Law Enforcement Diversity Recruiting

Develop Effective Targeted Recruitment Efforts with a Successful Selection Program Ensure that your recruiting, retention and advancement efforts are based on tested best practices	Limit Legal Liability through Proactive Strategies in Diversity Management Follow legal guidelines when hiring diversity in your law enforcement agency
Equip Yourself and Your Agency with Tested Recruitment Tactics Ensure that your agency possesses solutions for proactive diversity recruiting	Implement Successful Strategies for Attracting Diverse Applicants to Your Agency Draw from the strategies and practices identified by leading law enforcement diversity organizations

September 13-14, 2004 • Excalibur Hotel and Casino • Las Vegas, NV

Agenda and Speaking Faculty
Day One: September 13, 2004 Recruiting for Diversity
8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00	Keynote: Legal Aspects of Diversity Hiring Practices The legal landscape of diversity hiring and retention is an ever-changing area or human resources. Court decisions and federal mandates can create a maze of pitfalls and requirements that can be difficult to negotiate. This session will provide a civil rights perspective designed to bring into focus the status of diversity hiring for law enforcement agencies.
10:00	Break
10:15	Framework for Designing and Managing a Successful Diversity Recruitment Plan
11:15	Recruiting Women: An Assessment of Obstacles for Your Agency in Policy and Procedure • Collaborate on cutting-edge recruiting strategies for targeting women in your community • Overcome obstacles in policy and selection processes • Identify effective retention and development procedures
12:15	Networking Luncheon
1:15	Recruiting African-Americans: The Role of Outreach when Recruiting • Study recruitment methods including advertising campaigns, career fairs and successful community initiatives • Identify effective retention and development procedures • Obtain the necessary tools to overcome obstacles in policy and selection processes
2:00	Break & Refreshments
2:15	Recruiting Hispanics: Attracting Law Enforcement Officers from the Hispanic Community • Examine recruitment methods designed to make candidates feel welcome within the law enforcement community • Target outreach strategies that are minority-specific • Implement strategies to combat pitfalls obstacles in hiring policy and the selection processes
3:00	Recruiting Veterans: Drawing Qualified Personnel from Military Service • Market your agency to military recruits with positive comparisons • Create and maintain contact with prospective recruits while they are still in service • Benefit from the training and discipline provided by military service
4:00	Adjourn Day One
Day Two: September 14, 2004 Acquiring Tools for Success
8:30	Continental Breakfast
9:00	Selection and Retention of Diverse Law Enforcement Personnel in the Paradigm of Community Policing Community Oriented Policing affects everything from daily services to human resources and recruiting. Diversity management under a community policing framework brings to the table new challenges that your agency could face every day. This presentation will enable you to: • Select quality personnel for community policing • Identify managerial challenges of retaining personnel • Measure performance of individuals and the agency as a whole
10:00	Break & Refreshments
10:15	Selection and Implementation: Choosing the “Right” Selection Tool for Your Agency • Explore the pros and cons of structured panel interviews and their addition into the application process • Ensure your agency’s selection process promotes quality and diverse applicants • Examine and improve current personality and assessment methods
11:15	Using the Internet to Recruit Law Enforcement Personnel • Learn how to conduct a successful online recruitment advertising campaign and identify what makes an employee website effective • Ensure comprehensive online coverage to a diverse applicant pool • Justify online vs. offline expenditures
12:00	Networking Luncheon
Application Workshop
1:00	Identifying and Obtaining Grants for Recruitment This workshop will provide you with an update on grants funding trends at the federal level for recruiting law enforcement personnel, as well as tools and strategies to identify and obtain grants to fund your human resources needs
4:00	Adjourn Day Two

Venue & Hotel

The National Conference for Law Enforcement Diversity Recruiting will be held at the Excalibur in Las Vegas, Nevada. A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Excalibur for a discounted rate of $59 per night (reserve by August 21 to receive the discounted rate). Be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate and use the number provided below to make reservations.

Excalibur Hotel and Casino
3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
1-877-750-5464

A continental breakfast and catered lunch will be provided for all delegates. Dress is business casual.

Tuition

Conference & Workshop

$495

Group Discounts

Reduced tuition rates for delegates who attend in groups of three or more are available by calling Shawn Keeley at 703-894-0481, or emailing him.

Administrative Note:
A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charges for cancellations received less than three weeks from the sate of the conference. As speakers are confirmed 6 months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.