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2 Sheriff ® July/August 2013

Aaron D. Kennard, Sheriff (ret.)NSA Executive Director

Our Annual Conference and Exhibition, held in Charlotte, North Carolina June 21-26, was a huge success! Th e conference was well attended and our exhibitors were very happy – a perfect combination! I would like to thank Sheriff Chipp Bailey and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff s’ Offi ce for helping make it so.

Th e Symposium on Jail Operations, Court Security, Homeland Security, and Leadership was held on Tuesday and Wednesday during the Annual Conference. It was also a huge success. We are looking forward to holding it again next year in Ft. Worth, TX.

During the conference we wished farewell to our outgoing President, Sheriff Larry Amerson of Calhoun County, Alabama. I am sorry to see Larry’s year come to an end as he did an excellent job of moving the NSA forward in many areas, but specifi cally in Jail Operations. I know Larry will continue to work hard in that area as well as any others he feels the associa-tion is in need of.

On Wednesday evening during the conference, we welcomed Sheriff Mike Leidholt, Hughes County, South Dakota, as the 2013-2014 President of the NSA! He was sworn in by retired Sheriff Lyle Swenson. Sheriff Leidholt will certainly continue the path towards excellence that is shown by the Association’s previous presidents. Please join me in welcoming Sheriff Leidholt to his year as president. He has jumped right in by sched-uling trips to reach out across the country to many of your states to support the Offi ce of Sheriff .

I would be remiss if I did not thank all the sponsors and exhibitors who generously support the NSA during our conference. Without their support, we would not be able to off er you the receptions, seminars, keynote speakers, and golf tournament. I ask that in return you support them by purchasing their products and services.

With Charlotte behind us, the staff is now looking forward to our Winter Conference that will be held in Washington, DC January 22 – 25, 2014 at the JW Marriott Hotel. Put the dates on your calendars now.

Executive Director’s Commentary Sheriff ®

Executive Director and PublisherAaron D. Kennard

Communications Staff Director of Communications, Susan H. Crow

Designer, Lauri MobleyCommunications Specialist, Meghan Reed

Advertising Representatives, The YGS Group

Executive CommitteePresident

Sheriff Michael H. LeidholtHughes County, South Dakota

First Vice PresidentSheriff John E. Aubrey

Jefferson County, KentuckySecond Vice President

Sheriff Danny L. GlickLaramie County, Wyoming

Th ird Vice PresidentSheriff Gregory C. ChampagneSt. Charles Parish, Louisiana

SecretarySheriff Harold W. Eavenson

Rockwall County, TexasTreasurer

Sheriff John LaytonMarion County, Indiana

Sergeant-at-ArmsSheriff Rich Stanek

Hennepin County, MinnesotaImmediate Past Presidents

Sheriff Larry D. AmersonCalhoun County, Alabama Sheriff Paul H. Fitzgerald

Story County, Iowa

Board of Directors Serving on the Executive Committee

Sheriff Leroy “Lee” D. BacaLos Angeles Co, California

Sheriff Michael J. BrownBedford County, Virginia

Sheriff Stanley GlanzTulsa County, Oklahoma

Sheriff Daron HallDavidson Co., Tennessee

Sheriff Vernon P. StanforthFayette County, Ohio

General Counsel Richard M. Weintraub, Washington, DC

Corporate RepresentativeSheriff Dwight E. Radcliff

Pickaway County, Ohio

© Copyright 2013 by the National Sheriff s’ Association. Reproduction of any part of this magazine for commercial purposes without permission is strictly prohibited.Sheriff ® (ISSN 1070-8170) is published bimonthly beginning in January of each year by the National Sheriff s’ Association, 1450 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; (703)836-7827. Periodicals rate postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and additional mailing offi ces. NSA dues payment includes a $9 subscription to Sheriff ®. Non-member subscription is $30. Sheriff ® is designed for the exchange of professional information between the nation’s Sheriff s, deputies, and other criminal justice professionals. Articles are presented with the intent of enhancing the effi ciency and eff ectiveness of the Offi ce of Sheriff and the criminal justice profession. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the author and do not necessar-ily represent the offi cial position or policies of the National Sheriff s’ Association. Th e publication of advertisement does not represent an endorsement of those products or services by the Association.Submissions: We will consider for publication all photographs and manuscripts, and particularly seek material that has an educational value to law enforcement and correctional offi cers. If return of ma-terial is requested, include a self-addressed stamped envelope. NSA is not responsible for loss or damage of submissions. Material edited at the Association’s discretion.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sheriff ®, 1450 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3490. Copyright ISSO by the National Sheriff s’ Association, all rights reserved.ADVERTISING: Contact Th e YGS Group, Natalie DeSoto, ndesoto@sheriff s.org.REPRINTS of articles are available. Call (800) 424-7827,ext. 335, for details.

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Departments2 Executive Director’s

Commentary4 President’s Message69 Legal Aff airs73 Government Aff airs

Sheriff ®

ANNUAL CONFERENCE RECAP

6 NSA New President Acceptance Speech

9 Conference Highlights

25 NSA Resolutions

26 NSA Award Recipients

36 Symposium Recap

SOCIAL MEDIA40 Social Media in Law Enforcement By Sheriff Rich Stanek

ENFORCEMENT IN AIR45 PCSO Aviation Unit Protects LEO and Citizens

from Mexican Drug Cartel Activity By Sheriff Paul Babeu

TRAINING48 FLETC State and Local Law Enforcement

Training is Critical to Protecting the Homeland

CYBER SECURITY51 Center for Internet Security Cyber Crime:

Th reats, Techniques and Defenses Sheriff s Need to Know

By William Pelgrin

60 Th e National Sheriff ’s Institute – My Experience By Sheriff Scott King

66 California Sheriff s’ Association met in Placer County, California

80 Meet the Sheriff Sheriff Ken Campbell

4 Sheriff® July/August 2013

NSA 2013-2014 President

Sheriff Mike LeidholtPresident 2013-2014

National Sheriffs’ AssociationHughes County, South Dakota

Sheriff Mike Leidholt began his law enforcement career as a member of the Hughes/ Stanley County Police Reserve in 1975. He then served as the Squad Leader of the Reserve Unit from 1978 to 1980. He was then hired as a Police Officer for the City of Fort Pierre in October of 1980 and promoted to the Assistant Chief of Police in 1983.

In August of 1988, Sheriff Leidholt was hired as a Deputy Sheriff for Hughes County Sheriff Arlo Mortimer. In 1994, Sheriff Leidholt ran for the Office of Sheriff and won, taking office January 3, 1995.

He served on the Board of Directors of the South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association from 1995 through 2002, and was President of the Association in 2001. He also serves on the legislative committee of the South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association.

Sheriff Leidholt was first elected to the NSA Board of Directors in 2003. In 2008, he was elected as Treasurer of the NSA and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Sheriffs’ Association. He holds the office of First Vice President, becoming President of the Association this evening.

He was appointed by the past four South Dakota gover-nors to serve on the Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups having served on State advisory groups for juvenile justice for 19 years and is currently the Vice Chair of the Council of Juvenile Services.

Sheriff Leidholt was appointed by the South Dakota Attorney General to be a member of the South Dakota Law Enforcement Standards and Training Commission.

Sheriff Leidholt married his wife Betty in 1975. They have two children, daughter Michelle Fonck who lives and teaches High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, and son Phillip who is a Deputy Sheriff with the Minnehaha County, South Dakota Sheriff’s Office.

He is also a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Pierre, South Dakota and is a past president and current member of the Pierre Kiwanis.

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[Editor’s Note: Past President Sheriff Lyle Swenson swore Sheriff Mike Leidholt in as the 2013-2014 NSA President.]

Th ank you Lyle. Lyle Swenson has always been a good friend, a positive role model and a mentor to me since I became a Sheriff .

Lyle is the First and until tonight the only South Dakotan to take this journey through the chairs to become president of the Association. It is my great honor to be following in Lyle’s footsteps and be the 2nd South Dakotan to hold the Offi ce.

I would like to recognize and thank some special people here with us tonight. I would like to introduce my family here with me tonight.First and foremost, my wife Betty. We all know that this job is a lot easier to

do with support of your spouse.My Daughter Michelle and her husband Th addeus and their children

Th addeus II (we call him Deuce) and Alexandria. My son, Phillip, and his wife, Krista, and their son, Michael. I am also honored to have with us tonight, Trevor Jones the South Dakota

Secretary of Public Safety, Craig Price the Superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol, and Bryan Gortmaker, the Director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.

What a privilege to work with these gentlemen on law enforcement issues in South Dakota. I am very honored that they would take the time to be here tonight.

And I would like to recognize the Sheriff s of South Dakota who are here with us tonight, who came to support me. Th ere are 12 sheriff s here tonight. I believe this is the largest number of sheriff s from South Dakota ever to attend one of our conferences. Many of them are paying the majority of the cost of being here out of their own pockets. I very much appreciate their support.

What an honor it is for me to stand before you as the 72nd President of the National Sheriff s’ Association.

I follow some great leaders of this Association, many of whom are seated on this Dais. Th ey have been good role models for me and I will do my best to continue the good work that they have done to this point.

Sheriff Michael Leidholt’s Acceptance Speech during the Annual Banquet on June 26, 2013. . .

NSA PRESIDENT

NSA’s New Sheriff Michael Leidholt


NSA PRESIDENT

I particularly want to thank Larry Amerson. Larry has been a mentor to me and has kept me informed about the issues that confront the Association, so that I can be informed and hit the ground running. Larry has led the association through some interesting times. He started out his year as President with a bang. Literally. We have had a year of impor-tant and sometimes controversial issues. Larry has represented us well and has main-tained a calm, objective and well-reasoned response to issues that are important to sheriff s everywhere.

What would you do if you won the lottery?I’m sure you’ve had that discussion around the water cooler or the coff ee pot. Most

often you hear pay off debt, buy a new house, save for retirement and many other wishes.An old Sheriff was asked that question once and he replied, “I’d keep sheriffi ng till it’s

gone.”Well I won the lottery. In 1994, the citizens of Hughes County South Dakota let me

win the ultimate lottery. Th ey elected me to serve as their Sheriff .Sure, I didn’t win millions of dollars, but I have had millions of opportunities to serve

the citizens of my county, to make a diff erence in their safety, and in their quality of life. In 2003, I won the lottery when this organization elected me to be a member of the

Board of Directors. I won again in 2008 when I was elected to serve on the Executive Committee and start the progression toward this great honor that has been bestowed upon me tonight.

What a great honor to serve as an elected sheriff in this great country of ours.Th ink about it. . . there is no greater honor one can attain than have his or her local

constituents entrust us with the Offi ce of Sheriff .Th e Offi ce of Sheriff is the most pure example of Democracy in action in my opinion.

We live in a democratic society where our founders set out a plan for us to elect our leaders. Where better is that demonstrated than in the Offi ce of Sheriff . As far as I know we that hold the Offi ce of Sheriff are the only example where people can elect their chief law enforcement offi cer of their county or parish.

When the local paper did a story about my upcoming swearing in as your 72nd presi-dent I received a note of congratulations from a citizen.

He said in part...“When you address your group remind them of the importance of the Sheriff ’s Offi ce. . .we must keep the Sheriff s’ Offi ce strong!”

Th is is coming from someone with a law enforcement background and a history of holding elected offi ces both at the local and statewide level.

I believe this is the way the majority of our citizens feel. We need to do everything we can to protect the Offi ce of Sheriff .

Our number one goal is always to protect the Offi ce of Sheriff . We are always vigilant and ever watchful for attacks on the Offi ce of Sheriff . And we will defend the Offi ce of Sheriff vigorously.

We do that in part by having great resources for sheriff s.We need to continue to promote and use the Center for Public Safety and its four

institutes: the Institutes for Jail Operations, Court Security, Homeland Security, and Leadership. Th ese are excellent opportunities for supporting the Association and furthering the training and education of ourselves and our staff .

I have signed up my entire correctional staff as members of NSA so we can use the online training resources for training of staff , line supervisors, and administrators. South Dakota doesn’t have mandatory jail training standards, so as a state association we propose

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to our members to use the NSA online training resources as a suggested starting point for training for correctional officers.

I encourage you to consider using these resources as a part of your training program as well. It is particularly beneficial for smaller agencies with fewer resources.

I would also like to promote and encourage you to use an innovative program designed to reduce pre-trial detainees in our jails and hold them accountable to society while they are out of jail.

The 24/7 program is a program that was the brainchild of our previous Attorney General and now Judge Larry Long. It is quite simple in concept. It has been implemented in South Dakota as well as several other states, and is being considered by even more states.

We all know that alcohol and drug use fuel our crime rate and this equates to jails that are full of people awaiting trial. For years, judges put restrictions on people released on bond to not use drugs or alcohol, but there was no mechanism to hold them accountable other than random contact. Usually that random contact was another call for service or complaint about their behavior that landed them back in jail.

Under the 24/7 program they are bonded out of jail and agree to be tested twice a day for alcohol and drug use, at the jail or some other designated area.

The program pays for itself, the users pay a $1.00 per breath test fee, and that money is designated to and can only be used for costs of running the system.

If the user can’t test twice a day they have the option of an ankle bracelet that monitors their alcohol use continuously and reports electronically any violations. They also pay the cost of the electronic monitoring.

There also is the ability to test for drug use, through the use of presumptive urine tests and testing patches. The program works. It has been given several awards, including:

2008 Innovations in Government Award from the council of state governments; 2009 John P. Morgan award from the National Institute of Behavior and Health, Inc.; 2010 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with one of their 2010 Lifesavers awards,

Here are some numbers from South Dakota: 29,372 twice per day breath testing participants placed on 24/7 to date.5.96 million breath tests administered with pass rate of 99.2%.2.98 million prisoner days saved for potential savings in jail expenses.UA testing to Jan 2013, 3,276 participants with 81,299 test administered with a pass rate of 96/6%

NHTSA numbers indicate that South Dakota is one of the national leaders in the reduction of alcohol related fatal injury crashes since 24/7 implementation. It’s easy to use, pays for itself and keeps pretrial detainees out of our jails and still allows accountability for the inmate. A win-win for all involved.

I look forward to a productive year. With God’s blessing and your help I pray that we can make this a GREAT year for the Sheriffs of America.

God bless you, God Bless the sheriffs of the United States and God Bless America. Thank You.

NSA PRESIDENT

Annual Conference & Exhibition Recap

Charlotte, North CarolinaJune 20-26, 2013


Nelson Bunn, The Charles Group, makes a presentation during the Major County Sheriffs’ Association Meeting

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Sheriff James Voutour, Niagara County, NY, presents a video during the “Accelerating Pace of Technology” seminar hosted by TASER International.

FRIDAY

The Major County Sheriffs’ Association met on Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21 at the Charlotte Convention Center.

Chief Michael Hettich (Jefferson County, KY) presents John Shanks, Director of Development & Law Enforcement Relations, National Law Enforcement Offi cers Memorial Fund with a dona-tion of asset forfeiture funds to put towards the National Law Enforcement Museum.

Sheriff John Aubrey, Jefferson County, KY; John Shanks, Director of Development & Law Enforcement Relations, National Law Enforcement Offi cers Memorial Fund; Chief Michael Hettich (Jefferson County, KY)

Sheriff Rich Stanek, Hennepin County, MN kicks off the Town Hall Meeting sponsored by NSA, MCSA, the Police Executive Research Forum and Sheriff Doug Gillespie, Clark County, NV


Chuck Wexler, PERF, moderates the Town Hall Meeting

Wexler listens as Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County, CA speaks on gun control.

NSA President Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, AL; Mahogany Eller, Target; NSA Executive Director Aaron Kennard

NSA President Sheriff Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, AL and NSA Executive Director Aaron Kennard welcome attendees to the reception for the NSA Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Past Presidents, sponsored by Target.

SATURDAY

Alabama Sheriffs’ Association President Sheriff Kevin Williams, Marion County, AL; NSA President Sheriff Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, AL; and Bobby Timmons, Executive Director Alabama State Sheriffs’ Association, attend the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Past Presidents Meeting

Host Sheriff Chip Bailey, Mecklenburg County, NC addresses the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Past Presidents during their meeting.


