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Bruce Funk
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Ben Shotton
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Evelyn Harrison
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Bruce was employed at BC TEL/TELUS for 31 years and retired in January 2001 from the position of Security Technical Services Investigator/Manager.
He has testified in numerous criminal and civil trials and has been declared as an expert witness. Bruce has previously lectured on the telecommunication industry and cellular technology to a varied audience including: BC Police Chief's Meeting ,Integrated Homicide Investigative Team and the Integrated Homicide Investigative Team as well as many others.
Bruce has also developed and presented a course on Cellular Phone Technology to new recruits at the Police Academy at the Justice Institute of BC and today he will discuss cell phone technology and how he has used this technology to assist the police in tracking suspects, providing example from previous criminal cases.
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Ben is a retired member of the RCMP having spent 23 years criss-crossing Alberta and BC. He joined ICBC in 2001 and is presently the manager of Driver Licensing Integrity and Risk Management. In November of 2008 ICBC implemented Facial Recognition software in B.C. This was done in part with the release of it new high security Drivers Licence (March 2009) and the Enhance Driver Licence and Identification Cards. These enhanced cards are a travel document used by land or sea into the United States.
Ben's presentation is an overview of the technologies and successes of these programs and their effectiveness in preventing identity fraud and other criminal and social offences.
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Evelyn is the ICBC Regional Salvage Supervisor for Vancouver Island. Throughout her 36 year career, she has held a variety of positions, all based out of the salvage facility located in Nanaimo BC. Project Operation Cooperation is a particular passion of Evelyn’s stemming from a realization many years ago that there were substantial barriers to communicating the whereabouts of found /recovered stolen vehicles.
Evelyn started a pilot project in the Nanaimo area in 2000 and since seen in expand to many other communities on the Island.
In addition to her regular duties Evelyn records and dispatches stolen vehicle information to over 70 partners and 8 Detachments every business day.
It’s a tremendous accomplishment and Evelyn remains committed to maintaining and expanding the program further.
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Ward Clapham
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Randy Munro and Violet Smith
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Theresa Campbell
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In July 2008 Ward was appointed as Chief for the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Service (Transit Police) where he currently serves.
Ward’s Detachment at Richmond has been recognized as one of the most progressive police organizations around today. The results of his vision and courage paid off as over 53 countries from around the world have studied the Richmond leadership approach to policing.
The Richmond model is also being championed by government and institutions as the future key for success in the area of community and public reassurance.
For more information on Ward please visit his website at http://www.wardclapham.com/
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Randy retired in 2007 from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after 34 years of service. He has been involved with Restorative Practices for the past 15 years, helping to implement two Restorative Justice Programs in the province. Randy has spoken both nationally and internationally of his restorative experiences, he is the author of two published papers and he has received a number of awards for his work. The most recent recognition was in 2006 when the Governor General of Canada presented him with the Officer of the Order of Merit (O.O.M.) of Canada for Police Forces. Randy currently guest lectures at Vancouver Island University where he is also completing a degree in Psychology and a diploma in Criminology.
Violet Smith and Randy Munro, as creators of the Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program, will be speaking on the successes and shortfalls of sustaining and maintaining a successful program. This topic reflects the national and international recognition of the Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program as a diverse and extremely effective program.
Violet has been employed for the past 28 years in various positions by the Nanaimo Region John Howard Society. Previous to that she volunteered for one and half years as Neighborhood Accountability panel member. Violet co-developed the Nanaimo Restorative Justice Program in partnership with the Nanaimo RCMP in 1997 and she became the program coordinator. The program is recognized as one of the more diverse and active programs in Canada |
Theresa Campbell is Manager of Safe Schools for the Surrey School District, the largest district in British Columbia. In her eight years with the district, Theresa has been instrumental in the development and implementation of many highly successful and comprehensive evidence-based prevention and intervention programs, initiatives and resource materials aimed at enhancing student and staff safety. She has initiated several diverse projects both federally and provincially using a variety of media to address substance use, violence, gangs, bullying and other issues. Many of these unique and innovative projects have also been recognized and implemented worldwide.
Theresa is the executive producer of 5 award winning prevention documentaries and is a certified trainer and consultant with the Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response.
Prior to the Surrey School District, Theresa spent 10 years with the Vancouver School District where she worked extensively with gang associated youth. Most recently, in Chicago, Theresa was awarded the prestigious Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for superior service in gang prevention.
Theresa is also a representative on a number of municipal, provincial and federal committees and has been recognized for her work by all three levels of government.
