Dale Stockton and Geoff Bush lead a train the trainer session for Below 100. Location is the Grand Ballroom.

Dinner Banquet brought to you in part by LEHR and Dana Safety Supply.

We will hear from a guest speaker, enjoy dinner and culminate our scholarship raffle. Location is the Valancia Ballroom.

LASD

This session details how our the Emergency Operations Bureau handled the recent wildfire situation.  Explanation of what the EOB is and how can it help other agencies across the country.

LASD

Hear from a deputy who was involved in a life-changing accident on duty that changed his entire life.  He was a patrol deputy working the tough neighborhoods. He will share about mindset, mental preparation, and what changed the path of his career. 

• Mildred “Missy” O’Linn, Manning Kass (LA Office) - Equity Partner

  Discussion will center on legal decisions related to vehicle pursuits, policy issues and training requirements.  Training will focus on practical risk analysis, tactical and training concerns in balancing the assessment of the threat to the community by action and inaction. 

Fiesta lunch buffet provided by our friends at EvocTech and FAAC. Location is in the Valencia Ballroom.

• Dale Stockton

  Mr. Stockton joins us to share a brif update about Below 100.

  Mission: To influence law enforcement culture by providing innovative training and awareness, through presentations, social media, and webinars on identifying the leading causes and current trends in preventable line of duty deaths and injuries.

• Gordon Graham

  The vast majority of things that law enforcement officers do around our great nation end up without negative consequences. There is a reason why that is true. But when things do not go right, there are significant consequences. In this brief program, Gordon Graham will explain why things go right and why things go wrong in law enforcement operations. He will also explain the law enforcement trainer’s key role in giving personnel the knowledge, skill, and ability to prevent tragedies from occurring through lifelong learning that better ensures excellence is the norm - not the deviation. You will not be disappointed with the time you spend with Gordon Graham.

Breakfast on your own

Our friends at Federal Signal are once again sponsoring a fantastic track day experience for you. Breakfast items will be available (bagels/coffe) and lunch will be a taco truck.

7:00 am              Depart for the Track

7:30 am Breakfast

8:00 am Track Events/Activities:

Opening

• Comments

• Overview

• Flyover

Training Exercises

• Collision Avoidance

• EV/Patrol SUV Testing Pursuit

• Easy Drift Challenge

• Off-Road Course

Products

• ALERT Vendors

• Static displays

• LASO Showcase

12:00 – 1:00        Lunch Provided

• Taco Truck

1:00 pm                 Final Rotation

3:00 pm LASD Store

3:30 pm                 Dana Safety Supply

• Live Fire Ballistic Demo   

4:30 pm                 Track bus departs for hotel

Reception hosted by Setina Manufacturing and EasyDrift Technology directly following our afternoon sessions in the vendor area. Take a moment to thank our friends from Setina Manufacturing and EasyDrift. Drink Ticket will be provided, special drawing and hors d’vors served butler style.

LASO HOST Team

LASO MET Team and Dr Pietro D'Ingillo.

Law enforcement officer (LEO) suicide is an international concern. The Polizia di Stato Italiana (PS) and the Los Angeles County Sherif's Department (LASD) have been collaborating on this timeless issue and have exchanged valuable information. PS provided a video of active police officers who furnished testimonials about their past suicidality, which intends to diminish stigma relating to help seeking and instills hope/direction to LEOs. LASD replicated the project and also generated a video testimonial of a Deputy Sheriff who contended with suicide. The intended and unintended benefits of this unique suicide prevention modality will be discussed in a first one if it’s kind presentation.

Italian lunch buffet provided by our friends at Setina. Location in the Valencia Ballroom.

Chuck Deakins

Unfortunately, this session has experienced a last minute change. FAAC will talk about simulation in driver training.

LASD Representatives

Session discussing several key aspects of vehicle testing, including what goes into testing police vehicles, what the Manufacturers look for, what they require, how vehicle purchases are conducted, and why.  This session also explores the role of the EVOC instructors and how all aspects work together to produce the best overall product.

• Welcome - ALERT President Geoff Bush

• US National Anthem

• Canadian National Anthem

• Opening Remarks

• Briefing - LA County Sheriff Office Staff

Hot breakfast provided by our friends from Soundoff Signal and LEHR in the Valencia Ballroom

Enjoy sliced fruit, pastries and croissants, cold ceral and/or egg muffins (served two ways).

Our check in table will be found in the Grand Foyer outside our main session room in the Grand Ballroom if you missed us for pre-registration check in on Sunday.

Join us in the Hyatt Regency Valencia hotel for a friendly meet and greet hosted by our friends and Evoctech. Location in the Topiary Garden. Drink tickets and pizza will be provided.

Location in the Grand Foyer

Dinner Banquet and Scholarship Raffle

RAFFLE - Benefit Bruce Cabral Scholarship Fund

Speaker: John Stockton

John Houston Stockton is an American former professional basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest point guards, players, and passers of all time, he spent his entire NBA career (1984–2003) with the Utah Jazz, and the team made the playoffs in each of his 19 seasons. In 1997 and 1998, together with his longtime teammate Karl Malone, Stockton led the Jazz to the franchise's only two NBA Finals appearances, both of which were losses to the Chicago Bulls.

