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Ms. Adams has received a Distinguished Service Award from the University of Louisville Police Department in 2008 and a Basic Telecommunicator Award from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Career Development Program in 2005.

Mr. Allen specializes in Business Integration, regulatory compliance, emergency planning and operational improvements.  He already  helped businesses build effective Workplace Violence Prevention programs.

Rich is an accomplished professional end entrepreneur with 22 years in management and working with companies on identifying risk, developing compliance programs, coaching employees for improved performance, developing business operational and strategic plans.  Rich helps clients develop compliance policies and procedures as well as staffing programs and inventory management practices designed to increase operational efficiency while decreasing their risks and costs.

Dr. Atlas has taught CPTED and criminal justice courses at four universities, the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Industrial Security. He has also conducted CPTED and security audits for many U.S. cities.

Dr. Atlas has served as a consultant with the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, and the Florida Department of Corrections. He has conducted ADA surveys for private and public sector clients, served as expert witness on hundreds of premises liability lawsuits, and spoken at numerous security conferences. Dr. Atlas also has published several hundred articles in industry periodicals and journals.

John is a graduate of the Field Training and Evaluation Program offered by LMPD and was appointed a Field Training Officer in 2006. Since that appointment, he has directly trained and evaluated Police Recruits and Probationary Officers in all aspects of police patrol.

During the last two years John has taught PTO classes to officers and supervisors from more than 10 police departments in Kentucky. Additionally, he has assisted in teaching a familiarization course to a class of recruits, and has conducted numerous roll-call trainings regarding the implementation of the PTO Program. John presented at the 2007 annual conference for the Police Society for Problem Based Learning in Duluth Minnesota on Implementing the Police Training Officer program.

In 2007 John received the Police Training Officer of the Year Award for the Louisville Metro Police Department.

In addition, Ed has served a term on the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council in 1995. He has made presentations to numerous groups including the International Association of Police Planners, the National Problem Oriented Policing annual conference, the Kentucky Municipal Risk Managers Association, the Kentucky Women’s Law Enforcement Network, and the US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing annual conference.

In 2006, Ed was awarded the Melvin Shein award by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council for his contributions to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Community. In 2007 the Louisville Metro Police Department established the Schiller/Brodt award in honor of Ed’s work with the departments training unit. This award is given annually to the most outstanding police training officer for the previous year.

After moving to Kentucky in 1996, Jessie was hired by the Jefferson County Police Department. The majority of Jessie’s career has been spent on patrol, where she has been an active member of the Field Training and Evaluation Program. Jessie has held several temporary assignments, including time in the Crime Analysis Unit, Research and Development, and as a property crimes detective. For the past six years, she has proudly served on the department’s Peer Support Team.

In 2005 she was promoted to Sergeant and shortly thereafter transferred to the Training Division as Special Projects Supervisor. In this position Jessie is responsible for implementing the agencies Police Training Officer Program. She is a KLEC certified instructor in the areas of Patrol Procedures, Homeland Security, and Problem Based Learning/Police Training Officer

She currently serves as the LMPD PTO Program Co-Coordinator. This involves team-teaching the 40 hour PTO Certification Course to officers and Police Training Supervisors, as well as a 40 hour familiarization course to a recruits. Jessie has attended the first National PTO Conference in Folsom, California. As part of the implementation process, she is currently creating an agency-specific PTO Manual and the evaluation forms that will be used by PTO’s to measure the proficiency and learning process of new officers on patrol.

Detective Garrett is a certified Law Enforcement Instructor for the State of Kentucky.

He received a National Honorable Mention Award representing the State of Kentucky as a recipient of the prestigious Tops Cops Award from the National Association of Police Organization (NAPO) located in Washington, DC.

Ken is a peer review consultant for the National Institute of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and has led research teams to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy to study their model of learning and the United States Military Academy's leadership development of cadets. This Fall he went to Virginia with a team to review the tragic events at the Norris Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech.

