2023 Training Conference Schedule;
2023 WDOA 34th Annual Training Conference 1989-2023
July 24-26, 2023
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THE INGLESIDE HOTEL
2810 Golf Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
A block of rooms is set up at the state rate of $95 under WDOA (Group Block Code: Wisconsin DARE Officers Association) until June 26, 2023. Call (262) 547–0201 to book your room.
2023 WDOA Conference Detailed Agenda
Sunday July 23, 2023
3:00pm-7:00pm WDOA Board of Directors Meeting-Ingleside Hotel
Welcome Bags-Raffle-BOD Meeting-Final Plans/Setup
7:00pm – 9:30pm Registration & Hospitality Room
Ingleside Pavilion – Conference Area
Monday July 24, 2023
8:00am – 10:00am Registration – Pavilion Entrance
7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast-Pavilion Hall
8:30am – 9:00am Opening Ceremony
Presentation of Colors – ?????
Welcome – WDOA President Jessica Smith
Special Welcome:
Pewaukee Police Chief – ?????
Waukesha Visitors Bureau
9:30am – 12:00pm Chief Daniel P. Thompson-Waukesha Police Department
Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack: Leading through Crisis
Chief Daniel Thompson began his law enforcement career with the Milwaukee Police Department in 1991. During his time in patrol, he was selected for special assignments with the Gang Squad and Metro Drug Unit.
In 1999, he was promoted to Detective. As a Detective, he worked five years in HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area). This task force is a federally funded group of Detectives and Officers from both federal and local agencies to target drug trafficking organizations. Chief Daniel then worked in the Homicide Unit for approximately five years. He was a Task Force Agent assigned full-time to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in disrupting and dismantling international and domestic terrorist threats.
When he was promoted to Lieutenant, he was assigned to the Intelligence Fusion Division and became the Director for STAC (Southeastern Wisconsin Threat Analysis Center). In addition, he was
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assigned to the Homicide Unit as a Lieutenant. He was then promoted to Captain and led the Fusion Division in leveraging technology and partnerships with state, federal, and local agencies, as well as the private sector.
In 2019, Thompson was promoted the Inspector of Police and oversaw operations of the City of Milwaukee between 4:00pm to 8:00am. He was also assigned to manage and lead the team to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
On May 4th, 2020 Thompson was sworn in as Chief of Police for the City of Waukesha.
His personal and professional accomplishments include being a certified public manager Wisconsin Command College Class Six), and a certified professional manager. He also has a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch – Conference Area
1:15pm – 2:45pm Internet Crimes Against Children: Matt Lochowitz DOJ Crime Analyst
Overview and Prevention in a Digital Age
Online child exploitation has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. As societal norms and technology use have interwoven, opportunities to engage in illicit activity online have grown to be exceedingly common. This presentation will include an overview of the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, current trends related to online crimes, sextortion, investigative resources, and prevention tools.
Matt Lochowitz is an analyst for the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation. There, Matt intakes and completes initial investigation of CyberTipline reports received from the National Center
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for Missing & Exploited Children, provides assistance and training to Task Force affiliate agencies, and engages in community outreach and education of online child exploitation. Prior to joining DCI, he worked for the Watertown Police Department as a patrol officer and detective with a large investigative focus on crimes against children and sexual assault investigations. Matt has received additional certifications in forensic interviewing and digital forensics that have assisted in child exploitation investigations, and he has a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UW-Platteville.
3:00pm – 4:45pm Peer Support for Law Enforcement
Officer Vanessa Leonard – Fort Atkinson Police Department
I have been in Law Enforcement for over 25 years. I began my career as a 911 dispatcher for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in 1997. I was a Field Training Officer in the Dispatch center during that time. After serving in that capacity for 11 years, I started my sworn position as a Deputy Sheriff. I served as a Jail Deputy and then transferred to the Patrol Division. I am a certified LESB instructor for vehicle contacts, Professional Communication Skills, and Radar/Laser. I was a Field Training Officer on Patrol and a member of the honor guard. I am a certified Hostage/Crisis Negotiator. I have a Bechelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Administration. In December 2022, I took a position with the Fort Atkinson Police Department as a Police Officer.
In 2019, my husband, Jay Leonard and I started the Police Officer Support Team (P.O.S.T.) for Jefferson County. Jay and I also serve on the Milwaukee P.O.S.T. Team. Since 2019, we have recruited police officers, dispatchers, chaplains, firefighters, and retirees from several departments within Jefferson County as well as an officer from the Town of Turtle Police Department and a mental health therapist from the Madison Area. The Jefferson County P.O.S.T. Team serves not only police officers and first responders, buts also family members of police officers and first responders in need of peer support.
Most importantly, I am married to my best friend, Jay Leonard. I have three beautiful children from a previous marriage, Christopher (23), Jacob (21), and Hannah (18). Jay retired from Jefferson County with a total of 30 plus years combined law enforcement. Jay continues to serve as a part time police officer with the Village of Johnson Creek Police Department. Jay and I are empty nesters and enjoying our newfound “freedom.” We enjoy our camping and hunting trips with our dog, Daisy.
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Tuesday July 25, 2023
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast Buffet-Conference Center Area
8:00am – 8:30am WDOA Business Meeting
President Address
Elections
1st Vice President
Secretary
Area Reps 1, 3 & 5
8:30am – 9:00am Area Meetings
Location – Conference Area
9:00am – 9:45am DARE America Updates
Steve Albarado – DARE WI/DARE America
Jovana Nedland – YAB Advisory Board Coordinator
Olivia Grand – YAB Representative
10:00am – 12:00pm Jolene Palmer – Classroom Management and working with kids
: Jolene Palmer has served 40 years in the field of education; seven of those years as teacher, coach and administrator. She served 15 years as the Training Academy Educational Advisor for the Nebraska State Patrol and as the D.A.R.E. State Coordinator teaching police officers how to teach kids and also teaching officers how to teach other officers. In this role, Jolene has trained D.A.R.E. Officers in 43 states and two foreign countries. Joining the Nebraska Department of Education in 2005, she assumed the responsibility as the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS) Project Coordinator for Nebraska and lead facilitator of the Nebraska Department of Education Leadership Academy. She was also the State School Safety and Security Director for nine years until she retired in August of 2022. When she has time, Jolene is an inveterate shopper, certified floral designer, musician, and avid sports fan.
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Tuesday July 25, 2023 – Continued
12:00pm – 1:00pm DOY Banquet & Ceremony – Conference Area
DOY –
Other Distinguished Awards
1:15pm – 3:00pm Jolene Palmer – Classroom Management Continued
3:15pm – 5:00pm Legal Update – Assistant Wisconsin Attorney General — Annie Jay
6:00pm – 11:00pm WDOA Social Activity – Networking Opportunity
Hospitality Room – Ingleside Pavilion
Bags Tournament/Other activities for kids & Adults
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Lots of Fun!
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Wednesday July 26, 2023
7:00am – 8:30am Breakfast Buffet-Conference Area
8:30am – 10:30am Drug Endangered Children – Sheriff Michael Osmond
10:30am – 11:00am Hotel Checkout
11:00am – 12:00pm Drug Update – Sheriff Michael Osmond
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12:00pm – 12:30pm Raffles, Evaluations and Conference Wrap-Up
The WDOA rate and availability of rooms cannot be guaranteed after June 23, 2023.