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The Summer 2012 Issue of the PA Chiefs of Police Association MagazineTRANSCRIPT
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OFFICERSThomas DiMariaPresident
John Mackey1st Vice President
Thomas King2nd Vice President
William Kelly3rd Vice President
Keith Keiper4th Vice President
Daniel Kortan, Jr.
William Richendrfer
Michael Klein
BOARD MEMBERSThomas Gross - 2014
Richard Hammon - 2014
Joseph Daly - 2013
Harold Lane - 2013
David Spotts - 2012
Michael Flanagan - 2014
David Mettin - 2014
Robert Jolley - 2013
William Grover - 2012
Scott Bohn - 2012
Amy Rosenberry
BUDGET & PERSONNELChair:Thomas DiMaria
Members:
EDUCATION & TRAININGChair:Robert Martin
Members:
LEGISLATIVEChair:Jason Umberger
Members:
MEMBERSHIP/BYLAWSChair:
Members:
RETIRED CHIEFSChair:
Members:
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Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association BULLETIN (ISSN 0031-4404) is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. Subscription to PCPA BULLETIN is included in PCPA annual dues. Periodicals Postage paid at Harrisburg, PA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PA Chiefs of Police Association BULLETIN, 3905 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-1536. The content of the PCPA BULLETIN is to be a practical reference featuring information of specific interest and relevance to law enforcement professionals. Topics of interest include professional development, current legislative and goals, news items, upcoming events and legal issues. Reviews, reports and articles are submitted by members, experts and other interested law enforcement personnel. Articles or ideas for content should be submitted to PCPA Headquarters c/o Amy Rosenberry, 3905 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-1536 or emailed to [email protected].
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�������IACP 119th Annual Conference ........................................................................ 10Welcome to Our Newest Accredited Agencies .................................................. 11PA Patch Pride ................................................................................................. 11Metro Salutes Those Who Serve ..................................................................12-13PA Chiefs Listserve - Emailing the Full Membership ........................................ 14PCPA 99th Annual Education and Training Conference .......................... 15-21
Conference Registration Form ................................................................. 16 General Conference Information ........................................................17-18 Ladies Schedule of Events ........................................................................ 18 Conference Schedule ..........................................................................19-20 Conference Speakers ...........................................................................21-23 Proposed Bylaw Revisions ....................................................................... 24 Registered Conference Exhibitors ............................................................ 25 Top 5 Reasons You Should Attend ........................................................... 25 In Your Own Words ................................................................................ 25Tech Mandates | The Darker Side of Social Networking Essentials Every Officer Needs To Know Part 1 .....................................................................26-28PAVTN.net ...................................................................................................... 28Retired Member Spotlight ................................................................................ 29Did You Know? ................................................................................................ 29PCPA Membership Products .......................................................................30-31The Retirement You Deserve .......................................................................32-33SOPA ............................................................................................................... 34
������������ ������Executive Board & Committees .....................................................................IFCPresident’s Message ............................................................................................. 4Executive Director’s Message .............................................................................. 5Memberships & Memorials ................................................................................ 6Legislative Report ............................................................................................... 7The Chiefs Legal Update ...............................................................................8-10
� ������Amy Rosenberry [email protected] Armstrong [email protected] Crist [email protected] Braun [email protected] Miller [email protected] Blackburn [email protected] Sullivan [email protected] Campbell [email protected] Gibson [email protected]
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN W. MACKEY
John W. Mackey was hired as the Chief of Police with
the Municipality of Bethel Park on January 3, 2000. Before
joining the Bethel Park Police Department, Chief Mackey
served as a police officer in South Fayette Township for
twenty-two years, the last twelve in the rank of Lieutenant.
Chief Mackey graduated from Duquesne University
in December 1976 with a Bachelors Degree in Political
Science and Sociology. He then earned a Masters Degree in
Administration of Justice from the University of Pittsburgh
in April of 1986. Chief
Mackey is also a graduate
of the 152nd session of the
FBI National Academy, as
well as Penn State University
P.O.S.I.T. and P.O.L.E.X.
and the Pennsylvania
Chiefs of Police Command
Institute for Police
Executives.
Chief Mackey is
past president of the
FBI National Academy
Associates of Western
Pennsylvania, the Allegheny
County Chiefs of Police
Association and the Western Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
Association. He is currently a member of the Western
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Executive Board,
the Allegheny County Police Academy Advisory Board
and serves as Chairman of the South Hills Council of
Governments Police Chiefs Advisory Board.
Chief Mackey and his wife, Mariann have been married
for thirty-four years and have two children; son, Michael and
daughter, Andrea and one grandchild, Ethan. The Mackeys
are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their second grandchild
in January.
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t is hard to believe that nearly a year has passed and the end of the trail is in sight. However, where one trail ends another begins. There are actually several new trails to speak of and the first and most important one leads to the 99th Annual Conference. This year a new venue is in store
and I hope you have already registered but if not there is still time. Our Conference will be in Camp Hill this year and has something for everyone. As always our Executive Director, Amy and Staff have been very busy finalizing the training, meetings, exhibitors event, social gatherings and of course, our Installation Banquet. We are all expecting exciting new experiences and I hope to see you there.
In this, my last President’s Letter, I would like to take the opportunity to offer my thanks to all who have worked so diligently this year and made it such a rewarding experience. Many of the
accomplishments over the past year would not have come to fruition if it wasn’t for our Staff. Executive Director Amy Rosenberry has dedicated countless hours to making the VTN not only a reality, but a huge success. She has proven time and time again that her resourcefulness is virtually unlimited. Over 5,600 officers have registered to use the VTN and free means just that, a benefit we can all use in challenging economic times.
Our Officers and Executive Board continue to move forward with our Strategic Plan and are currently focusing on the Communications aspect and how to better deliver information to all of our members. We have learned that versatility plays a major role in communicating with members. Some like information printed, some like email, some members prefer social media and no matter what way the message arrives, what is important is making sure it gets there.
The Accreditation Commission remains very busy and we have several new agencies who will achieve accreditation at our conference along with many departments that have been re-accredited. I wish to congratulate all those agencies that are going to be recognized for their achievement.
Members of the Legislative Committee continue to keep all of us apprised of what is on the horizon and that Legislators know our collective opinion and views. The Membership and By Laws Committee have also been very busy, with an abundance of new members joining as a result of the VTN, and are commended on a job well done. Finally, our Education and Training Committee have been busy planning for our Conference and I am looking forward to the top notch information that will be available this year.
It has been a busy year and I am thankful and humbled by the experience and the opportunity to serve as President. I wish to especially thank my good friend and Chairman of the Board, Dan Kortan, for his wisdom, insight and friendship. Dan, job well done and thanks for always listening and for your valued opinions. I am leaving the Association in the knowledgeable and very good hands of our Vice Presidents, Executive Board and incoming President John Mackey. John, best wishes and may your term be as fulfilling and enjoyable as the time I served.
In closing, I wish to thank the love of my life, my wife Janet, for always listening and being my best friend and biggest supporter. Thanks for packing up and making the trips whether you wanted to or not, you never said no and always made sure I was prepared. I am so proud of my children, Tom and Jennifer and all their accomplishments this year. My family has my thanks, love and support in all they do.
Hoping to see everyone at the 99th Annual Conference,
Tom DiMariaPresident
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s several readers certainly know, this is PCPA’s favorite time of the year – Conference Time!!! This issue of the Bulletin is full of reasons to register, memories from past
conferences and all of the excitement you can expect this year at our new location in Harrisburg! The 2012 conference theme is Building Bridges, and although staff puts a lot of thought into the theme each and every year, we realize that conference themes don’t really matter a great deal – it’s more the conference itself, the schedule and members attending that make a conference a success. But this year’s theme seems to be very relevant and timely. In the past year, PCPA has built, crossed and begun construction on many important bridges. Technology, training, communications and
partnerships have been the key paths affected by these well-constructed and sturdy bridges, leading us to a bright and productive future.
As you read through this magazine, you’ll find much information about many of these bridges…the PAVTN, our newest innovative, cost effective, and wildly successful online training network offering free training –essential and mandatory – for you and your officers; information and updates from our partner in training, MPOETC; and of course, the latest on our annual showcase – the 99th Education and Training Conference. We urge each and every one of you to take part in all PCPA has to offer and cross these bridges along with us.
It is so very important that we continue to build these bridges, not only for the future, but also as a way of remembering the past and preserving that future. It is always important to be reminded of where we have come from and the long travelled roads behind us, especially with an Association that was built on such strong tradition. But, the key is to continue building, improving, maintaining and using those bridges so that we all may learn and benefit from crossing in to new territory, exploring new destinations and allowing others to come to us and discover the resources we have to offer here and from within our amazing membership.
I look forward to seeing you all in July and travelling these roads together as we Build Bridges to a better future of law enforcement in Pennsylvania. We’ll see you in Harrisburg!
All my best,
Amy K. RosenberryExecutive Director
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Lieutenant Donald BenderQuakertown Borough
Chief Don BoehsCumberland Township
Deputy Chief Kevin BoyleShaler Township
Assistant Chief Timothy BremiganShamokin Dam Borough
Chief Jack Brommer, Jr.Columbia Borough
Captain Eugene CasterlineEaston City
Assistant Chief Joaquim Da SilvaMilford Borough
Chief Joseph D’Itri Jr.Midland Borough
Chief John EdwardsLarksville Borough
Lieutenant John KaczmarczykMahanoy City
Deputy Chief James MitchellPhiladelphia Housing Authority
In MemoriamWe mourn the loss of the following members of the
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association family.
We extend our prayers and deepest sympathies to their loved
ones and remain grateful for the lives of:
�����2%�����Retired Investigations & Enforcement Director,
PA Gaming Control Board
��������%�8������Chief of Police, New Kensington City
��������%�������Retired Chief of Police, Etna Borough
�������� %������Retired Deputy Commissioner, Philadelphia
���������������Retired Chief of Police, North Cornwall Township
��������������Former Chief of Police, Elizabeth Twp.
2��������������Retired Superintendent, Lower Merion Township
Assistant Chief Steven PascarellaMonroeville
Chief Daniel PatelBenton Borough
Chief David PavelkoButler Township
Chief Richard PicklesPenn Township
Chief Patrick ReeseDunmore Borough
Chief Douglas ReitzNorth Middleton Township
Chief Daniel RuggieriAston Township
Chief Joseph RyanCriminal Investigation Division, Office of Attorney General
Chief Benjamin WaltonPhiladelphia Housing Authority
��������Assistant Chief Matthew Bartal
North Annville Township
Chief Frederick Lahovski, Jr.Forty Fort Borough
Chief Charles TattonProspect Borough
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LEGISLATIVE REPORTThe following Acts of special interest to law enforcement in Pennsylvania were signed into law by Governor Corbett since the
March 2012 Report. The full text of each new Act is available on the PCPA Bills To Watch Page of the PCPA website.
