Speakers
Dr. Gilmartin | Joe Schumacher | Barry Manuel
EMS - Paul Maxwell & Josh Krimston | Dr. Randall Radford | Kevin Newall | Steve Berry
Fire - Marc Bender | Scott Klocker | Kevin McEown
Police - Michael Chettleburgh | Rick Parent | Dale Foley
Dr. Gilmartin is a behavioral scientist specializing in law enforcement and public safety related issues. He is the author of the book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A Guide for Officers and Their Families. He previously spent twenty years working in law enforcement in Tucson, Arizona. During his tenure he supervised the Hostage Negotiations Team and the Behavioral Sciences Unit. He is a former recipient of the International Association of Chiefs of Police-Parade Magazine, National Police Officer Citation Award for contributions during hostage negotiations. He presently maintains a consulting relationship with public safety and law enforcement agencies nationally in the U.S. and Canada . He is guest instructor at the FBI and DEA Academies’ Law Enforcement Executive Development Institutes, (LEEDS, NEI and EDI). He is an adjunct instructor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell Police Leadership Institute, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, and Sam Houston State University’s Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas. He is retained as a consultant to several Federal agency national critical incident response teams. He is a charter member of the IACP-Psychological Services Section and former vice-president of the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology. The Department of Justice, FBI, and International Association of Chiefs of Police have published his work. He holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona and is a licensed psychologist in the State of Arizona. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and resides in Tucson, Arizona and Oregon City, Oregon.
Although Dr. Gilmartin’s background is largely law enforcement related, his topic of Emotional Survival resonates with all Protective Services personnel. Dr. Gilmartin addresses sleep deprivation, the toll of shift work and the psychological effects of working in the environment that we do. We all deal with stressful, sometimes traumatic situations on a regular basis. Dr. Gilmartin offers insight into how this can alter our personalities and what we can do to combat some of the negative effects.
Joe Schumacher’s formal leadership journey began in 1972 as the seventeen year-old manager of a high-traffic truck stop on the northeast side of Denver. One year later, he joined the U.S. Army serving in increasingly responsible leadership roles at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and in Germany. Joe is a graduate of the 101st Airborne Division’s Leadership School and the 1st Armored Division’s Leadership Course.
Joe served in uniformed positions with two metro-Denver fire departments as EMT, Academy Drillmaster, Code Enforcement Supervisor, Director of Emergency Medical Services, Director of Training, Director of E9-1-1 Emergency Communications, Director of Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Director of Media Relations before completing his fire service career as Fire Chief in 2000. He is a former Assistant Professor with Lake Superior State University and the Institute for Public Safety, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and an adjunct faculty member with both the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy and the National Fire Academy.
Joe has an MBA and completed PhD. courses at the University of Colorado’s Graduate School of Public Affairs and Michigan State University's College of Education. He is presently a Senior Faculty Member and Corporate Trainer for North America’s leading provider of 9-1-1 infrastructure systems and services including 9-1-1 data aggregation, management and delivery, wireless data services, network transactions, call handling and target notification. He lives with his wife and three sons in Arvada, Colorado.
Holding the rank of a Divisional Chief within the Halifax Regional Fire Service, Barry is the current Emergency Management Coordinator for the Halifax Regional Municipality, but in fact started his public service career with the Dartmouth Police Service in 1978 as a patrol officer. His first involvement with the municipal Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) was in 1988 when he was asked to serve as the Police Support Officer in the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). In addition to his police duties, Barry also served as the Emergency Measures Coordinator for the City of Dartmouth from 1993 to 1996. In April of 1997, Barry was appointed as the full time EMO Coordinator for the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Barry has taken extensive training in emergency management both in preparedness and response and now regularly instructs as a guest lecturer at the Canadian Emergency Management College in Ottawa. Barry has also achieved a certification in business continuity planning.
In an emergency situation, Barry, as part of the Emergency Measures Organization reports to the Chief Administrative Officer and is tasked to ensure the development of an operational plan that allows all levels of government, the private sector and volunteer organizations to work together in an effective, efficient and safe manner. From the beginning, Barry has strived to develop and maintain a close relationship with local volunteer emergency response groups in respect to emergency preparedness and response.
Barry and the municipal EMO have been part of many emergency responses, both local and international in nature, including the crash of Swissair flight 111 in 1998, the humanitarian assistance given to over 7000 air travellers who were stranded in the Halifax Regional Municipality after the terrorist attack on the United States in September of 2001 and Hurricane Juan in 2003.
