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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! o MPCTC Hosted Training Classes o FLETC Leadership Series o Homeland Security – Intelligence Training Academy o Lexipol Webinar – Training “Artifacts”: The Role Training-or Lack of Training –

Plays in Poor Decisions o ICISF World Congress 16

o Information from the IACP o GOCCPVS Funding Opportunities o Please take the quick GOCCPVS Survey! o FY22 BJAG Funding Appropriations in Progress – YOUR HELP NEEDED! o Line of Duty Deaths – March 2021 o Legal Update - Torres v. Madrid, 2021 U.S. LEXIS 1611 (Mar. 25, 2021) o Upcoming MCPA & MSA Meetings o Maryland Fallen Heroes Day o Maryland LETR T-Shirts & Hats Now Available! o Important Information About National Police Week 2021 o National Police Week 5K o HEROES Golf Tournament

WEEK OF April 12, 2021

The Maryland Chiefs of Police Association (MCPA) and the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) will host our Annual Professional Development Training Seminar & Exhibitor Show at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau in Ocean City, Maryland on October 17-20, 2021.

Our Association's work tirelessly on behalf of our members and our communities in several critical areas: Legislative and Legal Advocacy, Training and Member Services. Our active engagement on issues of public safety policy has allowed the associations to effectively shape legislation that impacts legal, social, and budgetary issues. MCPA & MSA are recognized as the voice of law enforcement advocacy on behalf of local law enforcement in Maryland. MCPA & MSA provides contemporary training to law enforcement leaders statewide, ensuring our members remain current on leading issues as well as preparing the next generation of Maryland's law enforcement executives.

MCPA/MSA’s Annual Professional Development Seminar & Exhibitor Show is the Association’s flagship event and the premier annual training seminar in the law enforcement community in Maryland. The three-day conference brings together more than 350 leaders in law enforcement with industry partners for amazing networking opportunities, educational sessions, awards ceremonies and a marketplace showcasing the products and services of over 70 exhibitors.

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MPCTC Hosted Training Classes

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this MPCTC catalog of these training opportunities!

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Training “Artifacts”: The Role Training—or Lack of Training—Plays in Poor Decisions Part of the Lexipol Police Reform Webinar Series

April 20, 2021 | 1 pm ET | 10 am PT

Police officers make numerous decisions every day. Some are simple, while some can have lasting impact on the officer and the people involved. When these decisions go wrong, tragic outcomes can ensue—and the root cause is sometimes poor training.

Many agencies continue to rely on training that supports a flawed conception of “officer safety” that can in fact place officers at increased risk and cause harm to members of the community. Such training “artifacts” are outdated or inaccurate concepts that remain embedded in training and influence officer decision-making many years later.

This webinar will use contemporary scenarios to lead police administrators, trainers and officers to critically analyze their training to ensure officers are being given the proper skills to handle the difficult decisions they face.

You’ll learn:

• To evaluate the root cause of tragedies involving police intervention • Recent examples where training failed officers and whether it is possible you or your officers

would have responded the same way • The importance of keeping instructors up to date with contemporary science-based training

programs

Presented by:

Chief (Ret.) Mike Ranalli Program Manager Lexipol

Laura Scarry Partner, DeAno and Scarry Attorney, Lexipol

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HERE to register!

CISF World Congress 16: Wellness Amid Uncertainty Register now to learn about resilience, critical incidents, stress management and crisis intervention from founders, renowned leaders, and subject matter experts in the field of stress, trauma and human resilience.

The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation is excited to announce a transformative educational experience like no other with new ways to meet, learn and connect as we talk and focus on a better tomorrow by discussing resilience, critical incident response and preparing for disasters!

Digital transformation has given us an opportunity to reach a larger global audience and create a new experience for this year and beyond. The ICISF World Congress 16 goes virtual!

Why Attend World Congress? Come to World Congress It offers participants an amazing opportunity to not only stay abreast of the latest developments within the field of crisis intervention, but also to network and connect with others in your profession, practice setting, and/or geographic area. You will engage in inspiring and informative discussions regarding emerging issues, current resources, effective tools, and best practices.

The theme for the World Congress 16 is Wellness Amid Uncertainty. Come explore topics surrounding crisis, stress, and human resilience.