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SATURDAY (continued)

Meeting of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Past Presidents.From left to right: Richard Weintraub (NSA Legal Counsel), Sheriff Mike Leidholt (NSA President 2013-2014), Steve Luce (President, Committee of Presidents and State Association Executive Directors), Sheriff Larry Amerson (NSA President 2012-2013), and Sheriff (ret.) Aaron Kennard (NSA Executive Director)

A representative from Tampa Convention and Visitors Bureau

presents a proposal for the 2020 NSA Annual Conference to the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and

Past Presidents. Tampa won the bid for the 2020 conference.

Dr. Bill Lowe, Associate Professor at Jackson State University presents the “Law Enforcement Response to Active Shooter Incidents” seminar to a full room.

Members of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Past Presidents visit the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Lt. Timothy Tomczak makes a presentation during the Drug Impaired Driving Awareness Training Seminar.


SUNDAY

Kathy Morford (wife of the late Garrett Morford) accepts the NHTSA Lifetime Achievement Award for Garrett’s work on the NSA Highway Safety Committee. The award was presented by Sheriff John Whetsel (Oklahoma County, OK) and Ed Hutchison (NSA Director of Traffic Safety) during the Traffic Safety Committee Meeting.

First Time Law Enforcement Attendee ReceptionSheriff Mike Leidholht, Hughes County, SD; Chuck Kupferer, Corrections Corporation of America; Sheriff Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, AL

First Time Law Enforcement attendees

SUNDAY – OPENING GENERAL SESSION

Presentation of Colors by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, NC

The National Anthem was performed by Corporal Bobby Garrison Myers of the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office, NC

Sheriff Daniel “Chipp” Bailey, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, NC welcomes everyone to Charlotte.


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SUNDAY – OPENING GENERAL SESSION (continued)

Keynote Speaker, Simon Perry, Ph.D, Co-Director of Policing and Homeland Securities Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel speaks to attendees on counterterrorism.

Sheriff (ret.) Dan Smith, Bell County, TX is presented with the Executive Director’s Award.

Gary DeLand is presented with the President’s Award.

Tate McCotter is presented with the President’s Award.

Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County, CA is awarded the 2013 Ferris E Lucas Award for Sheriff of the Year. Edward Lucas, the son of the Ferris E. Lucas presented the award to Sheriff Baca.

Detective Matt Hanlin, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, FL is the recipient of the 2013 Charles “Bud” Meeks Award for Deputy Sheriff of the Year.

Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County, CA and Sheriff (ret.) Dan Smith, Bell County, TX congratulate each other after the award presentations.


MONDAY

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with NSA President, Sheriff Larry Amerson, NSA Executive Director, Aaron Kennard, and Host Sheriff Chipp Bailey.

Attendees visit with exhibitors in the hall.


MONDAY (continued)

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Sheriff Leidholt and Sheriff Amerson prepare for the “Pro Shooters Challenge” at the Laser Shot booth.

Sheriff Amerson is the first participant in the “Pro Shooters Challenge.”

Sheriff Leidholt takes his turn in the challenge.

Ed Hutchison, NSA Staff helped run the silent auction in the Exhibit Hall.

Several spouses volunteered to participate in the spouses’ event organized by Mrs. Annalisa Amerson (spouse of NSA President, Sheriff Larry Amerson). The spouses volunteered their time with Classroom Central in Charlotte, NC.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2013 SILENT AUCTIONPARTICIPATING COMPANIES

AmChar Wholesale, Inc.

Arnold Palmer Foundation

Beretta

Buena Vista Winery

Denver Broncos – Zane Beadles

Sheriff Anthony Desmond & Mrs. Desmond

First Class Flyer

Fred Jones Enterprises

Florida Sheriffs’ Association

Harley-Davidson Motor Company

Lowell & Karen Killpack

Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association

MGM Resorts

North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association

Project GHB

Schlage Locks

Taser

University of Oklahoma – College of Liberal Studies


MONDAY – 2ND GENERAL SESSION

Terri Hicks and Barb Dossey, both NSA staff members, are recognized for their 40 years of service to NSA.

Sheriff Greg Champagne, St Charles Parish, LA gives the secretary’s report.

Sheriff Harold Eavenson, Rockwall County, TX gives the treasurer’s report.

Stacia Hylton (Director, United States Marshals Service) and Kim Beale (Assistant Director, United States Marshals Service) presents asset forfeiture checks to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, and LaFourche Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Danny Glick, Laramie County, WY gives the resolutions committee report.


MONDAY – 2ND GENERAL SESSION (continued)

Sheriff Ted Kamatchus, Marshall County, IA gives the nominating committee report.

Sheriff Chris Kirk, Brazos County, TX

Sheriff John Ingram, Brunswick County, NC

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Presentations are made by candidates for NSA Board of Directors

Sheriff Ryant Washington, Fulvanna County, VA

Sheriff Susan Benton, Highlands County, FL

Voters wait in line at the polls on Tuesday.

Sheriff Chris Kirk, Brazos County, TX and Sheriff John Ingram, Brunswick County, NC congratulate each other for being elected as new members of the NSA Board of Directors.

Sheriff Rich Stanek, Hennepin County, MN was elected to

the board of directors as the Sergeant-At-Arms.


TUESDAY

Sheriff John Whetsel, Oklahoma County, OK checks out the merchandise at the silent auction.

Sheriff Blake Dorning, Madison County, AL visits with exhibitors.

A lucky winner in the cash cube.

Spouses Brunch Spouses gather for coffee prior to the brunch.Sandy Kennard welcomes attendees to the brunch.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2013 CASH CUBEPARTICIPATING COMPANIES

Schlage LocksAlliedBarton Security Services


TUESDAY (continued)

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The wives of NSA past presidents who attended the spouse’s brunch.

Group of children gather at the AT&T booth in the exhibit hall to visit characters.

Gary Deland, Executive Board Member, National Institute of Jail Operations presents the “In Custody Deaths” seminar.

Deputy Lee Amerson, Etowah County, AL wins the Pro Shooter Challenge

Dr. Kevin Gilmartin, Ph.D., Author of “Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement” presents our SuperSession on Emotional Intelligence. The FBI sponsored this event.


Agency Drawing Winners

TUESDAY (continued)

THANK YOU TO OUR 2013 AGENCY DRAWING PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

ABL Management, Inc.Affigent, LLC

AeroVironment, Inc.CSI Academy of Florida

CSI global-fleetForensic Computers, Inc.Fred Jones Enterprises

Harley-Davidson Motor CompanyiSheriff, LLC

K2 Solutions, Inc.LaSalle Corrections

LinksWalker PromotionsNixle

Northpointe,Inc.NPC RoboticsSchlage Locks

SecureTech

U.S. Prisoner Transport


WEDNESDAY

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Tate McCotter, Administrator, National Institute for Jail Operations, presents a seminar on PREA during the Symposium for Jails, Court Security, Homeland Security and Leadership.

Commander Sean Stewart from the Pima County, AZ Sheriff’s Offi ce presents a seminar on Correctional Intelligence during the Symposium.

Golf Tournament at The Golf Club at Ballantyne

The golf tournament was sponsored by Justice Federal Credit Union. Left to right:

Pete Sainato, President, JFCU; Aaron Kennard, NSA Executive Director; Mark Cruz, Business Development Manager, JFCU; Karen Killpack, NSA Director of

Corporate Relations and Sales.


WEDNESDAY (continued)

The 2nd Place team. Left to right: Aaron Kennard, NSA Executive Director;

Karen Killpack, NSA Director of Corporate Relations and Sales; Sheriff Mike Leidholt,

NSA President. Absent from photo: Greg Coleman, Harris Corporation

Kenneth Glanz, Executive Director, National Domestic Preparedness Coalition, presents a seminar on homeland security certification during the Symposium.

Sheriff Danny Glick, Laramie County, WY; John Carry Bittick, Monroe County, GA; and Sheriff Chris Kirk, Brazos County, TX attend the attend the Annual President’s Reception prior to the banquet.

Sheriff Greg Champagne, St. Charles Parish, LA; Sheriff B.J. Roberts, City of Hampton, VA; and Sheriff Stanley Glanz, Tulsa County, OK prepare for their banquet entrance.

Past Presidents and their spouses line up for their banquet entrance and introduction.


WEDNESDAY (continued)

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The 2013 Annual Banquet begins.

Newly elected and re-elected NSA Board Members are sworn in. Left to right: Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, Chester County, PA; Sheriff Chris Kirk, Brazos County, TX; Sheriff Ryant Washington, Fluvanna County, VA; Sheriff Mike Hale, Jefferson County, AL; and Sheriff John Ingram, Brunswick County, NC.

Sheriff Larry Amerson, NSA President 2012-13 gives his farewell address.

Sheriff (ret.) Lyle Swenson administers the oath of office to Sheriff Mike Leidholt, NSA President 2013-14.

Immediate Past President, Sheriff Larry Amerson is presented with a commemorative sword.

Immediate Past President, Sheriff Larry Amerson with his family following the banquet.


The following resolutions were passed at the Board Meeting held on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2013-01 National Sheriffs’ Association Acknowledges the Elected Office of Sheriff as the Chief Local Law Enforcement Office Throughout Our National Sheriffs’ Association

2013-02 National Sheriffs’ Association Advocates for the Addition of Animal Cruelty to the UCR and NIBRS

2013-03 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports the Mission of the Treatment Advocacy Center

2013-04 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Support of Law Enforcement

2013-05 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports the Tribal Information Sharing Working Group

2013-06 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports the Development of a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) System

2013-07 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports the Development of a Model “Wrong Way Driving” Response for Law Enforcement

2013-08 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports October as Crime Prevention Month and Supports Celebrate Safe Communities Initiative

2013-09 National Sheriffs’ Association Supports Fusion Centers

For the complete language of each of the resolutions, please visit www.sheriffs.org.

JUSTICE FOR A CURE® A huge THANK YOU to the National Sheriffs’ Association, for allowing Justice for a Cure (JFAC) to participate in your 2013 National Conference held in Charlotte, NC, on June 24th and 25th.

Thank you to ALL the Sheriffs’, Chief of Police, Command Staff, Support Staff, Directors, Vendors, and all attendees for your overwhelming positive response to Justice for a Cure! DaneCounty Sheriff, Dave Mahoney was right, we were given a very warm welcome, and we look forward to working with each of you.

With your help and support, our Justice for a Cure program CAN, and WILL, make a difference in the fight against cancer, and our goal of finding a cure!

Our oath “TO SERVE AND PROTECT” shines in pink, the color of HOPE. HOPE for a CURE for cancer.

We can do it by:

· Bringing awareness and educating the public

· Supporting survivors and those going through the battle

· Fundraising for science to find a cure

As we shine in PINK, we are showing the compassionate side of law enforcement, forming a partnership in the community, to fight for one common goal.

At the NSA conference we received several request for the “PINK” Justice for a Cure squad car appearance at JFAC events around the USA. This request has sparked wheels in motion to acquire a Justice for a Cure Police Interceptor squad car for such purpose. Please contact me directly for further information, and to reserve it for your event!

Please visit our website for additional information and to register, at justiceforacure.com. Also “like” us on our Face book page.


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Those that work in our jails and prisons are the unsung heroes of law enforcement. Their job is not glamorous and the only time they are noticed when something goes wrong. That diffi cult dangerous criminal that our deputies arrest and book is just one more murderer, rapist, armed robber or seriously mentally ill prisoner for them to take care of.

Those jail offi cers like other law enforcement professionals come into their job with the desire to make a difference. We all want to protect our community and perform our duties professionally. And they perform their duties and have a true impact on our community but almost behind the scenes. But there are those of us that go further and achieve more. Those people reach a higher and they have a greater impact.

Finally, there are those of us that change our entire profession. They have the vision, commitment and the skills to fundamentally advance their profession. We all have the lawful duty and professional responsibility to operate our jails in compliance with the constitution.

Today there are two men that have done exactly that. Each brings a depth of personal professional experience and knowledge to the fi eld of corrections and jails. Exhaustive legal knowledge built over decades of personal experience with courts across our country, skillful computer programming and a team effort has made Gary Deland and Tate McCotter an unbeatable combination. It is my honor to recognize their efforts on behalf of Sheriffs and jails across this great country.

AWARD WINNERS –PRESIDENT’S AWARDGary DeLand, UT and Tate McCotter, UT

Gary DeLand is presented with the President’s Award

Tate McCotter is presented with the President’s Award

This year’s award is sponsored by Pursuit Products, Inc.


The winner of this year’s Executive Director’s Award is Retired Sheriff and NSA Past President, Dan Smith from Bell County, Texas.

Dan entered law enforcement 41 years ago even though he had no aspiration or had ever considered working as a lawman.

After the sudden death of a local marshal and no one willing to step up to fill the position, Dan agreed to take the job, thinking it would be temporary. All of that changed after he pinned on the badge and got into his patrol car. Dan said, “from the moment I got into a patrol car, I fell in love with it.”

Dan continued to work in law enforcement and was elected Sheriff of Bell County Texas in 1984, a position he held and was re-elected for twenty eight years.

Shortly after being elected as Sheriff, Dan joined the NSA. In 1988 he ran and was elected to the Board of Directors. In 1998 he became the fifty-seventh President of our association. He has served and chaired many of NSA’s committees and has made a lasting impression on each one he has served.

AWARD WINNER –EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S AWARDSheriff Dan Smith, Bell County, Texas

Sheriff (ret.) Dan Smith, Bell County, TX is presented with the Executive Director’s Award.


NSA is pleased to announce that Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Ferris E. Lucas Award for Sheriff of the Year.

Sheriff Baca was elected as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in Los Angeles County in 1998. He commands the largest Sheriff’s Department in the United States with a budget of $2.5 billion. He leads nearly 18,000 sworn and professional staff who compose the law enforcement providers for forty-two incorporated cities, 140 unincorporated communities, nine community colleges, and thousands of Metropolitan Transit Authority and Rapid Rail Transit District commuters. The Sheriff’s Department directly protects more than four million people.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department manages the nation’s largest local jail system housing 20,000 inmates. Sheriff Baca developed Education-Based Incarceration (EBI) to address the high rate of offender recidivism in Los Angeles County. EBI uses innovative, evidence-based strategies to deliver education and life skills that provide hope and opportunity to offenders who want to live a better life and become contributing members of their communities. The Department also protects the largest court system in the nation.

Sheriff Baca is the Coordinator of Mutual Aid Emergency Services for California Region 1, which includes the County of Orange. Region1 serves 13 million people.

AWARD WINNER –FERRIS E. LUCAS AWARDFOR SHERIFF OF THE YEARSheriff Leroy D. Baca, Los Angeles County, California

This year’s award is sponsored by Pursuit Products, Inc.

Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County, CA (with his wife, Carol) is awarded the 2013 Ferris E Lucas

Award for Sheriff of the Year.

Sheriff Baca is the founder of Public Trust Policing that includes diverse advisory councils; a Clergy Council of more than 300 ministers, pastors, priests, rabbis, imams, and leaders of every faith community. He also operates sixteen nonprofit youth centers; ten at-risk regional training centers for youth ages 10-18, and provides 27 deputies to 240 elementary and middle schools who teach 50,000 children about positive solutions to the problems of drugs and gangs. He operates one of law enforcement’s largest prevention and intervention programs in the nation.

The Sheriff’s Department’s service area has one of the nation’s lowest crime rates for a major metropolitan area. Deputies arrest more than 90,000 felony and misdemeanor suspects, as well as respond to more than 1,000,000 calls for service annually.

Sheriff Baca, a United States Marine Corps Reserve veteran, earned his Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He was elected to the NSA Board of Directors in 2005 and elected to the Executive Committee in 2011. He is the chair of the NSA Global Affairs Committee and also serves on the Congressional Affairs and Homeland Security Committee.

The National Sheriffs’ Association established the Ferris E. Lucas award in 1995 to recognize an outstanding sheriff of the year for contributions made to improve the Office of Sheriff on the local, state, and national levels, and for involvement in the community above and beyond the responsibilities required. The award is given in memory of Ferris E. Lucas, NSA Past President (1944-46) and executive director (1964-82), who completed 50 years of distinguished service and leadership in law enforcement.