����#Signed By the Governor April 9, 2012, takes effect in 60
days
Original Bill - SB 815
Amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure)
further providing for right to counsel by adding that
although a child alleged to be delinquent may appear with
counsel at the intake conference conducted by a juvenile
probation officer following the submission of a written
allegation, counsel is not mandatory at this proceeding.
If a party other than a child appears at a hearing without
counsel the court shall ascertain whether he knows of his
right thereto and to be provided with counsel by the court
if applicable. The court may continue the proceeding to
enable a party to obtain counsel. Counsel must be provided
for a child who appears at a hearing without counsel, and
counsel for the child cannot be waived. Also provides for
right to counsel for children in dependency and delinquency
proceedings.
���� Signed By the Governor April 12, 2012, takes effect is 120
days
Original Bill - HB 1203
Amends Title 75 (Vehicles) adding language providing
in lieu of a special plate, the owner of an antique or classic
motor vehicle may request permission from PennDOT to
display a vintage registration plate from the model year of
the motor vehicle. Further provides the vintage registration
plate shall be: (1) provided by the motor vehicle owner;
(2) a Pennsylvania registration plate; and (3) legible from a
reasonable distance. Also provides the applicant shall provide
information as the department may require for processing the
request and a $75 application fee. The department may deny
a request for the use of the plate for cause.
���#!Signed By the Governor May 8, 2012,takes effect in 60
days
Original Bill - SB 539
Amends Title 75 (Vehicles), in driving after imbibing
alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for grading
and for penalties by adding that an individual who violates
section 3802 where a minor was an occupant in the vehicle
commits a misdemeanor of the first degree. Additionally, the
bill provides for violations of section 3803(b)(5) (relating to
grading) based on the number of offenses.
����#Signed By the Governor May 17, 2012, takes effect in 60
days
Original Bill - HB 1702
Reenacts and amends The Borough Code
More detailed information, including links to this recently enacted legislation is available via the PCPA Bills To Watch Page of the PCPA website. PCPA Staff will continue monitor and track proposed legislation of interest to the Association. Members are encouraged to contact Headquarters if they have specific questions about legislative issues.
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The Chiefs’ Legal Update
One of the more frequent requests for information and policy
review we receive from law enforcement, concerns strip and
body cavity searches. This is especially true when there is a new
case on the subject, such is the case last month (March 2012)
involving Florence v Board of Chosen Freeholders, a United states
Supreme Court case addressing blanket strip search policies for
jails and prisons.
I was therefore asked if now would be a good time to review
and reissue a memorandum from a few years back, regarding
Pennsylvania law, and recommendations for strip search policies.
While this memorandum has been prepared with civil liability in
mind, this is one of those instances where the criminal and civil
law overlap to a great extent, and where a comprehensive policy
will aid you both in protecting your Department from civil
liability, and assist in the criminal prosecution of those you arrest.
Included is a discussion of the law, followed by some points
that we suggest you incorporate into your policy, and some that
we recommend you don’t. Finally, there are excerpts from the
Florence case, along with my comments, that first appeared in a
recent “Legal Updates for Law Enforcement”.
��� ���������������������������������� Strip searches are visual inspections of the private parts and/or
undergarments by having the subject remove some or all of their
clothing, or moving it, to allow inspection. Cavity searches are a
separate matter, requiring probable cause and a warrant. Cavity
searches should only be performed by a physician and should not
be equated with a strip search.
��� �������� ����� Police departments should have a strip search policy. Strip
searches, if handled properly, are like any other Department
policies in terms of liability. To minimize risk of lawsuits,
departments should have a proper policy, train in the policy,
document the training in the policy, and periodically review and
update the policy. Without such a policy, it is only a matter of
time until a suit presents.
����������������������� A policy that allows, or requires, every prisoner to be strip searched is per se UNCONSTITUTIONAL. There are no
exceptions. While the Florence case is a major development for
Corrections officials, it should not be read as applying to Police
Department holding cells. The case is not written that broadly.
Different standards apply for strip searches of individuals in
custody, versus those who are only being investigated. If the
individual is not under arrest, there are only three circumstances
where you may conduct a strip search:
1. They have consented to the search. A written consent is
highly recommended under these circumstances.
2. You have a warrant.
3. There are exigent circumstances that warrant an immediate
strip search. As always, the officer must be able to articulate
the specific exigent circumstances that warrant it. Courts
look at such cases with a great deal of suspicion.
See Good v Dauphin County Social Services, 891 F.2d 1087,
1092 (3d Cir. 1989). See also Reppert v. Kummerer, 2006 U.S.
Dist. LEXIS 64331 (ED. Pa. 2006)
Where the person is under arrest, strip searches of arrestees
in Pennsylvania require reasonable suspicion, at a minimum.
“Reasonable suspicion” coupled with articulable, objective facts
and reasonable inferences derived there from are required before
a strip search may be justified” Deborah El v Williams 1990 U.S.
Dist. LEXIS 6045 (E.D. Pa.) An officer must have specific and
articulable facts that lead them to believe that the person to be
searched possesses weapons or contraband. The fact that a person
is arrested for a narcotics violation, by itself, does not provide
the reasonable suspicion. The officer must be able to tell what
other facts lead them to believe that narcotics, weapons or other
contraband are present. Among the things that may lead to such
a reasonable suspicion are:
inside their clothing.
contraband being found in their clothing.
secreted something on their person within their clothing.
serves as another articulable fact).
may be one of the factors considered).
inappropriate sweating, eyes darting, etc.).
List as many factors as there are. None are insignificant. While
each of several indicators may be insufficient on its own, the
combination may be enough. There must be more than “an
inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or hunch.” See Garcia v United States, 913 F.Supp. 905 (E.D. Pa. 1996). In other words,
your “spider sense” alone, will not carry the day. Only your
articulated reasonable suspicion, based on and reflecting your
training and experience will suffice.
Strip searches, as all searches, must be done in a reasonable
manner. By this, the Courts mean that they should be done
privately, by a same sex officer, and as quickly as possible. Courts
look upon strip searches as degrading and will not allow them to
be done in a manner that does not recognize the nature of the
search. To sum up, a strip search may not be “unreasonable…
arbitrary or purposeless”. Bell v Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 539, 558
(1979).
Provided by Chris Boyle, Esq. and reprinted with permission from Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin
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����������� �������������� ������������������ 1. That any strip search of a non-arrestee1 will be based upon
probable cause and be pursuant to a warrant, unless exigent
circumstances or written consent is present;
2. Strip searches will not be conducted based only upon the
offenses charged (i.e.-policy will not permit searches of all
persons arrested for narcotics);
3. That any strip search of an arrestee will be based on
reasonable suspicion in the form of specific and articulable
facts;
4. That all strip searches will be documented, including all of
the facts making up the officer’s reasonable suspicion;
5. That all strip searches will be performed by an officer of the
same sex as the person searched;
6. That a strip search will include a visual inspection only;
7. That a strip search will be as brief as possible;
8. That a strip search will be done in a private area not open to
public view; and
9. Results of the search will be documented.
� �����9�����������������������9� �������������� ��������������������� 1. Requests for strip searches will be made to a supervisor,
and approved by the supervisor before the search may be
undertaken. In exigent circumstances, the request may be
made by phone or radio, but the officer must articulate all
reasons for the search to the supervisor;
2. All requests for a strip search will be documented, both
where it is approved by the supervisor, and where it is not.
(i.e. even if the supervisor disapproves the officer’s request to
search, we will still document.);
3. A separate tickler file will be kept for strip search requests,
and it will be reviewed by command authority at least yearly;
4. Questions as to the legality of a strip search will be directed
to an assistant district attorney, and the results of the inquiry
documented;
�������������� ������������������� 1. A separate form for strip and body cavity searches;
2. A requirement for probable cause for a strip search (While
more restrictive than required by law, it is an option);
3. That a supervisor be present (or nearby if opposite sex)
whenever a strip search is performed; and
4. All strip searches will be reviewed by the chain of command
up to (Chief, Captain, Lieutenant), with feedback to the
officer.
����������� ������������������������ 1. Any standard other than “reasonable suspicion” for a strip
search. (Unless you choose the more restrictive “probable
cause”, not currently required as a matter of law);
2. Any latitude in supervisory approval prior to the search;
3. Language suggesting that strip searches are “routine” or
carried out in arbitrary fashion based only on the charge; or
4. Allowance for opposite sex searches.
Florence v. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2712
(US Supreme Court April 2, 2012)
…The Court has also recognized that deterring the possession
of contraband depends in part on the ability to conduct searches
without predictable exceptions. In Hudson v. Palmer, …, it
addressed the question of whether prison officials could perform
random searches of inmate lockers and cells even without reason
to suspect a particular individual of concealing a prohibited
item... The Court upheld the constitutionality of the practice,
recognizing that “’[f ]or one to advocate that prison searches must
be conducted only pursuant to an enunciated general policy or
when suspicion is directed at a particular inmate is to ignore the
realities of prison operation.’” … Inmates would adapt to any
pattern or loopholes they discovered in the search protocol and
then undermine the security of the institution. …
Persons arrested for minor offenses may be among the
detainees processed at these facilities. This is, in part, a
consequence of the exercise of state authority that was the subject
of Atwater v. Lago Vista, … Atwater addressed the perhaps more
fundamental question of who may be deprived of liberty and
taken to jail in the first place. The case involved a woman who
was arrested after a police officer noticed neither she nor her
children were wearing their seatbelts. The arrestee argued the
Fourth Amendment prohibited her custodial arrest without a
warrant when an offense could not result in jail time and there
was no compelling need for immediate detention…The Court
held that a Fourth Amendment restriction on this power would
put officers in an “almost impossible spot…. The Court rejected
the proposition that the Fourth Amendment barred custodial
arrests in a set of these cases as a matter of constitutional law.
It ruled, based on established principles, that officers may
make an arrest based upon probable cause to believe the person
has committed a criminal offense in their presence. … The
Court stated that “a responsible Fourth Amendment balance
is not well served by standards requiring sensitive, case-by-case
determinations of government need, lest every discretionary
judgment in the field be converted into an occasion for
constitutional review.” …
People detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the
most devious and dangerous criminals. .. (deputy at a detention
center shot by misdemeanant who had not been strip searched).
