Registration Information
REGISTRATION FOR THESE SESSIONS CLOSES September 23, 2011.

You may register for a Pre-Conference Skill-Building Session only (Sunday), or for the course and the COVA Conference (Monday-Wednesday).  Please refer to the registration form instructions for more information, or the registration form for the appropriate registration fee, which includes lunch on Sunday for Skill-Building Attendees.  Class sizes are limited; registrations will be accepted on a first-received basis.  The registration deadline is September 23, 2011.

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Registrants for these sessions must commit to attend the session that they pre-register for.  Registration cannot be switched from one session to another after September 23, 2011. 

Stalking is a crime that sometimes can be very difficult to investigate and prosecute. It is especially more difficult when the perpetrator becomes “invisible” as they intimidate and harass their victims through the use of technology. This class will show us how perpetrators use technology to perpetrate their crimes, and how law enforcement can investigate and collect evidence to build a case. We will also address how victim advocates and victim support services can assist victims with advice and techniques to help with the investigation and to protect themselves from this type of stalking.

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Trainers: Jalice Vigil-Kelly and J. Anthony Antuna

     Sergeant Anthony Antuna retired from the University of Northern Colorado Police Department in July of 2009, after 22 years of service. While at UNCPD, Sergeant Antuna worked in investigations, patrol, crime scene investigation and as a fieldtraining officer. As a sergeant, he supervised a patrol unit, as well as the department’s Investigations, and Training and Crime Prevention Units.
     Jalice Vigil-Kelly is a Probation Analyst with the Division of Probation Services at the Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office. Jalice has been in her current position since December 2000. Her duties include program oversight, policy development and training for the Victims Services, Domestic Violence, Day Reporting and Female Offender programs for the 23 probation departments in Colorado.

Law enforcement officers may claim POST credits for attending this course Please include your PID number on the registration form.

Social Media: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know

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Social networking has become a strategic communications tool for law enforcement, offering agencies new and unique opportunities to reach out to their communities. See how law enforcement professionals are getting started, determining strategy, and measuring success in building community relations, aiding investigations, and promoting public safety. This comprehensive view of how law enforcement can use social media will be beneficial to those just getting started as well as those who have been using social media in their agency for some time. The workshop will conclude with an overview of the IACP Center for Social Media.

Trainers: Mark Economou, Lynn Hightower, Nancy Kolb, Rick Stubbs

     Mark Economou is the Public Information Officer for the Boca Raton Police Department in Boca Raton, Florida. His media and public relations background spans nearly 20 years. Spending nearly 15 years in radio and television news, Economou held many positions from assignment editor, reporter, anchor, and executive editor. After that, he served as the Director of Media Relations for Cote & D'Ambrosio, a public relations, marketing, and advertising firm in Wickford, Rhode Island. He then served as head of Media Relations for Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, the 9th largest bank in the United States.
     Lynn Hightower has been the Communications Director and Public Information Officer for the Boise Police Department since October, 2003. Lynn often acts as media spokesperson, and advises officers from patrol to command staff on effective media and communications strategies. Lynn joined the Boise Police Department after 17 years as a television reporter, producer, anchor, and news director. Lynn is a certified media relations and communications instructor from the Idaho POST Academy. She regularly instructs new officers at the Boise Police Academy and has given media relations and communications instruction to dozens of federal, state, and local emergency responder agencies.

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     Nancy Kolb is the Senior Program Manager for Community Safety Initiatives with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). She manages a diverse portfolio of federally funded grant projects on gangs, police-corrections partnerships, school and campus safety, and the Center for Social Media. She previously managed the national Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program. Prior to joining the IACP, Nancy worked for the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, where her responsibilities included the identification of innovative programs and the monitoring of research demonstration programs.
     Rick Stubbs joined the Litigation Section in 1997 as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Denver. Rick began his working life in data processing before switching to a legal career. After graduating from law school at the University of Colorado in 1988, he worked as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Frank N. Dubofsky of the Colorado Court of Appeals. He later worked for Bruno, Bruno & Colin, P.C., which represents law enforcement officers in civil rights, employment, and administrative cases. From 1997 through 2003, Rick represented the City in employment matters. Since, January 2004, he has worked exclusively on law enforcement issues, including development of the City’s civilian oversight system for its law enforcement agencies, open records issues, and a myriad of other law enforcement issues.

Law enforcement officers may claim POST credits for attending this course Please include your PID number on the registration form.

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This training will cover law enforcement and victim services topics relating primarily to domestic human trafficking but will also cover international human trafficking. Detective Brent Struck and Sergeant Dan Steele both investigate human trafficking cases, including trafficking in children and adults that are sexually exploited for commercial purposes. Their investigations are partnered by Stephanie Knapp, a Forensic Interviewer for the FBI, and Anne Darr, a Victim Specialist with the FBI. Over the course of the last few years, local law enforcement and its federal counterparts have found the necessity to partner in these types of investigations and have incorporated a team approach to their investigation, including law enforcement, victim services, NGO’s, social services, Guardian Ad Litem’s, District Attorney’s Offices, the United States Attorney’s Office, Colorado Legal Services, COVA, and the private sector. The team work approach has been successful in reaching out to victims, to provide services for victims of human trafficking, and to the successful prosecution of those who victimize.