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NSA is pleased to announce that Detective Matt Hanlin, with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Florida has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Charles “Bud” Meeks Award for Deputy Sheriff of the Year.

Detective Hanlin fought for his life and yet still feared for the safety of his fellow detectives when an investigation into a suspected meth lab went bad. On February 16, 2012 members of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Organized Crime Section were sent to investigate a foreclosed house that was suspected of being a meth lab.

Detective Hanlin and Detective David White posted near the door while others took positions at the rear of the house. When they knocked and announced “Sheriff’s Office” they were met with various verbal statements through the closed door.

The door opened slightly, emitting a strong odor of an active meth lab from within. As the occupants began to exit, a suspect appeared and began firing a weapon towards the open front door and the detective positioned there. Detective Hanlin and Detective White were both hit by the gunman’s shots. Other detectives began to return fire to suppress the gunman’s attack. Detective White was down and suffering a gunshot wound to the head.

When additional detectives responded to the front of the house they found Detective Hanlin down in the yard. He was trying to hold his pistol up with his left hand to cover

his fellow detectives, while using his right hand to stop profuse bleeding from what was later determined to be a severed artery in his upper left arm. Detective Hanlin removed his hand from the wound to use his radio to call for assistance for his fellow detectives that were down. He had sustained a severe amount of blood loss and was losing consciousness. A member on the scene stripped off a belt and applied it as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Detective Hanlin and Detective White were taken to the hospital where doctors indicated that Detective Hanlin would have lost his life if it had not been for the quick action of fellow members on the scene. Detective David White died from the wounds inflicted on the initial contact. The suspect was killed, four additional suspects were taken into custody and an active meth lab was located.

Despite being critically wounded, Detective Hanlin feared for the safety of his fellow officers and tried to cover for them and call for help. He held onto his duty weapon, trying to cover the door to protect his fallen partner and others until he was physically unable to hold his weapon.

The Charles “Bud” Meeks Award for Deputy Sheriff of the Year was established to recognize deputy sheriffs who have demonstrated conspicuous bravery in the performance of their duties. The award is given in memory and honor of Charles Bud” Meeks, who served as executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association from 1989 to 1997 and in 2000.

AWARD WINNER –CHARLES “BUD” MEEKS AWARD FOR DEPUTY SHERIFF OF THE YEARDetective Matt Hanlin, Clay County, Florida

This year’s award is sponsored by Motorola, Inc.

Detective Matt Hanlin, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, FL

is the recipient of the 2013 Charles “Bud” Meeks Award

for Deputy Sheriff of the Year.


NSA is pleased to announce that Oscar Garcia of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in St. George, Utah has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisor Award.

In April 2006 Oscar retired as a deputy from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. During his time with Riverside County he spent a couple of years as the Explorer Advisor as well as assisted with an annual Law Enforcement Explorer Academy hosted by the Sheriff’s Department.

In July 2007 he was hired by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in southern Utah as a civilian training coordinator. Two months after being hired, Oscar went to the sheriff and requested to start a Law Enforcement Explorer Post. The sheriff granted his request. In February 2008, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had its explorer post up and running.

The majority of the explorers that have been recruited come from local middle and high schools. The post remains at a constant 25 explorers. No one is accepted into the program until they have attended four consecutive meetings. After the fourth meeting if they wish to continue with the program they are scheduled for a formal interview and then become an official member of the post.

In March 2012 the first explorer captain was hired by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. There are

AWARD WINNER –LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER POSTADVISOR OF THE YEAROscar Garcia Washington County, Utah

This year’s award is sponsored by Global Tel*Link

Training Coordinator Oscar Garcia receives the 2013 Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisor of the Year Award.

currently four explorers that have submitted employment applications and one of them has been with the program since the very beginning.

The Sheriff’s Office created a “Corrections Internship Academy” specifically for the explorers aged 18 years or older. After completing orientation in the academy the explorers are permitted to work four shifts in the jail where they are assigned to a Correctional Training Officer. They are allowed to work in central, max booking, transportation, and shown how to check in visitors.

The explorers have had the opportunity to participate in the following training programs: defensive tactics, report writing, vehicle searches, and forensics. A monthly newsletter is sent to all explorers to keep them informed of what training and events are available.

All of this was made possible for the youth in the area because of Oscar’s hard work and drive to want to give youth an opportunity to become familiar with law enforcement. The explorers program has far exceeded expectations.

NSA established the Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisor Award in 1988 to recognize a post advisor for outstanding contributions to a law enforcement explorer post sponsored by a sheriff’s office. Candidates are judged on their recruiting efforts, size of post and tenure of explorers, written program plans, explorer training, and post activities.

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NSA is pleased to announce that Pastor Chuck Kish of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Chaplain of the Year Award.

Chaplain Kish lives his life everyday motivated by the word of God. He received his formal training in Pastoral Studies from North Central University in Minnesota. By 1999, he became the lead pastor at Bethel Assembly of God in Carlisle, PA. Since serving in that capacity, he has been relentlessly motivated to spread his message not only to his congregation but also into the community to make a tangible difference.

One of the most difficult things anyone can do is tell a fellow person, likely a complete stranger that a loved one has died. After a decade of doing death notifications, Chaplain Kish would always walk away feeling empty and as if something more needed to be done. Most people are so bereft at the news that any thoughts of asking any questions have escaped them only to appear later after the people best capable of answering those questions have left.

Caring for You is a booklet that Chaplain Kish and his wife Michelle wrote in an effort to answer those questions you may not think to ask after receiving a death notification. The booklet is a subtle step-by-step guide to assist you in handling all responsibilities required after the loss of a loved one. These booklets are provided free of charge and can be personalized with any agency’s logo, badge or patch. Since its inception over 1000 of these booklets have been printed and interest has spread well beyond Cumberland County. Chaplain Kish would tell you that he has reached out to 1000 “points of pain” with the booklets. His long-term goal is to see the service become a 24/7 hotline that would be able to provide assistance at any time.

Chaplain Kish coined the term “Point of Pain Ministry” after he realized that he could better serve his community by being available directly at the “point of pain”. He had this vision for his first responder chaplaincy program 11 years ago. Now, the program has 18 chaplains involved with Chaplain Kish being the lead chaplain. Since its inception, the program has been immersed in the community. They take a boots on the ground approach and are involved with local ambulance crews, local police departments and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. It is a unique approach that Chaplain Kish has developed for specific needs in the community. This is a proactive approach in reaching those in a time of need at the instant they need it.

After the events of the movie theatre shooting in Aurora, Co in 2012, which were described as a premeditated act, Chaplain Kish took the word for his own and began his crusade to make it represent something good. Through various media outlets, he put the community on high alert and informed them that there would be premeditated acts of goodness coming their way. Chaplain Kish raised $3500, without ever contacting a business or corporate sponsor. His goal was to bless random citizens and those who work on the difficult side of premeditated evil – police, EMTs and hospital workers. The money gifts were made up into “packs of goodness” with $50 placed in each and two that contained $1000. On a predetermined day Chaplain Kish rounded up representatives from the sheriff’s office, police department and EMS and descended upon a matinee movie in a local theatre. In a premeditated act of kindness, they proceeded to hand out the monetary gift to random people.

Chaplain Kish shows us in every aspect of his efforts, that he epitomizes all that should be in a law enforcement chaplain.

AWARD WINNER –CHAPLAIN OF THE YEAR AWARDPastor Chuck Kish, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Pastor Chuck Kisch, Cumberland County, PA

receives the 2013 Chaplain of the Year Award.

This year’s award is sponsored by Global Tel*Link


NSA is pleased to announce that Major Ricky Frye, of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Corrections/Jail Innovations Award.

Upon the election and arrival of a new sheriff, Major Frye, who at the time was a captain, was asked to serve as the head of the Adult Detention Center (ADC). The sheriff understood the myriad of problems facing the detention center and felt they could be solved through vision and dynamic leadership. Though Major Frye had no background for this position, the sheriff had heard of his reputation for initiative and innovation. The sheriff asked him if he would accept the challenge of moving the ADC forward through best practices under the sheriff’s STEP UP Initiative: improved Service, Technology, Efficiency, and Professionalism.

At the time the new administration took over, the ADC had been running at 50% capacity with a second wing two years behind its scheduled delivery. The staff was miserable and overworked, no effort was being made to move the process forward, sexual harassment complaints began to surface, and the jail staff was being forced to transport prisoners throughout the State of Virginia to be housed in other prisons.

AWARD WINNER –CORRECTIONS/JAIL INNOVATIONS AWARD OF THE YEARMajor Ricky Frye Loudoun County, Virginia

Major Ricky Frye, Loudon County, VA is presented with the 2013 Corrections/Jail Innovation Award.

Major Frye immediately applied best practices and improved service eliminating unnecessary projects that delayed the opening of phase II of the ADC. Phase II opened in February and by May, all inmates had returned back to the ADC from all other facilities. These transfers were accomplished within a one week period without a single incident.

Major Frye has placed a new emphasis on inmate mental health. Re-entry support is underway with the addition of another mental health caseworker, and the expansion of mental health working office space within the confinement area has increased. Major Frye joined the Loudoun Crime Commission Mental Health Task Force to address re-entry issues that face both the inmate and the corrections industry, an innovation not often seen in the jail environment.

Major Frye’s actions have all occurred within an eight-month period. He has demonstrated innovation, developed new processes and programs, and has greatly improved the Loudoun County Corrections Environment. His leadership clearly demonstrated best practices. He has saved Loudoun County millions of dollars, improved morale, and made the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center a model within the State of Virginia.

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The NSA Crime Victim Services Award was established in 2005 with funding support from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Since 2008 the award has been generously sponsored by Appriss, Inc. NSA’s Crime Victim Services Committee administers this award program which recognizes “outstanding achievement by a Sheriff’s Office in support of victims.” The award recipient for 2013 is the Orange County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), headed by Sheriff Jerry Demings (pictured).

Victim Services at OCSO include a Victim Advocate Unit, Tourist Victim Advocate Unit, Senior Crime Prevention Unit, and Foreign Notifications Unit.

The Victim Advocate Unit successfully served over 1,500 victims in 2012, including more than 700 victims from 13 other municipalities and state agencies that do not have an advocate program. Also, this unit, in partnership with Bereaved Survivors of Homicide, Inc., offers bi-monthly support group meetings for crime victims and hosts the local National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims on September 25th. In addition, the Victim Advocate Unit facilitates the Hispanic Senior Crime Prevention Academy which is conducted in English and Spanish in partnership with local churches and other organizations. Finally, the unit assists in Sheriff Deming’s “Offering Children Successful Outcomes” program, which mentors youth in the Orange County public school system.

OCSO created the Tourist Victim Advocate Unit, which maintains professional relationships with area businesses, to give special attention to tourists who are victims of traumatic crime scenes and to attend emergency hospital visits with law enforcement to perform crisis intervention.

The Senior Crime Prevention Unit is coordinated by a senior advocate who works with the Uniform Patrol Division to identify physical, mental, and financial abuse of the elderly. This unit also coordinates Senior Crime Prevention Academies and, in 2007, began working to change how law enforcement responds when seniors are missing. “Silver Alert,” patterned after the Amber Alert system for missing children, was established in Florida by an Executive Order of the Governor in 2008.

The Foreign Notifications Unit notifies an embassy or consulate when a citizen of its country is arrested, detained, placed with the Florida Department of Children and Families, receives injuries that result in death, is at risk of death, or suffers serious trauma.

In summary, these OCSO units are making great efforts to prevent victimization and care for crime victims in Orange County and the surrounding communities. The professionalism and diligence to duty of unit staff are commendable and make the Orange County Sheriff’s Office very deserving of the 2013 NSA Crime Victim Services Award.

AWARD WINNER –CRIME VICTIM SERVICES AWARDOrange County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office

This year’s award is sponsored by Appriss, Inc.

The 2013 Crime Victim Services Award is presented to the Orange County

Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Jerry Demings.Add: From left to right: Tom Seigle,

President, Public Safety Services Group, Appriss; Laurie McKenna, Victim

Advocate; Sheriff Jerry Demings; NSA President Larry Amerson


NSA is pleased to announce that Sheriff Charles E. Jett of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office in Stafford, Virginia has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 J. Stannard Baker Award for Traffic Safety.

Sheriff Jett began his law enforcement career when he joined the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office at the age of 19. He rose through the ranks serving as patrol sergeant, detective, and captain of field operations. He was elected sheriff in 1999.

Traffic safety has always been one of Sheriff Jett’s top priorities. In 1982, he was the focal point of an article in a local newspaper regarding drunk driving. The article outlined his 115 arrests in a one-year period. To date, this is still a record in Stafford County.

Prior to his promotion to captain, Stafford County experienced its most deadly year in traffic history with 20 fatalities. In 1991, during his tenure as captain, he outlined goals and a vision for traffic safety in the community. He made training and obtaining specialized equipment a priority. He drafted and instituted policies and procedures outlining very specific alcohol and speeding countermeasures. As a result of his efforts, the number of fatalities was more than cut in half. This is a tradition that continues today.

AWARD WINNER –J. STANNARD BAKER AWARD FOR HIGHWAY SAFETYSheriff Charles E. Jett Stafford County, Virginia

This year’s award is sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, OnStar and NSA.

Sheriff Charles Jett, Stafford County, VA is presented with the J. Stannard Baker Award for Highway Safety.

Sheriff Jett created the first all-volunteer crossing guard program that now includes 20 well trained and uniformed volunteers. Under his guidance, the sheriff’s office has also trained numerous public school employees to be crossing guards.

In 1998, Sheriff Jett was instrumental in the creation of the Stafford Sheriff’s Office Problem Solving Traffic Safety Unit. He stressed that every deputy was a traffic safety deputy and this unit would focus on special projects and needs.

Sheriff Jett has instituted programs that include volunteer traffic trailer deployment, volunteer speed watch group, enhanced fine zones, traffic calming, click it or ticket, child safety seat checks, teen safe driving week, as well as many others. He created the corridor safety program, Operation Saturation, a program that raised safety belt use to 90% and reduced speed for motorists by four miles an hour in affected corridors.

Sheriff Jett is a charter member of the Youth Driver Task Force. He has also been on many traffic safety boards and commissions including the IACP Highway Safety Subcommittee and the NSA Traffic Safety Committee.A

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NSA is pleased to announce that Deputy First Class William Oakley, of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Court Security Professional of the Year Award.

Deputy Oakley has been assigned to the Judicial Protection Unit since 2006 and has served at both the local District Court and the Circuit Court. The Judicial Protection Unit’s primary responsibility is the safeguarding of the county prisoners, the general security of the Circuit Court and the sanctity of the judicial process. Each year the Judicial Protection Unit handles over 2,000 prisoners, provides security for over 10,000 criminal and civil cases and screens over 200,000 civilians entering the courthouse.

As a busy Circuit Court, personnel are required to monitor not only the movement of prisoners between holding areas and courtrooms, but also the movement between prisoners themselves. Often in high profile or serious cases prisoners must be kept separated from one another. Within the last year, Deputy Oakley has

instituted a system of tracking these special inmates and their locations with a unique classification system. Using the new system, all deputies can immediately recognize who is a state prisoner or county prisoner. More importantly, it makes it easier to recognize those prisoners that need to be kept apart or need to be in protective custody. Due to Deputy Oakley’s classification system, the staff are confident in their ability to both manage inmate movement and security while properly looking out for their well-being.

In addition to coordinating the physical security of county inmates, Deputy Oakley has successfully acted as a supervisor of a unit consisting of eleven sworn and six civilians. With regard to the civilian staff, Deputy Oakley created and managed a rotating schedule that ensured not only adequate staffing at the court complex, but maintained happy employees

AWARD WINNER –COURT AND JUDICIAL SECURITY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARDDeputy First Class William Oakley Wicomico County, Maryland

Deputy First Class William Oakly, Wicomico County, MD receives the 2013 Court and Judicial

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In conjunction with the NSA Annual Conference and Exhibition Conference, the 2013 Symposium on Jails, Court Security, Homeland Security, and Leadership was held June 25-26, 2013.