Hours after the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh was
stopped by a state trooper who noticed he was driving without
a license plate. …. Police stopped serial killer Joel Rifkin for the
same reason. …. One of the terrorists involved in the September
11 attacks was stopped and ticketed for speeding just two days
before hijacking Flight 93. …Reasonable correctional officials
could conclude these uncertainties mean they must conduct the
same thorough search of everyone who will be admitted to their
facilities…
The officials in charge of the jails in this case urge the Court
to reject any complicated constitutional scheme requiring them
to conduct less thorough inspections of some detainees based
on their behavior, suspected offense, criminal history, and other
factors. They offer significant reasons why the Constitution
must not prevent them from conducting the same search on 1While there is one Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision that holds otherwise, and would allow a blanket policy of strip searches for police, it was not taken to the Circuit Court, and is alone in its holding. It is not binding on other courts within the Third Circuit, or the Eastern District for that matter. continued on page 10�
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any suspected offender who will be admitted to the general
population in their facilities. The restrictions suggested by
petitioner would limit the intrusion on the privacy of some
detainees but at the risk of increased danger to everyone in the
facility, including the less serious offenders themselves…
Even assuming all the facts in favor of petitioner, the search
procedures at the Burlington County Detention Center and the
Essex County Correctional Facility struck a reasonable balance
between inmate privacy and the needs of the institutions. The
Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments do not require adoption
of the framework of rules petitioner proposes. The judgment of
the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is affirmed. It is so
ordered.
Comment: Great case! Now the bad news: It does NOT mean that Police Departments can strip search everyone who comes through the door. The case addresses jails and prisons, not holding facilities in PD’s. It’s a great case for Corrections Officers, and the Plaintiff ’s Gravy Train for these suits has decidedly now run off the tracks, but it should not be read too
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expansively. So, while you can still put a sign on your minivan that says “If you see this van a’rockin, don’t come a’knockin” you still can’t treat all visitors to your headquarters to a strip search. Christopher Boyle is an Attorney at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin and a retired Philadelphia Police Lieutenant. He is a frequent writer and lecturer on law enforcement topics. He can be reached at 610-354-8476, [email protected]. The
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East Norriton Township, Montgomery CountyChief Karyl J. Kates
Harrisburg City, Dauphin CountyChief Pierre Ritter
Jenkintown Borough, Montgomery CountyChief Albert J. DiValentino
Allentown City, Lehigh CountyChief Roger J. MacLean
Murrysville, Westmoreland CountyChief Thomas P. Seefeld
Spring Township, Berks CountyChief Bryan D. Ross
Douglass Township, Montgomery CountyChief Barry L. Templin, Jr.
Kidder Township, Carbon CountyChief Matthew R. Kuzma
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PA Patch Pride
Lower Allen Township, Cumberland CountyChief Frank E. Williamson, Jr.
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Metro Technology: How long have you served in your currentposition?
Chief Daly: I’m in my fourth year as Chief of Springfield Police Department.
Metro Technology: Where did you work before Springfield?
Chief Daly: I spent 39 years with Lower Merion Police Department. Fourteen of those years I served as Chief.
Metro Technology: When did you serve in the military?
Chief Daly: I graduated high school in 1967 and went right intobasic training at Paris Island and then Camp Lejeune. I was alsotrained in Machine Guns and Jungle Warfare.
Metro Technology: Did you serve in any wars?
Chief Daly: I did two tours in Vietnam. The first one was 13months. Going home was a major culture shock. In just 48 hours,I went from the jungles of Vietnam to Philadelphia. Thirty dayslater, I returned to Vietnam for another six months.
Metro Technology: Why did you decide to join the military?
Chief Daly: The draft was big in the 1960’s, but I wanted to goand believed that Vietnam was in the forecast for me. I believedthe Marine Corps was the best and if I went into battle I wantedto go with the best, so I joined the Marines.
Metro Technology: Can you highlight one or two experiencesfrom your military career that had an influence on where you are today?
Chief Daly: The whole experience changed my outlook. If I hadany do-overs, I would do it again. It’s a part of me. It taught mehow to hold myself and conduct myself. I’ve been in a uniformsince I was 18.
Metro Technology: Why did you decide to become a police officer?
Chief Daly: It’s about service. I totally believe in our country andwhat it stands for and I believe in standing by our country whenit’s good, bad, or indifferent. There were lots of emotions aroundVietnam, but I believe it was my duty as a citizen to serve. I believein defending the Constitution and the right to a free country. It isan honor to be a police officer. I truly love our country and considermyself a patriot.
Spotlight on Chief Joe DalySpringfield Police DepartmentDelaware County, Pennsylvania
“I truly love our country and consider myself a patriot.”
Metro Salutes Those Who Serve Honoring Veterans and Supporting Active Duty Military
Love of country, high integrity and loyalty to serve are three traits shared by soldiers and police officers. The natural synergy betweenthe two professions has made it very common for those who have served in the armed forces to move into careers in law enforcement.
The team at Metro Technology Services feels strongly about supporting those who serve our country. So Metro is starting a new initiative to honor police officers who are military veterans and to provide financial support for active duty military and their families. To learn how you can assist in this effort, see the related article on the next page or visit www.metroalert.com/military.
In this article, we honor Chief Joe Daly of the Springfield Police Department, a Vietnam veteran. We will honor other police officersthroughout the year who have demonstrated the same commitment to serve their country.
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Metro Supports the Military Matching ChallengeTo give back to the men and women who serve in America’s armed forces, Metro Technology Services is launching theMetro Supports the Military Matching Challenge. Metro will match donations made by our customers to benefit active duty military and their families. For details and donation information, please visit www.metroalert.com/military.Our Metro Supports the Military Matching Challenge runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012.
Metro Technology: What do youlike most about being a police officer?
Chief Daly: It is the most self-fulfilling work you can do. Everyday your job is to help and serveyour community. I believe as a policeofficer, we are the most visible formof government and we must representit properly. We are held to higherstandards as police officers and weshould be.
Metro Technology: How didserving in the military prepare youfor your job today?
Chief Daly: The big influence wasjust the need to continue to serve. In the military, I served with peoplefrom all walks of life. We came together, from all different back-grounds and ethnicities, and servedas one unit. The military was diverseback then, unlike civilian life, andthis really changed my views on life.There was no separation in Vietnam.We were one. The Marine Corps alsotaught me to lead by example and bein the forefront on everything. If youask your officers to do something,you should be willing to do it as well.Today, I feel it is essential to make sure my officers have the training and materials they need to be effective on the streets. It is truly about the officers and giving them what they need to get their job done.
Metro Technology: Did you win any awards during your military service?
Chief Daly: I was honored with a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star,and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry medal.
Metro Technology: What do you enjoy doing when you are not working?
Chief Daly: I enjoy spending time with my family. My wife,
Donna, was my childhood sweetheart. We have been married 41 years and she really helped me transition when I returned fromVietnam. We have three children (Dennis, Donna and Tracy) andfive grandchildren. Dennis served in the Marine Corps as welland is now a police officer in Norwood. I was born and raised inWest Philadelphia as one of 11 children. My 92-year old motherhas also been a big part of my life. I am also a physical fitness nut.I go to the gym every morning at 3:00 and then head into work.It is important to take care of yourself and set an example.
Then: Young JoeDaly served twotours as a Marine in Vietnam.
Now: Joe Daly leads by example as Chief of Police. “If you ask your officers to do something, you shouldbe willing to do it as well.”
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The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Members now have
more ways to communicate with each other. On March 20th, we
began the “PaChiefs” email listserve. This new email communication
service provided our Members with a way to send an email message
to the entire Membership by simply using the single email address,
[email protected]. Once an initial message is sent out to the
group, subscribed Members can reply either to the Member who sent
the message or to the entire group, and engage in a discussion. The
emails are monitored by PCPA Staff and discussions that generate a
large number of email exchanges are then moved into the Discussion
Board in the Members-Only section of our website. Here are
directions for using the PCPA Discussion Board:
Log in to your account in the top right corner of the PCPA
Website - www.pachiefs.org (If you do not know your password,
please use the Forgot Password button below the login box.)
From the Menu on the Left, choose MEMBERS-ONLY and then
“Discussion and Requests For Information”
All Discussion topics will be listed in the Main Box on this page.
Chose the discussion you are interested in viewing or participating in
and click on the topic.
Once inside the topic you may view all comments posted and/or
reply by clicking the REPLY button at the top left of the page. If you
would like to be notified when a comment is posted to this particular
topic – click ‘Subscribe to Topic’ at the top right of the page. To
contact a member posting on the topic directly, click on their name
at the left of the comment and their member profile information will
appear as well as a button to “Send a Message”. If the name at the
left is not that of the poster, their email address may be in the text
of the post, or you may search for them through the online member
directory.
In addition to the general Membership email listserve, we
followed up by creating a similar email listserve specifically for the
Accreditation program. This enabled the agencies involved in the
Accreditation program to send an email message to the entire PLEAC
membership group by simply addressing it to [email protected].
This service provides a way for accreditation program participants to
send requests for policies and other items and information needed to
complete or maintain their accreditation.
If you have questions about these listserve communications services
or are a Member of these groups and not subscribed, please contact
Jerry Miller at Headquarters either by phone, 717-236-1059 or email
at: [email protected].
PA Chiefs Listserve - Emailing the Full Membership
THIS SECTION INCLUDES :
Conference Registration
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Ladies Schedule
Conference Schedule
Conference Speakers
Proposed Bylaws Revisions
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�������������������;������������������� The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association has long had
a reputation for providing top-notch education on the most
pressing law enforcement topics. That is why we want you to
attend the 99th Annual Education and Training Conference and
Exposition in Camp Hill, PA from July 8-12, 2012. This year’s
event is brand new starting with a new location and continuing
with new training and keynote speakers, a completely different
kind of exhibit hall and new events to keep you busy and of
course, having fun all week! Please complete the registration form
found in this issue of The Bulletin, or visit www.pachiefs.org to
register online today!
� ��������� Registration and Exhibits are the main focus throughout your
arrival day at the Radisson Hotel Harrisburg! You can begin
registration as early as 12:00 PM in the Convention Center
Lobby, and we’ll remain there until 5 PM. Check into your room
and explore our new venue which has been completely remodeled
(we like to think just for us) and then head to the exhibit hall to
get your chances to win prizes throughout your stay. We will have
information about upcoming events ready for you as well as ID
badges for all registered attendees. Since we packed the schedule
and the entire hotel will be buzzing with PCPA events, we’ll be
bringing back the “Daily Bullet” as well, a flyer placed under each
attendees’ door that highlights the day’s activities. Check it out
before you head off to your next event; you never know whose
picture might end up in there! We’ll also be displaying a full
schedule of events at the Registration Desk so you’re sure to follow
us as we’re “Building Bridges” throughout the week!
��������� It is required that you and your guests wear an Identification Badge
for all Conference functions. The ID Badge will distinguish your
chosen meal plan, and it’s your ticket into all Conference seminars,
business meetings, exhibit hall and other functions-including meals.
This is very important and your cooperation is greatly appreciated to
ensure a smoothly run Conference for everyone.
