71st National Conference

American Criminal Justice Association - Lambda Alpha Epsilon
 

Kansas City, MO
April 6 - 11, 2008
 

Roger Pennel, Region III Vice-President and 2008 Conference Director and Jill Miller,  Conference Coordinator, and Region III members are working to give you five days of workshops, competitive activities pertaining to the various criminal justice disciplines, outstanding speakers, entertainment, and displays.  
 
Conference Theme:
 

  "The Secrets of the Dead"
 
Air Travel and Transportation From the Airport:
 

The Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel is located 20 miles miles from the Kansas City International Airport.  Transportation to the Hotel can be arranged with KCI Shuttle Service.  Reservations are suggested, especially for large groups.   Also, if your flight is arriving after 9:00OM, it will be necessary to contact the shuttle service for transportation.  The rates at this time are as follows.  Since gasoline prices fluctuate, please recheck these prices closer to the Conference.  Reservations can be made by calling (800) 243-6383 or (816) 243-5000.  Make shuttle reservations online.
         

One Way:  $16 Round-trip:  $27
 
Hotel and Surrounding Area:
 
  Hyatt Regency Crown Center 
Please click "Make Reservations ONLINE" (below) when making your room(s)
reservations to be sure your room(s) is counted in our room block.

The Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel is a 42-story Hotel.  The Hotel has 731 rooms and suites and offers room service, and has eight restaurants and lounges.  The Hotel is convenient to downtown and is linked to Hallmark's Crown Center Complex with more than 80 shops and restaurants, two live theatres, movie theater and Union Station.   The Hotel also has a heated all-season outdoor pool, whirlpool and sauna, and a fully-equipped fitness center.  The Hotel will offer self-parking at $8.00 per day.   The Hotel cannot accommodate vehicles that are taller than 6'9" (i.e., no motorhomes / tall vans, etc.).

The  well-appointed guest rooms offer thoughtful conveniences such as  coffee makers, hairdryers, dataports,  and full-sized irons and ironing boards, and cable/satellite TV with in-room movies available.   Check-in time is 3:00PM and check-out time is 12:00PM.  

Located within the Hotel are many restaurants and lounges including Skies, The Peppercorn Duck Club, Milano, Crayola Cafe, Spectator's Bar & Grille, Terrace, and Golden Harvest Bakery.  Skies Restaurant is located atop the Hotel offering guests a view of the city with 72 windows lining the exterior of the Restaurant.  Please click on the Hotel link above to view all the restaurants including cuisine, menu and dress code.
 

NOTE:  The Hyatt Crown Center will hang your chapter banners for a charge of $25 per banner

 

Conference Room Rate:
 

  • Single through Quad will be $119.00 / night (rate INCLUDES tax). 

Note: Reservations must be made by March 5, 2008 to avoid higher rates. Reservations may be made by calling (800) 233-1234 or (816) 421-1234 or Make Reservations ONLINE.   Please be sure to inform the reservations desk (if you are reserving your room(s) by phone) that you are reserving your room(s) for the ACJA/LAE National Conference.

 
Conference Registration Fee:
 

  • Member Pre-Registration fee will be $140 until February 29, 2008.

  • Guest / spouse Pre-Registration fee will be $100 until February 29, 2008.

  • Member Registration fee will be $175 after February 29th and on-site.

  • Guest / spouse Registration fee will be $135 after February 29th and on-site
 

The Registration Fee covers participation in all competitions, the Opening Banquet Dinner, Star Member Reception, and Closing Banquet Dinner/Dance.    

Guests ARE NOT ELIGIBLE to compete in the competitions
 Pre-Conference registration packets will be mailed to all
members in December. 
 
Firearms:
 

The Firearms and Physical Agility Competitions will be held at the Kansas City Police Department Academy, an outdoor range approximately 20 miles from the Hotel.   There will be NO RANGE FEE.  Bus transportation will be provided to/from the Academy.  Members are STRONGLY encourage to ride the buses as parking for private vehicles is very limited at the Academy. 

Ammunition:  Ammunition WILL NOT be available at the Academy.  Members must bring their own or buy it in Kansas City.  FYI, there is a gun and ammunition store in North Kansas City and a Walmart that sells ammunition.   Members can get directions to these stores once they get to the Conference.

All participants MUST attend the Safety Meeting on Tuesday, April 8th to sign waivers. Participants WILL NOT be allowed to compete if they do not attend the Safety Meeting.
 
Written Competitions: 
 
The textbooks for the written competitions are as follows: 

Juvenile Justice Exam:

Juvenile Delinquency:  The Core by Larry J. Siegel & Brandon C. Welsh, 3rd Edition, Thompson Learning, Inc., 2008

Corrections Exam:

American Corrections by Todd Clear, George Cole & Michael Reisig, 7th Edition (2006), Thompson-Wadsworth Publisher, ISBN 0-534-64652-2

Criminal Law Exam:

Criminal Procedure:  Law and Practice by Rolando V. del Carmen, 7th Edition, Thompson-Wadsworth Publisher AND Criminal Law by Thomas J. Gardner & Terry M. Anderson 9th Edition, Thompson-Wadsworth Publisher

Police Management & Operations Exam:

Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement by W. W. Bennett & K. M. Hess (2007) 5th Edition, Wadsworth / Thompson Publishing, ISBN 0495093416

ACJA/LAE 
Knowledge Exam:

  • National Bylaws; 

  • National Standing Rules; 

  • National Brochure; 

  • ACJA/LAE History; 

  • National Oath & Symbolism Booklet 

(These items are available from the National Office.)  (ACJA/LAE History, Bylaws and Standing Rules are available on our website.)
 