Recognizing that sheriff s operate over 80% of the jails in the United States, the National Sheriff s’ Association focused the Symposium to address the ever-increasing need for sheriff s, jail administrators, detention supervisors, offi cers, and support staff to be informed and trained on key issues presented by the foremost experts in corrections and jail operations. Th e National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO) worked with the NSA to assemble nationally acclaimed experts to address the hottest issues facing today’s jails. Th e primary objective was to ensure the training was based on current case law and defending the Offi ce of Sheriff .

Sheriff Larry Amerson, Calhoun County, made training a primary focus during his tenure as NSA President in 2012-2013. He said “Legal-based jail training for our jail staff is crit-ical in defending lawsuits. We need to know the law so we can have defensible policies and procedures and train accordingly. Our jail administrators and staff should be trained by those who accurately refl ect the goals and objectives of the sheriff s, not outside agencies and organizations who may not subscribe to or support the issues we face as sheriff s.” Th e Symposium and other NSA sponsored legal-based jail training has provided a venue for sheriff s to confi dently train jail staff , to ensure they are receive reliable, current information.

Th e Jail portion of the Symposium featured more than a dozen seminars over a two-day period. Many sessions were standing room only. Topics included in-custody deaths, PREA, 21st Century Transportation Operations, Inmates with Special Needs, Evacuating Your Jail, Emotional Survival, Correctional Intelligence, Mail Issues: Rejecting Mail Lawsuits, Eff ective Inmate Disciplinary Programs, Bath Salts in Jails, Eff ective Agency Preparation for Prisoner Filed Lawsuits and a Women in Corrections panel.

Attendees came from all over the United States including Alaska, Canada and other international locations. One attendee from Kansas said “I appreciate NSA’s commitment to jail operations by providing “top notch” instructors on vital topics pertaining to jails.” Another from North Carolina

expressed appreciation for “clearing up a lot of questions about PREA” primarily “the diff erences between the PREA Act and the DOJ PREA standards.”

Gary DeLand, one of the key instructors, expressed his enthusiasm for the Symposium. “It has been very gratifying and exciting to see how the NSA and NIJO jail training seminars and this Symposium has rocketed off the launch pad. As with any successful venture, forming a team of professionals who buy into the team concept and have a shared vision, commitment, and esprit de corps has been a more successful approach than simply assembling a loose collection of individuals as trainers. Th e NIJO training has evolved into a top level program and is now screening new experts who have expressed strong interest in becoming a part of the team. It must be recognized that none of this success would have occurred without the forward-looking leadership and support of NSA President Sheriff Larry Amerson and Executive Director Aaron Kennard. I am very excited to see how the 2014 on-site training program and Symposium are shaping up with an expanding range of topics.”

In addition to building a strong team of instructors, NSA and NIJO has teamed with numerous directors of state sheriff s’ asso-ciations such as Terry Jungel, Steve Luce, and Bobby Timmons and with sheriff s like Jerry Harbstreit, Donald Ash, Paul Babeu, and John Zaruba to assist in developing legal-based jail training.

Tate McCotter, NIJO Administrator, was pleased to see so much attention on jails at the NSA Annual Conference. “We hear a lot of talk about protecting the Offi ce of S heriff . Many states and sheriff s have taken that objective seriously and are actively promoting NSA-sponsored jail training. I am not sure if ever in history has so much attention been given by sheriff s on jails. It is great to see sheriff s take stands on these issues and we are committed to providing all the resources at our disposal to allow sheriff s to make informed decisions so they can operate constitutional jails.”

For more information about NSA and the National Institute for Jail Operations, including upcoming NSA jail training semi-nars, NSA Legal-Based Jail Guidelines, model policy, auditing and inspection tools and other legal-based jail resources, please refer to their respective websites at www.sheriff s.org and www.jailtraining.org.

SYMPOSIUM ON JAILS, COURT SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY,

AND LEADERSHIP!

Symposium Focused on Court Security, Homeland Security and Leadership AlsoThe United States Marshals Service helped provide a large percentage of the courses on court security for the Symposium, including a session on the Indonesian Court Security Project, Protecting Your Court, and Courthouse Attacks.

The Homeland Security portion provided a series of presentations from Ken Glantz of the National Domestic Preparedness Coalition.

The focus on the Leadership portion started with SuperSession presented by renowned Dr. Kevin Gilmartin on Emotional Intelligence. This session was sponsored by the FBI.


2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS

ABL Management, Inc.

Appriss

ARAMARK

Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc.

AT&T

Buena Vista Winery

Cisco Systems

Columbia Southern University

Corrections Corporation of America

Global Tel*Link

Harris Corporation

Justice Federal Credit Union

LaSalle Corrections

Laser Shot

Motorola

NHTSA

Northwestern University Center for Public Safety

OnStar

Panasonic System Communications Company

Pursuit Productions

Schlage Locks

SimplexGrinnell

Sprint

Target

TASER International

Telmate

UPS

Verizon

Waldorf College

Wells Fargo

Wexford Health Sources


RESULTS FOR BALLOT FOR 2013 BYLAW AMENDMENTS

Pursuant to Article XV of the Bylaws of the National Sheriffs’ Association (“NSA” or “Association”), the below proposed 2013 amendments were timely submitted and reviewed by NSA’s Constitution and Bylaws Committee and approved by NSA’s Board of Directors/Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote by the Association Membership was required for adop-tion of these Bylaw Amendments at NSA’s 2013 Annual Conference.

There were two, separate proposed amendments to be voted on by the NSA Membership.

For a copy of the existing NSA Constitution and Bylaws, consult your 2013 Sheriffs’ Directory or contact NSA’s Executive Office at (800) 424-7827. The following amendments were voted on during the Annual Conference. Amendment One - Passed, Amendment Two - Failed.

I. Proposed Amendment to Article X of the National Sheriffs’ Association Constitution & Bylaws:

Purpose of Proposed Bylaw Change: To make the Audit Committee a Standing Committee of the Association and to specify the membership of the Audit Committee. The duties and responsibilities of both the Audit and Budget Committees are spelled out.

Proposed NSA Bylaw Amendment:

Article X - Standing and Other Committees, “Section 1 – Designation of Standing Committees of the Association”

“The Association shall include the following standing committees: Audit Committee, Budget Committee, Nominating Committee, Conference Committee, and Grievance Committee. The president shall appoint such special committees or subcommittees as may be required by the Bylaws or as he/she finds necessary. The President shall appoint all chairmen and members to any Committee of the Association, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution & Bylaws of the Association.”

“Section 5 – Audit Committee”

“(a) During each fiscal year and immediately following the annual conference of the Association, the President shall appoint six (6) members of the Association to serve on the Audit Committee. The five (5) voting members of the Audit Committee shall consist of an appointed Chairman, the Secretary, Treasurer, the Third Vice President of the Association and a member in good standing of the Association who is not serving as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association. In addition, a member from the Committee of Presidents and Executive Directors of a State Sheriffs’ Association as selected and appointed by the President shall serve as the non-voting member of the Audit Committee.

(b) The Audit Committee shall meet at least annually at the Association’s Corporate Offices and shall conduct a random audit of the Association’s financial accounts, operational policies and procedures, equipment assets and travel expenses of any employee or board member of the

Association as the Audit Committee deems reasonable and necessary.

(c) During each fiscal year of the Association, the Audit Committee shall submit a report of its findings at the Winter Conference of the Association to the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors of the Association.”

“Section 6 – Budget Committee”

“The Budget Committee of the Association shall consist of members of the Management Sub-Committee (the member-ship of the Management Sub-Committee is provided in Article VIII, Section 12(a) of the Constitution & Bylaws of the Association). During each fiscal year of the Association, the Executive Director shall submit the annual budget of the Association to the Budget Committee for its review and approval. Following the review and approval by the Budget Committee of the annual budget of the Association, the Executive Director shall present the annual budget to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for their final review, approval and adoption at the Annual Meeting of the Association.”


II. Proposed Amendment to Article X of the National Sheriffs’ Association Constitution & Bylaws:

Purpose of Proposed Bylaw Change: A grandfather period will allow all Past Presidents and any Officer of the Association to continue to vote as an active Member on the Board of Directors of the Association, if serving, as an Officer and on the Board of directors of the Association prior to July 1, 2013.

After this grandfather period, only Past Presidents who are not sitting sheriffs shall be considered to be an ex-officio, non-voting member on the Board of Directors of the Association.

Proposed Language for the Amendment to NSA’s Constitution & Bylaws:

Article VI – Board of Directors, “Section 2 – Membership

The Board of Directors (“Board”) shall be composed of the Association’s president, the three (3) vice presidents, the secretary, the treasurer, the sergeant-at-arms, the past presi-dents who are members in good standing, plus 21 members elected from among the members of the Association. The 21 members so elected shall serve three-year terms. At the first Annual Meeting of members after the adoption of these Bylaws, seven (7) members shall be elected to serve a term of three (3) years, seven (7) to a term of two (2) years, and seven (7) to a term of one (1) year. Thereafter, the member-ship shall elect seven (7) members to the Board, plus elect members to fill the unexpired term of any vacant director-ships. The membership shall be encouraged to select indi-viduals representative of all sections of the United States. Up

to and including the president of the Association, not more than two members of the Board shall be residents of any one state. The executive director, general counsel and all past presidents who are not sitting sheriffs shall be ex-officio members of the Board of directors without the right to vote.”*

“Section 6 – Compensation

Members of the Board of Directors shall not receive any compensation for their services provided. The Executive Committee may, by resolution, authorize the reimbursement of actual and necessary travel and related expenses of any member of the Board of Directors incurred in connection with his/her full-time attendance at regular meetings held in connection with the Annual Meeting of the Membership. Nothing herein shall preclude a member of the Board of Directors from serving the Association in any other capacity and receiving compensation and reimbursed expenses in connection with any such separate services.”

*Grandfather Clause to Article VI, Section 2 – Membership: All Past Presidents and any Officer of the Association shall vote as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association, if serving as an Officer and on the Board of Directors of the Association prior to July 1, 2013


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We speak often in law enforcement about the advantages of leveraging technology, and one of the least expensive, yet most valuable tools we have available to us is social media. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Myspace are all free. Free to use, and free to access, with a base start-up cost of a smart-phone and internet access.

Already 81% of federal agencies, 71% of state agencies and 82% of local agencies are using social media in a wide variety of ways: public relations, community outreach, soliciting crime tips, recruitment, and investigations & crime solving. agencies serving smaller populations and with fewer sworn personnel use social media more often, because it serves as a force multiplier: one person can perform several agency goals all at the same time, sitting at one desk.1 Posting on the internet takes only a few moments, but the messaging can be, and often is, accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- long after the workday and workweek are over.

Clearly we can reach more residents than ever before, through social media: more than 86% of Americans are cell phone owners (45% of them are smart phones). The combina-tion of mobile technology with social networking is changing the way everybody communicates (including criminals). We can take video or photos from our iPhones or Androids and upload onto YouTube, Twitter or Facebook within moments. We no longer need a landline or a computer, already 25% of internet users are mobile users only. 2

For context, an average of 5 billion text messages per day are sent and delivered. There are 40 million photos posted on Instagram every day. And to under-stand the changing demographics in this economy, NBC Latino recently reported that young Hispanic and Latino Americans spent $17.6 billion on mobile devices and over $500 million on mobile apps in the first half of 2012.3 Perhaps the most dynamic use of social media is in investiga-tions and crime-solving, some uses are worthy of review, with specific examples to demonstrate usefulness:

A. Post notices and photos to locate missing persons of identify suspectsWhat do you think happened when Timothy Alben,

Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police made the following statement in a press conference one day after the Boston marathon bombing:

Social Media in Law EnforcementBy Sheriff Rich Stanek, Hennepin County, Minnesota

There has to be hundreds, if not thousands, of photo-graphs, videos or observations that were made down at that finish line yesterday. And I would encourage you to bring forward anything – you might not think it’s significant, but it might have some value to this investigation.

In Boston, the new wave of “citizen cybersleuths” and “crowdsleuthers” provided more than 1 million images and over 1000 hours of video footage to the authorities, including the images of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev that were posted on the FBI website, leading to tips to their identity and personal histories.4

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In fact, Americans are fighting terrorism through social media. We need their help, because extremists are using social media platforms to identify, groom, radicalize, and communi-cate with each other. They have been uploading video for years, and posting photos of imprisoned extremists with captions glorifying their crimes.

B. Gather photos or statements as evidence or to corroborate evidenceIn January, 2012, officers from Brooklyn Park were

dispatched to a hotel to evict a loud party, and found numerous people present, and two in the bathroom with the door closed. After ordering them out of the bathroom, officers found a handgun partially covered by towels, and arrested them both. Our analysts found that one of them had previously posted a

picture of himself on Facebook holding a gun matching the one recovered in the bathroom. The photo was forwarded to investigators to assist in establishing a link between the gun and the arrested party.

Facebook Photo

C. To establish probable cause In November, 2011 the Hennepin County Violent Offender

Task Force obtained a search warrant based on evidence contained in pictures posted on Facebook of two suspects with a handgun. Both were known violent offenders. The search warrant led to the discovery of a handgun matching the gun in the Facebook photo. In fact, one of the arrestees was wearing the same shirt at the time of the arrest.

Facebook Photo

D. Search on social media sites and monitor accounts to look for on-line clues left by criminals and/or victims Checking social media networks for information is now

routine investigative work. Given the name of a possible suspect or victim, we will of course check to see if they have a Twitter of Facebook account, and we will network for clues and associations.

In February 2011, our Criminal Information Sharing & Analysis Unit (“CISA”) was contacted with a request to find a current phone and address for a victim of identity theft, we searched Facebook and learned the victim no longer lived in Minnesota. We used our HCSO Facebook page to send the victim a message and he was able to get in touch with the Detective handling the case.

E. Search/monitor social media to identify crime or the location of criminal activity Both criminals and law enforcement are becoming more

sophisticated. Gangs use social media to brag and fuel rival-ries by “cyber-tagging” or provoking rival gangs – referred to as “Electronic Gang Warfare” in the Chicago Crime Commission’s, The Gang Book. And police follow the web chatter. They have found that gangs use social media to recruit and intimidate their own members. Recently in Chicago, gangs were using Facebook to find out where school skippers were hanging out so they could show up and recruit new members.5

CISA uses social media to establish associates, gang names and clothing, monikers and vehicles for known criminals and violent offenders currently under investigation. We monitor Facebook postings following significant events such as shoot-ings or gang fights to gather additional information.


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are used for predictive analysis, to develop trends or collect information.

CISA monitored OccupyMN as it tweeted and posted their organizing and training meetings. We monitored their prep-aration and plans; they are using Social Media as their force multiplier!

G. Search and monitor social media sites and accounts to anticipate crimes that may be occurring Following multiple violent incidents occurring on party

buses rented by minors, CISA began following party promoters’ Facebook pages for similar types of events. They forwarded the information to local agencies and have been successful in limiting minors’ access to the buses at certain scheduled stop locations, and some bus companies have canceled certain planned events.

We know that terrorists exploit new and alternative media like Facebook and YouTube to spread propaganda to supporters, but also operational and tactical guidance, and sometimes are used as gateways to radical forums and recruitment. Radicals recently were successful in recruiting Somali youth in the Minneapolis St. Paul area to become fighters for al-shabaab, a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaeda. With that experience, we know that monitoring public social media sites is critical to the success of our community engagement efforts. We are actively working with community leaders not just to respond to, but to disrupt or even prevent potential acts of terrorism.

Above is a public internet image from TweetDeck; the image is used here only to demonstrate the features of a web crawler. The tweets above have never been associated with suspected criminal activity, and none of the persons represented in the photos are persons of interest to law enforcement.

F. To identify or monitor persons of interest and their associates One screen from a web crawler like TweetDeck can follow

several timelines and conversations and can search and monitor trends all at the same time.

Social Media monitoring tools like this one, or Netbase, Twitterfall, Trackur, SocialMention, SocialPointer and Plancast


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Endnotes

1 See, Infographic from PoliceOne.com and LexisNexis http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-law-enforcement_b26250 (ac-cessed June 9, 2013).