Whether you are new to the profession or have a wealth of experience, there is always something new to learn. Hear from leaders in the field and build relationships with others who understand firsthand the work that you do, and the rewards and challenges that it can present. Participants come from a variety of professions, practice settings, and experience levels, but the one thing everyone has in common is their commitment to the work they do.

We look forward to seeing you at this year’s World Congress, and many more in the years to come! Don’t forget to sign up or update your preferences to ensure you receive World Congress-related emails.

• Pricing & Registration • Continuing Education/CEUs • Engagement

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Attend IACP's Virtual First-Line Leadership Course: May - July 2021

IACP is launching a virtual First-Line Leadership (FLL) Course to take place May 17 - July 2, 2021. The seven-week FLL course will consist of two weekly virtual live events, led by IACP-certified instructors, and at-home assignments to support learning application. Virtual class sessions will take place live every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am-1pm EST. The cost per participant is $650.00. Learn more and register. Contact LeadershipServices@theIACP.org with any questions

Recognize the Great Work in Your Agency The IACP Leadership Awards recognize and honor agencies and individuals for their dedication to policing. With more than 25 awards spanning a number of categories and topic areas, this is an opportunity to highlight on a global scale the amazing work done in your agency each and every day. Nominations are now open. Learn more and apply.

Applications for the 2021 Cohort of NIJ LEADS Scholars are Now Open! The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars program supports the professional development and research capacity of mid-career law enforcement officers dedicated to advancing the police profession through science. The LEADS Scholars program grew out of a desire to support and develop the next generation of law enforcement leadership in America and now forms a strong network of individuals committed to using evidence and data to inform law enforcement policy and practice. Learn more about the program and how to apply here. The application deadline is May 3, 2021.

Please click on the following grant

opportunities for further information:

FY 2022 Community Grant Program Fund (CGPF)

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Online Submission Deadline: April 23, 2021, 3 PM

FY 2022 Markell Hendricks Youth Crime Prevention and Diversion Parole Grant Program (YCPD)

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Online Submission Deadline: May 7, 2021 at 3 p.m.

FY 2022 Gun Violence Reduction Grant Program (GVRG)

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Online Submission Deadline: April 27, 2021 by 3 PM

FY 2022 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Grant Fund

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Online Submission Deadline: May 3, 2021 by 3 PM

The FY22 appropriations process is now underway. This is the time of year when we urge you to let your Members of Congress (particularly those on the appropriations committees) hear from you about the importance of the Byrne JAG award. We hope you will be able to contact your delegation offices. This promises to be a tricky year. We know there are many voices engaging on justice reform issues and Byrne JAG promises to be at the center of many of these discussions. It is really important that we strengthen the knowledge Members have about what Byrne JAG funds in their state so they know what will be lost if funding drops or far-reaching changes are made to the program. The immediate goals are to encourage all Members of Congress to:

1. include Byrne JAG on the list of priority programs each Member submits to the Appropriations Committees; and,

2. sign onto the Dear Colleague letter supporting funding for Byrne JAG in the FY22

appropriations bill. The House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) subcommittee has a deadline of April 23 for Member communication. The House Members’ sign-on Dear Colleague letter in support of the Byrne JAG and COPS Hiring programs is now. (The Senate CJS subcommittee has not yet set its deadlines.) We ask that you Please email or call the staff person that handles criminal justice issues in each of your delegation offices asking them to consider prioritizing the Byrne JAG program in their submission to the appropriations committee and alerting them to the Dear Colleague letter that is circulating for signature. Please click on the links below for various resources and templates for your use:

1. Template emails and letters for you and your stakeholders to personalize; 2. NCJA’s one-page backgrounder and, Leading Change report, to use as

handouts (an updated one-pager is in BJA review; we will send to you when available to be used);

3. NCJA’s Checklist for Congressional Education for ideas on how to engage congressional offices in your work;

4. The key Members to prioritize on the Appropriations and Judiciary committees; 5. Contact information for the justice policy staff and legislative director in most

congressional offices. This information is downloaded from a subscription congressional research service. We know it’s not a complete list but given that we are just weeks into the new Congress, it is as complete as we can provide at this time. It is not difficult, however, to find contact information for delegation members at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov. You can call the main office to ask for the name and email address of the staff person who handles justice and appropriations issues.