Ken is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government's Senior Management Institute for Police, the FBI's National Academy, and the Police Executive Leadership College. He has a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. His recognition's include; the Ohio Attorney General's Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Asard, the Governor's Award for Excellence, the Ohio FBI National Academy Associates Officer of the Year and the Hamilton County Police Association's Officer of the Year. He also served in the United States Army from 1967 through 1969.

Detective Jackman has attended numerous amounts of training in the area of child sexual exploitation and investigated over 400 cases involving such.  In addition to being a certified KELC instructor, Det. Jackman has taught classes to law enforcement on recognizing, seizing,properly transporting electronic evidence.

Detective Jackman was awarded the National Child Defender of the Month in November 2007 by the National Law Center for Children and Women from Washington D.C.  He also received a Certificate of Appreciation for his work investigating child sexual exploitation from the United States Attorney in April of 2008.

Detective Jackman has presented several seminar events that focused on Internet Predators and Internet Crime Prevention.  The audiences for these seminars have included students of public and private schools, PTAs, churches, neighborhood block watch groups, local businesses, and corporations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Mr. Keeling has developed and installed networks at numerous bases for the United States Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S.  Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps invarious locales from the United States to Europe, Aisa and Central America.

Mr. Keeling is a Vietnam Veteran, and holds a USN Honorable Discharge.

Chris became a Field Training Officer in 2003 under the Field Training and Evaluation Program. Chris also serves with the Crisis Intervention Team and the Hostage Negotiations Team for the Louisville Metro Police.

In 2006 Chris became a KLEC certified instructor in the areas of Patrol Functions, Hostage Negations, and Crisis Intervention Teams. Chris has been certified as a Problem Based Learning Instructor and a Police Training Officer Instructor by attending instructor certification courses on these topics by the Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University and the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. In addition, Chris has taught the PTO program to officers from various police agencies throughout Kentucky.

Chris is currently assigned as a full time instructor for the Louisville Metro Police Training Academy. He assisted in teaching the 40 hour PTO Certification Course to prospective Police Training Officers and Police Training Sergeants. He has also taught a familiarization course to recruits. In addition he has assisted in creating the agency specific manual/program to advance the PTO program.

 He is currently the Director of Transportation, Safety, and Security with Pine Crest Preparatory School. Since he has come to Pine Crest in 2001, Joe has accomplished many positive changes in the Transportation, Security, and Infirmary operation. So much positive improvement has been made that the Security operation at Pine Crest was recognized this past year as the model example of school security planning by the command staff of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

He has previously served as Assistant Chief of Police with his department, commanding the Technical Services and Suport Division and the Training Academy.  He also served as the Recruitment and Selection Unit commander and Hostage Negotiating Team commander.

He has served overseas as a consultant/trainer for the US Department of Justice, ICITAP program in East Timor instructing at the Timor Lorasae Police College.  He was an instructor for a 40-hour class throughout the State of Kentucky for "Making Communities Safer," for the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University and the Department of Criminal Justice Training.   Courses were designed to help law enforcement officers to utilize Community Oriented Policing techniques in areas of School Safety, Domestic Violence, Crime Prevention, Workplace Violence, Crime Analysis, and Traffic Enforcement.  He currently serves as a consultant/trainer for the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute, where he developed and presented a "Terrorism Awareness  for Communities" program and "Terrorism Training for Law Enforcement" Train-the-Trainer curriculum to present to law enforcement trainers in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

He is actively involved in his local church and holds numerous commendations and awards for community service.  In addition, he has received various departmenal awards such as the Meritorious Unit Citation, Exceptional Merit, Exceptional Valor, Medal of Merit, and the Mayor's Award for Bravery.  He is a graduate of the National Crime Prevention Institute, Administrative Officers Course, Police Executive Development, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville, and holds a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

Ken has a Masters Degree in Human Relations from Golden Gate University and a Bachelors Degree in Law Enforcement from Eastern Kentucky University. He is a Retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 from the U.S. Marine Corps with over 30 years experience in a wide variety of leadership positions. Ken also has eleven years experience as an Instructor with the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training specializing in teaching leadership and related topics.

