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Michigan
State University Team
National Cadre of Trainers
Michigan State University Team: Brit Weber (MSU Project Director; Contributor Module 4) Brit Weber, B.S., S.P.H.R., serves as the Principal Investigator and Director for this program. He is an Academic Specialist in the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Brit is also Project Coordinator on the Critical Incident Protocol – A Public and Private Partnership project. Prior to his current position, he served 26 years with the Michigan State Police holding various positions in the Uniform Division. Along with being a Community Service Officer specializing in Juvenile, Security and Crime Prevention issues, he worked on emergency management, enhanced 911, criminal justice, enhanced court service and other community service boards, in addition to working on local, state and federal multi-agency cooperatives, along with supervising community policing initiatives. His career included earning Bravery and other departmental and community awards. He retired as a Lieutenant, as the Assistant Commander of the Ypsilanti Post. Brit than joined the R.W. Mercer Company as the Manager of Safety and Human Resources responsible for all safety/security functions and human resource responsibilities. After three years he left and joined the United Nation’s Peace Keeping Mission in Kosovo, Yugoslavia where he was a Project Coordinator and Instructor with the United Nation’s Police Force. He developed and administered various training programs for the newly created Kosovo Police Service. After completing his one-year contract he returned to the United States to his current position with MSU. Brit received his Bachelors in Public Safety from Eastern Michigan University, completed the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command and earned the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. He has over twenty years of training experience in management, criminal justice and employee-development programs. Brit can be reached at Brit.Weber@ssc.msu.edu Michael W. Morrissey (MSU Program Manager and Developer; Contributor Modules 0, 1, 2, 4, and 5) Michael Morrissey, B.S., is an Academic Specialist on the Outreach Staff of the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. He is the Program Coordinator and Course Developer for the Executive Level Law Enforcement training program for officers responding to Weapons of Mass Destruction incidents. This program is the result of a contract awarded by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) under a grant from the Office for Domestic Preparedness. Mike joined the Outreach Program in January 2003. Mr. Morrissey retired on January 3, 2002 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) after serving nearly 30 years as a Federal civil servant. His most recent position was the Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division. Mr. Morrissey had been appointed to this position in August of 1998. The responsibility and jurisdiction of this office was ATF regulatory and criminal enforcement operations throughout the State of Michigan. Mr. Morrissey directed the daily activities of the ATF Special Agents and Inspectors assigned to the Detroit Field Division, with offices in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Marquette. Mr. Morrissey joined ATF in 1975 as a Special Agent in ATF's Birmingham, Alabama Field Office. In that position, Mr. Morrissey investigated the entire range of ATF related crimes from "moonshine" to significant homicide bombings and arsons. His subsequent assignments included Instructor details at the ATF Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Glynco, Georgia, where he was an instructor in advanced explosives training. In 1985, Mr. Morrissey began his management career after being promoted to a supervisor of a general, criminal enforcement group in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1987, Mr. Morrissey was transferred to Bureau Headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving as an Operations Officer/Program Manager in the Programs and Procedures Branch, Planning and Analysis Division. He was later promoted in place as the Special Agent in Charge. While at Headquarters, Mr. Morrissey also served as a Coordinator and an instructor in the ATF Supervisors Training Program. In 1990, Mr. Morrissey was appointed the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco, California Field Division Office. Among his other noted leadership positions within ATF, Mr. Morrissey was the Team Supervisor of the Special Response Team (SRT) in San Francisco, California, and later the Western (U.S.) Team Supervisor of the National Response Team (NRT). The SRT (special weapons and tactics) is responsible for high-risk enforcement activities, and the NRT investigates significant bombing incidents such as the World Trade Center or the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Mr. Morrissey graduated in June 1972 from the School of Criminal Justice at MSU, and has completed some post-graduate work in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. From February 1973 through April 1975, Mr. Morrissey served on active duty in the United States Air Force as the Officer in Charge of Law Enforcement and Corrections at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota. Mike remains active as