����������� The Exhibit Hall, held in the hotel’s connecting Convention
Center will house the vendor and membership booths on Sunday
and Monday. Throughout the first 2 days of the Conference,
the Exhibitors are your source for raffle tickets towards prize
giveaways and this year’s Exhibit Hall Raffle with a chance to
win up to $500 (Member registrants ONLY). Beyond that, our
Exhibitors are the key to the best of all resources and offer a wide
range of companies, products and services, many of which have
been discounted specifically for this event! A welcome cocktail
reception will be held Sunday evening, and both a morning
coffee break and lunch buffet will be held in the Exhibit Hall on
Monday. What more could you ask for?
������������������ Back again this year! Monday Only! In the Exhibit Hall on
Monday, Exhibitors will be giving away raffle tickets when you
visit their booths. Each Exhibitor will get 20 chances to give out
at their discretion. We’ll be holding 3 drawings in the Exhibit
Hall. These drawings could happen at any time throughout the
day and here’s the tricky part, you MUST be PRESENT to win!
Two (2) winners will win $250 each and one (1) lucky grand
prize winner will walk out with $500 in their pockets! While
you’re checking out the incredible new technology, educational
opportunities and so much more, take a chance at winning!
� ��������������������<��= On Sunday evening, as our attendees and exhibitors are getting
settled in for this year’s Conference, PCPA will host a “Welcome
Barbeque” celebration right outside of the Convention Center! As
soon as you’re finished checking out the new products on display,
step right outside for a sunny outdoor barbeque as we fire up the
grills for some down home cookin! What’s better than a BBQ?
Prizes of course! Our vendors will be donating their own products
and services at discounts or no cost to your department during a
prize raffle. Win that new software system or get a special deal on
a police vehicle, just by coming to enjoy dinner! We hope you’ll
join us and come catch up with attendees you haven’t seen since
last year.
����������������� Feeling Lucky? The Conference raffle drawings will be held
during the Business Sessions. Just like in the Exhibit Hall, another
two (2) members will each win $250, with one lucky winner
walking out with $500! Here’s how to get as many chances as you
can:
Conference!
attended the conference before. Call your neighboring Chief
and get them to come! Just give Headquarters staff a call to let
them know you’ve recommended someone (717) 236-1059!
glad you registered!
5 years. Welcome back!
Deposit your chances at the Registration Desk or as you enter
the business sessions. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!
���������������� Last year’s Challenge was so exciting, we weren’t sure we could
top it… but we’re pretty sure we have! Join us out by the pool
on Monday evening for a surprise series of events that will give
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all new bragging rights to the region that wins. Along with a
buffet dinner outside, pit Chiefs against Chiefs as they battle their
way through various contests that will not only be fun to watch,
but are sure to have spectators cheering! Which region has the
determination to win it all? Join us at Monday’s Chiefs Challenge
to find out!
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�������7��������������Incoming President John Mackey and his first lady Mariann
welcome everyone with a craic good time! Paying homage to his
heritage, John Mackey is hosting an Irish inspired dinner with live
Celtic entertainment from Across the Pond. A mix of traditional
Irish Folk as well as modern Celtic music, this trio is sure to get
the hooley started and find everyone raisin the pint during the
Tuesday night reception from 6 to 11 PM at Mackey’s Pub. We
may even have a surprise in store that will get ye dancin’ a jig by
the end of the evening!
!!��������� � �����<��Wednesday night is our crowning glory, and this is the time to
honor our traditions and look toward our future. This evening of
distinction is a time to reflect on our rich history and the leaders
who have brought us to this time of great success. It is also a
night when current achievements are acknowledged, including
those departments who have achieved accredited status. We will
gratefully acknowledge our President, Chief Tom DiMaria, for his
dedication over the past year. As he transitions to the Chairman of
the Board he will pass the presidential gavel in a ceremony full of
pomp and circumstance which also installs our new officers and
PCPA’s new President, John Mackey. Dress to impress!
�����������As always, this week promises relaxation and fun with
something for everyone. You should sign up on Sunday for all
week’s exciting events (spots will be limited). In addition to the
Annual Ladies Luncheon and Chinese Auction, we’ll have the
always popular Ladies Marketplace full of vendors for everything
from purses and jewelry to décor and specialty foods, and creative
new seminars and exercise classes to keep your schedule packed
with fun events all week long! Don’t miss out on the fun!
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LADIES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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12-5 PM Registration Open Located in the Lobby of the Convention
Center. Receive your Registration Packet,
sign up for special activities throughout the
week and pick up your conference gift.
12-5 PM Ladies Marketplace Right around the corner from the
Registration Desk, vendors are gathered to
give you a quick shopping fix while you wait
to check into your rooms and get settled.
Vendors include: Tastefully Simple, Cookie
Lee Jewelry, Pampered Chef, Silpada Jewelry,
Thirty-One Gifts, Premier Designs, and
Scentsy Candles
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9-10 AM Zumba! Exercise Class Join us in Keystone A (Convention Center)
for a dance-inspired workout that’s so much
fun to do, you don’t realize you’re breaking a
sweat!
3-4 PM Summer Drinks by the Pool: Hawaiian Luau
Come meet the Ladies Committee and
mingle with all of the attending spouses out
by the pool for a Hawaiian Luau cocktail
hour complete with umbrella drinks and leis!
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11 AM – 1 PM Ladies Luncheon and Chinese Auction The largest Ladies Committee event features
a great lunch buffet for ladies and kids alike
and the always popular Chinese Auction will
be packed with a variety of prizes for you to
take home!
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6 PM – Midnight Reception and 99th Annual Installation Banquet
Be sure to check the Registration Desk
during your stay for nearby salons and
shopping to get you looking your best for
the big night! Dress to Impress!
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�������������������������9�2����:�9��"��Noon - 5:00 PM Registration
Noon - 3:00 PM Hospitality Room
1:00 - 3:00 PM PA National Guard - Troops Returning Home: Issues and Available Services
Lt. Col. Laura McHugh, Division Chief -
Deployment Cycle Support, PA National Guard
The current increased operational tempo of today’s military has a vast impact on the service member and their families, employers , education, law enforcement and society in general. This session provides critical information for law enforcement on; intervention with military, military culture, deployment and readjustment issues, tips for dealing with service members, and resources, programs and services that are available as well as key tips on resilience.
1:00 - 3:00 PM An Exercise in Adaptive Leadership and an Overview of Tropical Storm Lee in Hershey
Patrick O’Rourke, Sr., Chief of Police, Derry
Township
In 2011, the Derry Township Police Department was presented with various challenges throughout the year not only within the community, but also within the organization. The presentation focuses on the transition of leadership within the organization, staffing shortages in the Command Staff and the rank and file regarding the department’s response to multiple critical incidents throughout the year. In particular, the program will explore Comprehensive Emergency Management as it relates to the floor response during Tropical Storm Lee.
3:00 - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Backyard Barbeque
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Hospitality Room Open
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8:00 - 9:30 AM Business Meeting
9:00 - 10:00 AM Exercise Class
9:30 AM Coffee Break
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM Central Chiefs Meeting
9:30 AM Northeast Chiefs
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch Buffet
2:00 - 5:00 PM Three Hours With Arbitrators Michael McAuliffe Miller, Esq., Eckert Seamans
Cherin & Mellott, LLC
A panel discussion on how arbitrators and practitioners view employment cases.
2:00 - 3:30 PM Retirement Planning: Preparing For The Next Chapter of Your Life
Brad Newman, CFP, Roof Advisory Group
A practical and pragmatic approach to retirement planning that will provide a framework for the issues which will allow you to generate an efficient stream of post-retirement income. Pre-retirement planning, asset accumulation and investment strategy will be among the specific points for discussion.
Join us Sunday evening for the PCPA Backyard BBQ and Prize Auction! We’ll be grilling up some
delicious treats and our Exhibitors will be giving away prizes to winning Chiefs’ departments! Sunday night is the only time
you have a chance to win a $700 seminar, $500 software program,
or up fitting for your vehicle absolutely FREE!
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CHIEFS CHALLENGELast year’s Challenge was so exciting, we weren’t
sure we could top it… but we’re pretty sure we have! Join us out by the pool on Monday evening for a
surprise event that will give all new bragging rights to the region that wins. Along with a buffet dinner
outside, pit Region against Region as we give all new meaning to the conference theme “Building Bridges!”
Which region has the determination to win it all? Join us at Monday’s Chiefs Challenge to find out!
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3:00 - 5:00 PM Office of Attorney General Law Enforcement resources - “We’re from Harrisburg and we’re here to help!”
An overview of the role of the Office of Attorney General in criminal law enforcement in Pennsylvania, with respect to the organization of the criminal investigation function, powers, duties and resources available to assist municipal agencies.
6:00 - 7:00 PM Chiefs Challenge
7:00 - 10:00 PM Dinner Buffet & Hospitality
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8:00 - 11:00 AM Aw Crap, Now What? Building Trust in Tough Times
Jeff Chatterton, President, Checkmate Public
Affairs
The TV station on line one, and the Mayor is on line two: now what? Look, we’ve all been there... maybe it’s an officer-involved shooting. Maybe it’s budget cutbacks. It doesn’t matter what the issue is - people are mad, and you’re on the hot seat. In a high-risk situation, people are going to ask “Why should we trust you.” At the end of the day, you’re going to have answers. Did you know men and women stand differently when they’re upset? Learn what the cues are and how to respond. - There are four components of trust. Honesty, expertise and dedication combined make up 50%, but one remaining factor trumps them all. - What’s the easiest and most common mistake people make when it comes to defending their good name? This is a full day, interactive workshop on how to take difficult situations and turn them around to your advantage.
8:00 AM Western Chiefs Meeting
9:30 AM Coffee Break
9:30 - 10:30 AM Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety
John Coyle, Law Enforcement Liaison,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) and Chief Harry Fruecht, Peters
Township
Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) is an operational model that uses the integration of location-based crime and traffic data to determine the most effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources. This presentation will provide an overview of the DDACTS model, provide an update on current DDACTS sites, which will include Pennsylvania Law Enforcement agencies, and provide information regarding DDACTS Implementation Workshops.
9:00 AM - Noon MPOETC JTA Advisory Committee Meeting
11:00 - 11:45 AM Target Talent and Management Coaching Amanda Belding, Group Assets Protection
Team Leader, Target Corporation
Noon - 1:00 PM Luncheon & Crime Prevention Awards
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1:00 - 5:00 PM Aw Crap, Now What? (Continued) Jeff Chatterton, President, Checkmate Public
Affairs
1:00 - 3:00 PM Crime Prevention Award Presentations
6:00 - 10:00 PM Presidents Reception/Dinner
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8:00 - 9:30 AM Business Meeting
9:30 AM Coffee Break
9:30 AM Northeast Chiefs Meeting
10:00 - Noon Job Task Analysis and Physical Standards Val Lubens
Describe the current PA Job Task Analysis and its role in setting physical standards as well as a review of current case-law.
