8th Annual Leadership Development Conference

Conference Agenda

Tuesday - April 22, 2003

Wednesday - April 23, 2003

Changing the Face of Policing:
Increasing the Numbers of Women in Law Enforcement

Thursday - April 24, 2003

Countering the Trafficking of Human Beings

Friday - April 25, 2003

New Initiatives to Stop Violence Against Women

Saturday - April 26, 2003

Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Open to All Conference Attendees

Capacity Limited - Please Pre-Register for One of the Following:

Domestic Terrorism: What You & Your Agency Can Do
Experts on anti-abortion extremists, militia groups, and other domestic terrorist organizations will present tools for law enforcement to understand these groups, their recruitment techniques, and the threat they present. Role playing techniques will be used, and will focus on how state, local, and federal law enforcement can form a coordinated response to domestic terrorism threat management.

Preventing Gender Discrimination
Women police leaders and attorneys specializing in employment discrimination will discuss recent discrimination judgments from Chicago and Santa Barbara, including discussions of the sexual harassment, assignment discrimination, promotional discrimination, gender hostility and retaliation aspects in these cases. The case studies will be followed by an in-depth training on how to use the NCWP's Self-Assessment Guide to prevent gender discrimination and to avoid these costly lawsuits.

Preparing for Assessment Centers
Instead of relying on standard multiple choice tests and oral interviews, many police departments are now using assessment centers as promotional tools. This approach combines role-playing techniques and other methods to test for the skills necessary to succeed in a higher-ranking position. Our training program will help prepare you for taking an assessment center or for becoming a rater in an assessment center. Learn how to successfully compete in skills such as the In-Basket, Cooperative Group, Competitive Group and One-on-One role-plays. Women who have taken this training report increased scores on assessment centers.

Conducting a Human Trafficking Investigation
This full day session on human trafficking will offer participants the detailed information necessary to identify, investigate and prosecute human traffickers in their own communities. Experts from law enforcement, government, and NGO's will discuss their experiences with successful prosecution, and will provide advice on how local law enforcement can utilize the recently passed Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as well as RICO and other laws, to work towards eradication of human trafficking. Also addressed will be how law enforcement can work with non-governmental agencies to provide assistance for victims once they've been identified. This will be the first time such a session has been offered to an audience of federal, state, and local law enforcement.

Women and Policing Research Summit
Researchers, police practitioners, and others are invited to participate in a historic research summit on the topic of women and policing. The summit will provide an overview of cutting edge research in this field, and will connect researchers with progressive police managers who can support and assist their studies. Researchers will present a brief overview of their work, and participants will then work together to integrate our understanding of existing research in this area, identify gaps and priorities for future research, discuss potential funding sources, and develop partnerships for collaborative projects. The interactive summit will be structured to generate research ideas, partnerships, energy, and momentum.

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