Position
Crime Prevention and CPTED Specialist (Retired Police Officer), Calgary Police Service, Crime Prevention Unit
Accomplishments
2001 International ‘Best Practices’ in Collaborative Development of Cyber-safety Public Education Programmes in North America:
For research, development and implementation of 'The Hybrid Technological Crimes Model Approach - A Crime Prevention Strategy for Law Enforcement, IT security professionals and Academia’: Society for Policing Cyberspace
2000 'Mayors Award’: (Joint Recipient): Office of the Mayor of Calgary
2000 'Registry for Outstanding Achievement’: City of Calgary
2000 'Chief's Nomination Award': Calgary Police Service
1999 'Federal Funding & Recognition' Business Planning for Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA): Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada, Solicitor General of Canada
1997 - 2001 'Board of Directors' (1997 to 2001): Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association
Work History
Crime Prevention and CPTED Consultant, Contract with Calgary Police Service
Telephone Offences Investigator, Coordinator and Forensics
Cyber-Crime Prevention and Crime Prevention Specialist (6 years).
Law Enforcement Human Resources (1 year).
School Resource Officer (1 years).
Criminal Investigator for drug, sex and auto theft related crimes (8 years).
Two decades of strong, credible and successful prosecutions.
District 1, 3 and 4 General Patrol. (6 years).
Crime Prevention Unit
Cyber-Crime Prevention Specialist (with Acting Sergeant responsibilities)
October 1995 to 2003t:
‘2001 International Recognition for Best Practices’ by The Society for the Policing of Cyberspace for the co-development of Canada’s first collaborative University accredited course on cyber-crime prevention.
Media spokesperson for Cyber-crime prevention for the Calgary Police Service.
Education
University of Calgary, Cont. Ed. Faculty, ‘e-Security’ Program (Course Co-developer & Instructor)
2000-2001: Cyber-Crime Prevention for Law Enforcement & Security Professionals Cert.
University of Calgary, Accredited transfer courses (Management Certificate Program)
1996: Effective Presentation Basic & Advanced (Professional Public Speaking)
1996 Cultural Diversity Training
1999-2000: Leadership & Learning (Systems Thinking & Learning Organizations)
1998-2000: Media Relations Basic & Advanced (External Communications)
Calgary Police Service sponsored educational training:
Calgary Police Service, Chief Crowfoot Police Learning Academy:
1982 – Present, over 40 Specialized In Service Training Certifications
University of Louisville (Faculty of Criminal Justice), Kentucky, U.S.
1995-1996: Advanced Crime & Loss Prevention Technology Diploma
1996-1997: Advanced Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Diploma
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Levels I & II (Specialist, having completed several high profile, high security risk evaluations for businesses, citizens of Calgary and G8.
1998-2001: Crime Free Multi-Housing Trainer Cert.
Experience
Organizational Training & Delivery of Services
1982-2007
Telephone Offences Investigator and Coordinator in the Communications Section/ Public Safety Communications. Investigation of over 1500 Telephone offences complaints to successful resolve. Also responsible for data recovery of all audio files for CPS personnel and their perspective investigations, pursuits, training and audit.
FOIP and PIPEDA Specialist for the area.
• 25 years of over five hundred presentations to interested groups, all levels of the organization, locally, provincially, nationally and internationally, to increase public awareness and education of law enforcement issues.
• Expedited communication between upper level management and general personnel with respect to policy development issues, training and numerous internal and external organizational committees. Instructed and coordinated specialized training in specialist crime prevention strategies to national and international law enforcement.
Human Resources & Organizational Competency Based Performance Staff Reviews
1995 to 2007
• Interviewed applicants for civilian and sworn officer positions as a certified & qualified trained interviewer in targeted selection interviewing and behavioural descriptive interviewing techniques.
Public Relations & Media
1995 to Present
• Creating, editing and publishing numerous public crime prevention information materials, as well as explaining programs regularly for radio, television and printed media.
Personal Learning
Extensive research in the area of Crime Prevention, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Cyber Crime (CPTED), emerging technology, software, hardware, Internet, building and repairing computers, and crime prevention.
Past Affiliations
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP)
Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA)
The Society for Policing Cyberspace (POLCYB- Canada)
Special Interest Group – Information Security Specialists (SIG –Calgary)
National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC -Ottawa, Canada)
National Cybercrime Training Partnership (NCTP-US)
National Security Law Enforcement Training Centre ( NSLEC, United Kingdom)
Achievements
Canadian Police Officers Guide to Crime Prevention (Copyright Calgary police Service)
This project involved producing and Interactive CD with over 1000 pages and 60 Chapters on Crime Prevention in Canada. This included a full photography section, a definition section complete with instant website linking. This project was over a year in the making, volunteering over 400 hours of my personal time. This work is only used internally within the CPS due to copyright restrictions.
Development and Implementation of the Builders Watch Program
This program was accepted by and is now sponsored by the Calgary Region Home Builders Association and involves over 80% of the new home construction industry. Since its launch in 1997, crime has decreased on average 25% to this industry in Calgary.
Co developer of the Crime Free Multi Housing Program (CFMH) in Alberta
This program was developed and originated in Mesa Arizona, USA was brought to Calgary to replace the virtually non-existent Apartment Watch Program, is now sponsored by the Alberta Residential Rental Association, and is a Province wide program. It has proven to reduce crime on average 70% in over 1700 cities in North America.
Co Developer and Instructor of CyberCrime Prevention for Law Enforcement and Security Professionals
This 32-hour course was developed by the CPS Crime Prevention Unit in partnership with University of Calgary and was launched in April 2002 to educate police, security, academia and business professionals on CyberCrime, Emerging Technology and proper securing of and seizure at CyberCrime scenes. A second course is slated for November 2002 and an advanced course is under construction.
CPS Crime Prevention Unit Recognized Internationally for Best Practices in creating awareness and CyberCrime Prevention, by the International Society for Policing Cyber Space
Two time receiver of The Calgary Safe City Award, June 1998 and 2004
This Award is presented each year by the Calgary Apartment Association to a Calgary Police Officer that provides outstanding service to the reduction of crime and to increasing the quality of life for the over 40,000 apartment units in the Calgary Area
Mayors Award for Accessibility, October 2001
Presented to the Calgary Police Service Crime Prevention Unit, Cst Gerry Bailey and Cst Shalin Kashyap, Linnie Tse, and Homes by Avi for the Universal Home for Safe Living.
Deputy Chiefs Award, November 2001
Presented for outstanding contribution in the field of Crime Prevention.
Media and Public Relations
A primary spokesperson for the Calgary Police Service, Crime Prevention Unit with respect to Crime Prevention, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Cyber Crime
Responsible for all media requests to the Crime Prevention Unit of the CPS, which include: TV, radio, newspaper, magazine articles, live interviews and public forums. I have participated in numerous media events and have acquired a solid base of knowledge and expertise in responding to and working with media and Coordinating media events with CPS Public Affairs Unit. Providing support, critical information, and assistance to CPS Public Affairs Unit for Executive presentations, speeches, and program launches.