10:00 - Noon Policing in the Age of Social Media Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel,
Philadelphia
Noon - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 6:00 PM Hospitality Room Open
1:00 - 3:00 PM PA National Guard - Troops Returning Home: Issues and Available Services
PA National Guard
The current increased operational tempo of today’s military has a vast impact on the service member and their families, employers, education, law enforcement and society in general. This session provides critical information for law enforcement on; intervention with military, military culture, deployment and readjustment issues, tips for dealing with service members, and resources, programs and services that are available as well as key tips on resilience.
1:00 - 4:00 PM Open carry in Pennsylvania Christopher Boyle, Sr., Esquire, Marshall,
Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin
A presentation on Open Carry in Pennsylvania, highlighting the case law on the subject, with practical examples of what is, and isn’t, permissible, under the law. Chris will cover relevant portions of the Uniform Firearms Act, the open carry “movement” and where Pennsylvania stands in relation to other states regarding open carry. While Township managers and supervisors may also find the subject of interest, the presentation will be geared to municipal law enforcement, with a strong emphasis on the practical application of the law. Open Carry, to a great extent, runs contrary to decades of law enforcement literature, experience and training, and Chris will endeavor to “cut to the chase” regarding fundamental, bright line, rules for use by the everyday officer, supervisor and executive, on the front line of enforcement.
1:00 - 4:00 PM Accreditation (PLEAC) Meeting
2:00 PM Retired Chiefs Meeting
6:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM -Midnight 99th Annual Installation Banquet
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������������ ��������������������� Laura McHugh currently serves as the Deployment Cycle Support
Division Chief Pennsylvania National Guard where she is charged with
providing services, resources and training for over 19,000 Pennsylvania
Army and Air National Guard Service Members as well as over 30,000
Family Members. LTC McHugh began her military career by enlisting
into the PAARNG in 1986. She attended King’s College where she
earned a BS Degree in Finance and was commissioned through Scranton
University’s ROTC program in 1991. She has also earned her Master’s
of Science Degree in Leadership and Business Ethics from Duquesne
University in May 2009.
She has held numerous positions throughout her career to include;
serving as the 131st Transportation Company Commander from
1999-2004 deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 from
February 2003 – May 2004, and served in numerous capacities within
the PAARNG Recruiting and Retention Battalion where she ultimately
served as the Battalion Commander from October 2008 – September
2011.
LTC McHugh’s awards are Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Global War on Terror Expeditionary and Service
Medals, Overseas Ribbon and numerous State awards. She also holds the
basic parachutist badge.
LTC Laura McHugh currently resides in Pine Grove, PA with her
husband and two children.
��2����������%����� ������ William Charpentier currently serves as Deputy Division Chief
– Deployment Cycle Support and is charged with supporting the
administrative and logistic needs of the Deployment Cycle Support
Division. MAJ Charpentier began his military career when he enlisted
in the United States Army Reserve in 1983. He attended Slippery Rock
University and graduated in 1987 with a BA degree in History and a
commission through the University’s ROTC program.
MAJ Charpentier has held numerous positions throughout his career
to include; serving as the commander of C/1-103 AR from August
1990 to September 1994, Chief of Operations for Multi-National
Division –North in Bosnia from August 2002 to March 2003, and as
the Commander of the 28th Division Special Troops Battalion from April
2007 to January 2010.
MAJ Charpentier’s awards are the Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Global War On
Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, NATO
Campaign Medal and numerous State awards.
MAJ Charpentier currently resides in Lebanon, PA.
����������89����� Damon Frantz has been the Director of Psychological Health for the
Pennsylvania National Guard since November of 2010. In this role, he
provides crisis intervention services to service members and families, in
addition to providing clinical assessments and referral services for service
members and families. Mr. Frantz also provides training on behavioral
health related issues to service members and the community at-large.
Prior to his employment as Director of Psychological Health, Mr.
Frantz worked for thirteen years at Bethany Children’s Home, which is
a residential placement for adjudicated youth, in a variety of positions,
including social worker, Assistant Director of Social Services, and Director
of Home Life. Mr. Frantz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state
of Pennsylvania. He completed his undergraduate education at Albright
College with a degree in Criminal Justice, and his graduate education at
Temple University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work.
���������������� Denise Todero is the Survivor Services Coordinator in Western PA
since the Survivor Outreach Services Program was stood up by the Army
in 2009. In this role, she provides perpetual care and a link to the military
for the Families of our Fallen Service Members through outreach, contact,
connecting survivors with other survivors, grief and bereavement support
referral, assuring survivors have received all the benefits they are entitled
and informing survivors of supportive and honor events and programs.
Ms. Todero served as the Family Assistance Center Specialist supporting
service members and their families before, during and after deployment
prior to the SOS program inception. In addition, she is a Commissioned
Lay Pastor with the Presbyterian Church USA, pastoring Bethany
Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, PA since 2003.
������ �������%��7������9���%9� Chief O’Rourke, Sr. was born and raised in Palmyra, Pennsylvania
and is a 1979 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School. The son
of a Pennsylvania State Trooper, Chief O’Rourke was hired by Derry
Township Police Department in February of 1983 and received his ACT
120 Certification from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey.
In his 30th year in law enforcement, Chief O’Rourke is the first officer
in the history of the department to achieve every rank in the organization
and to be assigned to as many specialty assignments. He’s served in several
different capacities and was promoted to Chief of Police in March of
2011. His specialized training includes arson investigation, six years in
the K-9 Unit, Electronic Surveillance (wiretap), eight years in undercover
narcotics/criminal investigation and four years as a hostage negotiator.
Chief O’Rourke has an extensive background in Incident Command
(ICS) and Counter-Terrorism training, authored the agency’s first IC
policy and facilitated ICS Training for all command level personnel in
the organization. He also received extensive post 9/11 Counter-Terrorism
(CBRNE) training including Hazardous materials Technician, Chemical/
Biological Training, Radiological/Nuclear Training, Explosives/Bomb
Training, and is certified as a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Tactical Commander.
Chief O’Rourke possesses an Associates Degree in Business
Management as well as a Bachelors Degree in Organizational Leadership
and is a 2009 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police
Staff and Command. He has over 30 years’ experience in the volunteer
fire service, serves as Vice President of the Central Pennsylvania Chiefs
of Police Association, on the Legislative Committee for the PCPA and
founded the C.O.P.S. for K.O.P.S. charity, a non-profit benefiting
children of fallen officers.
��������������� Michael Miller concentrates his practice exclusively on management-
side employment and labor law including employment and labor-related
litigation before a variety of state and federal courts.
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He has served as Chief Labor Counsel for a project in which he
negotiated successor labor agreements with four unions and transitioned
400+ employees to new employment avoiding litigation and disruptions
to closings and helped the City of Lebanon Authority award a contract for
necessary reconstruction of its waste water treatment plant.
He has also served as Special Labor Counsel to the City of York
Pennsylvania, Special Labor Counsel for the November 2010 successful
privatization of Dauphin County’s Youth Detention Center; and was
selected as Special Labor Counsel for Eastern Pennsylvania by the Society
of County Human Resources Professionals of Pennsylvania; among
others.
Mr. Miller has represented national and regional employers in the
manufacturing, construction, trucking, public utility, insurance, food,
secondary and higher education and health care industries; as well as
litigated to verdict a wide variety of employment-related litigation,
including claims of sexual harassment, wrongful discharge and breach of
contract as well as race, age, disability and gender discrimination claims
and sustained these results on appeal to federal and state appellate courts.
His educational background includes a J.D., Duquesne University
School of Law, M.P.I.A. from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public and International Affairs, and B.A. from the University
of Pittsburgh.
������������ Brad Newman, a Certified Financial Planner, is a member of Roof
Advisory Group. The firm provides fee-only investment management
services and investment advisory services for individuals, non-profit
organizations, municipal pension plans, corporations, and private
foundations since its inception 15 years ago. While they manage over 250
million dollars, their focus remains to provide customized and high-touch
service to their 150 clients.
Roof Advisory Group has had the privilege of managing the investment
dollars for the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police for the past 11 years.
������%�������� Chief Wheeler is a 31 year veteran of law enforcement. He began his
career in 1981 with the Freeland Borough Police Department in Luzerne
County before joining the Office of Attorney General in 1984. Since
that time, he has served as a Narcotics Agent, Supervisory Narcotics
Agent, and Regional Director in assignments in Reading, Wilkes-Barre,
Philadelphia, Erie, and Allentown. In 2005, he was appointed as Deputy
Chief and assigned as Director of BNI. In 2011 Attorney General Linda
Kelly appointed him to his current position where he oversees all criminal
investigative activity in the Office of Attorney General. He commands
nearly 300 agents assigned to 11 different office locations throughout the
Commonwealth. Chief Wheeler is the first career service employee of the
OAG to be appointed Chief of Criminal investigations.
2������������ Jeff Chatterton, Owner of Checkmate Public Affairs, is an expert
in building or restoring trust and credibility for corporate reputations.
Chatterton is the owner of Checkmate Public Affairs, a consulting
practice that specializes in reputation management during high-risk
situations.
He started in risk and crisis communications as a journalist, winning
several awards for his coverage of a number of “crisis-oriented” events.
He worked for the Ontario government, handling a wide array of
communications challenges in the resources arena — spending time at the
Ministries of Natural Resources, Health, Agriculture, and Environment.
He developed an especially keen interest in agriculture and its
technological promises and took on the Town of Walkerton, Ontario
as one of his first communication clients when thousands fell ill after
drinking contaminated tap water. This very public, very critical and
emotional event prompted Jeff to start Checkmate Public Affairs,
because he felt corporations needed access to better ways to speak the
truth; especially, when the truth was being stampeded by hysteria, real or
imagined.
The range of high risk communication scenarios he has worked in
to help companies retain their hard earned reputation include product
recalls, chemical contaminations, layoffs, boycotts, staffing scares,
activist attacks and natural disasters. When pressed to identify his area of
keenest interest, he would reply that he is most specialized in agricultural
bioproducts, and manufacturing or product defects.
“I see fantastic technologies out there, and when they get sidelined
for no good reason other than public fear or misunderstanding, it’s
just a shame. Building trust and credibility is absolutely critical” says
Chatterton.
Chatterton is quite active in the Canadian political scene. He has
volunteered, managed or consulted on over 40 political campaigns
in 3 provinces and 4 US States. He recently spent two years juggling
responsibilities between Checkmate Public Affairs, and acting as Chief of
Staff to a Conservative Member of Parliament in the Canadian Federal
Government.
Chatterton authored “Framing the Fish Farmers,” a research paper
examining the role activists play in the aquaculture industry, and has
also published an audio book on building trust and credibility, entitled
“Communicate through the Minefield.”
