February 10, 2021

122 Currently Registered!
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($100/person for all four sessions)

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The Symposium will provide 16 hours of training. Click here for a description of all training and roster of all presenters.

  • Session 1 (2/16): Creating a Civil & Respectful Policing Culture (Dr. Michelle Bennett)
                                  Training Category: Wellness/Mental Health (4 credit hours)

  • Session 2 (2/22): Finding Our Way Forward Together (Eric Daigle)
                                 Investigating "Human Error" (Paul Taylor)
                                 Training Category: Use of Force (4 credit hours)

  • Session 3 (3/1): Navigating the Pre-Loss, Claims, Labor, & Employment Law Playing Fields
                               (Katie Kammer & Ashley Driscoll)
                               Training Category: Leadership (2-2.5 credit hours)
                               Overcoming Adversity with Perseverance (Marcus Luttrell)
                               Training Category: Leadership (1 credit hour)

  • Session 4 (3/8): Avoid the Pitfalls of Inwardness to Maximize Your Ability to Lead!
                               (Desmond Lomax - Arbinger Institute: The Outward Mindset)
                                Training Category: Leadership (4 credit hours)

We realize many will not be able to attend these sessions live. Therefore, we are able to confirm that ALL presentations will be recorded and made available afterwards to those registered, to be viewed at their convenience. More information on accessing the training will be sent after each session.

Session 3 (3/1) Presenters:

Ashley Driscoll & Katie Kammer
 

Navigating the Pre-Loss, Claims, Labor, and Employment Law Playing Fields - Protecting Your Agency & Avoiding the Landmines

Katie Kammer is a Pre-Loss Attorney for CIS, advising members on a variety of employment law issues. In addition to guiding members through the disciplinary process as part of the Pre-Loss program, Katie also regularly advises on non-disciplinary personnel issues such as family and medical leave, disability accommodations, and Oregon’s veterans’ preference law. She loves traveling around the state to conduct trainings for members, their supervisors, employees, and elected officials, and is the host of CIS’s employment law podcast, Kammersations. 

Ashley Driscoll, Associate Attorney with Beery Elsner & Hammond, works on a full range of municipal law issues for her clients including employment and labor, police and public safety, public records, and open meetings. Ashley also works exclusively with Oregon local governments on labor and employment matters as a management representative. She clerked for a union-side law firm and for the Oregon Department of Justice, Trial Division, Tort and Employment Section, and has given countless presentations and trainings on municipal law issues, with topics including Oregon Public Meetings Law, legislative updates; effective discipline and discharge and navigating the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act.

Marcus Luttrell

Overcoming Adversity with Perseverance

Born and raised in Texas, Luttrell and his twin brother, Morgan, attended Sam Houston State University. They began training for the SEALs at age 14 with former United States Army soldier, Billy Shelton, who lived nearby. As kids they loved to hunt and fish and wrestle alligators! Martial arts training has been an important role in Marcus’ life from the time he was a child. Luttrell joined the United States Navy in March 1999. He began Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training with Class 226 in Coronado, California. He graduated with Class 228 after suffering a fractured femur early in his training. Marcus graduated 18 Delta in 2001, making him a team Medic.

Session 4 (3/8) Presenter:

Desmond Lomax
Arbinger Institute: The Outward Mindset

Avoid the Pitfalls of Inwardness to Maximize Your Ability to Lead!

Desmond Lomax is a clinical mental health therapist who worked in the field of law enforcement and corrections for over 20 years. He retired from the Utah Department of Corrections, where he worked as the community programming director, in early 2020 and joined Arbinger as a senior consultant.

At the Utah Department of Corrections, Desmond worked to expand treatment resources for those on probation and parole throughout the State of Utah. He has a passion for helping others and was led by this passion to the field of therapy and corrections. He thoroughly enjoyed facilitating outward mindset workshops within the Utah Department of Corrections and saw the benefits that outward mindset brought to the department and the community it serves.

Desmond is an adjunct professor for the University of Utah in the field of forensic social work. He is a past president of the Utah Mental Health Counseling Association. He has a wife of 22 years who is a two-time cancer survivor.


OACP News

Thank you to our Symposium Sponsor! DLG is partnering with the OACP by making available some of their high quality training.

The Daigle Law Group (DLG) Learning Center provides easy access to high quality online law enforcement education on-demand. They are also one of the nation's leading law firms specializing in the development of effective and constitutional policing practices.

Click here for more information.


Membership Renewal Time

Thank you to all who have taken the time to pay your membership dues (approximately 289). If you have not done so already (approximately 50), please take a moment to click on and submit the form below. If you have any questions about renewing, please reach out to Marie Campbell at [email protected].

Click here to renew your membership. 
While taking the form, please review any information connected to your profile so we can keep our records up-to-date.


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Law Enforcement Risk Management Consultant (Corrections)
Salary: DOQ $108,144 - $117,246
Closing Date: March 7, 2021

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