WASPC 2020 FALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

1:00 to 2:30 PM

CJTC Panel Discussion

Overview: CJTC Commissioners and staff will update members on the status of IIT rules and future training updates 

1:00 to 3:00 PM
Jail Managers Track 1 - Use of Force
Presented by Gary DeLand, Director of Jail Operations for the Utah Sheriffs’ Association and President of DeLand & Associates, Inc.

3:00 to 4:30 PM
Executive Board Meeting

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

9:00 to 10:30 AM
General Business Meeting

11:00 to 12:00 PM
Legislative Update Briefing

Overview:  James McMahan, WASPC Policy Director, will update members on WASPC’s legislative reforms, other reform proposals being considered, and other major law enforcement policy considerations for the 2021 session.

1:00 to 5:00 PM
Dr. Mitch Javidi Presents:  Imperatives for Turbocharging Personal and Professional Resiliency in the Heat of Chaos

Overview:  The volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the recent demonstrations and riots nationwide combined with the COVID-19 has had a direct and long lasting impact on the resiliency and wellness of the public safety personnel, both sworn and civilian.  This workshop provides an overview of the stress pathway of the brain and a meta-motivational state of positive psychology.  This is followed by a series of tactical subconscious stress chelation and hardiness techniques for enhanced psychological resiliency and wellness.  

Thursday, November 19, 2020

8:00 to 10:30 AM
Employment Law Update presented by Dan Swedlow, Attorney with Summit Law Group
This event sponsored by the Washington Cities Insurance Authority

10:30 to 12:00 PM
The Realities of the Border
Presented by Sheriff Mark Napier of the Pima County, AZ Sheriff's Office

Overview:  Sheriff Napier will provide a balanced and non-political perspective on the challenges facing law enforcement regarding the federal/state conflict over border issues.

1:00 to 3:00 PM
Jail Managers Track 2 - Medical Care and Corrections:  Interfacing and Delineating Operational Liability Issues
Presented by Tate McCotter, Executive Director - National Institute for Jail Operations, NCCE