a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) and the Michigan Association of Chief’s of Police (MACP). Mike can be reached at michael.morrissey@ssc.msu.edu Bridget Long Bridget can be reached at 517-356-9648 or on email at brlong@msu.edu (MSU Training Coordinator) Danah Henriksen (MSU Program Assistant and Website Administrator; Module 8, Web Site) Danah Henriksen, M.A. works with various Outreach projects involving web page research, development and maintenance for several of the grant projects. Danah coordinates with Michigan State’s Virtual University on the upcoming Outreach training being offered online, and assists with research and curriculum design and format for upcoming trainings. She is currently a doctoral candidate working towards her Ph.D. in the MSU College of Education’s Learning, Technology, and Culture program. Danah can be reached at: danah.henriksen@ssc.msu.edu Radford W. Jones (MSU Consultant; Contributor Module 4) Rad Jones, B.S., is an Academic Specialist concentrating in security related programs and joint private/public sector cooperative efforts. In 1997, Rad retired as the Manager of Security & Fire Protection, Ford Motor Company, where he was responsible for directing worldwide investigations, executive security matters, and the development/implementation /audit of comprehensive asset protection programs. Prior to joining Ford in 1983, Rad retired after a 20-year career with the U.S. Secret Service. During his career, he was in charge of several major field offices and held supervisory positions in other field offices and headquarters divisions. He was assigned to Presidential and Vice Presidential protective duties for approximately 11 years. Rad is a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and serves on the Private Sector Liaison Committee. He is a member of the International Security Managers Association and American Society of Industrial Security. He served seven years on the Secretary of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council addressing international security problems. He was active in developing investigative protocols for IACP publications on investigation of drugs in the workplace and combating violence in the workplace. He has been involved in developing a number of crime prevention and security awareness programs on a global basis and has received a number of commendations from various associations and organizations for his support and participation in law enforcement and security activities. Visit the security web page or learn about the Masters On-Line program at Internet Security Management Masters Program. Rad can be reached at rad.jones@ssc.msu.edu Joel Carlson (Module 6, MSU Facilitator and IACP Instructor) Joel Carlson, M.S., is a currently a consultant on counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction response, and security related matters. Prior to this he was a Principal of the Technical Staff for Sandia National Laboratories, where he was responsible for multi-agency leadership classes in nuclear/radiological response. He served as a laboratory liaison to Federal, state, county, and local radiological emergency response assets in criminal misuse of radiological/nuclear weapons and materials and in development of technical support to those communities. Mr. Carlson has also worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he developed policy and procedures in security and emergency response; developed and managed a personnel security adjudication program; worked in intelligence systems development, emergency management, law enforcement and legal liaison, document and information security and operations security for the Department of Emergency. Prior to this, from 1967 to 1988 he was a Field Executive, Inspector, Supervisor and Investigative Agent with the FBI. He is a member of the Society of Former Agents of the FBI, the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and the IACP Committee on Terrorism. William “Jack” Sidoran, EdD. (Contributor Modules 1, 2, 4, MSU Facilitator and IACP Instructor) Dr. William “Jack” Sidoran has served as a public safety director and chief of police for five jurisdictions in three states. The most notable jurisdiction is Charleston County, South Carolina. He recently retired from the Brevard Public Schools, Florida (75,000 students), as Chief of Police and the Director of Public Safety. While serving in positions of leadership Chief Sidoran stressed increased training, community interaction, and improved inter-departmental relationships, with an emphasis on value centered community oriented policing. Following his honorable combat service in the United States Marine Corps, he was employed as a police officer, command level law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency training director, fire department training officer, operations manager for an international private security company, and as the director of technical assistance for the National Crime Prevention Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. He has been state certified as a law enforcement officer, volunteer firefighter, and emergency medical technician. In addition, he served as lead assessor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Jack received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Public Administration from Florida International University, Miami, Florida. He earned a Doctorate of Education – Management