupe. Officer Hupe, also a private pilot, was flying Chief Creech into a mountainous area near Atlanta Idaho in order to check out a possible location for a kids church camp. They were attempting to land and encountered some difficulties which resulted in the crash.
Chief Creech started with the Nampa Police Department on September 11, 1974 and led the Nampa Police Department from January 1, 2000 until his untimely death in June of 2002. Officer Mark Hupe was sworn in as a Nampa Police Reserve Officer on October 15, 1975. He served in that capacity until his untimely death in June of 2002.
Chief Creech was honored by an engraved stone in front of the West Substation. He was also honored by the city of Nampa for his efforts with at risk children, by the naming of public basketball courts in his honor. "Creech's Courts" are located at 7th St. No. and 13th Ave.
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