Trainers:
Detective Brent Struck
Lakewood Police Department
Sergeant Dan Steele
Denver Police Department
Stephanie Knapp,
Forensic Interviewer, FBI
Anne Darr, Victim Specialist, FBI

Law enforcement officers may claim POST credits for attending this course Please include your PID number on the registration form.

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What is quality in victim services, and how do you measure it? This training uses victim-centered, practice-based, and research- informed principals to guide victim advocates and administrators to a bigpicture overview and provide examples of applications to help all victims improve their safety, healing, justice and financial recovery. This workshop is about integrating a passion for caring with a plan to make a difference so that advocates’ and program efforts are efficient and effective. This training is NOT about data management, research, or intervention styles, but is a guide to meeting and measuring victim-centered needs.

Trainers: David Voth and Kate Horn Murphy

      David Voth has been Director of Crime Victim Services, a multi-county primarily rural agency advocating for all types of victims since 1985. He is a national trainer on victim rights and victimcentered outcomes. He authored a manual to help programs measure outcomes titled, Quality

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Victim Advocacy: A Field Guide. Voth co-chaired the passage of the Victim Rights Amendment to the Ohio Constitution, and is a founding member of the National Victims Constitutional Amendment Network since 1995. He has testified 15 times to the Ohio General Assembly and the U.S. Congress. He is a 2010 recipient of the Congressional Victim Rights Caucus Outstanding Victim Advocacy Award.

      Kate Horn Murphy has served in the victim services field since 1986. In her current capacity as Victim Witness Services Unit Director at the Office of the District Attorney for the 17th Judicial District, as well as the 17th Judicial District VALE Program Administrator, Kate oversees the development and evaluation of fiscally responsible and efficient program services. Kate’s energies are committed to ensuring the ongoing awareness and support of victim-centered services through strong leadership and collaborative efforts.

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Vicarious trauma and burnout affects us all in the people-serving professions. This highly interactive workshop will teach burnout and vicarious trauma identification, and skills for preventing and combating the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual consequences of working with traumatized and addicted populations. Participants will:
     • Learn about the health consequences of chronic stress and anxiety, how to identify them, and some strategies (psychological, physical, and nutritional) to heal them;
      • Be able to reproduce and demonstrate specific breathing, visualization, and relaxation techniques that can be easily done during the course of the day;
     • Learn about the intersection of positive psychology and work stress, and some techniques from that sphere that assist us in our work;
     • Discern which part of vicarious trauma/ burnout is you, and which is part of the system you work in;
     • Be able to identify your own “signs” of overload, and learn how to maneuver in complex and overburdened systems to compensate.

This workshop is based in cutting-edge psychological, neurological, and physical advances in stressresistance and resilience. Please dress comfortably.

Trainer: Marguerite McCormack Consultant & Trainer

      Marguerite McCormack is a consultant, trainer, and practitioner in the field of trauma and vicarious traumatization. She works nationally with issues of trauma, disaster, organizational trauma dynamics, and vicarious trauma. She is the former Director of Trauma Practice at Jefferson Center for Mental Health, the former project director of Columbine Connections, the community-based response to the shootings at Columbine High School, and the former Coordinator of the Student Counseling Center at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is one of the principal authors of the Colorado State Mental Health Curriculum for Intervention in Disasters, Introduction to Trauma Therapy, Working with Children in Disasters and Vicarious Traumatization. Marguerite has also been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the University of Denver. She presents regularly to diverse audiences, including physicians, nurses, law enforcement, attorneys, correctional staffs, first responders,, and mental health clinicians.

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This workshop will be a combination of lecture and audience participation on the topic of trauma and its psychobiological effects. The presentation will begin with an exploration of the nature of traumatic events (such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and witnessing violence), and the difference between normal, situational, and traumatic stress. Next, physiological components of trauma will be introduced, such as brain structures and biochemistry, and the essence of phenomenon such as dissociation, hyper-vigilance, and flashbacks will be explored. Finally, implications for treatment of psychological trauma will be discussed and current holistic interventions in mitigating the post-traumatic stress response will be presented.

Trainer: Janine D’Anniballe, Ph. D.

      Janine D’Anniballe, Ph. D. Mental Health Partners, Boulder Janine D’Anniballe has been dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and training of sexual assault issues for the past 18 years. Currently, she is the Director of Access, Emergency, and Community Services at Mental Health Partners in Boulder Colorado. Previously, she was the Executive Director of Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA), the rape crisis center in Boulder Colorado for ten years. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee, specializing in the area of sexual abuse and trauma. Dr. D’Anniballe serves as a trainer for the Ending Violence Against Women Project for the State of Colorado, providing training throughout the state addressing system response issues in sexual assault cases. She has provided training and consultation to prosecutor, law enforcement, military, and university education programs in more than 25 states across the country.