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Bailiffs & Warrant Officers Conference Agenda

May 14 – 16, 2018
Omni Southpark Hotel
4140 Governors Row | Austin, TX 78744 | 512.448.2222

Seminar Agenda

Course Information (Descriptions & Objectives)

Day 1 - Monday, May 14, 2018

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Registration (Pre-Registration Required)

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Human Trafficking
Tom Vitacco, Alamo Area Council of Governments

TMCEC Train the Trainer (Court Security)*
TMCEC Staff Attorneys

*Course Materials will be handed out in class*

Space is limited. This course is only for subject matter experts interested in teaching for TMCEC.

Day 2 - Tuesday, May 15, 2018

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements Regan Metteauer, Program Attorney, TMCEC
8:05 – 8:30 a.m.	Court Security Update: S.B. 42 Hector Gomez, Security Director, Office of Court Administration
8:30 – 9:30 a.m	Emergency Preparedness and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey Greg Cowan, Senior Management Analyst, Florida Justice Administrative Commission Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City of Friendswood
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45– 10:45 a.m.	Defendants with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability Jamie Von Seltmann, Crisis Intervention Team, Austin Police Department Marisa Aguilar, Program Director, Extended Mobile Outreach Team, Austin
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 noon	Stop, Cop, and Roll: Fourth Amendment Stops and Impairment+ Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator and Program Attorney, TMCEC
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

Break-Out Tracks	TRACK A	TRACK B	TRACK C
1:00 – 2:10 p.m.	Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack - What Could Happen? Gary Teeler, Chief of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (RET), State of Texas	Texas State and Federal Law Update (3185) W. Clay Abbott, DWI Resource Prosecutor, Texas District & County Attorneys Association	Court Security Officer Course (10999) John K. Hazeslip, Deputy, Harris County Sheriff's Office, Emergency Response Team (This is an 8-hour course continued on Day 3)
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	Officer Safety in Warrant Service Carlos Alvarado, Task Force Supervisor, Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Service
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	Active Shooter Training for Your Court William Jackson and Jared Carruth, SWAT, Team 1, Austin Police Department

Day 3 - Wednesday, May 16, 2018

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.

Breakfast

Break-Out Tracks	TRACK A	TRACK B	TRACK C
8:00 – 9:15 a.m.	Court Security Plans Charles Baxter, Court Security Consultant	Court Security Specialist Update (21015) Chris Giordano, Marshal, Bryan Marshal's Office Note: This is only for holders of the court security specialist certification.	Court Security Officer Course (10999) John K. Hazeslip, Deputy, Harris County Sheriff's Office, Emergency Response Team (Continued from Day 2)
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Court Security Committees Hon. Allen Gilbert, Presiding Judge, City of San Angelo
11:00 - 12:00 noon	Procedural Justice in Policing: How the Process of Justice Impacts Public Attitudes and Law Enforcement Outcomes Regan Metteauer, Program Attorney, TMCEC

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn Seminar

Agenda times and topics subject to change

TCOLE Credit: Participants will receive 12 hours of TCOLE Credit for attending the entire General Conference from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on May 15 and 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on May 16. Participants will receive an additional 4 hours of credit for attending the optional Pre-Conference session from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. on May 14. No partial credit will be given. Participants must attend the entire General Conference to receive TCOLE credit. Those attending the optional Pre-Conference must attend in its entirety to receive TCOLE credit.