Scheduled Workshop Speakers:
 
Last year, Dr. Henry Lee told you what they did with evidence in the Crime Lab.  Dick Warrington will tell you how to collect it and get it to the Lab.
 
Richard Warrington started in the field of law enforcement in August 1971.   In 1978, Mr. Warrington created the Crime Scene Unit for the Shawnee County (Kansas) Sheriff's Department.  He became the lead crime scene officer in the Capital Area Major Case Squad in 1979 until his retirement in 1996.  He is currently a member of the Kansas I. A. I. and a Board member for the International Crime Scene Investigators Association.

Mr. Warrington has published articles in the "Journal of Forensic Identification," Law Enforcement Technology Magazine" and recently, "Evidence Technology Magazine."  In 1998, he authored and published the "Death Scene Check List Manual."  In 1994, he developed and patented the Blue Light Special.  Mr. Warrington currently teaches classes in "Gizmos & Gadgets," basic latent fingerprint processing, developing/lifting prints on textured surfaces and crime scene investigation.   He has developed a website to help aid officers in the area of crime scene investigation. 

Website:  Gizmos & Gadgets

Wednesday Afternoon Presentation (2 hours)
Gizmos & Gadgets
Course Abstract:  http://csigizmos.com/pdf/gizmo-2-hour.pdf

Thursday Afternoon Presentations (2 hours)
Two Hands-on Sessions (limited to 30 members per session)
Lifting Prints Off Unusual Surfaces Workshop

Have you ever thought about lifting fingerprints from a textured surface, a paper towel, a feather, a wet surface, a curved surface, or even the adhesive side of tape?  Dick Warrington will show you how.  He will present two 2-hour sessions on Thursday (open Conference day) for those who wish to attend.  Each session will be limited to 30 members.  There will be a sign-up sheet at Registration for these presentations.  A Certificate will be issued to those who attend.

Handout:  Lifting Latent Fingerprints Off Unusual Surfaces
 
Mary Fran Ernst will present a 2-hour Workshop on "The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator and How to Become a Medicolegal Death Investigator."  What is a Medicolegal Death Investigator?  A Medicolegal Investigator is a professional having the legal authority to investigate deaths for a medicolegal (medical examiner/coroner) jurisdiction, who performs scene investigations, collects evidence, and develops decedents' medical and social histories to assist the medical examiner/coroner in determining the cause and manner of death.  Medicolegal Death Investigators should have a combination of education and skills encompassing areas of medicine and law.

Mary Fran Ernst is Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Medicolegal Education at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and a Medicolegal Death Investigator for the Saint Louis County Medical Examiner's Office in Saint Louis, Missouri.  She helped establish the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators and was the first individual certified as a Board Certified Medicolegal Death Investigator with the first Board-issued Certificate.  As President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Mary Fran Ernst established the Forensic Education Programs Accreditation Committee.

Website:  American Board of Mediocolegal Death Investigators
 
As Dr. Henry Lee indicated at last year's Conference, you can get alot of clues to solve crimes at the crime scene, but sometimes the clues are not in the "crime scene;" they are in the body of the deceased.  Dr. Mary Case is responsible for this area of the investigation.

Dr. Mary E. Case is a Professor of Pathology and Co-Director, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Chief Medical Examiner for Saint Louis, Franklin, Jefferson and St. Charles Counties in Missouri.  As the Medical Examiner for these four counties, Dr. Case is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death in all sudden, violent and suspicious deaths over an area comprising almost 30% o the population of the State of Missouri.  Dr. Case specializes in neuropatholoy, pediatric pathology and child abuse cases.  She is an internationally recognized expert in Shaken Baby Syndrome.  She has written extensively in child-related injuries and deaths, including "Child Fatality Review" and " Child Fatality Review Quick Reference."

Dr. Case is an expert on crimes committed against children.  She is currently working on a video that focuses on the issue of alcohol use and level of impairment.  As a physician and medical examiner, Dr. Case has a unique perspective on teenage drinking.  She is a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the American Association of Forensic Science. 
 
Contact:

If you have any questions  concerning the upcoming 2008 National Conference, please call or email Roger Pennel, 2008 Conference Director, at (660) 543-4270 or Jill Miller, Conference Coordinator at (816) 271-4434.
 


Visit the Hyatt Crown Center Online

Things to Do In and Around Kansas City

 Bodies Revealed
(During our 2008 National Conference, Union Station (located about two blocks from the Hyatt,
will have a premier Exhibit entitled "Bodies Revealed."  This Exhibit views the human
body from the inside out.  Please visit the website for further information.)


START PLANNING NOW TO ATTEND!!!!

Conference Theme:

"The Secrets of the Dead"
 

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