For those not familiar, a “Dear Colleague” is a letter signed by Members of Congress and addressed to the leaders of the Appropriations Committees. These letters are an important way for Members to show their support for particular programs. When a large number of Members from both parties sign the letter, it shows appropriators the depth and breadth of support for the program. We have been fortunate in the past to have wide bipartisan support on these letters, which helps enormously in the appropriations process.

Byrne JAG Cornerstone for Justice one-pager

Byrne JAG Leading Change in State and Local Justice Systems

The Bryne JAG Formula Explained

117 Congress Judiciary – Approps Members

House Judiciary and Approps Staff - SEE LINK IN EMAIL

Senate Judiciary and Approps Staff - SEE LINK IN EMAIL

Grantee Template Letter to Members of Congress

Grantee Template Email Text to House Staff

NCJA Checklist for Congressional Education

The Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victims Services has developed a survey to gather broad input from the criminal justice community to help us establish funding priorities and identify unmet system needs. We are requesting your help to share this survey with your staff and colleagues within the justice system sectors. Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7X7XVY3 Final date to submit this survey is Friday, April 23, 2021. If you are having technical difficulties with the survey feel free to contact Jeffrey Zuback, Maryland Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) at jeffrey.zuback@maryland.gov. We appreciate your participation in this survey.

This month, 16 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty. The cause breakdown is: 6 auto-related, 4 gunfire, 3 COVID-19, and 3 assault. This means that the year-to-date total for line of duty deaths is at 86, a 105% increase from the same time last year.

Torres v. Madrid, 2021 U.S. LEXIS 1611 (Mar. 25, 2021) At dawn on July 15, 2014, four New Mexico State Police officers went to an apartment complex in Albuquerque to execute an arrest warrant for a woman accused of white-collar crimes, but also “suspected of having been involved in drug trafficking, murder, and other violent crimes.” When the officers arrived, they saw Roxanne Torres and another woman standing near a vehicle in the parking lot. As the officers approached, they determined that neither Torres nor the other person was the target of the warrant. At this point, Torres, who was experiencing methamphetamine withdrawal, got into the driver’s seat of the vehicle and the other person walked away. The officers attempted to speak to Torres, but she did not notice their presence until one of them tried to open the door of her car. According to Torres, she thought the officers were carjackers trying to steal her car, even though they were wearing tactical vests marked with police identification. Although Torres claimed that neither officer stood in the path of her vehicle as she began to drive away, Officers Madrid and Williamson fired their service pistols to stop her. The officers fired 13 shots at Torres, striking her twice in the back temporarily paralyzing her left arm. Steering with her right arm, Torres accelerated through the fusillade of bullets, exited the apartment complex, drove a short distance, and stopped in a parking lot. After asking a bystander to report an attempted carjacking, Torres stole another vehicle that happened to be idling nearby and drove 75 miles to Grants, New Mexico. The hospital in Grants airlifted Torres to a hospital in Albuquerque where the police arrested her the next day. Torres eventually pleaded no contest to aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer, assault on a peace officer, and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle. Torres subsequently sued Officers Madrid and Williamson under 42 U.S.C. §1983, claiming that the officers unreasonably seized her in violation of the Fourth Amendment by shooting her. The district court disagreed and held that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity. The district court concluded that the officers had not seized Torres under the Fourth Amendment at the time of the shooting. As a result, the district court held there could be no Fourth Amendment violation without a seizure. Torres appealed. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court, holding that “a suspect’s continued flight after being shot by police negates a Fourth

