tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17801262531682498732024-03-14T02:46:24.079-07:00IAWP Region 9IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-7045475031777416002014-02-11T18:33:00.000-08:002014-02-11T18:33:06.504-08:00
I am very excited to share the training agenda for the upcoming Regional Training Conference in Las Vegas on March 24/25<br />
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meet and greet at TGIFridays at the Gold Coast Hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come meet and socialize with other conference
delegates and members of the IAWP Board of Directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happy hour prices will be in effect! Open to
all conference delegates and their guests. <br />
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0830- 1230<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Human Trafficking
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Description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This speaker is a police officer in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
a prior IAWP International Scholarship winner. She was one of the first women
to graduate from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Afghan</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Police</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> in 2002. She will
speak briefly about the challenges of policing in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, especially as a woman,
where a female police officer can be targeted not only by criminals but by
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Yourself for Success <br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Description; Cindy Shain retired as the Deputy
Chief of the Louisville Police Department after 24 years in law enforcement.
She currently serves as the Associate Director of the Southern Police Institute
where she oversees professional development programs. The purpose of this
interactive workshop is to provoke thought and provide strategies for people in
law enforcement to insure success by assessing and setting professional goals
and objectives; surveying personal strengths and weaknesses; developing and
implementing a professional development plan and improving their
“marketability” for careers after retirement. </div>
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Title: Gang Rape and Human Trafficking Law Enforcement Response<br />
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Description: Commander Trobaugh
has worked in Law Enforcement for 22 years. She currently serves with the Cal
Poly Police Department and is in charge of all police operations. This training
segment will explore the topics of gang rape, human trafficking, how they are
tied together and how the legal community has, and should respond <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Good Cop; Bad Daughter</div>
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Description: Karen Lynch worked
for the San Francisco Police Department from 1981 until 2010, retiring with the
rank of Homicide Inspector after being diagnosed with breast cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hour-long class will explore aspects of
career survival that were never taught in law enforcement academies.
Participants will learn skills for improved communication with colleagues, as
well as how to identify and enroll co-workers as mentors. We will discuss the
reality of intuition, and the danger of dismissing our sixth sense. And
finally, we will use some tools of improvisational acting to practice
deflecting anger and the negative emotions of those we encounter, policing with
compassion, while keeping ourselves healthy. Participants will leave with
viable tools for enhancing their career satisfaction </div>
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0600 – 0700 Optional yoga session</div>
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0800 – 0830 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Class
Title: Yoga for Police Officers</div>
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Instructor: Staff
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Description: Staff Sgt Hunter
works for the Peel Regional Police in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Ontario</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. She is
also a certified Yoga instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
this training conference Staff Sgt Hunter will conduct two optional yoga
sessions prior to the scheduled training regimen. These sessions are
specifically geared towards police officers and the physical challenges they
face due to the work environment and uniform requirements. She will also be
doing a short presentation to explain the benefits of yoga and the importance
of physical fitness. </div>
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Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surviving a Critical Incident</div>
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Description: Sgt Mandziak and
Constable Duncan are both members of the Winnipeg Police Service in Manitoba
Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early in Constable Duncan’s
career, she and Sgt Mandziak responded and overcame an armed assailant. This
training segment will cover the importance of officer safety training and the
physical skills and mindset one needs to survive a critical incident, not only
at the time but also the aftermath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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1000 – 1050<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Class
Title: IGO Leadership; The fundamentals of influencing Individuals, </div>
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Description: Donna Cayson began
her law enforcement career in 1997 at the age of 44 after a twenty plus year
career as an entrepreneur and private business owner. Donna worked for both the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Pasadena</st1:city></st1:place> and
Sierra Madre Police Departments, retiring in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This training is a fast paced, interactive,
knowledge packed education experience designed as a jumpstart for anyone who
desires to develop and/or improve their leadership potential regardless of
their current position in their organization. Participants will explore several
behavioral science theories that help us to better understand and explore our
own leadership potential. </div>
