Ialep Exchange Volume 3 Fall 2017

http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE VOLUME 3 FALL 2017 Executive Board President William Werner Fuquay-Varina N.C. “The Other Side” Video Series St. Louis Metro Police Laura Fahnestock, Chief of Police, Town of Fuquay-Varina, N.C.,USA Department, St. Louis, Missouri, US Executive Vice President Teresa Bowling Wouldn’t it be nice if we all just talked? Columbus Division of Police Columbus, Ohio, US That was the concept behind a video Staff Vice President series that Amazing Studios, Inc. Margaret Gloade Waterloo Regional Police Service proposed to me in October of 2016. Waterloo, On, CA The video series, entitled “The Other Past President Side” would pair children from Mark Carpenter Glendale Police Department elementary school through high school Glendale, Arizona, US with a Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Secretary Marcia M. Garcia Cunningham police officer for an intimate Albuquerque Police Department Albuquerque, New Mexico conversation about life, greatest fears, and tough decisions. The series would prompt Treasurer personal human-to-human conversations and seek to foster an overall understanding Will Davis Scottsdale Police about people – law enforcement officers and children – within the Town of Scottsdale, Arizona, US Fuquay-Varina. With the ongoing issues throughout our nation involving the division Repository Director Todd Stoker between the public and law enforcement, “The Other Side” series would allow both Kansas City Police, sides to share his or her perspective, unrehearsed and “real”, on important topics. Kansas City, Missouri, US Training & Certification Coordinator— Barry Horrobin It was a risk to participate in this type of program, which exposes levels of vulnerability Windsor Police, Windsor, ON, CA of officers and his or her life. However, I knew that this was a positive endeavor that Conference Coordinator Sanjena Clay would demonstrate that officers and children have many viewpoints in common. Palm Beach County Sheriff‘s West Palm Beach, Florida, US Transparency was the goal to demonstrate that police are human behind the badge. It is critical for law enforcement agencies to reach out and communicate in ways that we The Other Side 1-2 have never thought of previously within our communities and this was a way to Fall IALEP Planners 3 achieve that goal. Course IALEP 2017 4-8 In December 2016, eight members of the Fuquay-Varina Police Department were Conference selected to participate in this project after an interview with members of Amazing New Members 9 Studios. Each officer was also assigned a child by Amazing Studios. The officer and Chapter News 10-11 child did not know each other. The officer drove to the child’s residence and met the Justice Clearinghouse 12 child and his/her parents. The officer then drove the child to the studio for the one-on-one interview. The questions were new to each participant as selected by Amazing Studios. For approximately one hour, both the officer and child would read question cards and would respond to the questions, again unrehearsed. http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE VOLUME 3 FALL 2017 Fuquay-Varina N.C. “The Other Side” Video Series (cont.) Laura Fahnestock, Chief of Police, Town of Fuquay-Varina, N.C.,USA Each officer and child afterwards shared positive feedback from his or her experience. Parents observed the interviews and their results were positive as well. The series was produced by Amazing Studios, Inc. at no cost to the agency and received financial support from Officer’s Only, a foundation of the Bob Barker Company in Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Amazing Studios, Inc. approached me after observing Fuquay-Varina’s outreach initiatives to include Coffee with a Cop, “Froyo with the PoPo”, Unity in the Community Basketball Tournament and Community Event, and our FVPD Facebook page to name a few. By January 2017, the series was ready for public viewing; however, I given the opportunity to preview each of the videos. I was pleased with the results. The series was released January 17, 2017, with a video presented each week through the end of March 2017. The public feedback was phenomenal. We have received praise from the public, Town management, Town elected officials, the media, the school system, and from law enforcement agencies across the state. We have also won several communications awards for this series in 2017, to include the NC City and County Communicators Excellence in Communication First Place Award for Interview/Talk Show as well as a national City-County Communications and Marketing Association 2017 Silver Circle Award in the category of Interview/ Talk Show/News Programming (Population 54,000 or less). I encourage you to watch these videos and consider participating in a similar project. The series assisted in humanizing our officers within our community and the