of Programs, CYS, from Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Sidoran has been appointed to a number of adjunct university/college faculty positions in the subject areas of Public Administration, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Leadership, School Safety, Management, and Supervision. He attended the Louisiana State University: Certified- Law Enforcement Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program as well as the Emergency Management Institute: Certified- National Incident Management System (NIMS) course. In addition, Dr. Sidoran served on a national curriculum review team for WMD courses prepared by the National Sheriffs Association, LSU Academy of Counter - Terrorist Education, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Texas A & M University National Emergency Response and Rescue Center, and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Energetic Materials Research and Training Center. He served on the local Regional Task Force for Homeland Security as well. Dr. Sidoran was a primary curriculum developer and currently serves as a lead facilitator for the International Association of Chiefs of Police and U. S. Department of Homeland Security/Office for Domestic Preparedness course - Leading From the Front: Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness for the Law Enforcement Executive. He currently facilitates the course throughout the United States. David L. Carter (Module 3) David L. Carter, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. A former Kansas City, Missouri police officer, Dr. Carter was Chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas-Pan American prior to his appointment at Michigan State in 1985. He has served as a trainer, consultant, and advisor to law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. and abroad on a variety of policing matters. In addition, he has presented training sessions at the FBI National Academy, the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS), police “command colleges” of Texas, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts and Kentucky; and served at the FBI Academy’s Behavioral Science Services Unit on the first academic faculty exchange. Internationally, he has been an invited lecturer for the International Law Enforcement Academy (Budapest), Hong Kong Police, Royal Thai Police, Norwegian Police, Thames Valley Police (UK), Staffordshire Police (UK), the United Nations Asia Far East Institute (Tokyo) and others. In addition, Dr. Carter is Director of the MSU Criminal Justice Study Abroad Program to England. He is the author or co-author of five books and numerous articles and monographs on policing issues and is a member of the Editorial Boards of various professional publications. His most recent book is the seventh edition of the widely-used community relations textbook, The Police and Community, (published by Prentice-Hall). Since the late 1980s, Dr. Carter has conducted research on law enforcement intelligence and international organized crime. His work includes not only teaching an academic course on the subject, but also providing extensive training to law enforcement agencies and authoring a 500 page monograph on the subject used in training and by agencies for developing their units. Since 9/11 Dr. Carter has conducted training on homeland security/terrorism issues at the FBI Academy, for USDoJ COPS Institutes in several states, the US DOJ/BJA State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT), and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. He is currently co-authoring two books: (1) Homeland Security for State and Local Police with Richard Holden which will be published in 2003 by Prentice-Hall and (2) Computer Crime: Policy Issues for Police Administrators with Andra Katz-Bannister which will be published in 2003 by the Police Executive Research Forum. Michael Loper, (Module 6) PEM, Oakland County Emergency Response & Preparedness Michael Loper is currently involved in emergency management/homeland security planning, training and exercise coordination for Oakland County government. Mr. Loper coordinates employee training and assessment team activities concerning bomb threats and suspicious letters/packages at County Courts and facilities. He is also a special deputy with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, whose background includes over 25 years law enforcement/military experience and attendance at over 3,000 hours of advanced and specialized training. Michael has attended subject related training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center-Glynco, Georgia, FBI Academy-Quantico, Virginia, FEMA-Emergency Management Institute, Michigan Hazardous Materials Training Center, via the German Police Special Unit GSG-9 in Berlin, via Sandia National Labs out of New Mexico and at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He is a former State of Georgia Peace Officers Standards & Training (POST) certified instructor, and a former advisor concerning basic and in-service training programs and handling unusual occurrences procedures to the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). He is recognized by the US Department of Justice-Domestic Preparedness Programs as a WMD/Terrorism trainer and the US Department of Energy as a Radiological Awareness Trainer. Additionally, he is an adjunct instructor for special programs at CREST (Combined Regional Emergency Services Training Center)/Oakland Community College (Police & Fire Academy) in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Previous assignments and positions include:
Michael has attended Hazardous Materials Awareness & Operations level training and Incident Command System (ICS) training, and is recognized by the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division as a Professional Emergency Manager (PEM). Donald McLellan (Contributor Module 4) Captain Donald R. McLellan, PhD, CEM, PEM, CPP is currently the Captain assigned to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, of the Oakland Co. Sheriff’s Office, Pontiac, MI, which is also a liaison position to the Oakland County Emergency Management Unit. He has been with the sheriff's office since 1975 serving in patrol, traffic, alcohol enforcement, corrections, detective, marine, courts, and training assignments. Since 1980 he has been teaching at the Oakland Police Academy in the Basic and Advance Academies with topics including management, supervision, radar, report writing, civil emergency response, incident command, critical incident management, media relations, marine safety and scuba dive rescue. He also teaches traffic enforcement, community relations, administration, deviant behavior response, resource allocation, and police communications at Oakland and Macomb Community Colleges, Eastern Michigan University, and Rochester College (formerly Michigan Christian College) and the University of Detroit – Mercy. He has been an adjunct instructor for FEMA since 1988, teaching incident command courses and in the Integrated Emergency Management Course: hazardous materials, earthquake, hurricane, all hazards, and terrorism programs. He is a lead instructor with IACP where he teaches the Critical Incident Management Course and the Physical and Psychological Aspects of Police Shootings. Capt. McLellan is also an active member and also a member of the Board of the Oakland County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team. In his tenure as a police officer he has had operational assignments at tornadoes, plane crashes (including NW #255 with 156 fatalities), police shootings, the Royal Oak (MI) Post Office shooting (ten shot - five fatalities), serial killers, and five Jack Kevorkian homicide scenes. He has also served in ancillary assignments in the tactical unit, honor guard and scuba dive rescue team. Capt. McLellan is a graduate of the 151st session of the FBI National Academy (1987). He holds a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) distinction from the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), a Professional Emergency Manager (PEM) from the State of Michigan, a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). He has completed an 80 hour instructor development course, has a B.S. in Political Science from Wayne State University (1978), an M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Detroit (1982) and a Ph.D. in Applied Management from Walden University (1998). Jerome P. Miller (Module 7) Jerome Miller has eleven years experience as the executive in charge of International and Special Security Operations for DaimlerChrysler Corporation. While in this position, his responsibilities included Business Practices and Internal Investigations, Executive Protection, Security and Fire Engineering Systems, Crisis Management, and International Security Operations. Among his accomplishments while at DaimlerChrysler was the development and implementation of a corporate wide Crisis Management Plan that represents a benchmark for the private sector. He is a former Commander with the Detroit Police Department, where his responsibilities included command of all downtown operations, tactical planning, and the management of department scale emergency operations. During his law enforcement career, he received the Detroit Police Department Medal of Valor and twenty-two other citations and commendations. Mr. Miller has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University. He was also an instructor in business administration courses for Central Michigan University’s off campus program in the Detroit Metropolitan area. He recently retired from DaimlerChrysler and is now a consultant in the field of Critical Incident Planning. Mahesh Nalla (Contributor Module 1) Mahesh Nalla, Ph.D., has been an Assistant Professor with the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice since 1992. He received his doctoral degree from State University of New York in 1988. Dr. Nalla’s research interests include corporate deviance, private security, comparative criminal justice, and issues pertaining to nontraditional policing. Current research projects include, public perceptions of private security, the relationship between private security and public law enforcement, and security in the emerging markets. W. Ronald Olin (Contributor Module 5) Ronald Olin, Ph.D. is the Chief of Police at Lawrence Police Department in Lawrence, KS. He holds a B.S. in Education, a Master of Administration of Justice in Public Agency Administration, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. Chief Olin is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and the National Police Command College in Muenster, Germany. He has studied police organization, training, and response in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, Ireland, and