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Shinder Kirk
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Kenneth Moe
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Kyle Friesen
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Shinder Kirk is a serving member of the Abbotsford Police Department and is seconded to the Gang Task Force component of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. He is currently in his 30th year of service, the first ten of which were spent with the Vancouver Police Department.
Shinder will be talking about the gang situation in the Lower Mainland, what police are doing to combat it and what we can do to prevent the infiltration of gangs into our communities .
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Is the the team leader for the E Division RCMP Border Integrity Intelligence Team, which is a combination of police officers and criminal analysts. Moe's team is responsible for implementing the concept of Intelligence Led Policing in regards to smuggling and other federal crimes for Border Integrity in E Division.
Moe will be speaking about the mandate of Border Integrity, the various teams and investigations that we have done with a link to how crime stoppers has been useful to us now and in the future.
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Kyle is always a Crime Stoppers Conventions Favourite. Plans have not been confirmed, however he says, "I could easily fill an hour with an exciting photo-filled "after action report" on the 2010 Winter Olympics and the delivery of security to the Games."
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Joanne Simister, M.A.
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Dr. Dean Hildebrand
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Jonathan Lawrence PEng
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Joanne has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the University College of the Fraser Valley and a Master's degree in Criminology from Simon Fraser
University. She has been teaching full time in the Criminology department at Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina University-College) since 2003. Joanne became the Chair of the department in 2009. Although she has taught a wide range of courses, she primarily teaches Introduction to Criminology, Theoretical Explanations for Criminal and Deviant Behaviour, both sociological and psychosocial, and Research Methods in
Criminology. Joanne's teaching and research interests include evidence-based policy, the social construction of crime, public misconceptions about crime, crime and the media, and specifically, the laws, politics, treatment and construction of the "drug problem."
Her presentation is titled:
Myths about Crime and the Canadian Criminal Justice System:
Why Evidence-Based Policy Matters
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Dr. Hildebrand received his BSc (1990) and PhD (1996) from the University of British Columbia's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His graduate work within UBC's Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE) focused on genetic variants of heme proteins to assess the structural and functional ramifications of active site substitutions. His knowledge of molecular biology led him to pursue a career in forensic science. Dr. Hildebrand is now the Program Head of BCIT's Centre for Forensic and Security and a recognized expert in the field of forensic DNA analysis. His current work focuses on the recovery and analysis of DNA from degraded remains using STR's, mini-STR's, Y-STR's and mitochondrial DNA for the purposes of human identification. The laboratory he helped establish at BCIT is called upon by local and international Coroner and Police agencies to assist in challenging casework where human identification is required. Recently his work has included research with the Insurance Corporation of BC to improve the recovery of DNA from deployed airbags for motor vehicle incident reconstructions. He also works as a consultant for the B.C. Coroners Service (Identification and Disaster Response Unit) as a subject matter expert in forensic DNA analysis. In this capacity he developed and now maintains the provincial unidentified remains and missing person DNA database for the province.
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Forensic Engineering and Accident Reconstruction
MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists Ltd.
www.meaforensic.com
Jonathan Lawrence is a registered Professional Engineer at the Vancouver office of MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists Limited. MEA Forensic also has offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. The firm provides consulting engineering services for those involved in criminal or civil litigation. Mr. Lawrence leads the Transportation Group of MEA Forensic, which investigates car crashes. Based on physical evidence of a car crash, like skid marks or car damage, engineers like Mr. Lawrence can reconstruct what happened. Since joining MEA Forensic 16 years ago, Mr. Lawrence has investigated of over 1500 accidents and focused on issues such as speed, impact severity, seat belt use, driver evasion potential, visibility and the interpretation of crash recorder data. Mr. Lawrence routinely investigates accidents involving passenger cars, trucks and vans, heavy-trucks and commercial vehicles, trains, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians.
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Bob Gill
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Peter McGee
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Keith Lewis
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Legal Basics: Serving on a Crime Stoppers Board
In this session we will review what board members need to know to sit on a Crime Stoppers board. Topics to be addressed will include:
- organization fundamentals,
- expectations, duties and obligations of directors,
- limited liability, insurance and risk management issues, and
- confidentiality, privacy and freedom of information.
While this session is directed primarily towards those who are new to Crime Stoppers, all are welcome. Bring your questions.
Robert S. Gill is a lawyer in private practice with Clay & Company in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Victoria Crime Stoppers Association, and has served as their legal advisor, since 1986. He has served as legal advisor to the British Columbia Crime Stoppers Advisory Board Society, and to the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association, since their inception. He has lectured on legal topics at a number of regional and international Crime Stoppers conferences.
In 1996, Mr. Gill represented Crime Stoppers in the Supreme Court of Canada, where the Court agreed that information received from anonymous informants was protected from disclosure by police informer privilege.
