Outstanding Opportunities for Training and Professional Development
This conference will have it all when it comes to training. Beginning Sunday afternoon and running through Monday and Tuesday, delegates will receive the very best training our profession has to offer. Structured as plenary and break-out sessions, delegates will have an opportunity to:
- See Jim Vance and his new program “Marketing Your Law Enforcement Agency”
- Attend a presentation on problem oriented policing and hot spots enforcement by Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and Professor Anthony Braga of Harvard University
- Learn new non-confrontational interview strategies from Dave Zulawski of Wicklander-Zulawski
- Attend a seminar on Policing Leadership Styles: An Assessment and Best Practices for Success by the staff at Capella University
The conference will also offer seminars on a variety of important and timely topics, including health and fitness, transitioning to retirement or the public sector, and the very latest developments in criminal investigation.
Whatever you need for law enforcement training, you’ll find it in Boston.
Training Session Schedule
Saturday, July 24
- Plenary Session
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed & Assaulted
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Charles E. Miller, Coordinator, FBI Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted Program, Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Sponsored by the Peace Officer Safety Institute, Center for the Study
of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Open to all delegates and law enforcement day pass guests with
department ID. Attire – Casual.
Monday, July 26
- Break-out Session 1
Select one of three. Attire –Business Casual
8:00 am – 9:30 am
- Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) – Part I
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom A,
(3rd floor)
Avinoam Sapir, Polygraph Examiner; Founder, Laboratory for Scientific Interrogation Inc
Session presented by Laboratory for Scientific Interrogation Inc
- Transitioning to the Private Sector
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Dick Parry, CPP, CISM, Executive Director & Head of Global Security, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc (Moderator)
Salvatore (Sal) LaScala, Harvard Training Administrator, Securitas Security Services USA Inc
Heidi Raffanello, Director Government Services, Creative Services Inc
Clint Rand, Director of Compliance & Security, Smith & Wesson
Thomas J. Schladenhauffen, Chief Security Officer, R.J. Finlay & Co
Session sponsored by American Society for Industrial Security
- Fitness: Staying on That Yellow Brick Road
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom C,
(3rd floor)
Michael Boyle, Strength & Conditioning Pioneer and Founder, Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning
John G. Van Vorst, Heath & Fitness Instructor, FBI Academy Physical Fitness Unit
Session sponsored by the FBI Academy Physical Fitness Unit
- Break-out Session 2
Select one of three. Attire –Business Casual
10:00 am – 11:30 am
- Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) – Part II
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom A,
(3rd floor)
Avinoam Sapir, Polygraph Examiner; Founder, Laboratory for Scientific Interrogation Inc
Session presented by Laboratory for Scientific Interrogation Inc
- Bridging the Generation Gap in Law Enforcement
Hynes Conv Center, Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Colonel Jennifer Hesterman, US Air Force (Ret); Full Professor,
American Military University
Session sponsored by American Military University
- Multi-Assault Counter Terrorist Action Capabilities
(MACTAC)
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom C,
(3rd floor)
Michael R. Hillman, Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department (Ret)
Session sponsored by the FBINAA New England Chapter
- Delegate Special Session
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Luncheon & Annual General Meeting
Sheraton Hotel,
Grand Ballroom,
(2nd floor)
Luncheon sponsored by 5.11 Tactical Series
Attire – Business Casual.
- Plenary Training Session
Attire – Business Casual
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Picking Cotton: Eyewitness Identification Reform
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Author, Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
Joseph F. Savage, Jr, Chairman, Board of Trustees, New England Innocence Project
Gretchen Bennett, Project Coordinator, New England Innocence Project
William G. Brooks, Deputy Chief, Wellesley Police Department
Robert L. Merner, Lieutenant Detective, Boston Police Department
Session sponsored by the New England Innocence Project
Tuesday, July 27
- Break-out Session 1
Select one of three. Attire – Business Casual
8:00 am – 9:30 am
- Non-Confrontational Interview and Interrogation Techniques – Part I
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom A,
(3rd floor)
Dave Zulawski, CFI, CFE, Chairman and Founding Partner, Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
Session presented by Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
- Policing Leadership Styles: An Assessment and Best Practices for Success
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Dr. Enid Conley, Professor of Criminal Justice, Johnson & Wales
University, North Miami Campus; Faculty Member, School of Public
Service Leadership, Capella University
Dr. Joseph Pascarella, Captain (Ret), New York Police Department;
Consultant, National Institute of Justice; Senior Fellow, Long Island
University Homeland Security Management Institute
Dr. Charles Tiffin, Chair of Public Safety Programs, Capella University
Session sponsored by Capella University
- Excavation, Recovery and Identification of Human Remains
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom C,
(3rd floor)
Dr. Debra Prince Zinni, D-ABFA, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine and Forensic Anthropologist, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Session presented by Boston University
- Break-out Session 2
Select one of three. Attire – Business Casual
10:00 am – 11:30 am
- Non-Confrontational Interview and Interrogation Techniques – Part II
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom A,
(3rd floor)
Dave Zulawski, CFI, CFE, Chairman and Founding Partner, Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
Session presented by Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
- Best Practices: Municipal Police and Regionalized Services
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
Richard E. Smith, Chief of Police, Wakefield Police Department Terrence M. Cunningham, Chief of Police, Wellesley Police Department
Russell Jenkins, Deputy Chief, Braintree Police Department
TJ Lynch, Lieutenant, Franklin Police Department
Daniel Perenick, Sergeant, Winchester Police Department
Session sponsored by Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) & Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (Metro-LEC)
- Understanding and Preventing Serious Violence in Boston
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom C,
(3rd floor)
Anthony Braga, Senior Research Associate and Lecturer, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management; Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Daniel P. Linskey, Superintendent-in-Chief, Boston Police Department
Session presented by the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Boston Police Department
- Delegate Special Session
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Luncheon & Election Results
Sheraton Hotel,
Grand Ballroom,
(2nd floor)
Luncheon sponsored by Verizon Wireless
Attire – Business Casual.
- Plenary Training Session
Attire – Business Casual
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Marketing Your Law Enforcement Agency
Hynes Conv Center,
Ballroom B,
(3rd floor)
James (Jim) Vance, Instructor, Graduate Studies in Media Relations, Marketing and Leadership Communication, FBI National Academy; Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Virginia and University of Richmond
Session presented by the FBI Academy