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1100-1230<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Class
Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intuition Unleashed</div>
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Description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ally Jacobs was a police officer for the
University of California-Berkeley for 13 years before retiring in 2013. She
spent most of those 13 years working in patrol and undercover narcotics
investigations. In August of 2009, Ally Jacobs and another UC Berkeley
employee, Lisa Campbell, were instrumental in instigating the investigation
that led to the location and freeing of Jaycee Dugard, who had been kidnapped
and held captive for 18 years. This training segment will outline that case,
offer and offender profile of convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido,
and acknowledge the strong role that intuition had and continues to have in
effective law enforcement.</div>
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Description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sherry Benson-Podolchuk served for 20 years
as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and has authored a book, Women
Not Wanted, based on her experience with a hostile work environment and gender
targeted workplace harassment/bullying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This training segment will focus on recognizing, overcoming and moving
forward from the issues she discusses in her book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal of this training is to be able to
create and foster a positive work environment for all employees. By using real
life experiences and sharing her own survival techniques, Sherry hopes to leave
her audience with awareness of what harassment looks like and the impact on the
victim; ideas on how to change attitudes and learn the value of our own voices
and to have the courage to take action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Description: Staff Sgt. Slaughter has over thirty years of
combined experience in law enforcement, the Canadian military and fitness
instruction. She has been with the Ottawa Police Service for twenty-three years
and is currently serving as the Crime Prevention Staff Sergeant. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This
workshop delivers a dynamic blend of powerful stories and provocative wit to
demystify the art of self protection for both officers and civilians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Delivered in a train-the-trainer format, this
course challenges myths and misconceptions about victim selection, sexual
assault, date rape drugs and personal safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Armed with a name that belies her trademark approach, S/Sgt Slaughter
creates a toolbox of anti-violence strategies for any environment, from
de-escalation techniques to employing weapons of opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an entertaining and energetic style,
participants are provided material on workplace violence and ways to assist
women in the community in transforming fear of the criminal realm to a domain
where tactical options and savvy wisdom prevail.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-91673108078545948652014-02-11T18:26:00.000-08:002014-02-11T18:26:05.893-08:00Greetings one and all! I wanted to let you know about an exciting training conference that will be coming to Las Vegas, Nevada on March 24-25, 2014 that will be hosted by the International Association of Women Police (IAWP). All law enforcement officers, both men and women, are invited to attend. The theme of the conference is "Surviving and Thriving in Law Enforcement" and will include classes on human trafficking, crime scene investigation, career advancement, leadership, and officer safety/survival, <br />
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<br /> The conference will be held at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino at 4000 West Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1392171583813_3698" rel="nofollow">1-888-402-6278</a>. Room rates for Sunday, March 23rd through Tuesday, March 25th are just $28.00 for a deluxe room, or $36.00 for a premium room. For those who decide to come to Vegas for the weekend prior to the start of the conference, room rates for Friday, March 21st and Saturday, March 22nd, are $63.00 for a deluxe room, or $78.00 for a premium room. Make sure that you use the conference code of AIAWP14 to ensure that you receive the discounted room rates!</div>
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<br /> Registration fees for the conference are just $125.00 for IAWP members, and $225.00 for non-members if you register prior to February 19th; after February 19th, the rates will increase to $175.00 for IAWP members, and $275.00 for non-members. (HINT: To save $100.00 on your registration fees, consider joining the IAWP for just $40.00 a year prior to registering! Go to the IAWP website at <a href="http://www.iawp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.iawp.org</a> for more information about the organization and how to join). </div>
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To register for the conference, and to make your hotel reservations online, if you'd rather not phone the hotel directly, please go to <a href="http://www.iawp.org/training/march2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.iawp.org/training/march2014</a>. Any questions or special needs can be directed to either Janet Wilson, IAWP Region 9 Coordinator, or Fabian Brown, IAWP Region 10 Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:iawpvegas2014@yahoo.com" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1392171583813_3701" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:iawpvegas2014@yahoo.com">iawpvegas2014@yahoo.com</a>.</div>
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<br /> This conference will be a wonderful opportunity for you to obtain some outstanding training, and to give you the ability to network with women in law enforcement from across the country and around the world. Make your reservations today to guarantee your spot in this first ever regional training conference hosted by the IAWP! You'll also be getting a tax write-off, to boot! </div>
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IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-39011052608847876752013-04-08T20:02:00.001-07:002013-04-08T20:02:49.592-07:00St Johns Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trying to catch up after a long hiatus! Here are the Region 9 attendees at the St. Johns IAWP Conference in September 2012. Watch for more updates as I remember how to do this!<br />
IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-7065461977609341242010-11-02T18:20:00.001-07:002010-11-02T18:43:15.964-07:00Street Survival and Medal of Valor Presentation<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC5hzTxSNI/AAAAAAAAAAw/swA5tdHpqxU/s1600/street+survival+seminar+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535127932398291154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC5hzTxSNI/AAAAAAAAAAw/swA5tdHpqxU/s320/street+survival+seminar+001.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC8l5rY9FI/AAAAAAAAABQ/bD2nJTIEedA/s1600/street+survival+seminar+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535131301362332754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC8l5rY9FI/AAAAAAAAABQ/bD2nJTIEedA/s320/street+survival+seminar+015.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC8ljt8XII/AAAAAAAAABI/LPa-3HReXgY/s1600/street+survival+seminar+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535131295467461762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC8ljt8XII/AAAAAAAAABI/LPa-3HReXgY/s320/street+survival+seminar+016.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Region 9 recently served as a host for the Calibre Press Street Survival Seminar. We had a great turnout of over 120 attendees. Thanks again to Deb, Brenda, Mary Pat, Cynthia and Kim for volunteering!</div><div></div><div>During the seminar, we were able to take some time and present Seattle PD Officer Britt Sweeney with the 2010 IAWP Medal of Valor. The actual presentation had been at the conference in Minneapolis but Britt was unable to attend due to prior commitments. We were also able to recognize Ben Kelly for his heroic actions when confronted by Maurice Clemmons, the killer of the 4 Lakewood Officers. </div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC7rlwLABI/AAAAAAAAABA/LAdjBhBtPYI/s1600/street+survival+seminar+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535130299581267986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC7rlwLABI/AAAAAAAAABA/LAdjBhBtPYI/s320/street+survival+seminar+011.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC7rZhnesI/AAAAAAAAAA4/o5a10iHP8b4/s1600/street+survival+seminar+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535130296298994370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RTdgg8QZcio/TNC7rZhnesI/AAAAAAAAAA4/o5a10iHP8b4/s320/street+survival+seminar+009.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Britt composed a great acceptance letter that was read at the award ceremony, she graciously provided me with a copy so you can read it here....<br /><br />To the Members of the IAWP:<br />First, I must apologize for my inability to be present to receive this award in person today. It came as a great disappointment to me when I realized I would not be available to attend the IAWP conference.<br /><br />When I received the email from Ms. Masson notifying me I was being awarded the Medal of Valor I was beyond humbled and honored. We all have opted to partake in law enforcement for different reasons; to help the community, to give back, because we have family members in LE... but none of us do it to receive awards, or be patted on the back. As flattered as I am to be the recipient of this award, it's difficult to swallow all of this attention. None of us see ourselves as heroes... we are merely people who wear a uniform with a shiny badge and get to do a really freakin' cool job.<br /><br />It has been an emotionally trying year for me. While a mere 30 days into FTO I was involved in an ambush where my FTO was killed. Initially I questioned whether I had made the right decision by becoming a cop. I knew that it was a dangerous job, but I had never expected something so unfathomable, so soon into my career. As days went by and I began to get hugs from colleagues (most who I didn't even know) and receive phone calls, emails and cards from fellow officers around the country it became very clear that joining the Seattle Police Dept was the best choice I had ever made. The love and support that the law enforcement community boasts is no lie; I can certainly attest to that. I feel confident that I can conquer the world because of all the support I have, and continue to receive from all of you. As humbling as it is to receive an award like this, it is also what keeps me going... remembering that I am not forgotten, that Tim (Brenton) is not forgotten and that should I ever have a weak moment, someone will be there to help me through. The words "Thank You" really are not near enough to convey what is in my heart, but all that I can find at this time.<br /><br />I do want to take this opportunity to thank my department for being amazing. The Seattle Police Dept and Chief Diaz have shown me an immense amount of support and were very instrumental for me being able to get back on the horse. I am proud to be a part of SPD. So, thank you Chief Diaz and the men and women of the Seattle PD.<br /><br />To all of you, I ask you to please stay safe out there and continue to be the woman warriors that you are... and truly, from the deepest crevices of my heart... thank you.<br /><br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Britt SweeneyIAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-45246878010294814022010-10-23T18:41:00.001-07:002010-10-23T18:46:48.665-07:00Interesting ArticleIf anyone is interested, the Seattle Times is doing a series of articles about Maurice Clemmons, the murderer of the 4 Lakewood Officers. I can't get a link to work but if you go to the Times website and search for Maurice Clemmons, the articles will come up.IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780126253168249873.post-23489283533741435052010-10-12T19:04:00.000-07:002010-10-12T19:12:56.840-07:00Region 9 first blog entryGreetings Region 9 Members and Guests! I am trying to meet my goal of having this blog up and running within two weeks of getting home from Minnesota so here goes.....<br /><br />Had a great time at the 2010 Conference, kudos to the committee and volunteers for a well run training curriculum and very fun....networking opportunities. I will get some photos posted soon.<br /><br />Getting ready for the Street Survival Seminar in Seattle. Region 9 is serving as the host agency.<br /><br />So, this blog will depend on updates from all IAWP Region 9 Members about things going on in your area and lives.....keep me posted!IAWP Region 9http://www.blogger.com/profile/02420516372591162929noreply@blogger.com