videos continue to spark positive conversation. The officers learned about the youth and learned more about themselves. The community observed positive community-police partnerships and open communication. To learn more about “The Other Side” video series, follow this link on the Fuquay-Varina Police Department’s webpage: http://www.fuquay-varina.org/783/The-Other-Side-Videos 2 http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE VOLUME 3 FALL 2017 3 http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE 2017 IALEP Conference Partnering for Progress By Cassie Johnson, Scottsdale Police Department The 2017 IALEP Training Conference hosted by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office in San Diego, CA from September 11-15, 2017, was a great opportunity for members to come together to learn and network with fellow planners. The theme for this year’s conference, “Partnering for Progress,” focused on the many successful law enforcement partnerships across the US and Canada. There were over 70 law enforcement professionals from across the US and Canada in attendance. Over the course of the week, members were presented with many opportunities to share their projects and expertise with others, both in and out of conference sessions. There were 28 presentations on topics such as progress reporting of strategic/business plans, change management, ransomware tabletop exercises, workload assessments, and many others. One session was the announcement of a new collaboration between IALEP and the Justice Clearing House. More details on this exciting partnership will be coming soon! 4 http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE 2017 IALEP Conference Partnering for Progress 5 http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE VOLUME 3 FALL 2017 2017 IALEP Conference Partnering for Progress Phillip E. Keith Project of the Year Arthur J. Barnett Planner of the Year Award Ottawa Police Service-Randy Mar Cassie Johnson: Scottsdale, Arizona Certified Law Enforcement Planner Nancy L. Bourke, Athens-Clark County Police Maria M. Garcia-Cunningham, Albuquerque Police Cathie Gura, Chandler Police Dianna Millar, Ottawa Police Service Elizabeth G. Morton, Athens-Clark County Police Tonya Shields, Lieutenant, El Paso Police Law Enforcement Planner Certificate Recipients Not in Attendance: David Finck, Princeton University DPS Timothy Andrew Gomez, Maricopa Police Guy R. Van Horne, North Charleston Police Advanced Certified Law Enforcement Planner Jessica Abra, Guelph Police Service Amanda Franceschini, Waterloo Regional Police Joshua J. Watkins, Athens-Clark County Police Not in Attendance: John Sheldon, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Past Presidents of IALEP 6 http://www.IALEP.org IALEP EXCHANGE O.M. Wilson Long Standing Contribution and Achievement Award A Tribute to Brian Cummings, Richmond PD (posthumously) by Peter Bellmio I met Brian Cummings over 17 years ago at the first IALEP Basic Planner Course in Kansas City in May of 2017. He had his law degree but it was clear he was searching for work that inspired him. In 2002, we worked together to help Richmond build a Community Crime Control Plan. The City was dealing with a level of violence that generated 70 homicides in 2001 in a City of 220,000. We came to the conclusion that community had to stop the violence. Just clearing homicides does not prevent them. With support from the RPD command staff, we set out to build a Community Crime Control Plan to get the community involved in solutions. Police alone could not reduce homicides in Richmond. Brian lead an effort in which we designed and mailed a brochure to over 3,000 people in Richmond who had expressed by the past that they were committed to public safety in Richmond. The goal was to invite them, the “doers” to a Community Mobilization Session at the Richmond Convention Center> There we would explain how pan could be built to make Richmond safer. Over 500 people showed up for the event. The Mayor, City Manager and City Council realized we could fill a room! From that group of attendees came a task force of 120 people, both community and police, who met for 5 months to build an action plan to make Richmond safer. Their work lead to the implementation of Sector Policing in which teams of officers were responsible for areas of the City. This structure was the foundation for future police community collaboration. It lead to implementation of sector policing which helped build partnership between RPD officers and neighborhoods. It was not easy work. We dealt with race relations, income disparity and trust between the police and community. Brian was like a rock. He never wilted under the pressure of this process. He was optimistic, creative and people in the community just plain liked him. We built a foundation of community police collaboration that contributed to a long

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