About Us

Residents for Responders is a Texas nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization created to support the first responders of the Spring Valley Village Police Department.  The organization was formed and organized by Spring Valley and Hilshire Village residents.

The organization serves as an independent resource to the Spring Valley Village Police Department to show financial and moral support to the officers and staff in the form of anniversary and/or birthday gifts as well as a support fund for family emergencies.

The role of Residents For Responders is not to replace funding or to reduce in any way the responsibility of Spring Valley Village to commit funding to the public safety of its citizens. The organization seeks to promote morale, goodwill and community support for the officers and staff.

A Bit of History

Personally (for Craig), just before the pandemic began, my wife and I were about to move out to Kingwood where my office was located.  We had offers on our Spring Valley home and had found what we wanted in Kingwood.  However, driving through Kingwood and seeing a few HPD vehicles we felt that if we ever needed the police, we may have to wait 10-20 minutes if not longer.  Yet, here in our neighborhood we will probably never wait more than 3-4 minutes.  Having the knowledge that our SVPD is never far away is a benefit we should never take for granted.  Ultimately, we decided that Spring Valley is the area we raised our children in and is where we love to be, so we stayed here.

After seeing all the disrespect and disdain for police officers around the country, we felt that was not the case for most of America and certainly not in our communities. We decided to begin this organization so all of our neighbors and community could show their appreciation and respect that all officers, especially SVVPD, deserve.