John Coyle
John Coyle, Law Enforcement Liaison, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) is based out of the New Jersey Chiefs
of Police Association Headquarters representing the New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania region. NHTSA’s Regional LELs work with the
NHTSA headquarters, regional offices, state highway safety offices, and
partners at the national and local level to implement high visibility traffic
safety enforcement programs.
The LEL encourages law enforcement and government entities to take
the lead in promoting NHTSA’s national programs, enforcement and
educational efforts and campaigns. The LEL also serves as an advocate for
law enforcement in the region. John is the Retired Chief of Police from
Egg Harbor Township, Jew Jersey and received his MS in Criminal Justice
from Saint Joseph’s University.
������2%�������������� �� Chief Fruecht currently serves (June 1988 to present) as Chief
of Police of Peters Township in Washington County, a Home Rule
Cherter community with a population of 21,500 and land size of 19.5
square miles. He has served as a Police Consultant for the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development’s Peer-to-
Peer Program since 1992. Chief Fruecht has completed numerous
management studies, regional police studies, and provided technical
assistance. In 2005 Chief Fruecht was hired as a police consultant for
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RDM (Resource Development and Management) working on EIP
(Emergency Intervention Projects) awarded by the State of Pennsylvania.
He has completed a number of such projects on Police Departments
ranging in size of fifteen officers to over 186 officers. He has served
as a member of the Pennsylvania Strategic Highway Safety Planning
Committee since 2009. In 2010 he became a member of the Washington
County Criminal Justice Advisory Board.
Prior to obtaining the position at Peters Township, he was the Deputy
Chief of Police for the Upper St. Clair Police Department. He was hired
by Upper St. Clair in August of 1974. He was promoted to Sergeant in
1980. In 1986 he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Police.
��������� Director of the independent consulting consortium, Systems Design
Group, Val Lubans specializes in developing programs for POST
organizations in the United States. These include Job Analysis; Selection,
Medical, Psychological and Physical Standards; Testing, Evaluation
and Training. From 1972 to 1980, Lubans was Vice President of the
Social Development Corporation and the Director of the Criminal
Justice Personnel Institute. In the almost 40 years he has worked with
public and private organizations in the United States and the United
Kingdom, Lubans has directed many significant studies, some of which
include developing Entry-Level Public Safety Curricula for 24 different
state standards commissions; evaluating and developing Physical Agility
Entrance and/or Exit Testing Programs; developing Adult/Juvenile
Corrections/Parole and Probation Recruit Programs; developing Medical
and/or Psychological Screening Guidelines; developing Law Enforcement
Certification Tests and served as Director and Lead Analyst of numerous
task analysis studies for 14 major law enforcement/criminal justice
agencies.
Mr. Lubans attended Trinity College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
for his Graduate studies and received Operations Research training at
Northwestern University. His relevant training includes ADA Impact on
Training and Selection, Job Analysis Methods, Policies and Procedures in
Police Agencies, Compensation Planning, Systems Analysis, Management
by Objectives, Performance Measurement, and Test Development and
Analysis. He’s had over 25 publications/professional reports published
and has performed studies of various State and Local law enforcement
agencies to improve their efficiency and organization.
�����2%������ Philadelphia Police Department Deputy Commissioner, Kevin Bethel, is presently in charge of Regional Operations Command
South. As part of his duties, he oversees both the patrol and detective
units in South Division, Central Division, and Southwest Division.
Since completion of the Police Academy in 1986, his assignments have
included: Police Officer-6th District; Sergeant-17th District; Sgt-Special
Investigative Bureau, Narcotics Strike Force; Sergeant-Special Investigative
Bureau, Narcotics Field Unit, North Central section; Lieutenant-18th
District; Lieutenant-Internal Affairs Division and Lieutenant-Narcotics
Intelligence Investigative Unit. Prior to his appointment to the position of
Deputy Commissioner, he served as the Commanding Officer (Captain)
of the 17th Police District from December 19, 2005 until May 2008.
In addition to his Philadelphia Police Department training, Deputy
Commissioner Bethel has benefited from extensive specialized training
received at the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) National Academy, Quantico, VA “Leadership and
Specialized Training Course,” and the FBI’s National Executive Institute,
the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “Basic Narcotics and
Dangerous Drug Law Enforcement,” and “Drug Unit Commanders
Academy (DUCA)”, “Operation Jetway Training” and “Caribbean Drug
Violators Strategy Session.” Most recently, Deputy Commissioner Bethel
was given the Philadelphia Daily News 2008 Fencl Award, bestowed
on a police officer who brings a unique blend of courage, integrity and
determination to the job.
Deputy Commissioner Bethel holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal
Justice from Chestnut Hill College, and a Master’s degree in Public
Safety from St. Joseph’s University. He is married and the father of three
daughters.
������ ��������� Chris Boyle provides legal counsel to municipalities, police
departments and private employers. He handles claims involving civil
rights, municipal liability, and employment law and their attendant
litigation. As a former state-certified instructor, Chris is also frequently
called upon to deliver seminars and other training to municipalities,
police departments and insurers on a variety of topics including risk
management, police pursuits, search and seizure, racial profiling, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, hiring practices, Pennsylvania’s Right to
Know Act and police shootings.
Chris graduated with a B.B.A. from Temple University in 1989.
Following graduation, he worked for the Philadelphia Police Department
for 16 years, holding positions as a patrol officer, detective, narcotics
officer, instructor at the Philadelphia Police Academy and Department
Advocate. He was a certified instructor for municipal police officers in
both academic areas and emergency vehicle operations, and served as a
member of the Curriculum Committee on the Municipal Police Officers
Education and Training Committee. He was twice decorated by the
Department for meritorious service and attained the rank of Lieutenant
before his retirement.
As part of his practice, Chris routinely reviews police policies and
procedures regarding pursuits, search and seizure, the use of force and
other law enforcement topics. He is frequently called upon to present
seminars and training to law enforcement and insurance professionals
on topics from liability and defenses, to racial profiling and in-custody
deaths. His expertise has also been utilized by numerous clients to
review incident-specific information and police response, even prior to
the initiation of a suit. These post-incident critiques are utilized both
to identify training and policy needs, and in preparation for potential
litigation.
He attended Temple University School of Law in the evening while
working full time for the Police Department, graduating in 2004. While
at Temple Law, Chris served as a staff editor and eventually as editor in
chief of the Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal. He is
a two-time recipient of the Barrister’s Award for Trial Advocacy and won
the Golden Prize at graduation for outstanding research and writing on a
health care topic. Chris joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman &
Goggin in May of 2005 as an associate in the King of Prussia office.
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Deletions are in strike through type and additions are underlined.
Proposed Amendment #1:ARTICLE II - Name and Mission
Section 2. Mission. The mission of this Association
(hereinafter the “Mission”) is as follows:
The Association is a professional organization of chiefs of
police and other executives of police, public safety and private
law enforcement organizations across the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The Association provides a vehicle through which
members can come together, examine their positions on issues,
and address the needs of their colleagues.
The values that guide the Association’s working decisions
are central to its mission. These values include accountability,
continuous improvement, diversity, education and training,
human life, innovation, the laws and Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, problem-solving, compassion,
cooperation, excellence, fairness, inclusion, integrity, personal
autonomy, and professionalism. When put into practice, these
values help the Association contribute to the quality of life
across the state.
The Association’s values are characteristics of qualities of
work. Although the membership of the Association may need
to balance these values from time to time on both an individual
and collective basis, the Association will never ignore these
values for the sake of expediency or personal preference. The
Association holds these values constantly before it to teach and
remind the Association’s membership, and the communities
which those members serve, of the Association’s ideals. These
values are the cornerstone upon which the Association is
founded.
In fulfilling its mission, the Association needs the support
of the residents and elected officials of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the Association’s staff in order to provide the
quality of service which the Association’s values commit it to
providing.
The Association seeks to serve and protect all residents of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; as such, the Association aims
to earn and maintain the unqualified respect of all residents.
The Association’s members aim to be respected leaders in their
communities, throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
throughout the United States of America, and internationally.
With these aims in mind, the Association promotes the
professional and personal development of its members through
innovative services, training, peer counseling and comradeship.
The Association makes a positive impact on the quality of life
in the communities which its members serve through pro-active
leadership in the following: community partnerships, ethics and
integrity, knowledge and information dissemination, promoting
legislation which advances the mission of the Association before
the United States Congress and the Pennsylvania General
Assembly, media relations, professional standards, vision, and
innovative change.
Mission, Vision and Values.
(a) Our Mission. The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
Association is an organization of law enforcement executives
promoting excellence and providing expertise in law
enforcement and public safety within the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania through strong leadership and innovative
programs.
(b) Our Vision. Our vision is to provide professional
leadership and a respected voice for Pennsylvania’s law
enforcement community.
(c) Our Values. We value professionalism. We believe that
by adhering to standards and committing to continuous
improvement, law enforcement agencies can provide the
most effective level of services to their communities. We value integrity. We believe that, as law enforcement leaders,
we are accountable for the manner in which we perform our
professional duties. We value leadership. We believe that we
offer an informed voice on statewide issues impacting the
law enforcement community. We value participation. We
believe that the strength of our organization is based upon the
participation and contributions of each of our members towards
achieving common goals.
Proposed Amendment #2:ARTICLE VI - Executive Board
Section 11. Support of Candidates or Policy Statements.
By a vote of three-fourths of a majority of a quorum of the
Executive Board, the Executive Board may support platforms
of candidates in elections and/or policy statements of cabinet
members.
Endorsements. It is the policy of the PCPA to not endorse
political candidates seeking elected office.
The Membership and Bylaws Committee met on March 1st and forwarded the recommendations above to the Executive Board for review and approval on March 3rd. The next meeting of the Membership and Bylaws Committee is scheduled for May 18th. The next meeting of the Executive Board is May 19th.
The following proposed amendments to the bylaws are being forwarded through the BULLETIN to the entire membership and will be presented at the Annual Conference for a vote of the membership. Members are encouraged to discuss these changes among their county and regional associations and to contact their Executive Board Members or Association Headquarters for further information or questions regarding these amendments. Revisions or amendments to the PCPA bylaws must be submitted, in writing, to the Executive Director of the Association at least thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting of the Association, and forwarded by the Executive Director to each member of the Association at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Annual Meeting.
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Attend
“IN YOUR OWN WORDS”“It’s the best place to learn, network and spend time with friends
from across the state. I look forward to attending the Annual
Education and Training Conference every year. I would strongly
recommend taking the time to attend each year. There is always
something new to see at exhibitor’s hall or learn at the training
sessions and if that isn’t enough to keep you busy there is always time
to spend with friends.”
-TOM DIMARIA
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to be ‘moved’ by the PCPA Chaplain’s words of acumen. Life
changing...Be there or else!”