2 Maranda Gibson, “Cell Phone Statistics: Updated 2012,” http://www.accuconference.com/blog/ (accessed June 17, 2013).

3 Kristian Ramos, “Uber-connected young Latinos spend billions on mobile, says new study,” http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/15 citing the report, “Hispanic Broadband Access: Making the Most of the Mobile, Connected Future,” published by the Hispanic Institute, July, 2012

4 Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. “Reddit and 4Chan Users Part of Massive Crowdsourced Terror Investigation,” The Internet Patrol, http://www.theinternetpatrol.com (accessed June 14, 2013)

5 Frank Main, “Gangs using social media to spread violence,” Chicago Sun-Times, February, 28, 2012, http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/10256178-418/cyber-tagging-now-the-graffiti-of-the-internet (accessed June 17, 2013), and Russell Webster, “Ganging up on social media,” ConnectedCOPS.net, April 24, 2013, http://connected-cops.net/2013/04/24/ (accessed June 1, 2013)

6 See, New York Daily News, Thursday, February 23, 2012: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-23/news/31093115_1_new-rules-nypd-handschu-guidelines (accessed September 17, 2012).

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on social media sites, but once a statement is made, it’s as public as if it had been published in a newspaper. The Fourth Amendment doesn’t protect these statements from being used as evidence, because there is no expectation of privacy.

Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and others all can be ordered by a court to produce previous statements (even if they have been “deleted.”) Subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants all can be obtained for electronic evidence, and Facebook has a dedicated 24 hour Help Line for law enforcement.

Agencies should consider adopting protocols and estab-lishing best practices for using Social Media, especially for trolling and monitoring purposes.

The New York Police Department’s “Modified Handschu Guidelines” were the outcome of litigation settled in 1985 about the Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim commu-nities, and how the police can monitor political groups. The Court found that “An individual’s or organization’s political, religious, sexual, or economic performance may not be the sole basis upon which the (police intelligence division) develops a file…on that individual or organization. A 3-member panel was set up to oversee NYPD surveillance operations.

Subsequent to 9/11, in 2003, the Rules were modified to allow the NYPD Intelligence Chief to act alone to authorize investigations for one year at a time, authorize undercover oper-ations for four months at a time, and requires the Chief to have facts that “reasonably indicate” a future crime.6

Agencies and protocols adopted in New York City and the Georgia BCA and elsewhere require officers and analysts to register aliases with their supervisors and seek authorization before using WebCrawlers. Be sure and check with your County Attorney regarding any state laws that may apply, or best prac-tices that should be followed.

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PREA: A Constitutional Review of the DOJ Standards, and what do they mean for Sheriff's and Jail Administrators Implementing a Proactive Approach in Protecting Against Administrative Liability through Policy and Procedures, Training and

Inmate Grievance Systems Constitutional Issues: Duty to Protect, Conditions of Confinement, Inmate Searches, Religious Issues and Use of Force Duty to Know and Understand the Law Internal Compliance Audits Medical and Mental Health Administrative Liabilities First Amendment Issues: Inmate Communication: Mail, Postcards, Rejecting Mail

SEMINAR INSTRUCTORS Gary DeLand has traveled to more than 45 states to provide legal issues and other criminal justice training. He currently serves on the NSA Executive Advisory Board for the Jail Training Advisory Council. Formerly, Gary served as Commander of the Jail Division for the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Executive Director of the UT State Department of Corrections and Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. He has also served as an officer for NSA’s Presidents and Executive Directors Committee and as Chair of the ACA Legal Issues Committee. DeLand is the past Editor-in-Chief and current Executive Editor of the Corrections Managers’ Report. He most recently served as the Executive Director for the Utah Sheriffs' Association.

Erin Byrnes is an attorney whose practice focuses in government liability, employment law, and Indian law. Erin is Of Counsel with the Berke Law Firm, PLLC in Phoenix, Arizona. She had been in practice twelve years, and has focused on defending government entities in civil rights and employment litigation since 2002. In her employment practice, Erin has represented clients in cases involving Title VII race, gender and religious discrimination claims, as well as against sexual harassment claims. Erin is a frequent speaker and publisher with articles in national publications most recently co-authored Critical Components of Harassment Policies and Internal Investigations, published in August 2012 edition of FOR THE DEFENSE, a publication of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).

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Pinal County, Arizona is always listed among the fastest growing counties in America. Located between Phoenix and Tucson we also have another not so favorable title… Pinal County is the “Number One Pass Th rough County for Drug and Human Traffi cking in all of America.” Over half of the illegals entering America come through Arizona. According to U.S. Border Patrol, last year alone they captured 123,285 in the Tucson sector which is the busiest and deadliest of any of the nine southwest sectors. U.S. Border Patrol has acknowledged this number does not take into account another conservative estimate of double this number of illegals that made it into the United States undetected. Of those illegals that were caught, 17 to 30 percent of them already have a criminal record in the United States.

Pinal County is the third largest county in Arizona covering more the 5,300 square miles. Th e terrain of the county ranges from tumultuous mountain ranges to vast desert. Th e 400,000 residents of Pinal County have been victimized by illicit cross-border activity crimes bleeding into their communities. Almost daily, deputies of my offi ce are involved in vehicle pursuits with cartel members smuggling drugs or humans, we have had executions, warnings from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the cartels members from Mexico were going to be sending assassins to Pinal County to execute other cartel members, we have had cartels send “Rip Crews” who have been involved in gun battles with other cartel members,

PCSO Aviation Unit Protects LEO and Citizens from Mexican Drug Cartel Activity

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“Rip Crews” have conducted traffi c stops on individuals and committed robberies, we have seen homicides, home invasions, kidnappings, shootings, sexual assaults, burglaries and thefts. Deputies have confronted armed individuals both in the desert and in vehicles and have been involved in shootings and phys-ical confrontations.

A key tool in our fi ght against this heavily-funded and heavily-armed enemy that continues to cross into the U.S. with their drug and human cargo is aviation support. Prior to March of 2011, the Pinal County Sheriff ’s Offi ce had to rely on other agencies for air support to patrol these high traffi c areas. In March 2011, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency donated a 1976 Piper Super Cub aircraft to the Pinal County Sheriff ’s Offi ce to assist in the location and apprehen-sion of criminals using the vast Pinal County wilderness as a pass through. Th e unit obtained a second aircraft, a 1990 MD Helicopters 500E, in December 2011 after receiving funding by the Arizona State Legislature because of a lack of air support availability to patrol the active border crime corridors in Pinal County. In March 2012, a third aircraft joined the ranks through the Law Enforcement Support Offi ce 1033 program.

Since January, 2012, the Aviation support has either directly interdicted or assisted in seizing over 14,000 pounds of Marijuana, numerous stolen vehicles recovered or seized, and many arrests. One of the reasons for these statistics is our level of cooperation with other agencies. Operations are


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routinely conducted with Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, US Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies. To help those agen-cies, our unit relies heavily on the Mesa Police Department, who literally took us under their wing, and infl uenced us in aircraft and equipment acquisition. Th eir support has been critical to our success. In addition, we have been assisted by the National Guard RAID unit at the Silverbell Army Heliport, and numerous civilian aviation community members, who have donated their resources to help us.

Our unit consists of a Lieutenant, a Deputy, a Reserve Deputy and a Tactical Flight Offi cer Deputy. Th e lieutenant fl ies both helicopters and the Super Cub in addition to unit management. He saw the need for an air unit over 10 years ago, and stayed with the task of convincing non Law Enforcement and non aviation persons of the County’s need. He holds his

fi xed and rotary wing private, commercial and instrument ratings. He is also a CFI. Our Tactical Flight Offi cer Deputy has been involved in aviation his whole life, and worked as a lead mechanic at the CBP Tucson Air Branch before working as a Police Offi cer, and a Sheriff ’s Deputy. He is the Maintenance Offi cer, A&P mechanic, fi xed wing pilot, and TFO for the air unit. Our Deputy has been a licensed pilot for over 15 years and fl ies the Super Cub when not answering calls for service in his Patrol area. Our Reserve Deputy is a professional helicopter pilot fl ying Bell 214’s for a living, and is a CFI as well as being a Certifi ed Peace Offi cer.

One of our primary missions is drug interdiction. Pinal County is a major corridor due to routes from the Mexican border to Phoenix. Even though we are located over 65 miles from Mexico, we have many smuggling routes, both on road and off . Scout sites are very common, where smugglers lay

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up on the high ground for extended amounts of time. They communicate with the persons in charge of moving the cargo when Law Enforcement is not around and it is safe to move. The bad guys who frequent these sites are usually equipped with cell phones, encrypted radios, solar panels for charging their gear, and night vision goggles. Firearms have been located at these sites as well. Because these sites are usually on the top of a hill or mountainside, we are tasked with transporting Deputies of Agents from other agencies as close as we can and assisting with apprehensions.

Helicopters and fixed wing aircraft are used to locate targets and assist in tracking people and vehicles. Many persons we track on foot wear camouflaged clothing and wear carpet shoes to obscure their tracks. Vehicles are covered with tarps and cut off tree branches. A lot of our work is “in the weeds”, tracking. The MD Helicopters products are small and agile allowing us to get into places where certain other “light” helicopters can’t even think about going.

Until you fly our area, it is hard to understand the amount of humans and illegal cargo that passes through. Abandoned trucks and SUV’s, piles of trash, thousands of gas cans, wheels and tires, clothing, backpacks, and even bicycles are common. It is evidence of the wide open border that is not hard to find. Trails cut by smuggler vehicles through the Sonoran Desert National Monument add to the landscape.

Even though we flew a lot in 2012, it was a ramp up year for us. The 500E heli-copter although in excellent airworthy condition, was not equipped for law enforcement. It was decided to do the aircraft completion in house, because we have no budget. Designing and building a new instrument panel including tactical radios, audio controller, and radar altim-eter was one of the first projects. Later in the year, we were able to purchase a package including an Israeli Aircraft Industries POP200 thermal imaging camera, Spectrolab SX-16 Nightsun searchlight and Meeker dual side mount using only seizure funds. Night vision goggle compatible cockpit lighting was added during this time too. Savings to the tax payers by completing the equipment installation in house was over $150,000. The Pinal County radio technician, Steve Fry did an awesome job wiring and inte-

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Training is a key factor to our success, so we will expand on our basic knowledge this year. Having a command staff that is committed to the Air Unit’s success is another key factor. For 2013, we will continue building relationships with other Law Enforcement agencies and work on expanding our capabilities.


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The FLETC Office of State, Local, Rural, Tribal and Territorial training (SLRTT) is responsible for researching, designing, developing, implementing and delivering law enforcement training programs in consultation with various law enforcement agencies and subject matter experts. To ensure that the SLRTT provides world-class law enforcement training, the SLRTT staff, in collaboration with other FLETC instruc-tors, law enforcement officers, and subject matter experts, participate in curriculum development and curriculum review conferences to ensure the SLRTT training curriculum and resources are accurate and relevant.

The SLRTT offers a wide variety of law enforcement training programs, varying in length from one to five days, that are exported to individual departments/agencies as well as regional and state law enforcement academies. Law enforcement agencies can work with a SLRTT Senior Instructor/Regional Coordinator to customize advanced and in-service training in order to meet specific training needs. Programs are delivered on a wide range of topics such as anti-terrorism awareness, drug law enforcement, first responder, active shooter, intelligence-led policing, drug endangered children, advanced interviewing, and digital photography. A full listing of training programs,

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Historical and recent events have illustrated the criticality of all levels of government working together to protect the United States. The FLETC has committed the resources to ensure that state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers are well-prepared to meet current and emerging challenges associ-ated with protecting the homeland. The FLETC recognizes the critical importance that state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement officers across America perform as part of the homeland security team. The FLETC Director, Connie Patrick stated that, “The FLETC’s state and local law enforcement training program provides a nexus between the Department of Homeland Security and the training needs of thousands of law enforcement officers who serve communities throughout the United States.”

While export training provides tremendous benefits to the law enforcement community, the SLRTT also provides oppor-tunities for its partners to attend advanced training programs that are hosted at all four of the FLETC’s domestic training Centers located in Artesia, NM, Charleston, SC, Cheltenham, MD and Glynco, GA. This provides the opportunity for federal, state and local officers to train on different topical areas such as firearms, driving, digital evidence acquisition, covert elec-tronic surveillance, active-shooter, critical incident response, advanced interviewing, and more. This training environment supports the Department’s philosophy of collaboration and shared resources across all levels of government to maintain the nation’s homeland security capabilities.

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Proactive Jail Management of In-Custody Death August 27-29, 2013 Washington Indiana

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

Despite the limited and, generally, indirect connection between administers and individual prisoners, when a prisoner dies as a result of prisoner-on-prisoner assault, self-inflicted harm, an accidental injury, a medical problem, or other cause the first name listed among the defendants in litigation is generally that of the chief executive (i.e., sheriff, jail commander, director of corrections, warden). Being named as a defendant does not, however, mean the defendant is culpable.

This three day seminar provides in-depth review of in-custody deaths and presents a three stage approach to what Sheriffs and Jail Administrators need to know to further protect themselves and the facility from litigation. It emphasizes skills in teaching first responders how to socially and emotionally manage distraught persons such as crime victims, traumatized colleagues, and mentally and emotionally disordered persons. Seminar topics include:

In-Custody Death First Response and Investigation Developing policy and procedure that anticipates and prepares for “Investigation to Litigation” Issues involving First Responders being exposed to the threat and use of lethal force The importance of Critical Incident Debriefing, Legal Assistance and advisors Practical and scientific approaches for administrators to understand the importance of” Psychological First Aid” for

first responders

SEMINAR INSTRUCTORS Gary DeLand has trained in more than 45 states to provide legal issues and other criminal justice training. He currently serves on the NSA Executive Advisory Board for the Jail Training Advisory Council. Formerly, Gary was Commander of the Jail Division for the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, Executive Director of the UT State Department of Corrections, Executive Director for the Utah Sheriffs’ Association, Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and Chair of the ACA Legal Issues Committee. DeLand is the past Editor-in-Chief and current Executive Editor of the Corrections Managers' Report.

Steve Sampson, PhD., has conducted over 300 post-shooting debriefings and traumatic interventions for law enforcement agencies as a law enforcement psychologist. Dr. Sampson is a nationally recognized Master Trainer in Leadership Skills, Social Skills and Conflict Resolution Skills who has presented his training to over 300 agencies and organizations in 35 states over 30 years (agencies such as FBI, USSS, DEA, NSA and CHP). Sean Stewart is a Captain with the Pima County Sheriff’s Office has over 20 years of experience. He is the Div. Commander of Housing Operations and has overseen multiple management and tactical operations in his career. He instructs on a national basis and provides continuous assistance to outside law enforcement agencies.

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NSA Certification Hours: 24

NSA Members: $ 375 Non-Members: $ 425

Training hosted by: Daviess County Sheriff’s Office 101 NE 4th St., Washington, IN

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In March, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper testified to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that cyber was the number one identified threat to the United States.1 For the first time, the cyber threat surpassed the terrorism threat.

The cyber challenges facing sheriff’s departments continue to escalate and it is important to know what the risks are and how to mitigate them. Understanding these threats can seem daunting. However, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) can help.

The U.S. Department for Homeland Security (DHS) desig-nated CIS as a key resource for state, local, tribal, and terri-torial (SLTT) governments to assist in improving the cyber-security posture of our country. CIS works through four complementary divisions - Security Benchmarks, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), Trusted Purchasing Alliance, and the Integrated Intelligence Center - all offering high-quality, cost-effective products and services. As such, CIS can provide a variety of assistance to sheriffs to help improve cybersecurity readiness and response. The Integrated Intelligence Center (IIC) in particular is a resource for law enforcement fusion centers and focuses on the intersection of physical and cybersecurity to provide actionable intelligence.

There is no cost for fusion centers to participate in the IIC and take advantage of the resources available through CIS. By partnering with CIS, sheriffs and other law enforcement agen-cies will have access to cyber threat intelligence and situational awareness reports, assistance with cyber security incidents, forensics resources, training, and volume purchasing discounts on security solutions.

5 Common Cyber Criminal Techniques:Through its intelligence and knowledge of the SLTT govern-

ment environment, CIS has observed some common techniques and threats that law enforcement agencies should understand.

