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5215 Existing Programs That Help Your Local Law Enforcement Help You
Thursday, July 8, 2010: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
Landmark B (Hyatt Regency Dallas)
Learn what you can do to help your law enforcement agency do when they have an encounter with your child. Some of these programs are free.
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Content Area: Life with Autism
Presenters:
Dennis Debbaudt, Law Enforcement Training
Owner, Debbaudt Investigative Agency
Autism Risk Management
Dennis Debbaudt is the proud father of Brad, a young man who has autism. A professional investigator and law enforcement trainer, Dennis has authored or co-authored over 25 articles and books. Dennis has had the opportunity to provide training, create training guides and videos and consult for the past 15 years for the Department of Homeland Security at FLETC, the New York Police Department, Chicago Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, Nashville, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and many other departments and agencies throughout the country. He has also authored or co-authored reports published in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Sheriff magazine, and the newsletter of the National Association of School Resource Officers.
Jimmy Donohoe
Sargent Jimmy Donohoe is the creator of the Take Me Home program, a database where participants who are unable to properly identify themselves register with a photo, physical description and contact information so first responders can interact with increased knowledge when contact with a person with autism occurs.
William Cannata Jr.
ALEC
Captain William Cannata, Jr., Retired, has been a member of the fire service for more than 30 years, and is the Program Director of the Autism and Law Enforcement Education Coalition formed in 2003. He is also the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder.
Kimberly S. Taylor
Retired Superior Court Judge
Kimberly S. Taylor is a retired Superior Court Judge in the 22nd Judicial District, Sixth Division of North Carolina. The mother of an 20-year-old son with autism, Judge Taylor played an integral role in getting autism spectrum disorder information added to the basic law enforcement training for the state of North Carolina.