Northern Ireland, with a visit to Israel scheduled for 2003. He has been a faculty member and professor at the University of Kansas (where he continues to teach), Wichita State University, and Haskell Indian Nations University. Chief Olin has been an instructor on police administration and emergency response at regional police training centers, and a consultant on police and emergency response to police agencies and corporations including, Trans World Airlines, Santa Fe Railroad, Coronet Films, Airline Pilot’s Association and others. He serves on the IACP Terrorism Committee, and is a member of the Interagency Board for Equipment Standardization and InterOperability – sponsored by the FBI and DoD. Dan Symonds (Contributor Module 2) Agent Dan Symonds has been a Special Agent of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service since January 1975. He served as a field agent and field supervisor until November 1990 at which time was transferred to NCIS Headquarters. Dan headed up the Weapons Branch of the Technical Service Division until November 1996, when he transferred back to the Criminal Directorate. Since that time he served as program manager for Bomb and Arson, Ordinance Investigations and commencing in December 1996, Weapons of Mass Destruction. Agent Symonds has studied independently and received training in Weapons of Mass Destruction from a variety of Defense Department and Executive Branch Agencies and numerous other sources of information and study. He has lectured at Georgetown University, University of Cincinnati, University of Missouri and the College of Southern Maryland. In addition to providing training to the National Response Teams of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Transportation Security Administration, and numerous Department of Defense, State and local agencies. Over the past several years, he has worked with Code J34 (Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combating Terrorism Deputy Directorate) in Developing the Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Planning Template, the WMD Addendum to that Template, Weapons of Mass Destruction Force Protection AIM Training (4 CD-ROM set – WMD First Responder/Medical/HAZMAT/Command & Staff Training) and Installation Force protection Computer Based Training (4 CD-ROM Set – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive training scenarios). Additionally, he has made presentations to the IACP Arson and Explosive Committee, and published an article on the effect of WMD in the March 2003 Police Chief Magazine. Paula Breen, M.A. Paula Breen is a 17-year veteran of the City of Albany, NY Police Department, holding the rank of Assistant Chief of Administration, where her duties include overseeing the Training, Crime Analysis, Policy Research and Development, Records, Accreditation, Community Services, Information Systems, Overtime Planning and Management, School Liaison, and Personnel Functions of the Department. Assignments held at the rank of Commander include the commanding officer of the Administrative Services Bureau, Internal Affairs Unit, and “C” Shift Operations Commander. As a Detective/Lieutenant, A/Chief Breen was the commanding officer of the Department’s Forensics Unit, and prior to that assignment, as the D/Lt. in charge of the night squad of the Criminal Investigations Unit. During her tenure with the Albany Police Department, A/Chief Breen has also held assignments as a Patrol Officer and Sergeant, Detective and Detective/Sergeant. In addition to her duties as a sworn law enforcement officer, Paula is an adjunct college faculty member, teaching classes in Forensic Evidence, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Justice Administration, Criminal Procedure, and Criminology, both at a local college in the Capital District of New York, as well as for the University of Phoenix Online. She is certified by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services as a Police Instructor in General Topics, Firearms, Chemical Agents, and Ethical Awareness, among other subjects, and is a regular police instructor for both in-service and regional police academy training. Additionally, Paula has been a guest lecturer for the Department of Justice, and various other colleges and universities in the Capital District, as well as acting as a promotional board rater for outside agencies, and as a practitioner research review consultant for the NIJ. A/Chief Breen is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, in addition to holding Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Administration degrees from the University at Albany. Lest you think Paula does nothing except pursue professional endeavors, she is also an avid skier and motorcyclist, and regularly attends motorcycling events nationwide. Joel Carlson Joel Carlson, M.S., is a currently a consultant on counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction response, and security related matters. Prior to this he was a Principal of the Technical Staff for Sandia National Laboratories, where he was responsible for multi-agency leadership classes in nuclear/radiological response. He served as a laboratory liaison to Federal, state, county, and local radiological emergency response assets in criminal misuse of radiological/nuclear weapons and materials and in development of technical support to those communities. Mr. Carlson has also worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he developed policy and procedures in security and emergency response; developed and managed a personnel security adjudication program; worked in intelligence systems development, emergency management, law enforcement and legal liaison, document and information security and operations security for the Department of Emergency. Prior to