1 “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community,” James R. Clapper, 12 March 2013;,http://intelligence.senate.gov/130312/clapper.pdf.

Center for Internet SecurityCyber Crime: Threats, Techniques and Defenses Sheriffs Need to KnowBy William Pelgrin, President and CEO, Center for Internet Security

Keystroke loggers, a.k.a. keyloggers, result in a signifi-cant number of financial-based cyber crimes. Keyloggers record a victim’s every computer keystroke, and in most criminal cases, instantly transmit that information to the malicious actor. The criminals use keyloggers to capture a victim’s financial institu-tion login information. Once the malicious actor has this infor-mation, they are able to log in to the financial institution as the victim and transfer money out of the victim’s account.

Losses range from a few thousand to millions of dollars in a single incident. Small businesses and government agencies, like schools, are primary targets, although malicious actors also target personal retirement and investment accounts. Popular keyloggers include ZeuS and SpyEye; the Blackhole Exploit Kit is a popular delivery method of these exploits.

Keylogger incidents appear to be legitimate transfers from the victim’s bank account to other entities. The financial trail may include a United States-based destination but generally leads overseas. Financial institutions generally report that the malicious actors accessed the account through another victim’s computer.

When investigating financially-motivated keylogger inci-dents it is critical to involve the financial institution imme-diately, as they may be able to recall any transfers. Consider employing, or advising the victim to employ, a cyber forensic specialist and avoid making changes (turning the victim computer on or off, running antivirus software, etc.) before the forensic examination, as changes can corrupt evidence. (Of note, keyloggers have legitimate purposes, and the discovery of a keylogger on a computer does not automatically denote criminal activity.)

Money Mules are people who transfer money to another location, most often to facilitate criminal activity. In cyber crimes, unwitting money mules are typically “employed” to receive monetary transfers and send the transfer on to foreign actors, less a “handling fee.”

Some money mules are aware the money is stolen, while others are unwitting victims who believe they are legitimately employed by a foreign firm. Unfortunately, the malicious actors


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frequently use aliases, fake websites, and falsely identify them-selves as employees of real companies, so their contact informa-tion rarely provides useful investigative leads.

Many money mules will keep records of their communica-tions, and witting accomplices may indicate to their “employer” that they know the activity is illegal or may advertise their money mule “services” online. Detailed evidence of intent and/or illegal transactions may be discovered through forensic examination of their computer and communication accounts. Additional evidence on the incident, money mule and/or their employers may be found through queries to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN, www.fincen.gov) or the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3, www.ic3.gov) databases.

SWATting occurs when a malicious actor places a prank 9-1-1 call, to trick emergency responders into responding to a fake incident. The fake incident provokes a full-scale law enforcement response, such as a hostage situation, bomb threat, plane crash, or terrorist attack. The victims are the emergency responders as well as the victim to whom they respond. In some incidents, the calls indicate that the victim is a hostage taker or terrorist, resulting in the victim’s arrest before investigation determines that the incident involved SWATting.

While prank phone calls are not new, SWATting can involve spoofing, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), social engineering, and phone network compromises. Spoofing software allows the caller to enter fictitious caller ID information. VoIP is the transmission of voice communications over Internet Protocols

(IP), i.e. telephone calls over the Internet. Social engineering is the ability to find and use information to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. SWATters use social engineering to research their targets prior to the incident, which adds legitimacy to the call. For instance, when targets are celebrities they may have the unlisted phone numbers (for accurate spoofing) and addresses of the celebrity. As this information is unlisted, but commonly known to 9-1-1 centers, its inclusion aids in authenticating the call.

Determining if an incident involves SWATting can be extremely difficult during the first few minutes of a response. Advising call center employees on the existence, techniques, and the increasing prevalence of SWATting and implementing a policy of attempting to confirm the incident through a second source, without delaying the response, can help identify poten-tial incidents. As geographically-based sprees do occur, commu-nicating occurrences with other departments can raise alert levels and aid in investigations.

The following two types of incidents are included for situational awareness purposes. Sheriff’s Departments are likely to receive calls about these incidents but suspects are frequently located in other jurisdictions or overseas, and victims are frequently random.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that locks a computer and demands a ransom in exchange for the password. In 2012, a common version of ransomware claimed to origi-nate with police departments and alleged the user committed illegal activity for which they had to pay a fine. The ransomware

stated that once the user paid the fine their computer would be unlocked by the police department. Payment methods included money transfers and online payment systems.

While there may be little a law enforce-ment agency can do to thwart a ransomware case, CIS strongly suggests advising victims to contact a reputable computer or cyberse-curity expert to have their computers prop-erly cleaned. In many cases the ransomware requests a small amount of money ranging from $10-300 US dollars, and because of that relatively small dollar amount, the victim may be tempted to just pay the ransom. However, paying the ransom and “unlocking” the computer means the malware stays on the computer, which opens the computer to further cyber fraud. Paying the ransom may also compromise the victim’s identity and financial information, leading to identity theft and financial fraud.

Point of Sale (POS) compromises are increasingly common, involving insiders and cyber criminals. The POS device is where money transfers from a buyer to a seller. Compromises can include physical tampering with pinpads or cash registers,


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complicit employees, or computer viruses. Th e compromise may aff ect the cash register or the computer that processes the credit card payments, and may target debit cards and PINs or credit card information.

When multiple incidents trace back to a single store, a POS compromise is the most likely culprit. To determine the location and type of compromise, CIS advises that law enforcement agen-cies contact a reputable cyber forensics expert who has knowledge of the particular POS device; the vendor may be able to assist. Th e malicious actors behind the compromise may be local or overseas actors. Generally local actors will use the stolen informa-tion to create fake credit cards, which are then used in the same general geographic area, although some crews are known to travel across multiple state lines on shopping sprees.

3 Common Cyber Threats to Law Enforcement:Th e computerization of jails and prisons creates a new

vulnerability, which inmates intent on expanding their hacking skills, or hackers sentenced to prison can exploit to open doors, access sensitive information, or change information.

In 2011, a United Kingdom-based inmate and hacker was allowed to take computer courses in the maximum security prison, which allowed him access to the prison’s main computer. (Th e prison claimed the educational network was a closed network, preventing the inmate from damaging anything.)2

Researchers demonstrated in 2011 that the door controls in every surveyed prison were connected to the Internet, allowing remote hackers to open and close cell doors. Even without an Internet connection, an infected USB stick could result in the same activity.3

Th e majority of the threat documented above is because the internal jail/prison network was not separate from other networks. Separating Internet-accessible networks, including those used by guards and prisoners to access the Internet, from networks that require a higher degree of security because they control the jail/prison, will greatly reduce the risk of a successful hack. Detailed information regarding hacking is widely available on the Internet, so preventing inmates with strong computer skills from accessing jail/prison computers will minimize but not prevent the threat.

Network administrators should also be able to review the network to ensure all

2 “Jailed British Hacker Hacks Own Prison’s Mainframe,” Net Security, 4 March 2013; http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14538.

3 “Vulnerabilities Give Hackers Ability to Open Prison Cells from Afar,” ARS Technica, Sean Gallagher, 7 November 2011, http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/11/vulnerabilities-give-hack-ers-ability-to-open-prison-cells-from-afar/.

default passwords are changed, enforce minimum requirements for user passwords, and ensure controls for doors and other systems are not connected to the Internet. (Strong passwords combine upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters, are not shared, and are unique to each system. One of the most common vulnerabilities occurs when a password is used to log into more than one account.)

Cameras are everywhere. Unfortunately, just as law enforce-ment can legally use the videos to solve crimes, malicious actors are able to access the cameras through the Internet, allowing remote actors to monitor procedures, identify personnel, or watch responses to test incidents.

Smartphone apps allow citizens to record the video and audio of encounters with police offi cers, and include a covert feature which records while showing a black screen to mimic a turned-off phone.4

In 2012, eight US companies settled claims that they confi g-ured their rented computers to spy on customers by sending screenshots of the customers to the rental companies. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the computers also had keyloggers installed, and the companies used location-tracking software to monitor the computer’s movement.5

CIS recommends advising law enforcement offi cers on the importance of appropriate protections for cameras, including smart phone cameras. Disable or secure wireless, and Bluetooth functionality on department networks and phones to prevent department devices from connecting to any open network.

4 “NJ ACLU App Lets You Tape Po-lice Encounters,” PC Mag, Stephanie Milot, 5 July 2012, http://www.pcmag.com/arti-cle2/0,2817,2406764,00.asp.

5 “FTC Cracks Down on PC Rental Firms that Spied on Users,” PC Mag, Stephanie Milot, 26 September 2012, http://www.pcmag.com/ar-ticle2/0,2817,2410251,00.asp.

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Turn off cameras that are not in use and ask network admin-istrators to ensure that any conference room or other cameras are not connected to the Internet unless that functionality is required. If Internet access is required, keep the camera software updated and whenever possible, install the camera behind a fi rewall and with antivirus software. Consider covering cameras and speakers, on laptops, desktop computers, and in confer-encing equipment when they are not in use.

Like cameras, the use of social networking websites to gather information is an invaluable tool for law enforcement offi cers that criminals can use against law enforcement just as easily.

Doxing is the identifi cation of someone through Internet resources. Most doxing incidents also review personally identifi -able information (PII) regarding the victim, including home addresses, family members, and fi nancial information. Internet activ-ists and hacker groups, such as Anonymous, dox law enforcement offi cials in response to perceived injustices.

Th ere is increasing evidence to support the theory that gangs and drug traffi ckers may use social media to develop intelligence and monitor recruits, targets, and others. Th is includes the possibility of developing intelligence on witnesses, informants, and police offi cers.

Social media security precautions that sheriff s and users should implement to help minimize risks include the following:

Ensure that any computer or device you use to connect to a social media site has proper security measures in place. Most “covert” computers are not, and should be used cautiously when visiting social networking or any website.

Be careful with whom you communi-cate or provide information on social media sites. ‘Friends’ may target law enforcement offi cers and their families to gather informa-tion for malicious activity or to use in legal proceedings. Do not identify yourself as a law enforcement employee.

Consider blocking social network sites at work and allow access to systems and data only to those who need it and protect those access credentials.

Th e above techniques and threats high-light a few scenarios that could impact law enforcement agencies and offi cers. Being aware and alert to the potential dangers are critical factors in minimizing the risk of impact. To learn more about how your department can take advantage of the

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Disclaimer: Th e views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be inter-preted as necessarily representing the offi cial policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.


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Despite the limited and, generally, indirect connection between administers and individual prisoners, when a prisoner dies as a result of prisoner-on-prisoner assault, self-inflicted harm, an accidental injury, a medical problem, or other cause the first name listed among the defendants in litigation is generally that of the chief executive (i.e., sheriff, jail commander, director of corrections, warden). Being named as a defendant does not, however, mean the defendant is culpable. This three day seminar will provide in-depth review of In Custody Deaths and will present a three stage approach to what Sheriffs and Jail Administrators need to know to further protect themselves and the facility from litigation. It will emphasize skills in teaching first responders social and emotional management skills as well as conducting investigations. Seminar topics include:

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Gary DeLand is the past Executive Director of the Utah Sheriffs’ Association and President of DeLand and Associates, Inc. He has traveled to more than 45 states to provide legal issues and other criminal justice training over the last 35 years. Formerly, Gary served as Commander of the Jail Division for the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Executive Director of the UT State Department of Corrections and Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. He has also served as an officer for NSA’s Presidents and Executive Directors Committee and as Chair of the ACA Legal Issues Committee. DeLand is the past Editor-in-Chief and current Executive Editor of the Corrections Managers’ Report and an Executive Advisor for the National Institute for Jail Operations. Steve Sampson, PhD., has also conducted over 300 post-shooting debriefings and traumatic interventions for law enforcement agencies as a law enforcement psychologist. Dr. Sampson is a nationally recognized Master Trainer in Leadership Skills, Social Skills and Conflict Resolution Skills who has presented his training to over 300 agencies and organizations in 35 states over 30 years (agencies such as FBI, USSS, DEA, NSA and CHP). Sean Stewart is a Captain with the Pima County Sheriff’s Office has over 20 years of experience. He is the Division Commander of Housing Operations and has overseen multiple management and tactical operations in his career. He instructs on a national basis and provides continuous assistance to outside law enforcement agencies.

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I briefly remembered seeing the first email from the National Sheriffs’ Association about a first-term Sheriffs class taught by the National Sheriff Institute in Longmont, Colorado.

At that time I decided it was not for me and didn’t respond. Instead I hit the delete button and packed my bags for a short vacation to Galveston, Texas.

The trip to Texas was a long hard 12-hour drive on the open stretch of I-35 black open highway and then falling into a snail pace bumper-to-bumper traffic in Dallas and Houston.

While driving, I kept thinking in the back of my jumbled up crowded brain why I had pushed delete so quickly and did not think things through.

It was going to be a long trip while I punished myself for not slowing down and reading the email about the free Colorado training. Sitting in a classroom for a week with strangers was not why I had signed up for being a Kansas Sheriff or was it?

I knew I must have been talking out loud discussing this over and over to myself. My wife, the school teacher, looked at me from the passenger seat and just shook her head.

I took a long hard gulp of the brown liquid from the Diet Dr. Pepper bottle, pushed down on the car accelerator, cleared my head and arrived in Galveston. The air in Galveston was a salty fish smell with a combination of green ocean water and red Texas heat.

My wife and Texas resident daughter were going to Houston to shop while I protected the homestead and tore apart and cleaned guns. The touch and smell of gun oil would surely clear my mind.

The wife and daughter left and I started tearing down one of the many guns that were available in case of any emergency. I believe it is a rule in Texas that you are required to own a gun, I liked the rule. This was doing the trick, my mind was some-where else while my hands were covered in greasy gun solvent and blackness.

My 24-hour a day, seven days a week, 365 days – including holidays cell phone rang. The caller I.D. showed it was Kiowa County Sheriff, Kendal Lothman. I figured he wanted more of my valuable advice.

I was wrong again, he wanted to know If I had read the email about the free training in Colorado for first-term Sheriffs. I just shook my head in silence. My head started hurting from his words as I told him, yes, I had read it and asked, “did they really want someone like us in Colorado?”

When the wife and daughter returned back from their 3.5 million dollar shopping spree, I was whistling the ‘Yellow Rose of Texas’ and putting the finishing touches to my guns.

The National Sheriff’s Institute – My ExperienceBy Sheriff Scott King, Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas

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The wife, being much smarter than I, with a four-year degree and being a “by the book” sixth grade school teacher knew something was up. I was whistling and seemed relaxed.

While trying not to look at the store bought packages and praying we had gas money to drive back to Kansas, I told her of Sheriff Lothman’s phone call. I figured since he wasn’t here to protect himself from my wife, I could tell her it was his idea about the trip.

The shopping spree must have soothed her, she didn’t yell and said we didn’t have young children anymore so it wasn’t a big deal. I had permission to go.

I thought the hard part was over, but little did I know there was going to be a pre-homework assignment even before all Sheriff applicants were allowed to step foot onto Colorado soil.

The rest of the Galveston trip was enjoyable with family and great food. I dreaded the part getting up early before sunrise to drink a half-gallon of hot black coffee and play NASCAR thru Houston and Dallas back to Kansas.

When I did get back to work, even though I wasn’t the agen-cy’s I.T. person, I was able to retrieve the email from my deleted emails and read the information provided about the training. My head was starting to hurt and I could hear the ringing in my ears with the sledgehammer pounding against my thick skull.

Did Sheriff Lothman really understand what kind of training we were signing up for? I wasn’t going to argue with him, he was


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I called Sheriff Lothman to make sure he received his letter and he had. We were going to leave the hot melting yellow sun of the Kansas prairie and head for cooler grounds.

Then the bad news came, since the training was free from a federal grant, it was canceled since nobody in Washington could play nice and pass a new budget. I called Sheriff Lothman after we both received the bad news, this wasn’t fair and it’s not nice to fool with people who carry guns.

The people in Washington didn’t understand, Sheriff Lothman and I had to write a pre-homework assignment and take a psycho-logical test just to be accepted to go. The psychological tests were not something to fool around with it – they almost make you crazy.