From 1997 to 2007, Mr. Gill served Crime Stoppers International as Associate General Counsel for Canada. He currently sits on the CSI Board as by-laws chair.
Mr. Gill was the recipient of the CSI's Coralie Wagner Memorial Award for 2005. This award is given annually "in recognition of outstanding performance and commitment, personifying a spirit of community cooperation and demonstrating qualities of leadership on a local, national and international level."
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Peter McGee is a "Generation Y" Crime Stopper. Peter has been a presenter at several Crime Stoppers conferences, including the 2008 International Training Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Peter has earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology from Vancouver Island University, and received the "Crime Stopper of the Year" Award at last year's provincial training conference in Vernon, BC. Bringing to the table his expertise in online social networking (ie. Facebook, Youtube, etc.), Peter is helping the Crime Stoppers program to embrace the constantly evolving technologies of today.
Peter McGee will be expertly discussing the ways in which Crime Stoppers can benefit from online social networking. Platforms such as Facebook and Youtube can be employed to overcome such common hurdles as: Increasing and expanding membership, promoting local events, educating the public about the program, connecting and conversing with other Crime Stoppers boards, etc. Peter will explain the many advantages (and several potential obstacles) to using online social networking platforms, and will provide you with a step-by-step demonstration of how to create and manage your own accounts.
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Will be talking about the Bait Car program , the idea behind it ,how it works and successes. He will also show a video entitled "Stolen Lives" which is about people dying on our streets from offenders racing around in stolen cars.
Bio: 23 years with Victoria P.D. Patrol, traffic, street crimes unit, hit and run investigator, youth detective, Community Police, Property crimes detective, Admin Sgt, seconded to IMPACT in Jan 2007- now. Bait cars for Van Isl., Liaison training for the province, auto theft training for police, work with community groups, prisoners and parolees.
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Sgt Wendy Hawthorne
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Al Sismey
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Bruce Baron
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South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service, (Transit Police)
"GRAFFITI: A Sign Of The Crimes"
Sgt Wendy Hawthorne has been investigating graffiti crimes for close to 25 years with the Vancouver Transit Authority. Wendy has assisted many police departments, schools, community groups and organizations, in deciphering, monitoring, and identifying individuals responsible for graffiti. Wendy has also given many educational presentations on graffiti to the police, schools, and community organizations for over 20 years.
Wendy will present on this world-wide phenomenon:
* What is graffiti!
* Why they do it!
* The profile of a graffiti vandal!
* Effective methods of Crime Prevention and Problem Oriented Policing approaches to graffiti!
They are not just kids putting spray paint on the wall ! |
Has been involved with the Crime Stoppers movement since January 1992 when he was the founding President of the South Okanagan Similkameen Crime Stoppers program. He was one of the founding Directors for the BC Advisory Board in 1994 and did 2 terms as Chair of this organization. He was the BC Director on the Canadian Crime Stoppers for 2 years and due to work commitments, had to step aside for the next 2 years. He again was nominated to sit on the BC Advisory Board and continues in that position, as Chair, at this time. He is currently the full time Police Coordinator for South Okanagan Similkameen Crime Stoppers in Penticton, BC.
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Police Officer with R.C.M.P. 25 years. 1973-1998 Regional District of Central Okanagan Crime Prevention Coordinator 3 years
1998-2001 Regional District of Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers Coordinator 8 years
2001-2009 Self Employed
2009 Rocky Mountain Marketing
Joined in 1973 after Depot all postings were in B.C. Service included General Duty, G.I.S. Drug Section Crime Prevention. Serviced in Hope, Vancouver, Penticton, Sandspit, & Kelowna.
Currently working with Rocky Mountain Marketing and Rocky Mountain Sports Inc. on Branding Marketing and fundraising for various charities and Not for Profits, including 9 Crime Stoppers programs, Rotary Clubs, Cops For Kids, B.C. Crime Prevention Association and many others.
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Shaun McArdle
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Shaun McArdle has been in the business community for over 20 years. As the CEO of Rocky Mountain Sports Inc. and Rocky Mountain Marketing Ltd, his expertise in the field of Land Development, Branding, Fundraising, and Sports Management has been the driving force to the successful development and growth of his companies.
Raised in Calgary, Shaun has strong ties to the law enforcement community gained through his father's position within the forces. In 2001 Shaun became involved with the Crime Stoppers Program in the capacity of Fundraising, Branding, and Marketing. His passion for building safer communities and supporting non-profit societies resounds in the company's mission statement.
Shaun continues to raise the bar with his outstanding leadership and unparalleled dedication to his clients.
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