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Rachel Stemerman is currently the Quality Assurance Officer for Orange County Emergency Services in North Carolina. She attained her Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and has been freelance grant writing for both the non profit sector and EMS agencies around the country for the past 6 years. While working with EMSGrantsHelp.com Rachel has helped agencies all over the country attain funding for various projects. Currently she is in the process of attaining her Masters in Public Health Policy and Administration Management from the University of North Carolina.

Quinlan Publishing Group in Boston offers critical and timely law enforcement information to its newsletter subscribers through a variety of publications. Summaries of important court cases, legal compliance information, technology updates, grants and funding information, news updates and helpful tips make up the content of these monthly newsletters. The newsletter titles are: Investigative Stops Bulletin; Search & Seizure Law Bulletin; Narcotics Law Bulletin; Police Department Disciplinary Law Bulletin; Police Grievances Law Bulletin; Arrest Law Bulletin; and Law Enforcement Management Bulletin.

Battalion Chief Robert Avsec (Ret.) served with the Chesterfield (Va.) Fire & EMS Department for 26 years beginning as a firefighter/EMT; he retired as an EMT-Cardiac Technician (ALS provider) certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia. During his career he was an active instructor, beginning as an EMT Instructor, who later became an instructor for fire, hazardous materials, and leadership courses at the local, state, and federal levels, which included more than 10 years as a Contract Instructor with the National Fire Academy. Chief Avsec earned his bachelor of science degree from the University of Cincinnati and his master of science degree in Executive Fire Service Leadership from Grand Canyon University. He is a 2001 graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program. Since his retirement in 2007, he has continued to be a life-long learner working in both the private and public sectors to further develop his “management sciences mechanic” credentials. He makes his home near Charleston, W.Va. Contact Robert at Robert.Avsec@FireRescue1.com

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) is a nonprofit research organization that provides education and training resources on topics related to risk management and emergency management. PERI’s website, www.riskinstitute.org, offers free E-Training programs and a Publications, Tools, and Resources library with information on emergency planning and response, disaster recovery, school safety, workers’ compensation, and other key topics in risk management.

PERI also operates the PERI Data Exchange, a national database of public sector liability and workers’ compensation claims data for benchmarking and performance measurement. The Data Exchange is a voluntary program that allows participating organizations to compare their liability and workers’ compensation losses with their peers and learn from other jurisdictions.

PERI held a free online symposium to explore strategies for addressing violence in our nation’s schools. The program, entitled “Confronting Violence in Our Schools: Planning, Response, and Recovery,” offered practical advice for dealing with school violence - not just the high profile incidents that make headlines but the real issues of school violence that schools and communities face everyday.

Captain Scott L. Sargent is the Commanding Officer of the Use of Force Review Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. The Use of Force Review Division is responsible for the final review and adjudication of approximately 1800 use of force incidents each, year from physical force to lethal force incidents. Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not of the Los Angeles Police Department or any other agency.

Sean Curtis is a law enforcement professional with over two decades of experience, serving with SWAT, diving and swift water rescue teams in Colorado. He has also served in wildland fire, search and rescue, EMS and emergency management.

Sgt. Paul Zagaria has been a member of the Cleveland, Ohio Police Department for 16 years, where he currently serves as the O.I.C. of the defensive tactics/physical conditioning program. In addition to his police career he is a former Marine, he has served in Basic Patrol, as a Patrol Supervisor, and as a member of the SWAT Unit.

Mike Vatter has been a member of Lexipol’s Fire Content Development Team since June 2017. He has a bachelor’s degree in fire administration and juris doctor degree, and he graduated from the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program in 1998. Vatter has more than 40 years of experience in the fire service and local government. During his career, Vatter has served as fire chief, deputy fire chief, municipal training officer, fire prevention and investigation officer, company officer and firefighter. He also has experience in the volunteer and federal fire service.

Diane Loos has a BA in Human Services and graduated in 2005 from the FBI National Academy, Session 222. Diane has over 30 years of law enforcement experience in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as a uniform officer, commander of the Special Investigations Unit, and captain over the Training Division/Academy, where she obtained multiple GA POST instructor certifications. She was promoted to deputy chief over the Support Services Division, where she retired after 25 years of service. After her career retirement, Diane began teaching at a local technical college law enforcement academy as the lead instructor and CALEA manager for Training Academy certification. She is currently a content developer for Lexipol, where she has been since April 2017.