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August 2015 - Issue III IN THIS ISSUE: 24th Annual Executive Training Conference Highlights What a Wearable Camera Will Never Catch Turning Conflict Into Conversation DID YOU KNOW: LifeLock partners with FBI-LEEDA, Inc. (Law Enforcement Executive Development Association), a non-profit training agency, to present educational programs about identity theft and fraud across the United States. Summits are open to law enforcement, including chiefs, sheriffs, investigative supervisors, fraud unit investigators, patrol officers, community policing personnel, special agents, and elected officials. Together, we have educated more than 11,000 law enforcement officials representing over 4,000 agencies in all 50 states. FBI-LEEDA InFBI-LEEDAsighterAugust 2015 - Issue III 2015-2016 Executive Board Feature Articles: PRESIDENT 4 | What A Wearable Camera Will Never Catch – Larry Barton, Ph.D. David Boggs, Chief | Body Worn Cameras For Police Will Be Useful, But Our Expectations Broken Arrow Police Department 6 2302 S. First Place, Broken Arrow, OK 74012 Must Be Realistic – Chris Lewis Telephone: 918-451-8394 8 | Turning Conflict Into Conversation – Kimberly A. Miller, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] | NICB and Law Enforcement: Partnering to Fight Insurance Fraud – FIRST VICE PRESIDENT 12 Linda E. Schwartz, National Insurance Crime Bureau Paul Shastany, Chief Stoughton Police Department 14 | POTUS Orders Reduction of Military-Style Equipment for 26 Rose Street Law Enforcement Agencies – Eric Daigle, Esq. Stoughton, MA 02072 Telephone: 781-232-9311 18 | Audiences in Crisis: Do Not Forget Victims – Judy Pal, Director of Email: [email protected] Operations, FBI-LEEDA SECOND VICE PRESIDENT 19 | The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) – Lesa Marcolini, Thomas Alber, Chief FBI ViCAP Program Manager Garden City Police Department 107 N. 3rd Street, P. O. Box 20 26 | Austin Conference Recap 26 It’s a Wrap - Austin Conference Hits the Record Books Again! Garden City, MO 64747 30 Conference Photo Album Telephone: 816-773-8201 Email: [email protected] Training Opportunities: THIRD VICE PRESIDENT 23 | Summits and Seminars John Horsman, Chief Identity Theft – LifeLock® | Drug Diversion Summits – Purdue Pharma® Delaware Capitol Police 3SI Solving Crime Trends With Electronic Stakeouts 150 MLK South Dover, DE 19903 27 | Three Steps to Trilogy Telephone: 302-744-4385 Supervisor Leadership Institute, Command Leadership Institute, and Email: [email protected] Executive Leadership Institute SERGEANT AT ARMS 28 | Training Opportunities Dominic Rizzi, Chief Leaders Without Titles, Internal Affairs Investigations, Media and Public Relations, Yakima Police Department Distance Learning Online Training: Phase I Basic Supervisory Liability 200 S. 3rd Street and Phase II Advanced Supervisory Liability Yakima, WA 98901 | FBI-LEEDA POST Approvals by State Telephone: (509) 575-6200 60 Email: [email protected] In This Issue: PAST PRESIDENT 1 | FBI–LEEDA Executive Board Sam Pennica, Director Raleigh/Wake City County Bureau of Identification 2 | President’s Message – President David Boggs 3301 Hammond Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 3 | The LEEDing Edge – Executive Director’s Report Telephone: 919-255-7370 Email: [email protected] 5 | FBI–LEEDA Mission EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 10 | Welcome New Sergeant At Arms, New FBI-LEEDA Staff Charles “Skip” Robb 15 | Regional Representative Program Update FBI-LEEDA, Inc. | FBI–LEEDA/LifeLock Scholarship Program 5 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 125, Malvern, PA 19355 20 Telephone: 1-877-772-7712 32 | FBI–LEEDA Instructors Email: [email protected] 33 | Corporate Partnerships and Directory FBI LIAISON | Training Graduates Shirley A. Hinton, Unit Chief 36 Law Enforcement Engagement Unit 45 | Welcome New Members Office of Partner Engagement - FBI HQ 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 6857 Washington, D.C. 20535 The FBI–Law Enforcement Executive Development Association is a private, non–profit Telephone: 202 324 8599 organization and is not part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or acting on it’s behalf. Email: [email protected] Neither the Association, its Executive Board, nor its representatives endorse or assure the completeness or accuracy of information provided by outside sources contained in FBI–LEEDA Insighter, a publication of FBI–LEEDA, Inc., this or any other FBI–LEEDA publication. is published four times a year. Managing Editor: Judy Pal Associate Editor: Lynn Weber FBI–LEEDA • 5 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 125, Malvern, PA 19355 Art Director: Judith A. Grubb Tel: 877-772-7712 • Fax: 610-644-3193 www.fbileeda.org www.fbileeda.org 1 President’s Letter Greetings! It is my honor and privilege to serve as president of FBI- LEEDA in this, its 25th anniversary year. The advances David Boggs we have made as an