The Academy Newsletter, Issue # 37, December 2014 www.northwestlaw.ca ▪ [email protected]

Northwest Law Enforcement While our school outreach presentations focus She then sends back sunny beach photos to on careers in law enforcement, the information tease those of us stuck in the snowy weather Academy Goes Back to School provided is also very relevant to other of Winter-peg. professional careers. For over 10 years The start of the each new school year means Manitoba Law Course teachers, as well as Ms. Johnson joined Northwest Law not only back to school for students, but also Career Councillors have found Northwest Enforcement Academy’s as an instructor in back to Manitoba classrooms for the presentations to be interesting, helpful, and April of 2013. She started out by instructing Northwest Law Enforcement Academy relevant, and they continue to invite us back Provincial Acts and has since added Major (NWLEA). year after year. Crimes; Organized Crime, Economic Crime, Criminal Profiling and Criminal Intelligence; Once again this year, NWLEA will be visiting Harry & Sherry would welcome the opportunity and conducting Mock Interviews for our schools and attending career fairs throughout to speak with any group of students. Teachers students. Manitoba as part of our school outreach who are interested in our presentation or any program. school wanting our attendance at a career fair Cindy Johnson brings a new voice and are invited to contact us for more information. experience to our Academy instructional staff, This year’s team consists of Senior We’re here to help our youth obtain their helping us keep going forward in providing the Recruitment and Liaison Officer Harry Troche ‘dream careers’. best for our students. and Recruiting and Liaison Officer Sherry Hobson. Harry and Sherry will be traveling to Academy Changes schools and fairs talking to students about careers in law enforcement, and how Staff: Northwest can help them obtain that career. We are happy to announce that Bob Mazur, Winnipeg Police Service (Retired) is coming Harry Troche spent on board as an Instructor at the Academy. 32 years in the Canada Border Services Students: Agency and its We say goodbye to Class 42, who completed predecessor their program on November 26th. Their organizations, as well Graduation Commencement is on January as 10 years in the 10th, 2015. NWLEA classroom as an instructor. He has We say welcome to Classes 43 and 44 who taught law Harry Troche fielding questions in Mr. Didyk's class started in September and October and who enforcement and intelligence courses around at Kildonan East Collegiate on October 8th, 2014. are now well into their studies. the world including in such countries as the former USSR, Bangladesh, England, “Learn from the Best” Quotes to Live By Switzerland, Mexico, Bermuda and the USA. Featured If you don't have time to do it right, when will Sherry Hobson Instructor you have time to do it over? ~ John Wooden spent 31 years with the Cindy Johnson

Winnipeg Police To accomplish great things Services. She worked Cindy Johnson we must not only act, but also dream, her way up from being comes to not only plan, but also believe. a Clerk “A” in Traffic Northwest Law ~ Anatole France Division to become a 9- Enforcement 1-1 Operator, Call Academy after Taker, Dispatcher and Trainer for 12 year. serving for 31 years Students & Alumni Volunteer! She moved on to Shift Supervisor, Training with the Winnipeg Our students and alumni have volunteered as Coordinator and finished her career as Police Service. During her time with WPS, Ambassadors at: Supervisor of Communications. She has Cindy worked General Duties/Emergency taught the Emergency Services Communicator Response; Vice Division; Plain Clothes Unit; Program at NWLEA for the past two years.  the Blue Rodeo concert in Assiniboine the Mounted Patrol and Police Vehicle Park

Operations Instructor.  Central Canada Comic Con With their varied careers Harry and Sherry  the Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade compliment each other with a unique blend of Ms. Johnson took a Leadership and Transition law enforcement experience. Certificate with the University of Manitoba and Thank you for volunteering and showing your took Recreation and Athletic Studies at the commitment to your community. According to Harry who has hired many University of Winnipeg. She also took an customs inspectors during his career … “there Aboriginal Perceptions course hosted by the has always been a very high degree of interest Royal Canadian Mounted Police and in good paying, secure, and exciting jobs Community Based Policing course through the especially those in the law enforcement sector, Winnipeg Police Service. and this is true now more than ever. For this reason, it is absolutely critical that anyone Cindy Johnson is no stranger to being an seeking such a career obtain professional and instructor as she spent 12 years as a Training relevant post-secondary education, and this is Officer and 4 years as Field Training Officer where Northwest comes in. Sherry and I and with Winnipeg Police Service. She has also the entire Northwest staff are here to help been a Police Vehicle Operations Instructor. students get just that.” In her spare time Ms. Johnson likes to “go south” and spend time in Arizona and Mexico.