Jim served in various law enforcement capacities; having served as a police officer/deputy sheriff in suburban Chicago and the Florida Keys for over 18 years as well as a Corrections Officer with the Florida Department of Corrections. He previously served as a Fingerprint Technician for the FBI in Washington, D.C. Additionally, for over twenty years, Jim worked in the private security industry in ownership and upper level management positions of contract security. He owned and operated his own company and then affiliated with Initial Security having served in Branch Manager positions as well as Central Region Special Services Manager and Corporate Support Staff. Jim did receive recognition as the Initial National Manager of the Year in 2004.

In his role as a Private Investigator/Security Consultant, Jim has consulted with churches and non-profit organizations for security assessments and instructional training for staff and members over a period of many years. He has recently conducted assessments and training in Colorado, Kentucky and Ohio.

After serving in the Air Force Bill attended the University of Toledo, majoring in Criminal Justice. Retail loss prevention sparked his interest. This interest, combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, led to the birth of Ritter & Associates LP. Bill continued to further hone his skills through course studies at numerous schools such as Dick Arthur School of Polygragh, Gormac Polygraph School and LSI Scan along with seminars pertaining to retail loss prevention. He also founded the Retail Loss Investigation Institute, a company that conducts highly popular seminars aimed at District and Store Managers in the retail industry. These seminars focus on the prevention of loss by training field employees and owners to control and reduce employee theft.

While Bill continues to speak and lead workshops he still maintains focus in consulting with businesses on a one-on-one basis in order to develop specific loss prevention policies and procedures. His passion for loss prevention and the convenience store industry remains strong and you can find articles written by Bill in a variety of trade publications including CSP, CSN and Oil Can.

Tracy has been certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement council as a police trainer for many years. He is certified to teach a wide range of topics from tactics to management. He is a graduate of the 65th Administrative Officers Course at the Southern Police Institute and the 200th Session of the FBI National Academy.

Tracy is currently a training specialists with the Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University where he specializes in providing technical assistance to police agencies and training in the areas of instructor development and management practices that further the implementation of Community Policing and Problem Solving.

Tracy has been honored by the WLKY Spirit of Louisville Foundation Bell Awards as an Honored Volunteer during the 2001. This award was presented for service to the citizens of Louisville as Commander of the City’s Fourth Police District. In 2007 the Louisville Metro Police Department established the Schiller/Brodt award in honor of Tracy’s work with the departments training unit. This award is given annually to the most outstanding police training officer for the previous year.

During her career Margaret has assisted over 10,500 law enforcement and public safety agencies in obtaining grant-related information for applications and given assistance to agencies resulting in well over $100 million in funding.

Whether working via face-to-face meetings, telephone conversations, or email correspondence, Margaret helps law enforcement agencies identify available grant monies and then provides step-by-step direction as to how agencies may secure the needed funding.

Jeff is the statewide training coordinator for the crime prevention and technical assistance grant awarded to the Virginia Crime Prevention Association by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. He has served as the VCPA training coordinator for hundreds of training courses conducted in Virginia over the pas fifteen years.  He served as a member of the VCPA consultant team that provided crime prevention services to public housing communities throughout the United States from 1995 to 2001.   Jeff is the VCPA's primary consultant on youth issues and school security. He has also served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Crime Prevention Council, the National Child Safety Council, the National Center for Prevention and Research Solutions, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation and the University of Virginia.

Jeff was recently certified by the University of New Haven to instruct a newly developed Problem Based Learning Course to Police Field Training Officers.  He has served as a speaker at many national conferences and was instrumental in the development of an assessment process for public schools in Virginia.

 J.R. is a graduate of the Criminal Justice Executive Development Program at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and the University of Louisville Southern Police Institute Administrative Officers Course(CJED), Kentucky.

In addition to his police experience J.R. has been active in Bowling Green civic affairs.  He has served as a board member of the Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Rape Crisis Center.  He has also served as chair and co-chair of Leadership Bowling Green.

J.R. is a certified instructor for the 7 Habits for Law Enforcement program.