2011 COPS Conference Agenda

Monday, August 1st

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7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Registration Open

8:30 - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Bernard K. Melekian, Director, COPS Office, U.S. Department of Justice
Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

9:15 - 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker

Sheriff Susan L. Rahr, King County (WA) Sheriff's Office

10:15 - 11:30 AM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• Fusion Centers: The Data Source for All Crimes
• Building Trust between Law Enforcement and Arab and Muslim Americans
• The Value of Volunteers
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Reducing Operating Costs While Maintaining Mission Excellence
• Fair and Impartial Policing
• Building Partnerships for Local Youth Violence Prevention Efforts
• Grants Maintenance and Administration

12:00 - 1:30 PM
Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Thomas J. Perrelli, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

1:45 - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• 311 for Nonemergency Call Systems: Stretching Police Budgets  and Services
• Ready or Not, Here They Come: Is Your Agency Ready for Returning Offenders?
• Best Practices for Law Enforcement and Private Security Partnerships
• Changing One’s Mind-Set: Procedural Justice and Law
• Reducing Your Force Due to Shrinking Budgets
• Defending Childhood Initiative
• Fulfilling the COPS Office Program Requirements and Navigating a Grant Monitoring Site Visit

3:15 - 4:30 PM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• The Nationwide Broadband Plan for Public Safety: What’s Next?
• Community Policing in Asian-American Communities
• Regional Partnerships To Advance Tribal Safety
• Using Social Media To Investigate Crime
• How To Train Officers a Police Chief Wants and Citizens Deserve
• Building Relationships and Sharing Information To Assist Drug-Endangered Children
• Audit Awareness and the Prevention of Fraud

4:30 PM
Adjourn

Tuesday, August 2

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8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Registration Open

9:00 - 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker

Father Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Homeboy Industries

10:15 - 11:30 AM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• Using Analysis To Enhance Police Response
• High Point Drug Market Intervention (DMI) Initiative and Boston Ceasefire: New Evidence, Practices, and Research
• Reaching Out to the Private Sector: Learning How To Build Partnerships and Manage Your Workforce
• Successes and Challenges to Policing Consolidation
• Officer Safety, Health, and Wellness
• Strength through Partnerships To Protect Our Children
• Fulfilling the COPS Office Program Requirements and Navigating a Grant Monitoring Site Visit

12:00 - 1:30 PM
Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, and Special Master, September 11 Victim Compensation Fund

1:45 - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• Partnering with Your Public Health Department: Epidemiology of Violence
• Building Bridges between Police and African-American Youth
• Building, Creating, and Sustaining Police Foundations
• International Perspectives in Community Policing
• Managing in the Age of the Super Crisis
• Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying
• Audit Awareness and the Prevention of Fraud

3:15 - 4:30 PM
Concurrent Workshop Sessions

• A View from Above: The Use of Public Surveillance Systems in Your Community
• Bridging the Cultural and Language Divide
• The Ethics of Asset Forfeiture Programs
• Teaching Rounds in Police Departments: Using Medical Models for 21st-Century Police Leadership
• Balancing the Impact of Military Tactics in Policing
• Crime Prevention Strategies: West Side Story Project and One on One: Connecting Cops & Kids
• Grants Maintenance and Administration

4:30 PM
Adjourn