200-1821 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H 0G4 Phone: (204) 953-8300 ▪ Toll Free in Canada 1-866-953-8300 ▪ Fax: (204) 953-8309 well. I am very grateful for the experience I had painted a completely different picture of how the Congratulations! with my fellow NWLEA friends at this event and law works-or doesn't....in their countries. They look forward to hopefully attending in the future.” expressed their amazement in how Canadian law Congratulations to ~Breanna Laferriere operates and they described their struggles with Catlin Lang on his their governments to be at the point where Canada first posting with the  is nowadays. It made me appreciate, ever more, Royal Canadian “The future Women in Law Enforcement where I live and how lucky I am to live in Canada. Mounted Police. Conference was an amazing experience. My Catlin’s posting is at favourite part was the parade. I loved seeing all the In my opinion, it was an amazing opportunity to be Winnipegosis. amazing female police officers from around the a part of the conference, and I would suggest it to world and getting the chance to talk to them about any female interested in law enforcement to try it. I how policing works in their country compared to Congratulations to would say that informational conferences like that Trent Cook who is Canada. The career symposium was my next would help in making decisions about the future now serving as a favourite part of the conference. Meeting all these career. I wish I had that possibility when I was Manitoba Sheriff’s great women from many different agencies and done with high school.” Officer in Portage having the chance to talk to them, and gain a better ~Anna Tadeuszow La Prairie. Trent we understand about their agency was amazing. Over can’t wait until we have your picture for the all the conference was an incredible experience.  “Wall of Fame.” Gave all of the future women in law enforcement “Over the two days I attended the international great connections, and we all had an amazing women's in policing conference I learned multiple Good Luck to Tyler Denchuk who is currently time.” key facts. I learned that there are a lot of women at Depot in Regina in training to be a Royal ~Molly Couture in policing but that all women in there said law Canadian Mounted Police Officer. enforcement agencies are supported. I'm thankful  for being in Canada to pursue my career in law “The International Association of Women in enforcement. The second fact I learned at the International Association of Policing conference was one of the greatest women's in policing conference was that there's Women in Policing Conference experiences of my life. I have never been so multiple law enforcement agencies around inspired and determined to enter into a field Canada and the world. With the multiple before. It was an opportunity of a lifetime and I representatives from these agencies they taught am so incredibly satisfied with everyone and me to never give up and always shoot for the everything that I was exposed to while in highest of stars. My overall experience of the attendance. international women's in policing conference was amazing. I definitely recommend the women's in I felt so proud marching alongside so many policing conference to all ages that have an The International Association of Woman in successful women and men. It was a magnificent interest in law enforcement.” Policing Conference allowed Northwest Law experience and I am so grateful for being able to ~Meaghan Wylie Enforcement Academy to send some of our attend. The speakers were great. It showed just female students to the “Future Women in Law how difficult yet, rewarding our careers in Law www.NorthWestLaw.ca Enforcement “conference to listen and learn Enforcement were going to be. I’ve been truly about their chosen career. This was an inspired and am very excited to start applying to excellent opportunity for our students to rub the many amazing fields of Law Enforcement. shoulders with experienced officers, listen to I was also able to attend an excerpt of one of the guest speakers and to network within their speakers on the Tuesday, which was fantastic. chosen field. The amount of determination and passion presented just makes me want to join so much The goal of this portion of the conference was faster. to: I was invited to attend the annual banquet gala  Reach out to a target group (17 – 25 along with nine other ‘future women in law years women in Manitoba) interested in a enforcement.’ It was beautiful and very enriching. career in Law Enforcement I am so ecstatic about having attended and Have you visited our website lately? We have  Offer a unique and interactive meeting so many wonderful people. I have never refreshed and updated our look. We have also perspective of the Law Enforcement before been so enlightened. I felt very important made our website more compatible for those community. during the conference being the “future” of Law who use smart phones. Check it out. Enforcement. One person really can change the  Provide a Law Enforcement career world. If I were ever asked to attend again I Upcoming Classes symposium wouldn’t hesitate to say, “Yes!”  Promote the value of Women in Law ~Taylor A. Woodland Law, Protection and Safety Enforcement  Provide an insight to the progression of  Diploma Program Women in Policing (648 Hours)  Provide an opportunity for Law “On September 28th and 29th, 2014, I attended a Enforcement members to impart their Future Women in Policing Conference. It was a April 7 – November 30, 2015: Mornings knowledge to young women interested in great experience to be around female police officers We are now in the process of accepting and screening applicants for this Class. this career field. from around the world. Walking the IAWP Parade of Nations made me be a part of the conference, I Sept. 8, 2015 – Apr. 29, 2016: Mornings was proud to be walking it with others and that Some of our student’s comments are as made me feel like I was one of them. follows: Oct. 13, 2015 – May 31, 2016: Afternoons

“Going to the Women in Policing Conference was During the conference, I really enjoyed case studies an amazing and eye opening experience. During that were presented during the conference and all of the parade and memorial we saw all the different guest speakers including investigators, nation's uniforms and met some inspiring women. Identification Unit and victim's family were a great I had the opportunity to meet a girl from Israel addition and selling point of the conference. who works as an undercover anti-terrorism operative and a lady originally from Texas who Another selling point was, the possibility of visiting was a high ranking air marshall. She caught up different booths, that were representing many with us during the tour at the CHRM and gave us different enforcement agencies within Manitoba, her card to call her in case we were ever in Washington to meet up again. It was also a but I didn't think we were given enough time to special moment when other girls would come up really appreciate them to get all questions answered to us and ask where we were from (uniforms). It and necessary information. was a great opportunity to share our experiences at Northwest with younger females and Yet, another feature, I liked, were the conversations encourage them to pursue their career goals as with officers representing other countries. They

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