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Agenda Set for 11th Annual International Ethics Conference

	Rodrigo Avila Avilez will present the keynote address at the 11th Annual International Ethics Conference.

On October 17, 2002, the 11th Annual International Ethics Conference will begin with a keynote address at 1:00pm by Mr. Rodrigo Avila Avilez, an elected member of the National Parliament of El Salvador, and Secretary of the Public Safety and Drug Enforcement Commission. With the end of the armed conflict in his country in 1992, he was charged with forming a single National Civilian Police, serving as Director General from 1994 to 1999. During that period, the National Police of El Salvador grew from a force of 400 to 20,000. In his remarks, Mr. Avila will provide an overview of police reform in his country, and discuss police recruit selection, training, and ethical issues associated with creating an entirely new police agency.

At the morning plenary session on October 18, Ms. Caroline Nicholl, CEO of Blue Apricot Solutions will discuss the essential role of "trust" in organizations. As Chief of Police (1991-1997) in Milton Keynes, England (pop. 300,000), her citywide community problem oriented policing initiative transformed the delivery of public safety services. A Harkness Fellowship recipient, Ms. Nicholl spent a year examining problem solving in US policing and justice, and three years directing policy development with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. In her remarks, she will offer insights in trust-building to support creativity, team leadership, innovation and sustainable high (and outcome-focused) performance.

On the morning of October 19, participants will have an opportunity to hear from a team of faculty from the University of Teesside, England. Mr. Colin Dunnighan, Mr. Kevin Pitt and Inspector Kerry Anderson, will outline the results of their recent research and examination of ethics training in British and American police agencies. Their presentation will explore a number of issues including: are there ways to identify specific problem officers or units?; should agencies train everyone, or just high-risk individuals?; and what impact does ethics training have anyway?

Topics scheduled for conference breakout sessions include "Ethics Training: Can You Take the Heat?"; "Managing Risk: The Ethics of a Diverse Workforce"; "Creating Ethical Recruits: The Influence of the Field Training Officer"; "Undercover Policing: Ethics in the Shadows"; "Codes of Police Ethics: The Canadian Experience"; "Ethics in Community Policing: The Role of the Manager"; and "Measuring Police Ethics." In addition, the conference will include a "Trainers Roundtable" for graduates of the Ethics Train-the-Trainer course.

On October 18, the Ethical Courage Award will be presented to Officer David Gebhardt of the Rochester, New York, Police Department. (See story on page 4.)

The 11th Annual International Ethics Conference will be held at the new headquarters of the Center for American and International Law, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, TX. This beautiful 45,000 square foot facility contains state-of-the-art educational and conference facilities, including several multi-purpose classrooms and an auditorium seating more than two hundred. Tuition is $139/$119 (Non-member/member). For registration information contact the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration at 972-664-3471, or visit our web site at theILEA.org.

The Ethics Conference The 11th Annual Ethics Conference will be conducted October 17-19, 2002, at the new headquarters of The Center for American and International Law in Plano, Texas.

Ethics Roll Call Beginning with the January, 2002, edition, Ethics Roll Call made the leap from a traditional “paper- and-ink” print format to that of an “on-line” publication. At our web site visitors can access the same popular assortment of law enforcement ethics-related articles, research and photographs as have customarily been available in printed form. And like the print version, “on-line” readers can download, print out and duplicate Ethics Roll Call for further distribution.