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9th Annual Leadership Development Conference

Reaching New Heights: Partners in Advancing Women in Law Enforcement

Conference Agenda
(may be subject to change)

Embassy Suites, Boca Raton is site of the joint conference: Host Chief Andrew Scott, Boca Raton Police Services, Sheriff Cousins, Essex County, MA., Sheriff Joe McDonough, Plymouth County, MA., and Margie Moore, Director, National Center for Women and Policing, Arlington, Va.

casual business attire is requested

Tuesday - April 27, 2004
2:00 pm Conference Registration Opens
4-5 pm Advisory Board Meeting (check at registration for location)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Reception - Poolside Luau
Embassy Suites Hotel
 

Wednesday - April 28, 2004
9:00 am - 10:30 am Welcoming Remarks: Mayor Steven L. Abrams, City of Boca Raton
Keynote Speaker: Commissioner Gwen Boniface, Ontario, Canada Provincial Police
10:30 am -10:45 am

Break
10:45 am - 12 noon General Session:
Challenges at the TOP-Sheriffs and Chiefs: Sheriff Margo Frazier, Chief Delsa Bush, West Palm Beach Police Dept., Chief Gwendolyn v. Boyd-Savage, No. Miami Police
Moderator: Chief Andrew Scott - Boca Raton Police Services
12 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
Chief Vicky Peltzer, President, NAWLEE- keynote
1:30 pm -3:00 pm

Workshops

a) Leadership and Ethical Policing
Joan Sweeney, Executive Director: Change Consortium Consultants and Boston Police Dept. Deputy Superintendent Ann Marie Doherty (retired)
Moderator: Dr. Ellen Scrivner, Public Safety Innovations

b) Improving Policing (Panel)

  • Implementing Consent Decrees, Court Orders - Capt. Gayle Cameron, NJSP
  • Culture Change, My Harrison, Section Chief, Administrative Services Div., FBI
  • Monitoring the State Police - Colonel Cynthia Transue, Pennsylvania State Police

c) "Are You Telling Me The Truth" - Clues to Truthfulness
Dr. Sue Adams, Special Agent, Quantico, Virginia

3:00pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Workshops

a) Leadership and Ethical Policing
Debra Beck, Florida Beverage & Tobacco Bureau, Chief Lincoln, Latana PD

b) & c) repeated
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Lifetime Achievement and Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards Dinner

Lifetime Achievement Awardees:

  • Past President IAWP & Deputy Chief Laura Goodman, Brooklyn Center Police Department
  • Chief Teresa Chambers, United States Park Police
  • Commissioner Gwen Boniface, Ontario, Canada Provincial Police

Thursday - April 29, 2003
  Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Recruiting and Retaining Women in Law Enforcement
National Center for Women and Policing – Margaret Moore, Director, NCWP
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:15pm

Human Trafficking - The Victim's Protection Act and Community Policing
DOJ Civil Rights Attorney Thomas Marchbell, Special Agent Monica Mapel and Victim/Witness Coordinator Sue Shriner, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Box Lunch (Questions and Answers continued from plenary session)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Workshops

a) Trafficked Victims - NGO's (Non governmental agencies) providing trauma resolution, social services and comprehensive support.
Teresa Descilo, Executive Director, Victim Services Center, Miami; Ana Vallejo, Staff Attorney, Florida Immigration Advocacy Center; Miami Suzanne Quinn, Program Specialist, Florida Freedom Partnership, Miami.

b)1:30 to 2:15 pm: "Sanctioned Bias"
Dalia Hashad Attorney, ACLU, New York City

2:15 to 3:00 pm: April is Sexual Awareness Month - Updates for Police Leaders on Resources
Available: Debbie Rogers, Florida Council Against Sexual Violence

c) Physical Agilities Testing and the Impact on Recruiting Women Officers: The latest on the SEPTA case and its potential impact
Sharyn Tejani, Legal Counsel, Feminist Majority Foundation
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Workshops (repeated)
6:00 pm Welcome to Reaching New Heights Conference Sponsored by Boca Raton FOP for all attendees - Hospitality Night (beverages and appetizers)
 

Friday - April 30, 2003
  Breakfast
9:00 am -10:30 am

Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Panel - Initiatives from the Top
Sheriff Robert Garvey, Sheriff Jackie Barrett, Chief Lynn Centonze, Fairfield, NJ, Chief William B. Berger, Colonel Christopher A. Knight, Sheriff Ken Jenne

10:30 am -10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12 noon

A) Executive Forum - Instituting a Culture of Change (for chiefs, sheriffs and agency heads only)

B) FILM - Shown in theater - Women and Human Rights Issue
12 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Workshops

a) Mentoring Women to Become Leaders
Commander Maria Maughan, Boca-Raton Police Services

b) The Media and Crisis Events
Capt. Nancy Demme, Montgomery Cty Police (Sniper Investigation) News anchor woman Suzanne Boyd, News 12, News Reporter Jean Murry (Miami), Kim Muroe, PIO, Broward Cty Commission

c) Being the Leader in the #2 Spot
Colonel Debra Campbell, NYSP, Deputy Chief Laura Goodman, Asst. Chief, North Miami Beach PD. Linda Loizzo
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Workshops (repeated)

 
   

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