Amendment excessive-force claim.” The court relied on Circuit precedent, citing Brooks v. Gaenzle, which provided that “no seizure can occur unless there is physical touch or a show of authority,” and that “such physical touch (or force) must terminate the suspect’s movement” or otherwise give rise to physical control over the suspect. Again, Torres appealed. The Supreme Court agreed to hear case to resolve a split among the circuits. The issue before the Court was: Is an unsuccessful attempt to detain a suspect by use of physical force a “seizure” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, as the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the New Mexico Supreme Court hold, or must physical force be successful in detaining a suspect to constitute a “seizure,” as the Tenth Circuit and the D.C. Court of Appeals hold? The Court held that “the application of physical force to the body of a person with intent to restrain is a seizure even if the person does not submit and is not subdued.” The Court recognized that the Fourth Amendment “does not forbid all or even most seizures—only unreasonable ones,” and commented that “all we decide today is that the officers seized Torres by shooting her with intent to restrain her movement.” Consequently, the Court vacated the judgment of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and remanded the case to the district court to resolve “any questions regarding the reasonableness of the seizure, the damages caused by the seizure, and the officers’ entitlement to qualified immunity.” For the Court’s opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-292_21p3.pdf Source: The Federal Law Enforcement Informer (The Informer), March 2021

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

The next Executive Board Meeting will be held:

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:00 a.m.

VIRTUAL ZOOM CALL Contact Executive Director for link

2021 Executive Board and Quarterly Membership Meetings

The following is the schedule for the 2021 Executive Board and

Quarterly Membership Meetings.

Please mark these important dates on your calendar. All meetings will start at 10:00 A.M. unless otherwise stated.

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS

February 10, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

April 13, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. June 9, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

November 10, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

January 13, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. March 10, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. May 12, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.

October 18, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The next MCPA General Membership Meeting will be held:

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 10:00 a.m.

Virtual Zoom Meeting

Link notice will be sent to all members

Maryland Sheriffs’ Association

2021 Board Meeting Schedule

January 21, 2021 – Virtual Meeting

February 18, 2021 – Virtual Meeting

March 18, 2021 – Virtual Meeting

April 15, 2021 – Cecil County

May 20, 2021 – Harford County

June 2021 - No Meeting

July 15, 2021 – Frederick County

August 2021 - No Meeting

September 20-21, 2021 – Allegany County

October 18, 2021 – Professional Development Training Seminar, Ocean City

November 18, 2021 – Wicomico County December 2021 - No Meeting

NEXT MSA BOARD MEETING

April 15, 2021

10:00 a.m. Hosted by the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office

At Wellwood, located at 532 Water Street, Charlestown, MD 21914

Meeting Sponsored by Blue Crab Strategies

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2021 Law Enforcement Torch Run

Ultra-soft T-Shirts $15 Hats $15

NEED T-SHIRTS OR HATS FOR YOUR AGENCY?

Contact Ms. Betsy Jiron at Special Olympics Maryland 410-242-1515 X115

To benefit

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2021

In-Person Events: Oct. 13-17, 2021 Virtual Events: May 11-16, 2021

National Police Week in-person events will be held October 13-17 in Washington, DC. The rescheduling of these events is due to the inability to secure necessary permits in time for in-person gatherings, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The in-person National Police Weekend in October will offer the same honor, remembrance, and peer support as National Police Week, while allowing law enforcement, survivors, and citizens to gather and pay homage to those who gave their lives in the line of duty.

The planned schedule of events includes:

• Thursday, October 14 – NLEOMF Candlelight Vigil • Friday, October 15 – C.O.P.S. National Police Survivors’ Conference • Saturday, October 16 – FOP 40th Annual National Peace Officers

Memorial Service

In addition to the in-person events in October, our virtual programs and some Memorial and Officer Safety & Wellness programs will still be held during Police Week in May, including the virtual Candlelight Vigil on May 13th.

Stay tuned for updates on all of the programs and events being scheduled for the 2021 virtual National Police Week and in-person National Police Weekend!

If you've been waiting to sign up, you have two more days to register before the final price increase! Here are our top three reasons to sign up for the National Police Week 5K today:

This year's 5K falls on Peace Officers Memorial Day, a fitting occasion to commit to remembering fallen officers. The included commemorative bib has space to honor the memory of an officer and the free race shirt features the honor roll of all 2020 fallen law enforcement heroes..

ALL proceeds benefit the Officer Down Memorial Page, our non-profit dedicated to honoring America's fallen law enforcement heroes, and Concerns of Police Survivors, a non-profit with the mission to rebuild the shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line-of-duty death.

Not only is this a global, virtual event uniting thousands of law enforcement officers and their supporters, but it's a great opportunity to form your own team of friends, family, and co-workers and unite together to remember the fallen together. It's a great team-building event!

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