this, from 1967 to 1988 he was a Field Executive, Inspector, Supervisor
and Investigative Agent with the FBI. Adam Garcia, M.A. Adam Garcia has served in Law Enforcement, Fire Service and Emergency Management training, education and experience since 1983. His range of experience includes his current position as Director of Police Services for the University of Nevada, Reno. Presently, this Department serves an extensive community with a population of approximately 20,000 students, faculty and staff. The main campus consists of 261 buildings, a 230 acre Stead campus, a 433 acre Fire Science Academy and additional satellite locations scattered throughout the Reno metropolitan area. In addition, Director Garcia's past employment includes the position of Director of Public Safety for the City of Center Line, Michigan; prior to which he served as a patrol officer, sergeant and lieutenant with the Saginaw, Michigan police department. Director Garcia has a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Master of Arts degree in Political Science, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. His extensive training and certification credentials include state certified Fire Fighter I & II; training in Incident Command (FEMA); Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Institute graduate and recipient of numerous commendations and awards. Ronald W. McBride Ron McBride completed thirty-five years of continuous municipal police service when he retired from active duty in 1999. His career began in Athens, Ohio in 1964 and was followed by appointment to the Portage, Michigan Police Department where he served for ten years. During this period McBride was promoted through the rank structure, serving one year as interim chief of police. In 1976 Ron McBride was appointed chief of police for the city of Miamisburg, Ohio Police Department and was subsequently promoted to director of public safety with responsibility for police, fire, and emergency medical services. He was appointed as chief of police for the city of Ashland, Kentucky in 1979 serving that community until his retirement. During his tour in Ashland, McBride served an extended period as city manager. Ron McBride is a graduate of the FBI National Academy-102nd Session and the FBI LEEDS program. Currently McBride resides with his wife, Ruth Ann Scarberry McBride. Their son, Patrick, has continued the family police tradition that spans more than a century and presently serves as a sergeant for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Police. Ron McBride is an independent law enforcement consultant serving as a member of the IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors' Club® team. Donald Ponikvar, PhD. Dr. Donald Ponikvar is senior Vice President at defense Group, Inc. (DGI), of Alexandria, Virginia, where he leads the group developing integrated solutions supporting First responders dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction. With 30 years of experience in military nuclear, biological, and chemical defense, military operations, modeling and simulation technology, and physics research, he provides support to the Office of the secretary of Defense, the Defense Threat reduction Agency, the US Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, and to local First Responder organizations dealing with chemical and biological terrorism. He led the modeling and simulation effort under the DOD’s Consequence Management Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD), and supported the DARPA Immune Building threat analysis effort. As a distinguished West Point graduate and career Army officer, he served in tactical assignments in Germany, and was later assigned to the Department of Physics at West Point, where he helped establish a laser research laboratory. For several years, he worked on a large-scale laser experiment under President Regan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. Based on that work, the novelist Tom Clancy has acknowledged him as the real life “Al Gregory”, the Army officer/laser physicist character of his book “The Cardinal of the Kremlin”. His doctoral work was in experimental laser physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow. Dr. Ponikvar is a member of the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, the World EOD Society, and the Law Enforcement Information Management Section of the International Association of Chief’s of Police (IACP). He has taught the chemical, biological and nuclear threat portion of the IACP’s Response to Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Terrorism Course and is an advisor to the Steering Group of the Capitol Wireless Integrated Network (CAPWIN) project, demonstrating an integrated emergency response capability for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Chief Harry Rilling Born and raised in Norwalk, Harry W. Rilling graduated from Norwalk High School in 1965 and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1967. During his military service, he was