-MIKE KLEIN
“I have been an active member of the PA Chiefs since 2001. However,
I just attended my first two conferences in 2010 and 2011. I’ve
already booked 2012 and hopefully will never miss one again. I would
encourage anyone to attend such a prestigious and well organized
event. Although our budgets are tight, this conference is worth every
penny. You will network, share information and participate in training
that’s second to none. Furthermore, you owe it to yourself and your
department. Don’t delay! Sign up now for what will be countless
memories in all aspects of policing and socialization.”
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The next series of articles are going to take a unique look at
social networking from a law enforcement perspective. They
will examine a number of different features and issues that
have a direct impact on officers and just as importantly their
families. However, we will not only study the darker side of
social networking, we will offer a number of recommendations
to keep an officer and their family safer!
Let’s begin with what may be a difficult
concept for some to accept. “Whether you
use social networking or not it has become
an “Officer Safety Issue!”
When I first started teaching police officers
about social networking I use to advise them
to stay away from it. There are too many
bad things that can happen. However, I can’t
offer that advice any longer for a number of
reasons. First of all with over 900 million
users on Facebook alone it is very difficult
for anyone not to get involved. It truly is a fundamental change
in the way people communicate. For some friends and family
it is the main means of communication. In addition, with
professional social networking sites like LinkedIn, many officers
enjoy associating with their law enforcement brothers and sisters
all over the world. Then there is the use of social networking
an as intelligence/investigative tool by police. In fact, there
is so much open source information available I advise police
officers if they are not looking at social networking they could
be missing significant pieces of evidence. Communications,
motive, relationships, photographs; even location information
could be readily available if a subject doesn’t have all their
security settings in place. Even if security settings are in place
many officers cultivate informants, go undercover online, or
use a legal process as mechanisms to obtain social networking
information (although be sure to authenticate and properly
preserve any information you obtain). Yet whether officers
use it professionally or personally, there remains many, many
dangers lurking.
So what I do now when I instruct a class on social networking
is to advise officers to use it but use it wisely! Those officers
who don’t use social networking still have to be concerned about
what their spouse or children may be disclosing.
�%� ������������� Your profile or bio is a summary of personal information
about yourself. Every social network will ask a new user to
answer dozens of questions about their personal lives. After all
the whole point of social networking is to be “social”, so how
else are you going to meet people with like interests or that
old high school buddy? Most users forget
that social networking sites like Facebook
are a big business. Think about this. How
much do you pay to be on Facebook?
Nothing, right? With over 900 million
users think of the server space, personnel,
and infrastructure that would be needed
to support that many users. How can they
possibly afford to do that, yet Facebook
is a billion dollar business. They do it
because we supply them the raw material
for their business plan – information! Prior
to the public stock offering, advertising was the main source
of Facebook’s income. Often the basic information requested
when filling out a profile consists of question like your date of
birth, where you were born, your high school, your college, the
years you graduated, where you’ve been employed, your address,
your favorite books, music, movies, hobbies, etc., etc., etc. If
fact if you look hard at this information you often times can
determine the answer to many of the “secret” questions a bank
or credit card company might ask if you lose your password!
It is not just the advertisers that you need to be concerned
with; criminals use this information for everything from identity
theft to child exploitation. Even worse is that it has been
documented that some criminals have been “harvesting” police
officer’s personal information and creating their own intelligent
databases!
Recommendation #1 - Limit the amount the amount of
personal information you or your family members enter into
the profile or bio of a social network. It is not necessary to let
everyone know you’re a cop or what your home address is.
Recommendation #2 - Be sure the privacy settings (more on
that later) are set so that you are not sharing that information
with the whole world.
TECH MANDATES | The Darker Side of Social Networking Essentials Every Officer Needs To Know Part 1Contributed by: James A. Dill, Deputy Chief (retired) PA Office of Attorney General
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�%� ����There are a number of issues with posting photographs that
could pose a problem for an officer. First there is the avatar.
This is the profile photo of the individual user. It is always
viewable and can’t be limited via privacy settings. In addition
it is easily downloadable! An actual example of this took place
in Phoenix, AZ during a run of the mill DUI stop. Following
standard police procedure a CD was discovered. On that CD
were the social networking photographs of 30 Phoenix police
officers as well as much of their bio information!
Recommendation #3 – DO NOT USE A PHOTO OF
YOURSELF on ANY social network. Instead either don’t
upload a picture or use something like your favorite baseball
glove or fishing rod.
Another photo issue concerns postings by your family and
friends. Case in point, I was teaching social networking to a
group of undercover narcotics officers in Georgia. One officer
during the break asked me to look up his 14 year old daughter’s
Facebook page since he’s never been on Facebook. Although
somewhat reticent, I agreed. What we found made both of
our jaws drop. The young lady loved and admired her father
and meant no malice, but she had posted a photo of her father,
tagged it with his name and posted a comment that stated her
Dad was an undercover narcotics officer. What made it worse
was that his daughter didn’t have any security settings in place
so anyone could see the photo and her posting!
Recommendation #4 – Check the photos posted by family
and friends and make sure that you aren’t being compromised.
How can you prevent someone from posting a picture of you
and tagging it with your name? Well you can’t really prevent
someone from uploading a photo that you appear in, but you
can be notified if some tags it with your name. On Facebook
follow the below procedure.
Recommendation #5 – Set your privacy settings so that you
are notified if someone tags a photo of you.
Keep in mind that this notification by Facebook only works
if you are on Facebook. Officers who have no presence on the
social network, of course, can’t be notified. Therefore, I now
suggest officers who are not on Facebook to get on by creating a
very limited page with a minimum of information and set their
privacy settings so they are notified if tagged.
Another photo issue has to do with EXIF information. If
you recall from a previous article the EXIF information in a
digital photograph reveals all kinds of information about the
photograph including the date, time, camera model and camera
settings. In addition if the photo was taken with a phone,
the GPS location where the photograph was taken could also
be included. Social Networking sites like Flicker, Picasa, and
others retain the EXIF information when the photo is posted.
Therefore if an officer or family member posts a photo taken
within his home there is an excellent chance that the exact
location of his home can be determined from the photograph!
Recommendation #6 – Turn off the location settings for the
camera on your smartphone.
Recommendation #7 - Learn how to remove the EXIF
information from a photograph prior to posting or sharing.
We are just scratching the surface of the “Darker Side of
Social Networking”. Be sure to check out the next Bulletin for
a number of other recommendations that officers may want to
consider when using social networking.
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If you want to learn more about social networking
and other technology threats to an officer, the Northeast
Counterdrug Training Center offers a free training program
called “Technologies Used Against Police” that examines in
further detail these and other threats! You can register at www.
counterdrug.org.
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On January 3, 2012, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
Association opened the Pennsylvania Virtual Training Network,
PAVTN.net, for online training specifically developed for
Pennsylvania Law Enforcement. In the first four months of
operation, the PAVTN.net registered over fifty seven hundred
police officers. The PAVTN continues to see about one
hundred officers a week register to be able to take nine courses
currently offered.
The PAVTN is the only place Pennsylvania’s municipal police
officers can take six (6) of their twelve (12) hours of Mandatory
In-Service Training online (MIST). In just two month over
twelve hundred officers were enrolled for the MIST courses
online. This will save their departments overtime and travel
costs.
In just these few months, the PAVTN provided Pennsylvania
law enforcement with training on domestic violence,
investigating strangulation, investigating stalking, suspicious
activity reporting, fingerprint compliance, DUI enforcement
and prevention, and the two MIST courses to over eighteen
hundred officers online. For these officers to attend class and
receive the same training would have required the operation of
five classrooms a week. The individual officers would have to be
scheduled for two days of training and travel an average of forty
six miles to attend. These online classes saved over twenty eight
thousand man hours and thousands of dollars in travel costs.
To take one line courses through the PAVTN you must
be a registered user. To register you need to download the
registration spreadsheet from the Pennsylvania Chief ’s web site
http://www.pachiefs.org/Resources/Documents/PAVTN%20
Officer%20Registration%20Form.xls. Fill in the information;
save the spreadsheet and e-mail it as an attachment to PAVTN@
pachiefs.org. Police departments are encouraged to register all
their officers. Every officer must have their own distinct email
address to register.
(Jim Dill is a retired deputy chief from the PA Office of Attorney General. He spent the majority of his career dealing with investigative technologies. He is now an investigative technology consultant and trainer with Alutiiq International and ITIS, LLC. More information regarding courses he instructs can be obtained at www.itis-llc.com. If you have a question, comment, or an idea for an article he can be contacted at: [email protected]).
Once the registration is processed each user receives an e-mail
with their username and password. Each user is automatically
enrolled in a number of free courses. However, you cannot be
automatically enrolled in the 2012 municipal police officer
education and training commission mandatory in-service
courses. Enrollment in these courses is governed by the
municipal police officers education and training commission
and is only available to those officers subject to Pennsylvania
ACT 180 and those agencies preapproved by MPOETC.
Therefore, enrollment in these two courses must be authorized
by the police department chief or authorized agency head.
Every department that provided the registration spreadsheet
for their department was e-mailed a separate enrollment
spreadsheet form to authorize enrollment in the MPOETC
mandatory in-service courses, if any department did not receive
this e-mail, they can request it be resent by e-mailing PAVTN@
pachiefs.org.
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Did YouKnow?
There are benefits to using the online services option available
on the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission website at www.mpoetc.state.pa.us. By obtaining
a username and password you will have access to the following
administrative options. Electronic submission will avoid the potential
for documents getting lost in the mail, and it will help to expedite
processing time. If you have not already registered for access, you
may do so by completing a Police Authority Registration Request form
available on the Commission’s website in the Document Library.
1. The process for certifying a new hire that has never held
Commission certification can be initiated online by completing
an electronic Application for Police Officer Certification. If a new
hire has previously been certified, and their certification has
been inactive for more than two years, a hard copy application
must be submitted in lieu of an electronic submission.
2. If you separate a police officer from your agency, report a name
change, request a replacement MPOETC identification card,
or report the arrest of one of your officers, you can submit
an electronic Change of Status Notice. Separations should be
reported immediately in order to maintain an accurate and
current listing of police officers for your department. This
is important for biennial recertification and application for
accreditation.
3. If you want to hire a police officer who has valid certification
(meaning the officer is already working for another police
department), or want to hire a person whose certification
number is inactive, but less than two years have lapsed since
their last employment, you can submit an electronic Change of Status Notice. (Please note, an applicant from out of state
cannot be hired using the Change of Status Notice. You must
follow the process explained in number one.)
4. You can determine if your police officers completed mandatory
in-service training for the year by querying in-service training
history using the MPOETC In-Service History link. The police
officer’s certification number and last name are required for the
query.
5. You can also check the certification status of a police officer
assigned to your department. While you are unable to query
the certification status of a police officer working for another
police department, you may contact MPOETC at 717-346-
7760 to obtain that information.
