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Adrienne Baker is a former state law enforcement officer and prescription drug diversion specialist. She has provided lectures and training seminars for law enforcement and healthcare personnel for over 20 years. Starting in 2012 she worked as an Associate Director of RxLELE (Law Enforcement Liaison and Education) for Purdue Pharma. She was a full-time public speaker providing a variety of lectures to police and industry throughout the country. In addition, she was an FBI LEEDA instructor. Prior to joining Purdue in 2012, Mrs. Baker was Principal Agent for the Georgia State Medical Board. As a state law enforcement officer in Georgia, she conducted investigations involving pharmaceutical drug diversion and violations of state laws and regulations relating to medical practitioners. Mrs. Baker is a Master Police Instructor certified through the state police academy. In addition, she is a state Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor.
For her entire career, Mrs. Baker has traveled throughout the United States educating doctors, law enforcement officers, healthcare professionals, and community groups regarding safe and legal medical practices involving prescription drugs. In addition, she testified and assisted in the passing of SB 36, the Georgia Prescription Monitoring Program.
Mrs. Baker was named National Law Enforcement Educator of the Year in 2007 and has served as president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) Georgia chapter since 2004. Mrs. Baker has also been on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Tactical Officers Association (GTOA) since 2004-2012. In 2009, she was named one of Georgia's top 40 under 40 by Georgia Trend magazine.
Mrs. Baker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Samford University and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Georgia State University. In 2018 she graduated from Yale School of Management in the Executive Management Program.
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This one day course will discuss the uniqueness of balancing the openness of religious institutions while preventing crime and acts of violence. The development of emergency preparedness policies and training of staff and volunteers will be addressed.
This one day course discusses the necessity for schools, campuses, and all educational facilities to take steps to prevent crime and violence. Best practices for Lock Downs, Shelter-in-Place, and Bomb Threats will be examined.
This one day course addresses the crime issues specific to our business communities, from conducting risk assessments, establishing emergency preparedness policies, preparing for acts of violence, and preventing workplace crime.
This one day course discusses crime prevention initiatives specific to neighborhoods and residential properties, from target hardening to developing resident based crime prevention programs.
This is a proven crime prevention program designed to reduce crime, and the perception of crime, within rental apartment communities by law enforcement partnering with owners, landlords, property managers, and residents. This is a two day train-the-trainer certification course.
This 3 day class is based on the premise that "the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear of crime and incidence of crime, and to an improvement in quality of life." CPTED examines the "why here" factor. This course is beneficial to a wide range of professions ranging from law enforcement professionals to security consultants, to municipal managers, planners and code/zoning enforcement, and even schools officials, property managers, shopping districts and downtown development authorities. Concepts learned can be applied to provide useful risk assessments and security surveys of existing properties as well as the development of new projects. Attendees will learn about how lighting, landscaping, access control, signage, and the use of social activities can help in preventing crime, as well as how to utilize CPTED in existing crime prevention and community policing programs.
This unique fast paced course has quickly become a favorite among police officers and administrators nationwide. While designed for front-line law enforcement officers to do more than merely respond to crime in their communities, this one-day class is a must for anyone in law enforcement who strides to provide a more preventative, customer service based approach to policing. This course will examine the basics of preventing crime, why crime occurs where it does, and how to successfully engage citizens to partner in community crime prevention efforts. While theories of crime prevention will be discussed, this course offers "real world" crime prevention examples along with providing tools and resources for officers to make an immediate impact within their own communities. Security surveys, risk assessments and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) theories will also be examined.
While the role of the police in our community has changed over the years, the prevention of crime has remained the number one priority. Yet, few law enforcement professionals ever receive any formal crime prevention training. Brian Kanicki has become one of our nation's premier crime prevention trainers and experts. He is focused on delivering innovative and practical crime prevention courses for front-line law enforcement officers, as well as those assigned to crime prevention and community policing as their primary duty. His range of experience as a patrol officer, detective, and advanced crime prevention specialist enables him to integrate first-hand knowledge and experience to his training. Brian is committed to providing the best and most current crime prevention training possible.
He has developed several courses for law enforcement professionals and has trained hundreds of police officers throughout the US. His "Crime Prevention on Patrol" course has become a favorite among law enforcement officers and police administrators throughout the country.
Brian is a Michigan native and became a Police Officer in 1995. In 2013, after 18 years of policing in his home state, Brian and his family moved to Florida where he is currently working for a police agency in the Tampa Bay area. Brian is a certified Advanced Crime Prevention Specialist and Advanced C.P.T.E.D. Specialist.
