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The
11th Annual International Ethics Conference
October 17-19, 2002
Plano, Texas
The
Center for Law Enforcement Ethics at the Institute
for Law Enforcement Administration, a division
of The Center for American and International Law
(formerly known as the The Southwestern Legal
Foundation), will hold its 11th Annual International
Ethics Conference on October 17-19, 2002.
Spanning three days, this gathering will bring
together an internationally prominent group of
authorities in the area of criminal justice ethics.
The
conference format will allow participants to attend
a number of “breakout sessions” on specific
ethics-related issues, as well as keynote and
plenary addresses. Tuition will include refreshments
each day.
Conference
Location: The 11th Annual
International Ethics Conference will be held at
the headquarters of The Center for American and
International Law: 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano,
Texas.
Tuition:
$139/$119 (non-member/member)
Keynote
Speaker, October 17
Rodrigo Avila Avilez,
National Parliament of El Salvador
Mr.
Rodrigo Avila Avilez, an elected member of the
National Parliament of El Salvador, serves as
Secretary of the Public Safety and Drug Enforcement
Commission. When the armed conflict in his country
ended in 1992, one of the key compromises of the
Peace Accords called for the transformation of
law enforcement (formerly part of the military)
into a single National Civilian Police. Mr. Avila
coordinated planning for that project, and in
1993, was commissioned as Deputy Director for
Logistics and Administration. He was appointed
Director General of the National Civilian Police
in July, 1994, a position he held until June,
1999. A graduate of North Carolina State University
and the FBI National Academy, Mr. Avila has served
as technical advisor on disarmament and small
arms for the National Commission for Peace (1992-94);
International Human Rights observer (Panama, 1988);
President of FUNDAPEZ (Foundation for Peace);
and President of the Central American and Caribbean
Association of Chiefs of Police (1995-97). Under
Mr. Avila's guidance, the National Police of El
Salvador grew from a force of 400 to 20,000. In
his remarks, he will provide an overview of police
reform in his country, and discuss police recruit
selection, training, and ethical issues associated
with creating an entirely new police agency.
Plenary
Session, October 18
Caroline G. Nicholl, CEO
Blue Apricot Solutions
Over
the course of a distinguished career, Caroline
Nicholl has served in a variety of positions including
Chief of Police (1991 - 1997) in Milton Keynes,
England (pop. 300,000) where her citywide community
problem oriented policing initiative transformed
the delivery of public safety services. Her work
led to a police-based restorative justice experiment
identified by the U.K. Public Management Foundation
as an example of "civic entrepreneurship."
In 1995, Nicholl was awarded the Harkness Fellowship,
and spent a year in the United States examining
problem solving approaches in policing and justice.
After three years directing policy development
with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington,
D.C., she formed her own consulting business in
organizational development and public safety.
In her remarks, Ms. Nicholl will discuss the essential
role of "trust" in organizations, and
offer insights in trust-building to support creativity,
team leadership, innovation and sustainable high
(and outcome-focused) performance.
Plenary
Session, October 19
Colin Dunnighan, Kevin Pitt, and Kerry Anderson
University of Teesside, Great Britain
Drawing
from their recent research, a team of faculty
from the University of Teesside will explore several
important issues affecting ethics training in
British and American police agencies. Among them:
are there ways to identify specific problem officers
or units?; should agencies train everyone, or
just high-risk individuals?; and what impact does
ethics training have anyway? A former senior British
police official, Colin Dunnighan has worked in
academia for ten years, where he has researched
and written about the role of informers in the
criminal justice system. After thirty years, Kevin
Pitt retired as Chief Superintendent District
Commander. A fellow of the British Police Staff
College, Bramshill, Pitt was responsible for introducing
anti-corruption training into National Police
Training. Kerry Anderson is a 25-year veteran
Police Inspector with the Cleveland, UK, Police.
A qualified National Police Trainer and Training
Needs Analyst, he is assigned to the University
of Teesside where he delivers ethics training
to all 2,000 members of his agency.
Ethical
Courage Award, October 18
David Gebhardt, Officer
Rochester, New York, Police Department
On
January 4, 2001, Officer David Gebhardt was the
"point" person with the Rochester, New
York, Police Narcotics Team, as they entered a
home to execute a drug search warrant. He was
the first officer through the door, but in moving
toward a rear room, he tripped on electrical cords
causing his shotgun to discharge, strike and mortally
wound a 21-year old, unarmed man sitting in a
chair. After this tragic incident, and prior to
the case being presented to the Grand Jury or
completion of the Internal Affairs investigation,
Gebhardt issued a public statement. In it, he
expressed his deep sense of sorrow, and accepted
full responsibility for this accidental shooting.
His public statement, which helped reduce tensions
in the city, was applauded by the mayor and a
number of other community leaders. David Gebhardt
came face-to-face with one of the true "nightmares"
in a police career. But according to Rochester
Police Chief Robert Duffy, "his integrity,
his character and his sense of responsibility
to the profession and to his family not only helped
him endure the trauma of this incident, but in
the end, he earned a whole new level of respect
as a person, set a new standard for integrity
and accountability on behalf of police officers,
and served as an outstanding example for everyone
in law enforcement.
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