association are truly remarkable, President, FBI–LEEDA and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those before me who have laid such a strong founda- renewed leadership instructional contracts with the tion that has allowed us to make such significant strides State of Massachusetts and Delaware and have estab- in our goal to be the premier law enforcement leader- lished others across the country. ship and management trainers in the country. One of the most exciting things I see in our future is For those of you who attended our conference in Aus- the work the association is doing to create MOUs with tin this year, you will know first-hand of both the suc- prestigious universities for credit for the Trilogy cours- cess of the conference and the jump in numbers. We es. We working very closely with three colleges and I had 515 people attend the conference this year to hear anticipate being able to make that announcement be- from some of the leading experts in law enforcement, fore the year is out. In addition, we continue to pursue leadership and management today. I predict, our num- POST credit in as many states as possible. As many of bers for the 2016 conference, which will take place in you know, this can be a long, drawn our process, so bear Memphis, Tennessee, will continue to grow. with us as we continue to add classes to that list. I credit our unheralded growth in the past few years My main goal for the organization during my tenure to the extraordinary dedication of our instructors and as your president is to focus on and ensure our long- staff. We have gone from just one Trilogy recipient in term economic sustainability. It is my focus to ensure 2009 to more than 300 this year. We have had a 460% that we have a strategy to keep our organization finan- increase in the number of brick-and-mortar classes cially healthy long past my tenure as president. offered by FBI-LEEDA: hosting 38 in 2012 to approxi- I look forward to working with you, serving our mem- mately 175 this year. That translates to about 1,400 stu- bership, and continuing the momentum of a truly dent graduates in 2013, to about 3,000 in 2014 and an extraordinary educational organization. estimated 6,300 this year. A goal of former president Greg Hamilton was to break into the California market. We have done so, both hosting classes and having California agencies send people to classes in other parts of the country. We have David Boggs President, FBI–LEEDA 2015-2016 Executive Board Pictured (left to right): Charles “Skip” Robb, Sam Pennica, David Boggs, Paul Shastany, Thomas Alber, John Horsman, and Dominic Rizzi. 2 FBI-LEEDA Insighter | August 2015 The LEEDing Edge Executive Director’s Report - August 2015 With summer vacations drawing to a close, many of you are gearing up to begin your training curriculums in earnest again. We hope FBI-LEEDA continues to be part Charles Robb of your plans. As President David Boggs noted, we are Executive Director proudly presenting more than 175 classes this year and FBI–LEEDA see that number growing in the future with the addi- For those of you who have earned your Trilogy, con- tion of our hugely popular Media and Public Relations gratulations and we hope this will not be the end of course this past year, and a new ethics course that will your pursuit of knowledge. FBI-LEEDA offers a com- be offered both online and in class. pendium course entitled “Leaders Without Titles” cre- During the past year, we have worked diligently to ated and taught by Dr. Steve Sampson that marries well update and revise both our Supervisor and Command with our Trilogy courses. The new ethics course will also Institutes. That same process is happening now with be one that you may want to consider. We encourage the Executive Institute to ensure attendees receive the you to continue your learning at the myriad academic most relevant and up-to-date information possible. facilities that offer courses of interest to law enforce- Some of you will also have noted that we are produc- ment. A degree in criminal justice is no longer the only ing professional workbooks now instead of having host option for those wishing to lead in our profession. agencies photocopy reams of material. All this is to en- As someone who went back to school in my mid-40s sure our students receive the best training possible. to earn my master’s degree, I can attest to the great feel- Education is becoming more and more important ing of accomplishment and the value of life-long learn- during this time of evolution in law enforcement. Lead- ing. I hope FBI-LEEDA is part of your plan. ers are expected to be leaders, politicians, social work- ers, human resource managers, tacticians, and finan- cial gurus. You are expected to lead in times of strife, All the best, and law enforcement remains on the front line of our changing social landscape. Police are the most visible arm of government, and therefore, we are often first to receive criticism and last to receive praise.