Contemporary Issues and Ethics Conference

Overview

Conference postponed from Dec 1-2, 2022 to Sept 7-8, 2023.

The 2023 Contemporary Issues and Ethics in Law Enforcement Conference is bringing a powerhouse lineup to discuss “Leading the Change of the Law Enforcement Mind” in law enforcement. Join us as we hear from notable speakers including:

Keynote Speaker

Jeff Crilley
Founder of Real News PR
The Media and How It Effects Police and Community Relations

Jeff Crilley is the CEO of Real News PR, author of Free Publicity, and former Emmy Award-winning TV reporter from Dallas, Texas. Crilley spent 25 years in TV news reporting in cities across the U.S. He’s made hundreds of national news appearances, including CNN, Fox News, Discovery Channel, “Good Morning America” and “The CBS Early Show.” He was recognized by his peers with dozens of national and regional awards, including an Emmy, the National Headliners Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Thurgood Marshall Award. In 2004, he was named by “best reporter in the state” by the Texas Associated Press.

General Session Speakers

John M. Ray, PhD
Division Director, Law Enforcement and Security Training
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
Ethics: Transforming Your Agency

Chief Cory Tchida
Georgetown, TX, Police Department
Why We Still Matter

Chief Lauretta Hill
Dallas College Police Department
Recruiting Diversity

Chief Cody Phillips
Haltom City Police Department
Overcoming tragedy: Guiding your agency and community through a critical incident

Deputy Chief Matt Walling, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department
Overcoming tragedy: Guiding your agency and community through a critical incident

Ethics Roundtable Speakers

Tuition

Tuition includes all instruction and handouts. Lodging and meals are excluded.

Schedule and Faculty

Thursday, September 7

8:00 am - Registration, Continental Breakfast and Social

8:30 am - Opening Remarks

• Gregory Smith, MA, Vice President, The Center for American and International Law; Director, Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
• John Kusewitt, Sergeant (Ret.), Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department; President, ILEA Alumni Association

9:00 am - The Media and How It Effects Police and Community Relations

• Jeff Crilley, Founder, Real News PR

10:00 am - BREAK

10:15 am - The Media and How It Effects Police and Community Relations (continued)

• Mr. Crilley

11:15 am - Lunch (on your own for non-Alumni Association members)

ILEA Alumni Association Business Meeting and Luncheon (Bisconti Room)
All Active Alumni Association members are invited to attend

1:00 pm - Ethics: Transforming Your Agency

• John M. Ray, PhD, Division Director, Law Enforcement and Security Training, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

2:15 pm - BREAK

2:30 pm - Recruiting Diversity

This session focuses on helping recruiters, background investigators, hiring managers, supervisors, and administrators understand and apply Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) principles to all facets of the police department including recruiting, the hiring process, promotion, transfers and specialized assignments. Participants will be introduced to the following:

• Define Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Define inclusive recruiting strategies
• Define inclusive onboarding and retention strategies
• Describe methods for achieving management and specialized unit diversity
• Show how to quantify and qualitatively measure DEI goals
• What are DEI-centered practices to build diverse applicants pools
• Explain how to counteract unconscious bias in the recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer process

• Chief Lauretta Hill, Dallas College Police Department

3:45 pm - BREAK

4:00 pm - Awards Presentations

Gary Sykes Award for Professional Achievement
in Law Enforcement 2022

Ethical Courage Award 2022

4:30 pm - ADJOURN

Friday, September 8

7:30 am - ILEA Alumni Association Annual Business Meeting

(Officer Elections and Meeting Conclusion)
All ILEA Alumni Association members are invited to attend

8:30 am - Why We Still Matter

We will look into the current climate of law enforcement and how that climate is shaping our recruiting, retention, and day to day operations. That look will be contextualized with actual data on public opinion, data on what the future workforce demands from an employer, and how our treatment of the public and each other is the path to increased public support and ensuring that we recruit and retain engaged productive employees.

• Chief Cory Tchida, Georgetown, TX, Police Department

10:00 am - BREAK

10:15 am - Introduction of the 2022 ILEA Alumni Association Executive Board

10:30 am - Ethics Roundtable

• Frank Bradford, III, MA, Lecturer, Law Enforcement Leadership and Ethics, ILEA
• A. Jay Six, Jr., BS, Executive-in-Residence (Ret.), ILEA, Chief Deputy, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office (Ret.)               

11:30 am - LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 pm - The Effect of the sports world and how it can influence perception with the community

Creating positive social engagement in communities is a challenge. Hear how professional sports approaches the same goal in significantly different communities.

• TBD

2:15 pm - BREAK

2:30 pm - Overcoming tragedy: Guiding your agency and community through a critical incident

The importance of handling tragedy within the agency and community while continuing to protect and serve.

• Deputy Chief Matt Walling, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department – Bus hijacking     
• Chief Cody Phillips, Haltom City Police Department – Three officers shot       

4:00 pm - Concluding Remarks, Evaluations, Learning Journals

• Gregory Smith, MA, Director, ILEA

4:30 pm - ADJOURN

TCOLE Credit

Overnight Accommodations

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Other Information

Course Cancellation Policy

Occasionally, the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) may be forced to cancel a scheduled program. Whenever possible, the decision to cancel is made at least fourteen days prior to the start of the program, and registered participants are notified once that decision has been made. If the distance to the training site requires that you make airline and/or hotel reservations, please contact ILEA (+1.972.244.3430) to inquire about the status of any program before making travel arrangements. While paid registrations in cancelled courses will be refunded in full, ILEA will not be responsible for monetary loss due to cancellations or changes in airline or hotel reservations.

Eligibility Policy

The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration provides  professional education and technical support to the law enforcement community. 

A registrant in an ILEA program must be a sworn officer; a civilian employee of a law enforcement department; or an employee of a municipal, county or state agency.

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