stationed at the government’s largest communications facility in Isabella, Puerto Rico, where he served as a communications specialist. He received an Honorable Discharge from the Navy with the rank of E-5 in 1971. Later in 1971, he joined the Norwalk Police Department where he began his career as a patrolman. He soon rose the rank of Detective where he received assignments to the Burglary Squad and the Special Services Division. In 1980 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he performed his duties as supervisor in both the Patrol and Communications Division. From ’83 to ’87, he served as Lieutenant in charge of recruitment and training, crime prevention, community relations, traffic, safety and collaborative planning. In 1987 he was again promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief where his area of responsibilities was expanded to include budget management, oversight of disciplinary review, Freedom of Information Act compliance and union contract negotiations and labor relations. In May 1995, Harry received his promotion to the rank of Chief of Police, where he has served under two different mayors. Throughout his career in law enforcement, he has continually pursued educational opportunities in police related fields of study. He has received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Iona College and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1989. In 1991, he graduated as a Fellow with a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of New Haven and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Norwalk Community College. In addition to his considerable duties as Chief, he also serves on numerous boards and commissions locally and throughout the nation. Chief Rilling is an on-site assessor and team leader for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). He presides on the Mid-Fairfield Substance Abuse Coalition (MFSAC), and the Fairfield County Chief’s of Police Association (FCCP). Additionally, he is a member of the Connecticut Police Chief’s Association (CPCA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) where he teaches a course titled “Leading From the Front” - Weapons of Mass Destruction for Law Enforcement Executives. This course has been taught in Reno, Nevada; Boston, Mass; and Trenton, New Jersey. On a personal level, Harry is married to Wanda Crespo Rilling and has three children, Christine, Melanie and Stephen (a police officer with the City of Fairfield). He is a grandfather of three. Chief Rilling makes his home in Norwalk, loves to read and is an avid golfer. William “Jack” Sidoran, EdD Dr. William “Jack” Sidoran has served as a public safety director and chief of police for five jurisdictions in three states. The most notable jurisdiction is Charleston County, South Carolina. He recently retired from the Brevard Public Schools, Florida (75,000 students), as Chief of Police and the Director of Public Safety. While serving in positions of leadership Chief Sidoran stressed increased training, community interaction, and improved inter-departmental relationships, with an emphasis on value centered community oriented policing. Following his honorable combat service in the United States Marine Corps, he was employed as a police officer, command level law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency training director, fire department training officer, operations manager for an international private security company, and as the director of technical assistance for the National Crime Prevention Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. He has been state certified as a law enforcement officer, volunteer firefighter, and emergency medical technician. In addition, he served as lead assessor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Jack received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Public Administration from Florida International University, Miami, Florida. He earned a Doctorate of Education – Management of Programs, CYS, from Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Sidoran has been appointed to a number of adjunct university/college faculty positions in the subject areas of Public Administration, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Leadership, School Safety, Management, and Supervision. He attended the Louisiana State University: Certified- Law Enforcement Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program as well as the Emergency Management Institute: Certified- National Incident Management System (NIMS) course. In addition, Dr. Sidoran served on a national curriculum review team for WMD courses prepared by the National Sheriffs Association, LSU Academy of Counter - Terrorist Education, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Texas A & M University National Emergency Response and Rescue Center, and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Energetic Materials Research and Training Center. He served on the local Regional Task Force for Homeland Security as well. Dr. Sidoran was a primary curriculum developer and currently serves as a lead facilitator for the International Association of Chiefs of Police and U. S. Department of Homeland Security/Office for Domestic Preparedness course - Leading From the Front: Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness for the Law Enforcement Executive. He currently facilitates the course throughout the United States. |