The first edition of the Bulletin’s “Retired Chiefs Spotlight” esteems the
career of one of the PCPA’s most charismatic members. While his official
career as a police officer began almost six decades ago, his life of dedication
to law enforcement started well before that as an orphan mesmerized by
the uniform and badge he was called to wear. And although his reign as
Chief of Police ended in 1985, the fiery dedication to law enforcement
he had sparked within himself as a child has never dwindled. When his
career was still young, the drunks of Danville knew him as the fearless
“Blackjack.” Don Hunter, the man with a million stories, is the first
retired Chief to stand in the spotlight.
Before he became the Chief of Police for the Mahoning Township
Police Department, Don Hunter remembers “walking the meters” and
breaking up bar fights as an officer in Danville. With his billy club, thirty-
eight special, and oversized “hand-me-down” uniform, Hunter illustrates
his first days of law enforcement as “absolutely antique.”
He worked midnight shifts alone and answered every call with the few
tools he had. The most advanced technology available to the Danville
Police Department was a red light flashing in a second story window
signaling to the lone officer that a call was waiting for him. “Blackjack”
Hunter was a man of small stature with colossal fight, deterring brawls
between the rambunctious drunks by “putting the fear of God into them.”
At the end of the night, Hunter would take the drunks daring enough to
challenge his authority back to the jail cell defeated... in a wheelbarrow.
In 1964, Hunter started and served as Chief of the Mahoning
Police Department. Chief Hunter, the only officer affiliated with the
Department for many years, helped serve his community in every
way possible. Whether it was running against (and beating) a corrupt
politician for the Township Board of Supervisors or going along with the
State Police on investigations, Hunter just wanted to be involved. “The
whole damn thing is nothing more than to serve the people, not yourself.”
Any and every training event or seminar for law enforcement was
attended by Chief Hunter. He felt that he could never stop learning
about the vocation he loved. But he did not stop at learning about police,
he taught about the life as an officer at every opportunity. Speaking
with children and enhancing the image of the job was one of the most
rewarding aspects of his career. Protecting the public was paramount
for Chief Hunter; however, making the public as proud of their law
enforcement as he was was just as important.
The world of law enforcement has seen a vast amount of changes
and advances since Chief Hunter’s career began. Police Officers who
so bravely serve the community today are fortunate to have the tools,
training, and means of communication available to them. Chief Hunter
walked the thin blue line without these technologies; instead, he was
equipped with pure love for the job. His career was never motivated by
money or politics, just a passionate drive to protect the public and serve
his fellow people. As a young orphan, the sight of the uniform and badge
ignited this flame. Over the course of several years and various obstacles,
the flame grew and grew, until it became a fire so great that it continues
to engulf everyone it reaches. Don Hunter’s career and life is such a
powerfully influential one, it is impossible to know just how many flames
he’s sparked himself.
Retired Member Spotlight
“His passion and dedication to this Association is so remarkable that it is infectious. I am certain that I can speak for all the active members when I say that my role in this organization has been dramatically influenced by Don Hunter.” – Tom DiMaria
“You just want to be around him, because he wants to be around you. He is the perfect example of the idea of a group and the concept of social unity. If you lose those values, you lose brotherhood.” – William Richendrfer
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Ahha, retirement The seductive thought of finally having both time and money at your disposal. A situation dreamed of and yearned for by many, from professionals and executive to blue collar laborers. At times, we tend to fixate on the lure of being “retired,” a relatively recent concept in American working culture. Perhaps it’s the perceived freedom offered by financial inde-pendence. Or perhaps it’s the free-dom from daily schedules, dead-lines, and unappreciative bosses. Faces of those who have successfully reaped their just desserts beam from the covers of monthly financial tabloids. “How To Retire Before You’re Fifty”, “Retire In Style”, “Ten Mutual Funds For Retirement”, “Picking Your Retirement Getaway”. The deserved reward sought by many working Americans. Brokerage firms, mutual funds, banks, and insurance companies all tout products they can provide to assist you in your quest. Most financial planning discussions will emphasize the value of retirement-oriented vehicles such as 401(k)s, IRAs, and SEPs; acronyms relatively unheard of 15 years ago. Online software packages, claiming to help you properly invest for your retirement, abound. But, with all the emphasis and tools, do we truly do a better job in preparing for a successful retirement? Yes and no. After 16 years of helping individuals effectively plan for retirement as well as helping companies create effective retirement plans, I’ve learned that it
is often the fundamentals that prevent individuals from achieving the retirement they desire. Here are five key areas that are often troublespots: Not clearly defining your expectations. Adequately funding your retirement is directly dependent on what your retirement expectations are. Successfully retiring means very different things to different people. Early in the process, you need to determine your personal goals, i.e. income, residence, lifestyle, etc. for post retirement years. Paying off the home in Susquehanna Township and occasionally visiting your cousin in Arizona will require a different level of financial wherewithal than maintaining your local residence, a second property in Hilton Head, and traveling abroad for several weeks a year. Clarifying your expectations of life-after-current-career can provide nonfinancial benefits as well. The transition to retirement can be stressful, especially for relationships. And it is not unusual to have couples looking toward the future with very different individual perspectives. Come to a consensus on joint expectations long before you anticipate making any retirement decisions. Can we talk? Clearly and regularly com-municate these expectations with all concerned, from your spouse to your professional advisors. Several years ago while heading a regional bank’s trust and investment department, I received
word from a senior portfolio manager that two married clients were very upset. During my meeting with the clients, a physician and his wife, I learned they planned on selling their practice within two years, retiring, and expected to live on $200,000 of annual portfolio income. An excellent accountant had worked with the family for years. A top-notch attorney had completed estate-planning preparation and was currently negotiating the sale of the business. The couple had several trusts, various investment manage-ment accounts and were quite pleased with their investment results. The problem? None of the pro-fessionals ever quantified, nor had the clients mentioned, the post-retirement yearly income expec-tation. And the portfolio size, while noteworthy, was not going to generate $200,000 of after-tax income without invading invested principal. This revelation was naturally upsetting and their income expectations had to be adjusted downward accordingly. An all-too-common example of fundamental expectations being overlooked when all the pieces appear to be in place. The devil is in the details. A 1993 study of retirement income needs by Bruce Palmer of Georgia State University is often used to provide a rule of thumb for the percentage of working income that needs to be replaced during retirement years. According to the study, individuals earning $90,000 per year during their working
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career need to replace 75% of that income during retirement to generally maintain their standard of living. Generally speaking, individuals earning less than $90,000 annually need to replace a higher percent of their working income, while those earning more need to replace less. While this average may somewhat helpful as a starting point, you can easily see that the level of income needing to be replaced will differ significantly from individual to individual. Your situation is unique and needs to be treated as such. Be wary of pat answers and standardized solutions. Current debt, lifestyle expectations, family obligations, etc. influence your retirement income needs and investment structure. It is critical to detail your specific spending requirements when you are close enough to retirement age that these projections will have some validity but distant enough that financial adjustments can be successfully implemented. The beginning, not the end. Consider the fact that an increasing number of individuals will spend one-third of their lifetime in retirement. Do the math; retire at 60, live until 90. While many worry about not having enough to retire today, a greater financial concern may very well be not having enough to be retired tomorrow. If you thought breaking into the job market was tough in your 20s, imagine doing so in your 70s. Outliving your retirement assets is a valid misgiving that necessitates diligent planning and asset management long after your formal career journey is completed. Two areas significantly affecting your post-retirement financial health are taxes and inflation.
The long-term impact of these two factors is often underemphasized. Doing so can be hazardous. On the tax front, the assets you’ve accumulated tax-deferred in traditional retirement plans and IRAs will be taxed as ordinary income when dollars are distributed to you. Appropriate investment planning, as well as a good accountant and attorney, will help reduce the bite but Uncle Sam will get his due. This fact needs to be considered when calculating the assets and return needed to meet your retirement expectations. Likewise, inflation can have a dramatic effect on the ability of your accumulated assets to support you through retirement. While recent inflation figures have been relatively low, 20 to 30 years is a long time. Department of Labor statistics indicate an average annual inflation rate of 5.45 % in the 25-year span of 1972 to 1997. Looking at it from a slightly different perspective, it required $380 in 1997 to buy what $100 did in 1972. The bottom line is an investment portfolio’s balance needed to grow by at least 5.45 percent annually just to preserve its original purchasing power. If you are also withdrawing 5 percent of the balance annually, the portfolio needs a total return of 10.45 percent just to keep pace. In most situations, a balanced approach (i.e., stocks and bonds) to post-retirement asset management is both prudent and necessary. Don’t anticipate converting all your investments to fixed income vehicles and simply living off the interest. Early and often. The recent experience of many AMP employees demonstrates that ongoing retirement planning is important.
Circumstances outside your control may create opportunities for, or necessitate reevaluation of, retirement planning timeframes and expectations. The only constant in financial/investment/retirement planning is change. It is always a work in progress. As in sailing, you set your initial course but variations in current, wind, tide, and weather will almost certainly require you to adjust your heading along the way, sometimes dramatically. Without that original plot, you will have no idea what adjustment gets you back on course. Many individuals approach retirement planning as a sailor without charts; just hop in the boat and hope we land somewhere. A common concern I hear when meeting a new client is, “We think we’re investing a lot…but we’re not sure it’s enough?” Others prodigiously accumulate assets but lack a strategy to put these assets effectively to work for their benefit. The result is often an inefficient, expensive portfolio that may or may not meet their long-term retirement objectives. The beginning of a new year is traditionally a time for resolutions. What better time to resolve your financial future by objectively assessing where you are at, where you want to go, and plan for the retirement you deserve. E. Jeffrey Roof is president of Roof Advisory Group, Inc., an independent investment manage-ment and financial planning firm based in Camp Hill, PA. The firm is a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor that provides asset management solutions and advice for both individual and institutional clientele. The firm’s e-mail address is [email protected]
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Run carrying the Flame of Hope from the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, along the beautiful Kelly Drive along the banks
of the Schuylkill River to the Penn Charter School. Lead by Philadelphia Inspector Dennis Wilson, Law Enforcement Torch
Run Director and Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Executive Board Member, Chief David Mettin and Eastern Pennsylvania LETR
Director, Chief David Duffy, members of the Philadelphia Police Department, Upper Dublin Township Police, Pennridge Regional
Police and the U.S. Coast Guard brought the Torch into the stadium of the Penn Charter School. Philadelphia bike patrol officers
guided the runners through the streets of Philadelphia and along the bank of the river while rowers prepared for the 74th Aberdeen
Dad Vail Regatta held that morning. Bike patrol officers then led the runners onto the track of the Penn Charter School where
they were greeted with enthusiastic applause by athletes, coaches and spectators.
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