Jerry Miller sent me this link. I am sure those running recruit schools see a similar group!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38926368/ns/health-fitness/

The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services periodically trains police officers in designated IMPACT counties and surrounding areas to achieve and sustain long term crime reduction. In a cooperative effort between the Division, New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) there will be a series of one-day Hate Crime Trainings. This training is designed primarily for patrol officers and investigators.

This course presents an overview of hate crimes from the legal perspective. The presenters will include representatives from the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, NYS Governor’s Hate Crime Task Force, Anti-Defamation League and a prosecutor.

The following topics will be discussed:

- Defining a hate crime
- Identifying hate crimes by bias indicators
- Steps to investigating a hate crime
- Determining what evidence is needed to prove a hate crime
- Integration of data and investigative techniques obtained from Crime Analysis Centers
- Accusatory Instrument preparation
- Offender profiles and typologies
- Victim and community impact
- Review of relevant New York State and Federal Laws
- Municipal Police Training Council (MPTC) Hate Crime Model Policy

Locations:

Brentwood (Suffolk Co.) September 21, 2010
Massapequa Park (Nassau Co.) September 22, 2010
Albany October 28, 2010

Although we are planning for a large enrollment, seating will be limited. You must, therefore, receive confirmation of acceptance to attend.

To register, complete form found “here.” Only registrations received at DCJS will be considered. Please register by the date listed on the registration form as seating is limited. If you have any questions, e-mail Matthew Slater at matthew.slater@dcjs.state.ny.us or call by telephone to (518) 485-5115.

The Division is pleased to announce the availability of one of our most highly requested courses Legal Issues for N.Y. Law Enforcement Officers. These two day training courses train officers, investigators and supervisors to start much earlier in building a case as soon as they get dispatched. These courses will be held in the Capital District, Western NY, Southern Tier, Central NY and Hudson Valley areas. The most recent U.S. Supreme Court and N.Y. Court of Appeals case law updates will be discussed throughout the training.

This course is designed for all police officers; whether they are patrol officers, plain clothes investigators or supervisors of any assignment. The course will consist of an in depth analysis of the most recent court cases pertaining to search and seizure and legal aspects of interrogations and confessions. In addition to learning the applicable law, the focus will be on how these precedents directly impact an officer in the performance of his or her duties and strategies to get the job done the right way. Intermixed throughout the course will be discussions on officer safety, civil liability and a review of commonly misused and misunderstood penal law sections. The core course content of these additional sessions will remain similar to the sessions previously offered but has been revised and updated.
Course Topics:
• Legal issues during street encounters
• Warrantless searches and seizures
• Issues writing reports, depositions and accusatory instruments
• Legal aspects of interrogations and confessions – right to counsel issues

This course will be taught by Chief Michael Ranalli of the Glenville, New York police department. Chief Ranalli has over 20 years of law enforcement experience, serving in many different ranks with many different responsibilities. Chief Ranalli has been a member of the New York State Bar for years, as well as a published author in such topics as Search and Seizure. He brings a wealth of knowledge on street and higher level police experience to this training. You are guaranteed to walk away from this training with new insight into law enforcement!

Although we have planned for a large enrollment, seats are limited. Therefore, you must receive confirmation on attendance. Please fax back the application attached. Please have the application sent no later than the date specified. Confirmation notices will be emailed unless otherwise specified on the registration form. Plenty of seats are still available.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Senior Training Technician Molly Bates at the address in the letterhead, by email at molly.bates@dcjs.state.ny.us or by telephone at (518) 485-5304.

To open an announcement and application, click “here.”

Albany, New York – October 5th, 2010. Breakfast and lunch included.

This all day course, is designed to enhance the investigator’s interviewing skills by employing techniques and strategies such as interview preparation, rapport building, statement analysis, and body language to determine truthful & deceptive subjects during interview. Blending a combination of these various techniques, the interviewer is afforded the opportunity to develop and mold an interviewing style that is fluid and complimentary to their own personality, providing a platform for greater success. Topics are covered through lecture, video presentation, and practical exercises.

Please review the attached announcement for complete details on the course, the fee and registration process. Please refer questions to the coordinator below.  To download an application and full announcment, click  here.

