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Bailiffs & Warrant Officers Conference Agenda

May 20 – 22, 2019
Omni Southpark Hotel
4140 Governors Row | Austin, TX 78744 | 512.448.2222

Seminar Agenda

Faculty Roster/Bio

Day 1 - Monday, May 20, 2019

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Civilian Interaction
Bryan Flatt, Lead Instructor, Texas Municipal Police Association

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Warrants

William Ragsdale, Presiding Judge, City of Ingram

2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Poverty, Fear. and Procedural Justice

Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.

Grant Writing
Matthew Holderread, Criminal Justice Program Specialist, Capital Area Council of Governments

4:15 - 5:00 p.m.

Case Law Update
Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Dinner (fajita buffet - come and go - please RSVP to evite

Day 2 - Tuesday, May 21, 2019

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education, TMCEC	Court Security Officer (10999) (This course is 8 hours and continues after lunch) Jason Johnson, Constable, Kaufman County
8:05 – 9:05 a.m.	National Trends and Best Practices in Court Security and Emergency Planning Timm Fautsko, Consultant, National Center for State Courts
9:20 – 10:30 a.m	Court Management Duties of the Bailiffs Allen Gilbert, Judge, City of San Angelo
10:45– 12:00 noon	Trauma Informed Care Dr. Brian Sims, Senior Director of Medical and Behavioral Health, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

Break-Out Tracks	TRACK A	TRACK B	TRACK C
1:00 – 2:10 p.m.	Finding Defendants Robert Hopkins, Warrant Officer, City of Pantego	Rethinking Compliance: Warrant Forgiveness Program Theresa Ewing, Director, Fort Worth Municipal Court	Court Security Officer Course (10999) Jason Johnson, Constable, Kaufman County (continued from the morning)
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	Court Security Incidents: Prevention, Recognizing, and Reporting Bobby Gutierrez, Retired Chief Deputy, Office of Carlos B. Lopez, Travis County Constable, Pct 5	1st Amendment Issues in Municipal Courts Matthew Freeman, Court Administrators, Frisco Municipal Court
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	Preview of Legislative Update Ned Minevitz Program Attorney & TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC	Basic Practices for Court Security Committees J. Elaine Marshall, Presiding Judge, City of Houston

Day 3 - Wednesday, May 22, 2019

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.

Breakfast

8:00 – 9:15 a.m.

4th Amendment Issues
Michael Barker, Instructor, Austin Police Academy

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Opioids in Texas
Dr. Carlos Tirado, MD, MPH, FABAM, President, Texas Society of Addiction Medicine

11:00 - 12:00 noon

Sovereign Citizens: Strategies for Fairness and Compliance
Andy Quittner, City Attorney, City of Seguin

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.