Karen L. Spencer, Ed.D.

Dr. Spencer, nationally known for her expertise in adult learning in the police training field, has designed and facilitated state mandated law enforcement train-the-trainer programs, is co-creator of the Purposeful Field Training Program, and the co-designer of five recruit academies based in an interactive, field performance base training approach. She has created a problem-based school resource officer program with the state of Illinois and designed domestic violence training for police officers with the Colorado Program for Victim Assistance. Her most recent publication is a chapter entitled, “Developing Police Training to Support Community Policing,” in Policing and Training Issues, by Michael J. J. Palmiotto and M. L. Dantzker, Prentice Hall, July 2002. She can be reached through the Purposeful Development Web site