Community Expectations and Law Enforcement Responsibility Improving the Dialogue The New Jersey Experience in a National Context Agenda & Breakout Sessions A Statewide Summit September 10-11, 2001 Atlantic City Convention Center Atlantic City, New Jersey NJ Department of Law & Public Safety Office of the Attorney General
AGENDA Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held in Room 302 of the Atlantic City Convention Center Sunday,, September 9, 2001 EARLY REGISTRATION TION (Sheraton Lobby) 4:00-6:00 p.m. Monday,, September 10, 2001 REGISTRATION TION (Third Floor Atrium) 7:30-9:15 a.m..m. CONTINENTAL AL BREAKFAST AST (Third Floor Atrium) 8:00-9:15 CALL TO ORDER and INTRODUCTORY Y REMARKS 9:15-9:45 John J. Farmer, Jr., New Jersey Attorney General Dr. Leslie Kennedy, Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers Newark James Whelan, Mayor, City of Atlantic City WELCOMING ADDRESS 9:45-10:00 Donald T. DiFrancesco, Acting Governor KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Racial Profiling Controversy oversy 10:00-10:45 Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law Professor MORNING BREAK 10:45-11:00 PLENARY SESSION THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES Dr. George L. Kelling, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark Dr. David M. Oshinsky, Board of Governors Professor of History, Rutgers University Ralph C. Martin, II, District Attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 11:00-12:00 p.m.
AGENDA page 2 Monday,, September 10, 2001 PLENARY SESSION 12:00-1:00 p.m. RACIAL PROFILING FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE John J. Farmer, Jr., New Jersey Attorney General Mary Still, Director of Policy and Communications, Missouri Office of the Attorney General Trent Hargrove, Chief Deputy, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General Charles Alexander Moose, Ph.D., Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland William M. Lansdowne, Chief of Police, San Jose, California Steven H. Rosenbaum, Esq., Chief of Special Litigation, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice LUNCHEON - SPEAKER (Room 402) 1:00-2:15 Dr. Michael A. Caldero, Author of Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause PLENARY SESSION 2:15-3:45 GROUP DISCUSSION OF A HYPOTHETICAL POLICE-COMMUNITY CONFLICT Anthony C. Thompson, Professor, New York University School of Law James Golden, Director, Trenton Police Department Reverend Reginald T. Jackson, St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, Orange, N.J.; Executive Director, Black Ministers Council of New Jersey Paul H. Zoubek, First Assistant Attorney General, N.J. David Jones, Vice President, State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey, Inc. Leroy J. Jones, Jr., New Jersey Assemblyman Joan Verplanck, President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Kathy Barrett Carter, State House Reporter, The Star-Ledger of Newark
AGENDA page 3 Monday,, September 10, 2001 AFTERNOON BREAK 3:45-4:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS Hour One: 4:00-5:00 Room 301 Order Maintenance: The Relationship Between Community and Police Room 308 Mobilizing the Community for Justice: Case Studies Room 309 Individual Rights and Community Safety Room 310 Community Involvement in Training and Policies Room 313 Protocols and Guidelines: Stop and Frisk, High Speed Chases, Deadly Force ce Hour Two: 5:15-6:15 Room 301 Order der Maintenance: The Relationship Between Community and Police Room 308 Recruitment of Women and Minority Employees Room 309 Individual Rights and Community Safety Room 310 Community Involvement in Training and Policies Room 313 Consent Searches DINNER (Room 402) 7:00-9:00 MASTER OF CEREMONIES Joe Piscopo SPEAKER: DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., New Jersey Secretary of State
AGENDA page 4 Tuesday uesday,, September 11, 2001 Tuesday, September 11, 2001 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AST (Third Floor Atrium) 8:00-9:00 a.m. PLENARY SESSION THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LEADERSHIP 9:00-10:00 Hubert Williams, President of the Police Foundation, Washington, D.C. Douglas H. Palmer, Mayor, City of Trenton Carson J. Dunbar, Jr., Superintendent, New Jersey State Police Reverend Reginald T. Jackson, St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, Orange, N.J.; Executive Director, Black Ministers Council of New Jersey Edward H. Lennon, President, State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey, Inc. MORNING BREAK 10:00-10:15 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Hour One: 10:15-11:15 Room 301 Order der Maintenance: The Relationship Between Community and Police Room 308 Mobilizing the Community for Justice: Case Studies Room 309 Individual Rights and Community Safety Room 310 Community Involvement in Training and Policies Room 313 Protocols and Guidelines: Stop and Frisk, High Speed Chases, Deadly Force Hour Two: 11:30-12:30 Room 301 Order Maintenance: The Relationship Between Community and Police Room 308 Recruitment of Women and Minority Employees Room 309 Individual Rights and Community Safety Room 310 Community Involvement in Training and Policies Room 313 Consent Searches