After pouting for several months we were re-contacted about the new budget being set and we were re-scheduled to go. I hope they weren’t crying wolf this time. It could get western real fast. Sheriff Lothman called me with excitement in his voice after he got the news. The poor guy needed a break.

A list of the other Sheriffs attending came out and I noticed Sheriff Barry Walker from Linn County had past the pre-test and psych test and would be joining us in Colorado. Sheriff Walker was much wiser and smarter than me and what was the

National Sheriffs’ Association thinking allowing three Kansas Sheriffs together in another State?

The day came to leave and Sheriff Lothman met me at my Sheriff’s Office so we could carpool together to Colorado. We couldn’t believe we were going, but we didn’t look back, as I smashed down on the patrol truck’s accelerator and felt sorry for our Undersheriffs.

Sheriff Lothman and I arrived in beautiful Colorado and found our hotel. We stepped out of the truck and breathed in the cool refreshing air. We had to quickly unpack and be in the evening orientation class so the instructors could inform us how rough the week was going to be, what was expected out of us, and the dedication we needed to get through it.

The Sheriffs were expected to be in class each day on time and give 100%. The training would be fast and furious, longer than 8-hour days, last for a full week and would end with a short class-room presentation by each Sheriff and a graduation breakfast.

If you don’t like group discussions, to speak in front of people, or to meet new friends, this is not the training for you. I was beginning to get worried.

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Haas v. Burlington County: Exceptions to the Florence Strip Search Decision

By Gary W. DeLand

BackgroundOn April 2, 2012, the United States Supreme Court

decided a landmark strip search case, Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington,1 striking down the existing restrictions of strip searches imposed by nine circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Th e ruling in Florence was welcomed by jail administrators across the nation who had been faced with arguably illogical chal-lenges to their legitimate safety and security interests. Th e prior rulings which the Supreme Court overturned were based on a premise that the dangerousness of an arrestee brought to jail for booking was defi ned by the crime for which he was currently being booked and required that for arrestees being booked on charges not involving serious felonies, violence, or weapons, offi cials could not conduct strip searches without being able to articulate reasonable suspicion that the arrestee possessed drugs, weapons, or other contraband.

Following that landmark decision, I was surprised to hear a colleague warn that jail offi cials should be cautious about changing their admission strip search policies because of Part IV of the decision and because lawyers and judges who disagreed with the ruling would fi nd ways to distin-guish – or carve out exceptions to – the Florence decision. Before the ink was dry on the Supreme Court’s decision, an eff ort was initiated to challenge the policies again. Florence was a class-action suit; however, two plaintiff s Haas and Szczpaniak had opted out of the class action to pursue their claims in a separate action. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Haas and Szczpaniak amended their complaints and petitioned the court to allow them to continue to liti-gate their claims.

Although the Florence decision eliminated the require-ment that jail offi cials articulate reasonable or individual

1 566 U.S. ; 132 S.Ct. 1510 (2012).

ized suspicion that the arrestee possessed contraband, two of the justices in the majority – Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito – in Part IV of the decision questioned the applicability of the ruling for prisoners who would not be placed in general population. According to Justice Alito, “It is important to note, however, that the Court does not hold that it is always reasonable to conduct a full strip search of an arrestee . . . who could be held in available facilities apart from the general population.”2 Justices Alito and Roberts left open the possibility of an exception for pris-oners who would be released before entering the general population or who could be held separate in available facili-ties from general population.

Th e Haas motion to amend was heard and approved by a U.S. Judge Magistrate who relied upon four dissenting opinions (justices who disagreed with the majority ruling) and the two concurring opinions which speculated about possible future exceptions. Th e Magistrate the decided the plaintiff s had a plausible chance of to prevail if their motion to amend was granted.3 Th e Haas ruling allows a closer look at the Supreme Court’s rationale or reasoning in approving strip searches at admission without the need for reasonable suspicion.

Th ough only a ruling from a single magistrate court, it is possible that other plaintiff s may try to cox similar rulings from other courts to get around the Florence deci-sion. Putting aside the interesting approach used by the magistrate to fi nd the four dissenting and two concurring opinions more persuasive than in the clear language of the majority opinion, I believe it worthwhile to compare

2 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1524 (2012) (Alito, J., concurring) (emphasis added).

3 Haas v. Burlington County, 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS (D.C. N.J. 11/13/12).


the magistrate’s ruling with the language in the Supreme Court’s ruling.

It would appear that the magistrate finds three possible exceptions to the Florence decision, including:

“a situation where a person was arrested for a ‘minor’ offense”;

the person was “not admitted to the general population”; and

“there was no reasonable suspicion she/he was carrying contraband.”4

This article will discuss each of the magistrate’s three exceptions.

Persons Arrested for Minor Offenses

A. Did the Supreme Court rule that there was an exception for persons arrested for minor offenses? The Judge Magistrate in Haas saw a possible exception in “situ-ation where a person was arrested for a ‘minor’ offense.” Clearly, Justice Kennedy took the opposite approach. It should be remembered that the plaintiff in the Florence case was arrested during a traffic stop on a bench warrant for failure to appear; however, it was later determined that the fine had been paid. Florence was not exactly John Dillinger. Perhaps, the best way to put that claimed excep-tion to rest is to quote relevant passages from the majority opinion. Justice Kennedy writing for the Court made the following statements in the ruling.

1. “There were many justifications for imposing a general ban rather than trying to carve out exceptions for certain detainees. Among other problems, it would be ‘a difficult if not impossible task’ to identify ‘inmates who have propensities for violence, escape, or drug smug-gling.’ This was made ‘even more difficult by the brevity of detention and the constantly changing nature of the inmate population.’”5

2. “It also may be difficult, as a practical matter, to classify inmates by their current and prior offenses before the intake search. Jails can be even more dangerous than prisons because officials there know so little about the people they admit at the outset. An arrestee may be carrying a false ID or lie about his identity. The officers who conduct an initial search often do not have access to criminal history records. And those records can be inac-curate or incomplete. In the absence of reliable informa-

4 Haas v. Burlington County, 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS (D.C. N.J. 11/13/12), p. 6.

5 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1516 (2012)(emphasis added) (internal citations omitted).

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tion it would be illogical to require officers to assume the arrestees in front of them do not pose a risk of smuggling something into the facility.”6

3. “Even if [jail officials] had accurate information about a detainee’s current and prior arrests, officers . . . would encounter serious implementation difficulties. They would be required, in a few minutes, to determine whether any of the underlying offenses were serious enough to authorize the more invasive search protocol. Other possible classifica-tions based on characteristics of individual detainees also might prove to be unworkable or even give rise to charges of discriminatory application. Most officers would not be well equipped to make any of these legal determinations during the pressures of the intake process. To avoid liability, offi-cers might be inclined not to conduct a thorough search in any close case, thus creating unnecessary risk for the entire jail population.”7

4. “The Court has also recognized that deterring the possession of contraband depends in part on the ability to conduct searches without predictable exceptions.”8

5. Citing Hudson v. Palmer,9 the Court recognized 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.”

6. “The restrictions [on strip searches] 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.”10

It should be clear that Justice Kennedy provided no support for an exception to strip searches based on the severity of the crime for which a prisoner is being booked. The Magistrate’s ruling in Haas leads to an unsupportable conclusion that dangerous criminals never commit petty crimes. One look at the criminal histories of dangerous and violent criminals will reveal a mix of felonies, misde-meanors, and even traffic related offences. Is it possible that a felon is only dangerous if his current offence is a violent

6 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1521 (2012) (emphasis added).

7 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1522 (2012) (internal citations omit-ted) (emphasis added). (internal citations omitted).

8 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1516 (2012) (internal citations omit-ted) (emphasis added). (emphasis added).

9 468 U. S. 517, 529 (1984).10 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of

Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1521 (2012).


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crime and will act like a choir boy if his current arrest is only for a minor crime? Such reasoning would seem to defy logic.

Persons Not Placed in General Population

Should jail officials be prohibited from strip searching an arrestee who will not been admitted to the general popula-tion? According to Part IV of the Florence decision that is a question not fully considered by the decision.

This case does not require the Court to rule on the types of searches that would be reasonable in instances where, for example, a detainee will be held without assignment to the general jail population and without substantial contact with other detainees.

Part IV raises the question, “What is general popula-tion?” The language used by Chief Justice Roberts in writing Part IV of the decision refers to prisoners “without substantial contact with other detainees.” At this point, it may be important for jail official to provide a more precise definition of “general population” and to distin-guish “general population” from “general housing.” The Court recognized “the risk of increased danger to everyone in the facility, including the less serious offenders themselves”11 if prisoners are not strip searched, and Chief Justice Roberts in Part IV questions whether Florence covers prisoners who do not have “substantial contact with other detainees.” Thus, it would not be unreasonable to conclude that general population would also include holding areas where prisoners may be housed together – often for several hours – awaiting admission processing.

The Courts full majority approved strip searches and found them essential to protect prisoners and staff by:

A. Discovering contagious disease, lice, and other vermin;

B. Identifying tattoos and other indicators of gang involvement; and

C. Interdicting contraband (i.e., drugs, weapons).Each of the reasons listed above for strip searching

arrestees before they are moved to general housing, also apply to persons being held in intake areas. This many jails are now defining “general population” as any area where prisoners are being held in “substantial contact with other detainees.” “General housing” would be defined as cell assignments which are made following classification. Thus, the only possible exception would be for a prisoner who is held in a manner that does not provide substantial contact with other prisoners and who will be released from custody prior to such contact with others.

11 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1522 (2012).

No Reasonable Suspicion Arrestee Was Carrying Contraband

The Haas decision also offers a third exception to conducting strip searches at admission when “there was no reasonable suspicion she/he was carrying contraband.”12 What? That is what Florence was all about; overturning the large majority of U.S. Courts of Appeals that had adopted that requirement. Part III of the Florence deci-sion begins with a paragraph addressing that issue directly:

The question here is whether undoubted security imper-atives involved in jail supervision override the assertion that some detainees must be exempt from the more invasive search procedures at issue absent reasonable suspicion of a concealed weapon or other contraband. The Court has held that deference must be given to the officials in charge of the jail unless there is substantial evidence demon-strating their response to the situation is exaggerated.13

Citing Hudson v. Palmer,14 the Court recognized that “[f ]or one to advocate that prison searches must be conducted only . . . when suspicion is directed at a partic-ular inmate is to ignore the realities of prison opera-tion. Inmates would adapt to any pattern or loopholes they discovered in the search protocol and then under-mine the security of the institution.” The majority deci-sion recognizes the nature of jail populations. If plaintiffs had prevailed in Florence the resulting increase in contra-band, the greater difficulty in identifying gang members and segregating members of security threat groups, and the potential for introducing vermin and infectious disease into the jail would have been contrary to the health, safety, and well-being of the prisoners themselves.

12 Haas v. Burlington County, 1:08-cv-01102-NLH-JS (D.C. N.J. 11/13/12), p. 6.

13 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 1521 (2012), quoting Block v. Ruther-ford, 468 U. S. 576, 584–585 (internal quotation marks omitted).

14 468 U. S. 517, 529 (1984).


Government Aff airs

Government Affairs Update (As of July 2013)

By Timothy O. Woods, J.D., M.A., LL.M.Director of Government Aff airs & Contractsand Breanna Bock-Nielsen, M.S., Legislative Liaison

113th Congress – 1st SessionTh is update covers the period of April 23, 2013 – July

15, 2013.

NSA is Among Panelists in FCC Workshop on Inmate Calling Services

On July 10th, the Federal Communications Commission held an all-day workshop entitled Reforming Inmate Calling Services Rates. Among the panelists for one of the work-shop’s three panels was NSA Director of Government Aff airs & Contracts Tim Woods on “Panel III: Inmate Calling Services.” Th e other law enforcement representative on this panel was Assistant Sheriff Mitch Lucas, Charleston County, SC, representing the American Jail Association as 1st Vice President. Panel III also included the heads of Inmate Calling Services (ICS) providers Pay Tel Communications and Telmate. Th e two remaining panelists were pro bono counsel to Ms. Martha Wright and the petitioners before the FCC “seeking to end excessive inmate telephone rates,” and the Executive Director of the Prison Policy Initiative, which “documents the impact of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and the national welfare in order to empower the public to improve policy.”

FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn’s opening remarks at the workshop, as excerpted below, included the following:

“Nearly 10 years ago Martha Wright, a grandmother from Washington, DC, fi led a petition to the FCC seeking relief from what she described as exorbitant long-distance rates from correctional facilities. Since then, tens of thousands of others have contacted the Commission complaining that the costs they incur to stay in touch with their loved ones are unaff ordable….Th ese are prisoners who have broken the law, and they deserve to be punished, so why should we care that they are being charged extra for phone calls, some ask? Well, I have an answer to that ques-tion that requires you to keep two numbers in mind: 2.7 million and 700,000. In the United States, 2.7 million chil-

dren have at least one parent in prison, and many of them want and need to maintain a connection to that parent. In addition to coping with the anxiety or insecurity of having an incarcerated parent, these young people are suff ering untold economic hardships, which are being exacerbated by an unaff ordable inmate calling structure….Regardless of why that inmate is in jail, the exorbitant inmate calling regime deeply and chronically aff ects the most vulner-able among us....Each year, 700,000 inmates are released from correctional facilities, back into society. Whether or not these prisoners successfully re-assimilate has huge soci-etal implications. Multiple studies indicate that having meaningful contact beyond the prison walls can make a real diff erence in maintaining community ties, promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism….We’ve got our work cut out for us, because, while the need for prison pay phone reform may be clear, the actual mechanics are quite complicated. It’s not as simple as just reducing rates. We need to do so in a way that doesn’t jeopardize any security concerns or drive prices down so low that providers leave or service is degraded. Of the many complex issues to tackle are the costs to provide service in small facilities versus large ones and the argument that the rates should consider those costs….Reforming the inmate calling regime is a Federal Communications Commission priority. It is important that we expedite this review, given the impact on families, espe-cially low-income families….”

In representation of NSA, Mr. Woods delivered the following opening remarks at the workshop, as excerpted below:

“[T]he National Sheriff s’ Association supports any FCC rulemaking ‘to ensure just and reasonable Inmate Calling Services rates’….Sheriff s recognize that continuity of communications between inmates and their families…is vitally important, and can also be a positive infl uence for an inmate’s re-integration into society after their release from incarceration. But, Sheriff s — who operate 80% of the jails in this country — also have public safety responsibilities;


Government Affairs (continued)

and there are dangerous individuals in jails who use inmate calling services to contact their victims, and witnesses to their crime; plan escapes; and exploit telephone privileges to continue their criminal activities while incarcerated….[O]ne cannot compare the cost of a monitored telephone call from inside a jail to the cost of unlimited, long-distance monthly calling plans outside of a correctional setting….Furthermore, in establishing just and reasonable rates, one cannot lump all correctional settings — jails and prisons — together. A one size fits all is not just and reasonable when jails and prisons differ in their population size, and thus, the size of the calling service system; and in the frequency of their population turnover….[T]he National Sheriffs’ Association supports transparency in all the costs and so-called ‘commissions,’ pejoratively referred to as ‘kick-backs,’ associated with inmate calling service rates….The so-called ‘commissions’ are used by jails as ‘cost recovery’ mechanisms to recoup the administration costs of inmate calling services. In addition, depending on the locality, part of the so called ‘commissions’ are used for jail inmate welfare and benefit programs….[F]inally, the National Sheriffs’ Association is committed to working in partnership with the FCC, inmate families, and calling service providers to ensure just and reasonable Inmate Calling Service rates. And, in this work to ensure just and reasonable rates, we ask that you also partner with the National Sheriffs’ Association to help us ensure public safety, including safety for the staff and inmates of jails.”

To watch the FCC Workshop on videotape, visit http://www.fcc.gov/events/workshop-reforming-inmate-calling-services-rates. To read the opening remarks delivered by Mr. Woods in representation of NSA, see www.sheriffs.org/RemarksFCCJuly10.