Throughout his distinguished career, Brian has served as a patrol officer, detective, and a crime prevention officer. During his tenure with his department's Crime Prevention Unit, he was charged with coordinating dozens of Neighborhood Watch groups and a Business Watch Program encompassing hundreds of businesses. He also oversaw a Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, working with landlords and property managers of rental communities, successfully reducing calls for police service within these properties by over 50%. Brian served as a School Liaison Officer and taught a law-based safety oriented program to thousands of students. Brian has also served as his department's Public Liaison & Media Relations Officer. He has been responsible for developing and initiating numerous crime prevention programs throughout his community.
Brian has received advanced training in crime prevention, risk/threat assessment, and community policing initiatives and has also presented at hundreds of civic and community events, business groups, and neighborhood associations on a variety of crime prevention, security, and safety related topics.
In 2008, after seeing a glaring need for engaging and realty-based crime prevention training, Brian developed an in-depth crime prevention training series for law enforcement officers and began teaching police officers throughout Michigan. These courses were an immediate success and his teaching expanded nationally.
Brian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University, as well as an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice from Delta College. Brian is certified in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) from the National Crime Prevention Institute at the University of Louisville and Advanced CPTED from the American Crime Prevention Institute. Brian also served as a regional trainer for the International Crime Free Association.
Domenic Cappelluti CFI, is a veteran detective with the Waukegan (Illinois) Police Department and a former Group Supervisor of the elite Lake County, IL Major Crime Task Force. With over 24 years of experience Dom has specialized in high profile violent street crimes, gang homicides, murder for hire cases on gang and drug officers and officer involved shootings. During his career, he has worked in various divisions, and avidly supervised the Criminal Investigations Bureau and the Gang Suppression Unit. Dom has proudly conducted and directed hundreds of gang and drug related operations throughout Lake County, Cook County and the Chicago metropolitan area targeting Chicago based street gangs. He is fluent in Spanish and Italian and has successfully conducted thousands of interviews and interrogations in Spanish with gang members from various gangs.
Having personally been targeted in a large scale murder for hire plot, Dom has been an intricate part in receiving federal funding and working with members of Congress to establish a clear understanding of the war on gangs and the approach that's needed for successful. He continues to combat the media and has dedicated his career to fighting Freedom of Information Act violations, protecting officers' rights and defending the work quality of experienced interviewers from the mirage placed on society from today's biased media.
Dom is a nationally recognized lecturer for his vast experience in interviewing and interrogation, homicide and street gangs. Dom passionately teaches law enforcement officers and federal agents across the United States and Mexico. He has successfully testified as an expert in gangs, homicide and interviewing and interrogation in various courts across the United States. Dom is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his accomplishments. He has been honored by his police department, state and federal agencies, Congress and various newspapers.
Dr. Robert J. Cipriano Jr., has been working with the community professionally within the field of psychology for 22 years. His undergraduate training in psychology was completed at Florida State University and he successfully completed a doctoral program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) in clinical psychology at Carlos Albizu University in Miami, Florida. He completed his doctoral internship at one of the largest state hospitals that housed the "criminally insane" within the Central United States. He currently owns and has developed his training and consulting business, SIMCIP GROUP Forensic-Psychological Consultants, located in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Dr. Cipriano is currently a Florida Licensed Psychologist for the past 12 years. He is board certified in Police and Public Safety Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and for the past decade had also worked as a Police Psychologist for Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD). In that role he served as a consultant for the Special Response Team (SRT -Also known as SWAT) and provided expert training and developed strategies for effectively working with and understanding the "criminal mind." He assisted the team in gaining insight and managing individuals who suffered from severe mental illness and who were in crisis. Additionally, he provided critical support to the crisis negotiation team when they were faced with crisis situations, hostages, career criminals, and barricaded subjects who posed a threat for police and the community at large.
His area of specialization includes utilizing his clinical skills operationally to target the spectrum of trauma and violence in the field. Such experience entails educating police, the military veteran, and the civilian population on the psychological effects from trauma as well as understanding and managing aspects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-recognizing signs and symptoms of the disorder, how it manifests, and how to work and interact with those who may suffer from it.
Dr. Cipriano offers expert training in understanding the psychological dynamics and warning signs of active shooters, school shooters, school place violence, and bully behavior. Dr. Cipriano has a strong interest in this area and has developed a clinical curriculum to target, intervene, and potentially prevent such acts along this specific spectrum of aggression. His knowledge, experience, and expertise will be passed on to parents, educational institutions, administrators, law enforcement agencies, and youth programs on a national, state, and local level.
A group of lucky Michigan crime-fighters just spent two days with Lt. Dave Smith and Chief Ed Delmore witnessing the birth of a new law enforcement training endeavor aptly titled "The Winning Edge."