Stockton was a ten-time NBA All-Star and holds the NBA records for most career assists and steals by wide margins. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States Olympic basketball team. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. In October 2021, Stockton was again honored as one of the league’s greatest players of all-time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

Ron Winkelman, VP Tennent Winkelman and Associates

At the end of this course the Emergency Vehicle Technician should be equipped to:

•Determine the proper tire and tire application for vehicles.

•Understanding tire disablement.

•Understand the difference between Passenger, Euro-Metric, Euro Commercial, Medium Commercial and Commercial Tires and how they should be applied.

•Understand vehicle loads vs tire pressure.

•How to understand tire failure and the root causes.

•Know where to get tire information

•Understand what speed ratings are and how it can attribute to an accident.

•Know what load ratings are.

•Know how a tire is constructed.

•Know how important the vehicle door placard information is and how it can reduce the possibility of an accident.

•Understand the importance of rim/wheel information and where to find it.

•How important is your partnership with the attorney and other members of the team.

•The importance of proper tire terminology.

•How important are the tires, in a crash, if none of the tires failed.

•What reference publications do you need.

•Know what information should be part of the report.

•Know what to request thru discovery.

•Understand why tire category, tread pattern and tread depth are important to the vehicle’s operation.

•Know how to understand what the tire/rim are telling you (How to become a “Tire Whisperer”)

Ron Winkelman

• Mr. Winkelman has worked in the tire industry for the last 35 years from tire manufacturing, design, quality control and diagnostics.

• Now with Tennent Winkelman and Associates we are a global tire forensics firm supporting investigators, law enforcement and expert witnesses for liability cases involving tire failures that result in personal injury and/or death.

• Mr. Winkelman, with Tennent Winkelman and Associates, trains, and supports Law Enforcement, Emergency Vehicle Technicians, Insurance Claim Agents and Fleets on tire related material.  Mr. Winkelman also performs Fleet tire inspections to show companies how proper tire maintenance, inspections and fitments can prevent tire failures and accelerated wear. Fleets can save thousands of dollars from not having to perform premature tire replacements and prevent high-cost legal cases.

  Mr. Winkelman emphasizes Trust and Integrity. I believe trust and integrity comes from the heart and touches every area of one’s life and in every action.

• Mr. Winkelman has well over 20 years’ volunteer experience helping those in need. o As a volunteer instructor, for disabled individuals. o As an Assistant Fire Chief within his local volunteer fire company.

Lunch provided by the FORD outside the Riverfront Ballroom.

Developing an Off-Road Driver Training Program

From identifying a training need, to delivery of the course – this is the story of how the Off-Road Vehicle Operations (ORVO) course was conceived, researched, budgeted, equipped, and ultimately delivered to constituent agencies in over a 14 month period

Steve Westerberg

Steve and his wife Dorothea and have been married for 38 years, they have two grown daughters, three granddaughters, and three overweight cats. 

Westerberg has been a certified police officer for over 34 years, serving in various roles beginning with the City of Eugene, Idaho POST, and then DPSST.  He has been full-time with DPSST since 2006, beginning with the project of helping develop the tactical/scenario program when the first 16-week curriculum was introduced, then coordinating the EVO program, and most recently (since 2019) in the regional program.

In 1990 Stevet began instructing emergency vehicle operations and have been working with DPSST (BPST when I started…) in this discipline since 1991.  In 1993, he became one of the first two PIT Instructors in the State, along with Tom Mason (Eugene PD), and have been involved in the development of instructors and programs since that time.

In 1991, Westerberg began a 30 (+) year journey with SKIDCAR System Inc, initially as an instructor locally (Oregon) and then in the mid-1990’s taking assignments around the U.S. and Canada teaching new SKIDCAR instructors for SKIDCAR System Inc.  He has worked with instructors from all over the world, learning something from every program and individual along the way. 

In addition to EVO Skill Updates and Instructor Development, Pursuit Management and Critical Incident Management / Supervision have become mainstays in the material Westerberg currently facilitates. 

Steve is involved in the development of new driver training instructors in Oregon and has recently developed a new ORVO (Off Road Vehicle Operations) class targeted towards our public safety personnel that frequently operate in four-wheel drive situations.  We have completed one instructor course and have another planned in May. 

Dare to Be Great: The Trainer’s Role in Helping to Build and Sustain a Culture of Leading, Learning and Excellence

As trainers, you are in one of the most influential leadership positions in your agency, and the law enforcement profession. It is critical to the future of the profession that you use your influence to help build and sustain a culture in your agency that inspires and embraces leading, learning and the pursuit of excellence.

This interactive presentation will help you to define culture, your role in helping build great culture and the importance of inspiring others to help sustain that culture. It will also address the importance of shifting from viewing leadership as a title or a role, to embracing leading as an action you take to help make people a little bigger and a little better than you found them.

Brian Willis

Brian operates Winning Mind Training Inc., a company dedicated to serving the heroic men and women of law enforcement through the Core Values of Focus on What’s Important Now, Stay Curious and Seek to Inspire Others. Brian was a full time police officer with the Calgary Police Service for 25 years and has over 34 years of training experience.

In addition to his work with current and future leaders in the areas of mindset, personal accountability, service, and the pursuit of excellence Brian provides professional development training for public safety trainers. Brian has also served as a mental preparation coach for athletes from a variety of sports including two Canadian Olympic athletes. Brian serves as the Deputy Executive Director for the International Law Enforcement Trainers and Educators Association. 

Breakfast is on your own.