Deputy Conference & EXPO 2021
Conference Agenda – September 21-24, 2021
Training on the first day, Tuesday, September 21 and the last day September 24 will be held in Paradise A. Training on September 22 and 23 for each track will be held in the training rooms designated on the agenda. This years conference will be held at Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
10:00 – 12:30 p.m. – Registration, Atrium at Paradise C
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Opening Ceremony, Full Group Paradise C
1:00 – 2:50 p.m. – Outward Mindset Leadership: Changing Mindset Changes Everything, Paradise C, Major “Chip” Huth, Kansas City Police Department (4 HRS IP)
Click HERE to sign-in (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE for Outward Mindset Leadership Handout
2:50 – 3:10 p.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
3:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Outward Mindset Leadership – Continued, Paradise C.
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7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast, Paradise C
8:00 – 9:50 a.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Critical Incident Management and Crisis Negotiation, Paradise C, Sgt. Jason Weggemann, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS TS)
Click HERE to sign-in (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE for the Critical Incident Management Handout
Track II (Investigator): Mining Digital Evidence from the Internet and Social Media, Training Room 60/61, Sgt. Jeffrey Owen, MSHP DDCC (2 HRS TS)
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Click HERE to download Mining Digital Evidence Handout
Track III (Management): “10-38” Surviving the Law Enforcement Career and Culture, Training Room 62/63, Sgt. Jason Klaus, Perry County Sheriff’s Office & State CIT Coordinator (2 HRS IP)
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Click HERE for the Surviving the Law Enforcement Career Handout
9:50 – 10:10 a.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
10:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Effectively Dealing with Individuals Conducting 1st & 2nd Amendment Audits, Paradise C, Maj. Erik Holland, Platte County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS LS)
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Click HERE for Effectively Dealing with Individuals Conducting 1st & 2nd Amd Audits-Handout
Track II (Investigator): Introduction to Trace Evidence (1 HR TS); and DNA Evidence Collection and Packaging (1 HR TS), Training Room 60/61, Amanda Paulus and Will Randle, MSHP Crime Laboratory
Click HERE to sign-in Trace Evidence (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE to sign-in DNA Evidence (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE for Trace Evidence and DNA Evidence Handouts
Track III (Management): Leading Your Agency Through A Line of Duty Death, Training Room 62/63, Less Kerr, Missouri Law Enforcement Funeral Assistance Team (2 HRS IP)
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Click HERE for Leading Your Agency Through A LODD Handouts
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Paradise C
1:00 – 2:50 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Advanced Burglary Investigation, Paradise C, Lt. Nic Forler, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (4 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Advanced Burglary Investigation Handout
Track II (Investigator): Federal Drug Conspiracy Investigations and Money Seizures, Training Room 60/61, JD Roberts, DEA TFO (4 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Federal Drug Conspiracy Handout
Track III (Management): Search Warrant Application, Service, and Management, Training Room 62/63, Sheriff Chris Degase, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS LS)
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Click HERE for Search Warrant Handout
2:50 – 3:10 p.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
3:10 – 5:00 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Advanced Burglary Investigations – Continued, Paradise C.
Track II (Investigator): Federal Drug Conspiracy Investigations and Money Seizures – Continued, Training Room 60/61.
Track III (Management): Critical Issues in Recruitment and Retention, Training Room 62/63, Captain Michael Lohden, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS TS)
Click HERE to sign-in (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE for the Critical Issues in Recruitment Handout
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Brats & Burgers on The Deck, Boat House Deck,
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast, Paradise C
8:00 – 9:50 a.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Interview and Interrogation, Paradise C, Maj. Roger Phillips, MSHP (4 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Active Listening Skills Handout
Click HERE for Interview and Interrogation Handout
Track II (Investigator): Advanced Issues in Death Investigation, Training Room 60/61, Sheriff Bill Puett, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office (6 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Advance Issues in Death Investigation Presentation Handout
Click HERE for Advance Issues in Death Investigation Supplamental Information
Track III (Management): Development and Mentoring Employee Wellness and Peer Support Teams for LEO, Training Room 62/63, Adam Albert, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS IP)
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Click HERE for Development and Mentoring Employee Wellness Handout
9:50 -10:10 a.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
10:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Interview and Interrogation – Continued, Paradise C.
Track II (Investigator): Advanced Issues in Death Investigations – Continued, Training Room 60/61.
Track III (Management): Working With Media and How Media Can Work For You , Training Room 62/63, Grant Bissel, PIO, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Working With The Media Handout
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Paradise C
1:00 – 2:50 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Ethical Decision Making in Law Enforcement Use of Force, Paradise C, Lt. Shane Duryea, Christian County Sheriff’s Office (4 HRS TS)
Click HERE to sign-in (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click HERE for Ethical Decision Making Handout
Track II (Investigator): Advanced Issues in Death Investigations – Continued, Training Room 60/61.
Track III (Management): Prone Restraint and The Risk of Asphyxia, Training Room 62/63, Kevin Merritt, Executive Director Missouri Sheriffs’ Association (2 HRS TS)
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Click HERE For Prone Restraint and The Risk of Asphyxia Handout
2:50 -3:10 p.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
3:10 – 5:00 p.m. – Training
Track I (Deputy): Ethical Decision Making in Law Enforcement Use of Force – Continued, Paradise C.
Track II (Investigator): Dynamics of Death and Wound Patterns, Training Room 60/61, Investigator Tom Hensley, Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office (2 HRS TS)
Click HERE to sign-in (POST CLEE Sign-in Form)
Click each title for Dynamics of Death Handout-GSW Injuries – Blunt Force Trauma –Sharp Force Trauma.
Track III (Management): How to Simply Create and Edit Your Own Media Videos, Training Room 62/63, Grant Bissell, PIO, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (2 HRS TS)
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Click HERE for Prism Live Studio App Download Instructions
Click HERE for How to Create and Edit Videos Handout
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner On Your Own
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast, Paradise C
8:00 – 9:50 a.m. – PTSD The Silent Sniper & Critical Mindset “I Had To Stop The Threat,” Full Group Paradise C, Chief Jason Fitzwater and Sheriff Michael Neal (4 HRS IP)
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9:50 – 10:10 a.m. – Network Break, Paradise C
10:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – PTSD The Silent Sniper & Critical Mindset “I Had To Stop The Threat” Continued, Paradise C.
12:00 p.m. – End of Conference
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