Chief Delmore had just returned from attending the 2016 International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in San Diego, CA, an event Dave Smith has attended for decades. In discussing this year's IACP, both men agree that American law enforcement officers are serving in an increasingly complex society. While community groups, politicians and the media often talk about "police reform" and "de-escalation," Smith and Delmore know that "boots on the ground" police officers still have to answer calls, make traffic stops, conduct investigations, and get the job done safely and professionally. This new two-day training event provided these officers and agents with tools to strengthen and refocus their winning mindset and then get the playbook for real-world success on the street.
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Edgardo Navarro is a commander with the Waukegan (Illinois) Police Department and oversees the operations for the Gang Intelligence Unit (GIU). GIU encompasses all gang and narcotics investigations for the department. Edgar earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Columbia College of Missouri. He is also a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command in Evanston, IL. Edgar has over 21 years of law enforcement experience which began as a Corrections Officer with the Cook County Sherriff's Office in Chicago. He was then employed by the Waukegan Police Department and started off as a Patrol Officer. Soon after, he moved into the Detective Bureau where he worked a variety of cases to include many homicides. Edgar is fluent in Spanish and was able utilized that skill in his interviews with many Latino street gang members. One particular brutal homicide investigation lead him to Mexico in pursuit of the suspect. Edgar worked with the Jalisco State Police Homicide Unit in Mexico. The homicide suspect was later caught in Mexico and extradited to the United States. Edgar took part in the interview and obtained a confession from the suspect. Edgar was then transferred into the Drug Unit and it was followed by a promotion to Sergeant. He also worked as a supervisor in the street tactical unit (Significant Incident Group), Gang Unit, and the Narcotics Unit. Edgar was then promoted to Commander of the Patrol Division and then to his current assignment as Commander of the GIU.
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- Co - Owner of Police Kinesiology Company
This course will teach officers how to properly perform and integrate the use of the Olympic lifts (snatch/clean & jerk) and variations into the physical preparation programs of police officers. All who attend will gain insight and understanding of the ways to correctly incorporate these techniques into a police specific training program to improve and maximize job related performance and physical skills. The course will be taught by PKCO Police Performance Director James Di Naso, an advanced level coach with the United States Weightlifting Federation. This course is ideal for LE officers and LE fitness instructors who have previously attended any of the following PKCO courses: Weight Training for Police, Injury Prevention for Police, Specialized Fitness Training for Female Officers, or Tactical Police Performance Instructor courses (formerly know as the Practical Police Kinesiology course).
Baton strikes need to be fast and powerful to insure compliance
so that resistance is brought to a prompt conclusion. Firearms,
when employed, rely on forearm strength, arm stability, and
quickness in order to improve shooting performance. In this
course, officers will learn how to apply the principles of kinesiology
to the development of skills in both areas. Tactical movement skills
including evasive maneuvers and improving shooting proficiency
while moving are addressed. This course is ideal for baton and
firearms instructors and will help improve performance and reduce
overuse injuries sustained during baton and firearms training.
This course will introduce police officers and police fitness trainers to innovative
physical training methods that will increase officer fitness levels, enhance the
ability to perform job related physical skills and prevent injury. No equipment is
Defensive tactics and other types of tactical training are very
beneficial, but only if officers have the physical skills to effectively
use them. This course will educate law enforcement officers and
trainers on how to improve an officer's speed, endurance, agility,
power, strength, flexibility, and movement skills. This will improve the
technical skills learned in tactical training and will raise any officer's
effectiveness to higher levels on the street. Tactical specific fitness
drills and strategies to improve tactical preparedness will be
demonstrated and then performed by those attending. This course
is ideal for the patrol officer to SWAT team members and instructors
of defensive tactics, fitness, firearms and use of force.
Many officers are getting injured during defensive tactics training. In an effort to limit
Instructor: James Di Naso
Many officers are getting injured in the performance of their duties and
during tactical training. The financial drain on departments and the quality
of life issues for officers are serious. This course will assist departments
and agencies in reducing injuries that occur as a result of personal,
professional, and training endeavors. This course will educate law
enforcement officers and trainers of the common causes of police related
injuries and provide practical remedies to help prevent and identify
potential for injury. The Injury Prevention for Police Course is highly
recommended for all officers including defensive tactics, fitness, firearms,
and police use of force trainers.
James Di Naso is co-owner of Police Kinesiology Company and serves as the company's Police Performance Director. Over the past several years, he has traveled to academies and agencies all over the United States training thousands of federal, state, county and city law enforcement officers. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on law enforcement physical preparation. James is also a sought after speaker and has presented at several state, national and international law enforcement conferences including ITOA, ASLET, and ILEETA. He has authored many articles on police specific fitness for national publications and has a featured video series on policeone.com and bluetube. James is also an instructor for North East Multi Regional Training (NEMRT), a regional police-training academy in Illinois.