Rachel E. Seeber
US Attorney’s Office NDNY
Victim Witness Program Manager
445 Broadway
James T Foley Courthouse
Albany, NY 12207
Office-518-431-0247 or 518-431-0204 ext 1242
Fax-518-431-0249
Email: Rachel.E.Seeber@usdoj.gov

The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services delivers training to criminal investigators and others in designated IMPACT counties and surrounding areas to achieve and sustain long term crime reduction. The Division is pleased to announce a series of “Investigating Sex Crimes” training courses designed for law enforcement. The classes will be held July 14-15 in Nassau County, August 18-19 in Rockland County, and September 21-22 in Albany County.

This training will be taught by Nellie Torres, former Deputy Chief of Security at the United Nations and retired NYPD Lieutenant, where she was the Commanding Officer, Special Victims Squad. Ms. Torres also worked with the British Government conducting a comparative analysis on Crime Control Strategies and Police Investigations, and lectured at both the Police Command College at Bramshill, England and at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology. She also worked for the U.S. Department of State, providing training for law enforcement agencies throughout Europe.

Sex crimes are often very difficult for law enforcement to investigate and adjudicate. This course is designed to guide the investigator through the proper steps in the investigation from the initial complaint to prosecution. Course topics will include:

• Myths Regarding Sex Crimes
• Psychological Profiling of Offenders
• Effective Response to Sex Crimes Cases
• Interviewing Suspected Offenders
• Interviewing Survivors of Sex Crimes
• Interviewing Child Victims
• Crime Scene: Evidentiary & Forensic Issues
• Child Physical / Sexual Abuse Cases
• Case Studies
• Role of the Court System
• Resources & Support for Survivors of Sex Crimes

Although we have planned for large enrollment, seats are limited. Therefore, you must receive confirmation on attendance. Please complete the course application and have it sent no later than two weeks prior to the start of the course. For your convenience it may be submitted via email by utilizing the “Submit by Email” radio button on the Course Application form. The application may be downloaded by clicking “here.” If you are not currently connected to the internet, go online to any of the above listed dates on the DCJS training calendar online, and click on the link there.

Directions to the training site and additional course information will be included in your confirmation notice. If you have any questions about the training, please contact Senior Training Technician Joshua Vinehout by email at joshua.vinehout@dcjs.state.ny.us or by telephone at (518) 457-1595.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is pleased to announce the launch of a new resource for law enforcement officers, Safe Routes to School for Law Enforcement. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national effort to encourage and enable children, grades K-8, to safely walk and bicycle to school. The reinforcement of safe behaviors by educators, parents, and law enforcement will help to keep the children in your community safe.

Your participation in SRTS is important. First, as a law enforcement professional, no one commands the attention of the public and audiences like you do. Secondly, enforcement is an essential component in traffic safety alongside education and engineering. Only through the involvement of you and your agency can the program be comprehensive and successful in enhancing safety for children.
To aid you in your local SRTS efforts, the Safe Routes to School for Law Enforcement resource includes a wide variety of tools such as:

• Tips for law enforcement officers on walking and bicycling safety;
• Take away materials for students, parents, school staff, and others;
• Talking points on bicycle and pedestrian safety;
• Tips on addressing parental concerns;
• Links to related sites for resource materials; and
• Activities for children.

Your involvement and participation in SRTS provides a number of benefits to your agency. Involvement will:

• Reinforce law enforcement’s positive image in your community
• Improve safety of children traveling to school;
• Engage children in traffic safety at a young age;
• Create a lifetime of safe travel habits through walking and bicycling;
• Increase bicycle helmet use;
• Create opportunities for training; and
• Create opportunities for federal funding of SRTS initiatives.

Safe Routes to School promotes healthy activity for children while at the same time, it provides the opportunity for law enforcement to engage in positive interaction with the public and enhance your image in the community.

The resource, Safe Routes to School for Law Enforcement can be found at: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/lawenforcement/

For additional information, please contact:

Paula Bawer, RN, MA
Bicycle and SRTS Program Manager
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Safety Countermeasures Division
1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Room W44-217
Washington, DC 20590

Ph: 202-366-2692
Fax: 202-366-7721

The Ulster County Law Enforcement Training Group has announced they are planning an MPTC approved Firearms Instructor Course. It will run May 10-21, 2010. You may read a full training notice by clicking “here.”

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement  (A.R.I.D.E.)
May 25 & 26, 2010  Time 8:00AM to 4:00PM
Albany Police Department, Training Center / West Station
223 Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, New York, 12205

The applicant must meet the following criteria;

1. Have a minimum of one year Road Patrol experience.
2. Be off probation with your agency.
3. Have at least one year of experience after successfully completing NHTSA-SFST’s.
4. Have a reasonable background and level of making DWI arrests.