AGENDA page 5 Tuesday uesday,, September 11, 2001 LUNCHEON (Room 402) 12:30-1:30 p.m. PLENARY SESSION THE USES AND PITFALLS OF STATISTICS TISTICS 1:30-2:45 Dr. Michael G. Maxfield, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark Steven H. Rosenbaum, Esq., Chief of Special Litigation, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Dr. Matthew Zingraff, Associate Dean for Research, North Carolina State University Bob Stewart, President and CEO, Bobcat Consulting and Training Dr. Joel Best, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware PLENARY SESSION REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2:45-3:45 The Moderators of the various Breakout Groups will report on their recommendations CLOSING REMARKS 3:45-4:00 John J. Farmer, Jr., New Jersey Attorney General
AGENDA page 6 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Panel One CONSENT SEARCHES Michael F. Moriarty, Esq., N.J. Commission to Deter Criminal Activity Ronald Susswein, Assistant Attorney General, State of N.J. William H. Buckman, Esq., Moorestown, N.J. Stephen B. Rubin, Prosecutor, Hunterdon County, N.J. Dr. James J. Fyfe, Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University Panel Two RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES Dr. Nancy S. Kaplan, Assistant Vice President, St. John s University, New York Margaret Moore, Assistant Director, National Center for Women and Policing Thomas J. Hopkins, Director, Career Development Center, Rutgers University Preston L. Felton, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Deputy Superintendent, New York State Police Peter Tu, Esq., N.J. State Bar Association Panel Three PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES: STOP AND FRISK, HIGH SPEED CHASES, DEADLY FORCE Dr. Wayne Fisher, Deputy Director, N.J. Division of Criminal Justice John E. Page, Esq., Corporate Counsel, Avaya, Inc., Basking Ridge, N.J. Wayne D. Greenfeder, Esq., Kraemer, Burns, Mytelka, Lovel & Kulka, P.A., Springfield, N.J. Edward A. Flynn, Chief, Arlington, Va., Police Department Reuben M. Greenberg, Chief, Charleston, S.C., Police Dept.
AGENDA page 7 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Panel Four COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT VEMENT IN TRAINING AND POLICIES O. Lisa Dabreu, Director, N.J. Division on Civil Rights Dr. Craig Fraser, Associate Director, Police Executive Research Forum Washington D.C. Reinaldo Rivera, Jr., Northeast Regional Director, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice (Monday) David S. Leonardis, Captain and Director of Training, N.J. State Police Rev. Dr. Byron E. Lennon, Sr., Divinity Missionary Baptist Church, Newark Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People s Organization for Progress, Newark Jennifer Knobe, Director of Programs, N.Y. Tolerance Center, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles Panel Five INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY SAFETY Robin Parker, Esq., Deputy Attorney General, N.J. Division of Criminal Justice All attendees will participate in the group simulation Freetocracy Panel Six ORDER MAINTENANCE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND POLICE Felice Kirby, Director of Training and Special Projects, Citizens Committee for New York City Joseph J. Santiago, Director, Newark Police Department Robert Wasserman, Senior Advisor on International Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of State Edward F. Davis, III, Superintendent, Lowell, Mass., Police Dept. Charon J. W. Motayne, C.P.A., Newark Panel Seven MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY FOR JUSTICE: CASE STUDIES Stephen E. Rickman, Director of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, U.S. Department of Justice Gordon R. Muth, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Passaic County, N.J. Lori Scott-Pickens, Associate Director, Community Partners for Youth Community Agencies Corp. of N.J. (CAC) Lee A. Solomon, Esq., Prosecutor, Camden County, N.J. Mario Paparozzi, Ph.D., Chairman, N.J. State Parole Board (Monday) Rev. Dr. James Washington, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Atlantic City (Tuesday)