Prior to focusing his efforts on training law enforcement officers, James worked for eighteen years as a sports performance coach training athletes at every level including professional athletes from the NFL, NBA and MLB. He served as the Executive Sports Performance Director for Velocity Sports Performance in Willowbrook IL and has owned and operated his own performance training business for sixteen years. James holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from Eastern Illinois University and professional certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the United States Weightlifting Federation.
Kate is a graduate of DePaul University and completed her polygraph training at John E. Reid and Associates, Inc. Following her graduate training at John E. Reid and Associates, Inc., she worked part-time at Reid's Milwaukee office and worked full-time for Fred L. Hunter and Associates, Inc. Kate gained extensive experience with a variety of criminal investigations throughout her tenure as a polygraph examiner with both firms.
Kate continued her career with a law enforcement training company where she held the position of Vice President of Public Sales. Throughout her career she has forged lasting relationships with federal, state and municipal agencies. The hallmark of her success has been her attention to the customer's needs and her commitment to honest, straightforward business relationships.
Lawrence J. Simon, Psy.D., is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology certified as a clinical sexologist. He is the author of the book "Murder by Numbers: Perspectives on Serial Sexual Violence" and soon to be released "Mortal Desire: Origins of Sexualized Violence" Dr. Simon has dedicated his services to law enforcement, legal and forensic professionals throughout the country and is recognized as one of the most highly respected and accomplished instructors in the country. He is known for maintaining long-lasting professional relationships with his clients and is consistent in his delivery of innovative presentations.
Dr. Simon is frequently requested by law enforcement and legal staff to serve as a consultant on numerous cases involving crimes of a sexual and explicit nature, including cold case homicides and appeared on CNN discussing his research and the minds of serial murderers. Dr. Simon has interviewed, treated and evaluated some of the most dangerous inmates in the country including inmates on death row. Dr. Simon's latest book titled Mortal Desire is expected to be released in the winter of 2013. He currently travels nationally and internationally providing training to law enforcement and their affiliates. Thousands have attended his innovative trainings.
Drawing on his experiences working with individuals with an extensive history of violence and extreme deviant pathology, along with providing expert training and consultative services to various law enforcement municipalities throughout the United States and Canada, Dr. Simon seeks to continue to provide expert consultation and training in the area of sexual deviate pathology and violence related issues. At the heart of Dr. Simon's philosophical system is his belief in education and training as one of the foremost building blocks for success and confidence in the professional work place. Dr. Simon emphasizes the idea that together law enforcement and behavioral sciences are powerful disciplines in the fight against crimes of a violent and explicit nature, particularly in the area of threat assessment, and cold case solve-ability, where imagination and creativity are paramount for success when more conventional methods have at times proven unsuccessful.
Former police lieutenant Dave Smith is an internationally known speaker, writer and law enforcement expert. Dave attended United States Naval Academy and then completed his degree at University of Arizona while fighting forest fires with the "Coconino Hot Shots." He began his police career with the Tucson Police Department and in 1978 he joined the Arizona Department of Public Safety. As a career police officer, Dave held positions in Patrol, SWAT, Narcotics, Training and Management. In 1980 he developed the popular "Buck Savage" video training series, was the lead instructor for the Calibre Press "Street Survival" seminar from 1983 to 1985, and was instrumental in developing Calibre's timeless "Tactical Edge" officer survival book. Dave holds numerous instructor certifications in firearms, defensive tactics, and human performance and is a proven expert witness and consultant.
In 1989, Dave joined the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN), developing and hosting cutting-edge police, security and public safety training as its Director of Education and was the general manager of Calibre Press until January of 2002. Dave continued to instruct the "Street Survival" seminar through 2012 as its senior instructor and he managed the most comprehensive update to the seminar since 2003. Dave has authored hundreds of articles for publications including Police Chief, Law and Order, The Trainer, Police Marksman, the Calibre Press Newsline, PoliceOne and POLICE magazine.
Dave is currently the owner of "Winning Mind Seminars" and is a regular columnist for POLICE magazine and PoliceOne.Com. Dave is also the Director of Video Training for the online Police One Academy. He is available for conferences, training events, and consulting, and is the author of the popular book In My Sights. Dave can be reached via his website at www.jdbucksavage.com or on his Facebook fan page as "JD Buck Savage."
Michael Paulus is in his 25th year with the Champaign (IL) Police Department and is the
current Southwest District Commander in the Patrol Division. Throughout his career he
by the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Death. Lt. Paulus is also a graduate of