TO APPLY;
You must submit an application to the State Coordinator no later than May 10, 2010.  No application will be accepted after this date.  All applications must be typed and completed to be accepted.

To obtain an application go to http//www.safeny.com.
Click on the DRE Page.
Click on DRE Forms.  .
Click on ARIDE application and follow instructions.

This training is limited to no more than 25 students.

FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION;  Go http://www.safeny.com and click on the DRE Program or contact Richard Devlin, State Coordinator at the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee at (518) 486-4221 or e-mail rdevl@dmv.state.ny.us

Richard J. Devlin
Highway Safety Representative
State SFST/ DRE Program Coordinator
Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee
6 Empire State Plaza, Room 414
Albany, New York 12228
Phone: (518)  486-4221
Cell: (607)  434-7461
Fax: (518)  473-6946

Visit the GTSC website at: http://www.safeny.com

Few areas of policy development are more critical than that of vehicle pursuits. Injury and/or deaths of fleeing suspects, the motoring public and your agency’s officers often result in high cost litigation and settlements.

To address this issue the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement and Standards (IADLEST) and the Association of Professional Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Response Trainers International (ALERT) have developed a Pursuit Policy Development Workshop. Through this training series, Municipal Police Training Council and other certified EVOC Instructors will be trained to return to your jurisdiction(s) to present four-hour pursuit policy workshops to law enforcement officers, supervisors and administrators.

IADLEST/ALERT and the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services have partnered to offer eight train-the-trainer sessions.
Dates and Locations:

Delhi – June 18, 2010
Pre register by May 14, 2010

Ithaca – July 26, 2010
Pre register by June 25, 2010

Canton – September 20, 2010
Pre register by Aug. 27, 2010

Cortland – June 21, 2010
Pre register by May 21, 2010

Binghamton – August 9, 2010
Pre register by July 16, 2010

Buffalo – September 27, 2010
Pre register by Aug. 31, 2010

Romulus – July 19, 2010
Pre register by June 25, 2010

Watertown – August 23, 2010
Pre register by July 30, 2010

Attendance is limited to 20 agencies/40 students per session for this training. Therefore, you must receive confirmation on attendance. Please fax back the application enclosed. Please have the application returned no later than the date specified for the location you select.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Senior Training Technician Scott Neff at the address in the letterhead, by email at Scott.neff@dcjs.state.ny.us or by telephone at (518) 485-7542.

To download an application, click “here.”

The Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) announces that it is currently accepting applications for approximately $500,000 of available federal funds through the ‘2009 JAG Recovery Act Equipment Grant Program’ program.
This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the funds received by New York State for those localities who have not received a direct Recovery Act Byrne JAG Local award. A grant award requested under this program is for the acquisition of equipment that will support a local law enforcement agency’s efforts to effectively and efficiently reduce the incidence of crime and violence in their locality.
Applicants will be selected based on documented need, the quality of the proposed project, the applicant’s ability to administer the project, personnel qualifications, appropriateness of budget, and the applicant’s past compliance with Division of Criminal Justice Services grant programs.

Applicants must provide a DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number as part of the application and be current with their filing of Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data through the Division of Criminal Justice Services and the FBI.
Round 1 applications for funding are due no later than 12 noon on Friday, April 30, 2010, via the DCJS grants management system (GMS). Applications will continue to be accepted until the end of each month until all funds have been awarded. For a more detailed description of the funds available, please open the attached PDF document or copy and paste the below link to read the RFP. Should you have any questions about ‘2009 JAG Recovery Act Equipment Grant Program’ funding, feel free to contact the Office of Program Development and Funding – Law Enforcement Unit at (518) 457-8404.

http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/ofpa/pdfdocs/2009jagrecoveryfinal.pdf

Applicants are strongly encourage to read the RFP (including Addendums A and B) in its entirety. Ineligible agencies, prohibited funding requests, incomplete and/or late applications, and those applications not conforming to the RFP requirements will not be considered for funding.

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This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the funds received by New York State for those localities who have not received a direct Recovery Act Byrne JAG Local award. A grant award requested under this program is for the acquisition of equipment that will support a local law enforcement agency’s efforts to effectively and efficiently reduce the incidence of crime and violence in their locality. A list of those localities that are eligible to apply for these funds can be found in Addendum A.

If your agency is listed beginning on Page 13 of the referenced document in the link above, or on Page 12 of the Attached, you may apply.

To see full text and see list, click “here”.