At home Barry is actively involved in the Scouting movement and together with his wife Kathy, have raised three children; two boys, Glenn and Randy and a girl, Jamie.
Paul Maxwell/Josh Krimston
–Best Practices in Community Injury Prevention
–Paramedics in Baltimore, Paul and Josh have been recognized for their work with Childhood Injury Prevention and speak to the importance of forming Community Partnerships.
Dr. Randall Radford
–Excited Delirium
–A local expert in the field of Excited Delirium, Dr. Radford is very excited to have the opportunity to address the delegates of On Scene 2008. This is a field that has been at the forefront
Kevin Newall
Tactical EMS
Steve Berry
–“Mama, Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up to be Ambulance Drivers”
–a former teacher and interpreter for the hearing impaired, Steve has published 10 EMS related cartoon books since his escapades as a paramedic/EMS instructor began 20 years ago. Steve writes a monthly humor column for JEMS Magazine along with cartoon illustrations for both JEMS, Fire Rescue Magazine, and Wildland Firefighter Magazine. A part-time paramedic with the AMR of Colorado Springs, Steve seeks world peace along with frequent flyer mileage.
Marc Bender
- Meth Labs
- Mr. Bender has a meth lab that he ship across the country His lecture includes:
The most common manufacturing methods.
The dangers of each chemical used in clan labs.
How to mitigate an active lab.
Processing clan labs for safety and prosecution
Clean up process and dangers.
Structure and land remediation.
Pathology of meth use and associated crimes.
It also includes a brief description of a clandestine phencyclidine, (PCP), lab and a psilicybin grow.
The presentation is fast paced and entertaining and I assure you attendees will be happy with the experience
Scott Klocker
–Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
–Scott Klocker is a California State Trooper who’s presentation grew out of a letter he composed to his coworkers, explaining why he sought help after being supervisor on a DUI/Hit and Run that killed an entire family. His team captured the still drunk Gang member responsible the following morning and the investigation lasted three months, taking a huge toll on his Pshyche, although it went unnoticed by most. This Autobiographical presentation has been very well received by several California Emergency Services Agencies
Kevin McEown
Office of the Fire Commisioner
Michael Chettleburgh
-Youth Gangs
-Michael C. Chettleburgh is a recognized Canadian street gang expert. Since 1991, he has run his own consultancy, Astwood Strategy Corporation, specializing in criminal justice issues including prevention program design, process and impact evaluation, social marketing and social science research for organization just as the RCMP, Ottawa Police, and Justice Canada. He is author of the non-fiction book, Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs (HarperCollins Canada, 2007), author of the 2007 and the 2002 Canadian Police Survey on Youth Gangs (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, 2003), and author of the upcoming book, Gladiator School: Life Inside Canadian Prison (HarperCollins Canada, 2009). He is also publisher and editor of Lessons From a Gang Cop, by recently retired 31-year LAPD veteran and world’s foremost gang cop, Tony “Pac-Man” Moreno. Michael has been a featured presenter at many conferences and is the country’s foremost media commentator on street gangs and related criminal justice matters, with credits including the CTV National News, CBC’s The National, Global Television, CBC Radio One, National Post, Toronto Star and dozens of others.
Rick Parent
- Vicitm Precipitated Homicide
- This session will focus upon the dynamics associated with a police-shooting incident including the phenomenon of victim-precipitated homicide and “suicide by cop”
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Dr. Rick Parent is a 28-year serving police officer in the Vancouver area, presently seconded to the Justice Institute of British Columbia–Police Academy as the Manager of Research and Academic Development. Rick holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology. His doctoral thesis consisted of over 50 interviews with police officers and prison inmates that had been involved in a police shooting.
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Rick has co-authored academic criminology textbooks, published several academic papers and currently teaches at universities within the Vancouver region. Rick is also a crisis negotiator, serving with the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team.
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Rick is considered an expert in the area of the police use of deadly force and has testified as an expert witness in Canada and the United States. By request, he has made several presentations of his on-going research throughout North America, including at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and in Washington, D.C.
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Further information regarding Rick and his research can be found at: www.theppsc.org
Dale Foley
- Columbine
Dale has been a bomb technician for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for about 11 years. His presentation will be tailored to the general Emergency response to The Columbine High School Tradgedy, specifically what went right and what went wrong and lessons learned.