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Dan Carlson

Dan Carlson
Director, The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration

The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024-3561

Phone: 972.244.3430
Fax: 972.244.3431
E-mail: dcarlson@cailaw.org

Daniel Carlson began his law enforcement career in 1967 as a patrolman with the City of Poughkeepsie, New York Police Department, where he served for two years before joining the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Department. In 1970, he joined the New York State Police and progressed through a range of ranks and assignments including Trooper, Sergeant, Zone Sergeant, Lieutenant (Zone Commander), and Uniform Captain. He retired in June, 1988, as the Assistant Director of Training for the New York State Police, in order to assume the position of Manager at the North Central Texas Regional Police Academy in Arlington, Texas. In November, 1992, Mr. Carlson became Associate Director of the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration in Richardson, Texas, where he was appointed Director in September, 2005.

With a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York, Mr. Carlson was honored with the George Searle Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement Training. He has held adjunct faculty positions at both John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Ulster Community College in Kingston, New York, and has served as an Adjunct Instructor and Consultant with the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Carlson has extensive experience in both the development and presentation of training programs in a wide variety of law enforcement subject areas.

Dan has served as a member of the A.C.C.O.R.D. Committee (Acknowledging Community Cultural or Racial Diversity) for the Arlington Independent School District in Arlington, Texas, and is a graduate of the Ethics Corps program at the Josephson Institute for Ethics. A member of the Ethics Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Dan is Editor of The Ethics Roll Call: Listening to the Inner Voice, a quarterly publication of the Center for Law Enforcement Ethics at the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration. In addition, he is a member of the Police Executive Research Forum.

Mr. Carlson is author of When Cultures Clash: The Divisive Nature of Police-Community Relations and Suggestions for Improvement (October, 2001, Prentice Hall), and co-author of Reputable Conduct: Ethical Issues in Policing and Corrections (July, 2000, Prentice Hall).

Gregory Smith

Gregory Smith
Associate Director, The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration

The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024-3561

Phone: 972.244.3430
Fax: 972.244.3431
E-mail: gsmith@cailaw.org

Mr. Smith specializes in Applied Ethics and Multi-Cultural Education.  He currently manages the Institute’s Schools of Police Supervision and the Diversity Education Programs.  He is also responsible for developing and conducting  in-service training programs for multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada.

From 1990-1999, Mr. Smith served as a Texas Peace Officer with the Baylor University-Medical Police Department, in Dallas, Texas. He served in Patrol and managed the Crime Prevention and Community Services Section.  He was instrumental in establishing numerous programs designed to reduce crime, mediate disputes and prevent workplace violence for the entire Baylor Health Care System.

Gregory served more than 21 years with the United States Army and the United States Army Reserve. His military career began with his enlistment into the Indiana National Guard in 1981, where he served as a Cavalry Scout and Military Police Officer.  During his career he progressed in ranks from Private to Major, and has held numerous positions at Company, Battalion, Brigade and Theater levels.

In his hometown Mr. Smith has served on the city of Arlington’s Youth and Families Board.  The Arlington Independent School District’s Financial Review Committee and is currently an active Football Coach with YMCA of Arlington, and Basketball Referee with the Texas Association of Sports Officials.   In the area of professional development, Mr. Smith has co-authored a book on diversity communication, Navigating Diversity:  An Advocates Guide Through the Maze of Race, Gender, Religion and More, 2008.  He is also a Qualified Administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and a National Training Associate with the Insight Learning Foundation.   

Gregory holds a B.S. degree in Sociology from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, with Minors in Multi-Cultural Education and Military Science,  and has completed  39 graduate hours of study in the field of Social-Psychology at Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington.  Mr. Smith is also a graduate of the Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute’s 53rd School of Police Supervision and the Leadership is Police Organizations Program, sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Gregory is married and resident of Arlington, Texas.  They have four children, daughter Natjar and son’s Adam, Stanton, and Stayton

Dr. Daniel T. Primozic
Associate Director, The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration

The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024-3561

Phone: 972.244.3430
Fax: 972.244.3431
E-mail: dprimozic@cailaw.org

Dr. Daniel T. Primozic was born in Chicago, and began his formal training in philosophy at Southern Illinois University, graduating with a B.A. in 1971. There, he continued his graduate study and secured his M.A. in philosophy in 1975. He began his teaching career in 1975 in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico as a teaching assistant, taught as a full time faculty member at the University of Albuquerque, as an adjunct professor at the College of Santa Fe and Chapman University, was the Assistant Headmaster and a founder of the Navajo Academy in Farmington New Mexico, and was awarded his Ph. D. from the University of New Mexico in 1986. While studying and teaching there, he also initiated a research program called “Philosophy and the Professions.” Also in 1986, he accepted a post to found and lead the Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, where he developed and taught courses in applied ethics, logic, and philosophy.

He moved to Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1992 to become the Director of Philosophy, Religion, and Honors, until he accepted a position at Elmhurst College in 1996 as Chair and Associate Professor of their Department of Philosophy, and later became Director of Elmhurst’s Institute for Business Ethics in 2002. During that period he also worked as an adjunct professor of logic at Wheaton College, and became an adjunct faculty member at the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration in 1996, ever since teaching law enforcement ethics and leadership for the Institute.

In 2003, Dan accepted a position as Dean of Arts and Sciences, and thereafter as Dean of the Liberal and Fine Arts, and also served as Acting Vive-President of Academic and Student Affairs at Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was hired as Associate Director of the Institute for Law Enforcement Institute at the Center for American and International Law in June, 2007 where he is charged with leading the Center for Law Enforcement Ethics, and with teaching and developing courses in ethics and in leadership.

He has spoken widely, both nationally and internationally, on a rich variety of subjects throughout the years, and has published journal articles, book chapters, scholarly monographs, scholarly newsletters, book reviews, was the editor of an international honor society undergraduate and graduate journal in philosophy, and edited a book of proceedings from a prestigious conference at Oriel College, Oxford University. He also has published his own book, On Merleau-Ponty, and is in the process of writing a book about the philosophy of C.S. Lewis. Additionally, he has written many grants and project proposals for state, federal, and private funding sources.

He and his wife, Virginia, are proud to have four children and live in the Dallas area.


ILEA Staff (left to right) Tracy Harris, Gregory Smith, Daniel P. Carlson, Daniel T. Primozic, Sheryl Coyne-Batson

 
 
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