NSA Meets with FCC to Discuss Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services

On July 8th, NSA Immediate Past President, Sheriff Larry Amerson, and NSA Government Affairs staff met with Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, Federal Communications Commission, to discuss NSA’s concerns about the FCC’s proposed rulemaking on rates for inter-state inmate calling services. This meeting was in follow up to the Comment submitted by NSA to the FCC on March 25th regarding the proposed rulemaking, which is available at www.sheriffs.org/CommentOnICS.

NSA Supports Nomination of James Comey, Jr. as FBI Director

On July 8th, NSA sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, in support of the Obama Administration’s nomination of James Comey, Jr., as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In its letter of support for Mr. Comey, NSA writes: “His many former positions, especially as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Acting Chairman for Weed & Seed of Richmond, Virginia, evidence the breadth of his experience working with law enforcement to protect our communities from crime and our nation from terrorism. In short, Mr. Comey understands the responsi-bilities and challenges we in local law enforcement face each and every day.”

See NSA’s letter at www.sheriffs.org/FBINomineeComey.

NSA Signs On to Letter Expressing Concern with Implementation of NPGP in FY 2014

On June 28th, NSA was among the 13 national organi-zation signatories, representing other local elected officials, including major county sheriffs, mayors and county admin-istrators, as well as emergency managers, major city chiefs, and the fire service, of a letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations (Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chair, and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), Ranking Member) and its Subcommittee on Homeland Security (Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Chair, and Senator Dan Coats (R-IN), Ranking Member) expressing concern with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Preparedness Grant Program (NGPG) proposal. In the letter, the signa-tories state:

“The proposal would convert the current suite of home-land security grant programs into state-administered block and competitive grant programs in which funding deci-sions are based on state and multi-state threat assessments without clear local involvement. As you develop the Fiscal Year 2014 homeland security appropriations bill, we urge you to include language, similar to the language in the House-passed H.R. 2217, which would prohibit FEMA from implementing the NPGP in FY 2014 without explicit congressional authorization. We also urge you to provide specific funding levels for each homeland security grant program, including the State Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban Areas Security Initiative, port security, and transportation security grant programs, as Congress did for the current fiscal year.”

The signatories proceed to say that, although “FEMA made changes in its FY 2014 budget proposal in response to some of the concerns which our organizations raised, the proposal still contains several items of concern. These items include the collapse of all of the current programs into a consolidated program that would no longer guarantee the retention of key programs; the removal of the 25 percent set-aside for law enforcement terrorism prevention; and the expansion of the pool of eligible applicants for the portion


of the funds which must be passed through to local govern-ments to include port and transit authorities and private organizations.”

See the entire text of this letter, including signatories, at www.sheriffs.org/SenateNPGP2014.

NSA Urges FCC to Have Sheriff Representation at Workshop on Inmate Calling Services

On June 14th, NSA sent a letter to the FCC in regard to its June 13th announcement that the Commission would be holding a July 10th workshop “to gather additional data on inmate calling services.” NSA’s letter to the FCC requested that “Sheriffs’ expertise not be disregarded, and that Sheriffs’ advice not go unheeded, in discussions on Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services.” Subsequently, NSA was invited to have panelist representation at the workshop.

NSA Supports the Border Security Results ActOn June 13th, NSA sent a letter to Representative

Michael McCaul (R-10th TX), original sponsor of the Border Security Results Act (H.R. 1417), expressing NSA’s support for this Act, which requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security develop and implement a comprehen-sive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the United States.

In the letter to Representative McCaul, NSA states: “Your bill will be very helpful to local law enforcement by requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to evaluate the success of current border strategies and modify existing strategies to achieve optimal levels of situational awareness and operational border control.”

See NSA’s letter at www.sheriffs.org/HR1417.

NSA Signs On to Letter in Support of the Metal Theft Prevention Act

On June 13th, NSA joined 28 other signatories in a letter to original cosponsors Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in support of the Metal Theft Prevention Act (S.394).

Metal theft is a problem that plagues businesses in a wide array of industries, threatens public safety, and causes great harm to the communications, utility, and transpor-tation infrastructure. Thieves steal copper communica-tions lines, electrical wiring, air conditioning units, and countless other sources of metal that they then sell to scrap yards. Although most States have enacted laws specifically addressing metal theft, it is important that Federal law and the Federal government complement the efforts of State and local authorities.

See the text of this letter, including signatories, at www.sheriffs.org/S394.


NSA Supports the Excellence in Mental Health Act

On June 6th, NSA sent a letter to original cosponsors Representative Doris Matsui (D-6th CA) and Representative Leonard Lance (R-7th NJ) in support of the Excellence in Mental Health Act (H.R. 1263). This Act will expand access to care at community mental health centers across the United States and hold the mental healthcare system accountable through higher standards.

Individuals with serious mental health conditions often lack access to care, and the results can be disastrous. Not only are these individuals significantly overrepresented in the criminal justice system, but local law enforcement officers are frequently diverted from their regular duties to respond to psychiatric emergencies. In these situations, offi-cers oftentimes lack the specialized training to handle an individual with a serious mental health condition, placing the officer and the individual in a potentially dangerous situation. This Act will offer local criminal justice agencies better resources for managing a psychiatric emergency.


NSA Signs On to Letter of Concern for FY 2014 Byrne JAG Funding

On June 5th, NSA joined with 50 other national organi-zations in a letter requesting that funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program be spared from further funding cuts in FY 2014.

The sign-on letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Appropriations (Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chair, and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), Ranking Member) and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies (Representative Frank Wolf (R-10th VA), Chair, and Representative Chaka Fattah (D-2nd PA), Ranking Member).

Byrne JAG is the cornerstone Federal crime-fighting program, supporting the Federal government’s crucial role in spurring innovation, as well as testing and replicating evidence-based practices nationwide. States and locali-ties use Bynre JAG to test emerging and evidence-based approaches to the public safety challenges in their jurisdic-tions. Moreover, insofar as Byrne JAG is flexible, States and local communities are able to use funding to address needs and fill gaps across the entire criminal justice system.

In the letter, the 51 signatories write: “The reductions in funding to the Byrne JAG program in FY10 and FY11 exacted a toll on crime prevention and crime fighting initia-tives in communities across the country. We thank you for protecting the Byrne JAG program in the FY13 bill and we respectfully request that you again protect Byrne JAG from further cuts in the FY14 appropriations cycle.”

See the entire text of this letter, including signatories, at www.sheriffs.org/ByrneJAG2014.



NSA Supports Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act

On June 5th, NSA sent a letter to original cosponsors Representative Robert Latta (R-5th OH) and Representative Jim Matheson (D-4th UT) in support of the Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act (H.R. 1919). This Act will strengthen the security of the nation’s pharmaceutical distribution chain and provide better protection against counterfeit prescription drugs.

The counterfeiting of prescription drugs is on the rise within the United States but oftentimes goes unnoticed or unreported, leaving many Americans unaware of this problem and everyone’s health at risk. Furthermore, some experts have cited the counterfeiting of these medicines as even more lucrative than the trafficking of illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine.

Although pharmaceutical distribution occurs at a nationwide level, current standards for the distribution supply chain vary by State, thereby creating a patchwork of regulations and, concomitantly, opportunities for coun-terfeiters to infiltrate the supply chain. The Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act will establish a national stan-dard of tracing requirements for manufacturers, wholesale distributors, pharmacies and re-packagers based on changes in ownership. Additionally, the Act establishes a collab-orative, transparent process between the Food and Drug Administration and stakeholders to study ways to make the pharmaceutical supply chain more secure.

Passed in the House on June 3rd, the Act now goes to the Senate for consideration. See NSA’s letter at www.sheriffs.org/HR1919.

PSA Urges FCC to Adopt Incentive Auction Rules in Auction of Repurposed Broadcast Spectrum

On May 30th, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA), of which NSA is one of the eight members, sent a letter to Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, and Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai, of the Federal Communications Commission, urging the FCC “to adopt incentive auction rules that will result in auction revenue of the repurposed broadcast spectrum consistent with the Commission’s public interest mandate.”

PSA is a partnership of the nation’s leading public safety associations, which, in addition to NSA, includes the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International; the International Association of Chiefs of Police; the International Association of Fire Chiefs; the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association; the Major County Sheriffs’ Association; the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association; and the National Association of State EMS Officials.

In the letter to the FCC, PSA writes that “the deploy-ment of a state-of-the art Nationwide Public Safety

Broadband Network (NPSBN) cannot wait any longer. American lives are at stake, and it is imperative that we, as a nation, provide our emergency personnel with all of the tools they need to respond effectively in times of crisis.” The PSA letter continues as follows:

“With the Spectrum Act, Congress found a way to fund a new NPSBN (or FirstNet). Securing that funding, however, depends on the successful implementation of an unprec-edented two-sided incentive auction of spectrum currently used by broadcast television stations. There was widespread support within Congress for this unique incentive auction structure, and many members of Congress have made clear that they expect the auction to yield at least $7 billion for the deployment of a state-of-the-art public safety network.

But like all of the goals of the Spectrum Act — from real-locating as much spectrum as possible to mobile broadband to reducing the national debt — the goal of using the auction proceeds to deploy FirstNet depends upon a successful auction that realizes the full value of the repurposed broad-cast spectrum. The upcoming incentive auction represents the best and perhaps only chance for the next several years to raise the billions of dollars necessary to fund FirstNet….

In short, the Commission faces significant challenges in this auction to raise sufficient revenues to reallocate a mean-ingful amount of spectrum from television broadcasters to mobile carriers, while also funding the cost of the auction and the costs of deploying critical public safety infrastruc-ture. The PSA urges the Commission to adopt incentive auction rules that will result in auction revenue of the repurposed broadcast spectrum consistent with its public interest mandate under the Communication Act.”

See the PSA letter at www.sheriffs.org/PSA.

NSA Supports Reauthorization of Matching Grant Program for School Security

On May 21st, NSA sent a letter to Representative John Barrow (D-12th GA) in support of an act Congressman Barrow planned to introduce (subsequently introduced as H.R. 2583 on June 28th) that reauthorizes from 2014 through 2018 the Federal matching grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, that expired in 2009.

The program, administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, provides Federal matching grants for “improved security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.” Congressman Barrow’s bill adds language to include program funding for the “acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.” This new language allows school systems, for example, to install direct links, or panic buttons, in classrooms to law enforcement officials.




Sheriffs and NSA Attend Obama Administration Briefing on Immigration Reform

On May 14th, five sheriffs and NSA Government Affairs’ staff were among the attendees at the Obama Administration’s Common Sense Immigration Reform Briefing for Law Enforcement and Attorneys General, held at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.

At the briefing, Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security; Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West, Department of Justice; Director Gil Kerlikowske, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and Associate Director Julie Chavez, Latino Affairs and Immigration, Office of Public Engagement, The White House, discussed the Senate’s Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744); promoted support for its passage; and took questions from the audience.

The following Sheriffs, all of whom had questions for the Administration representatives, were in attendance for the briefing: Sheriff Paul Babeu, Pinal County, AZ; Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, Bristol County, MA; Sheriff Margaret Mims, Fresno County, CA; Sheriff Sam Page, Rockingham County, NC; and Sheriff Richard Stanek, President, Major County Sheriffs’ Association, Hennepin County, MN.

On June 27th, the Senate voted by a 68 to 32 margin for passage of S. 744. It now faces an uphill battle in the House.

NSA Supports the Nomination of Tony West as Associate Attorney General

On May 6th, NSA sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman, and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary, in support of the nomination of Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West to fill the position full-time.

Mr. West has been in the acting position since March 2012, and was nominated by President Obama for this position as third in command at Main Justice in September 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination on June 13th, and it now moves to the full Senate for consideration.

In its letter of support, NSA writes: “Mr. West’s extensive experience as a state and federal prosecutor prove that he will be a committed advocate for law enforcement and public safety. Mr. West has developed partnerships with all levels of law enforcement through his work as an assistant U.S. Attorney, a special assistant attorney general for the state of California, and a senior official in the Justice Department.”

See NSA’s letter at www.sheriffs.org/TonyWest.

NSA Supports the National Blue Alert ActOn May 6th, NSA sent a letter to Representative Robert

Goodlatte (R-6th VA), Chairman, and Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-13th MI), Ranking Member, House Committee on the Judiciary, in support of the National Blue Alert Act (H.R. 180), which passed in the House on May 14th and now goes to the Senate for consideration.

Every year, Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers are killed or severely injured in the line of duty. In most States, there is currently no system to transmit infor-mation to the public on suspects after law enforcement officers have been seriously injured or killed. This gives an opportunity for the suspects to avoid apprehension for days, and in some cases months and years.

A national Blue Alert system would be designed to be compatible with the successful Amber Alert systems already in place nationwide. H.R. 180 will enable the Attorney General to establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice to disseminate information

when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.

Currently, multiple States have successful variations of the Blue Alert system, and though other States are slowly seeing the benefit of imple-menting this type of system, the lack of a nationally linked system allows for suspects to avoid apprehension by escaping to another State. The ability to implement a national Blue Alert system will greatly help in the swift apprehension of suspects involved in officers’ injuries or death.


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Project Lifesaver International Introduces: New Search Technology and a More Inclusive Approach to Protecting “At Risk” Individuals during the National

Sheriff’s ConferenceOn Sunday June 23, 2013 at the National Sheriff’s Conference, Project Lifesaver’s CEO & Founder, Gene Saunders, delivered an in depth discussion and presentation of the latest technology in Search & Rescue for “At Risk” individuals. Chief Saunders demonstrated the latest multi-mode Search & Rescue technology, SARTrak, which is in fi nal testing and will soon be available to Project Lifesaver agencies.

Additionally, he discussed policy and program changes that will allow agency’s to customize both their program (Providing Program Options) as well as the tracking technology that best meet the specifi c needs of the “At Risk” individual and their caregivers.

For more information about Project Lifesaver International, SARTrak and the new program options, please visit our website at www.projectlifesaver.org or contact:

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Meet the Sheriff is a regular feature of Sheriff magazine to get to know Sheriff s from around the country.

Sheriff Ken CampbellBoone County, Indiana

Sheriff Ken Campbell is serving his second term as the elected Sheriff of Boone County, Indiana. He started work at the Sheriff ’s Offi ce in 1979 as a 19 year old “Turnkey” taking care of the inmates and the radio. After turning 21, Sheriff Campbell attended the county’s fi rst Sheriff Reserve Deputy Academy and became a Reserve Deputy (and fi rst Reserve Unit Commander). A few years later, he was hired as a Deputy Sheriff and worked his way through the ranks until being elected Sheriff in 2006.

Sheriff Campbell’s interest in law enforcement began in Junior High School when local Offi cers spoke at a Career Day. Once out of high school and commuting to Indiana University, an opportunity to work as a Turnkey at the Sheriff ’s Offi ce became available.

Once he worked for the Sheriff ’s Offi ce, he knew that law enforcement work was best for him. Sheriff Campbell says “Th e Offi ce of Sheriff can do so much in so many areas serving the public that it was the obvious choice.”

Former Sheriff Ern Hudson who continues to be a great mentor and the greatest infl uence and inspiration for him to work toward holding the Offi ce of Sheriff hired Sheriff Campbell. He says, “It is a great honor to represent all the great men and women that I am fortunate to work with and the

outstanding folks of Boone County Indiana. It truly is a great place to work, live and raise a family.”

Sheriff Campbell’s hope is that he can have some positive infl uence or inspiration on other young Deputies to be the best they can be.

Sheriff Campbell is a graduate of Indiana University and the National Sheriff s’ Institute. He is a Rangemaster at the nation’s oldest shooting school, Gunsite Academy Inc. and has had the honor of teaching some of our nation’s fi nest military, law enforcement, and citizens.

He has been married for 35 years to his high school sweet-heart, Shari. Th ey have two adult sons, Kiel and Logan.

Boone County, Indiana has a population of 56,640 within 425 square miles. Th e Sheriff ’s Offi ce has over 65 employees, sworn and civilian. Th e Offi ce is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. Services provided include, Enforcement, Jail, Communications (911 Center), Investigations, Administration and Civil Division with budgets exceeding $5 million dollars. Boone County was recognized as the 5th Safest Rural County in America (according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports) in 2007.

Photo Source: The Lebanon Reporter, Lebanon IN

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