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Speakers
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Chief Bryan Zeringue | Chief Bryan Zeringue is the current police chief of Thibodaux, Louisiana. In 1980, he began his law enforcement career with this department. |
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Judge Arthur L. Hunter, Jr. (Fmr.) | Judge Arthur Hunter began his law enforcement career in 1981 as a police officer with the New Orleans Police Department. He worked on patrol in the Urban Squad and Fifth District serving the public housing developments and 7th, 8th, and 9th Wards of the city of New Orleans. |
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Corporal Tim Hitt (Fmr.) | Tim Hitt started his law enforcement career in 1996 as a patrol officer with the Grambling, LA Police Department. His duties included patrolling Interstate 20, where he apprehended drug mules smuggling narcotics disguised as everyday objects. |
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David Brown, Assistant City Prosecutor (Fmr.) | David Brown served as an Assistant City Prosecutor for the City of Baton Rouge from 2009 to 2013. David is an alumnus of Vermont Law School. He also received an advanced degree in plant biology and environmental studies at Louisiana State University. |
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Chief Jeff LeDuff | Jeff LeDuff began his law enforcement career in 1982 as an officer for the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana. He worked his way up the ranks of the department and was named Chief in 2004 after 22 years of service. |
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Chief Tim Lentz (Ret.) | Tim Lentz began his law enforcement career as an officer with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. For 30 years, he served as a patrol officer, warrants and fugitive officer, detective, Asset Forfeiture Unit Director, Narcotics Division Commander, Crime Lab Director, Patrol Division Commander, Fleet Manager, Chief of Detectives, and Chief Deputy. |
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Officer Karen Hawkes (Ret.) | Karen Hawkes served as a Massachusetts state trooper for 13 years. Over the course of her career she made several drug arrests. She served as a contraband officer, processing narcotics evidence and preparing it to be analyzed. Karen earned a B.S.B.A in Finance from Northeastern University and a Master’s in Criminal Justice Administration from Western New England […] |
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Dr. John “Jay” Lawrie (Ret. Unit Manager) | Dr. Lawrie began his law enforcement career in 1993 as a Correctional Officer at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institute in Suffield, Connecticut. In this role he conducted daily security inspections and enforced and explained institutional rules to the inmate population. |
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Chief Dean Isabella | Dean Isabella began his law enforcement career in 1987 with the Providence Police Department in Rhode Island. He served as Commander of the Special Projects Unit, Acting Director of the Providence Emergency Management Agency, and Grant Coordinator. |
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Lieutenant Sarko Gergerian | Lieutenant Sarko Gergerian began his career in 2010 as a patrol officer with Winthrop Police Department. In 2016, he received the Outstanding Service and Contribution award; in 2019, Lieutenant Gergerian was subsequently awarded the Department of Mental Health & Law Enforcement Award. |
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