2010 Robbery Investigator's Seminar

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Guest speakers:

The Psychology of Police Interrogation
Michel St-Yves - Forensic Psychologist, Sûreté du Québec
Marc Lépine, Sergeant, Sûreté du Québec

Michel St-Yves is a forensic psychologist working with the Behavioural Science Service at the Sûreté du Québec since 2002. He works as a critical-incident specialist and is actively involved in criminal investigations as well as in preparing psychological profiles and interrogations. Since 1997, he has taught the psychology of interrogation at Quebec's provincial police academy. He is also a lecturer at the University of Montreal and has been since 2002. His publications principally treat sexual assault, crisis-situation negotiation, and police interrogation.

Marc Lépine has been a sergeant with the behavioural analysis service of the Sûreté du Québec since 2004. He is a certified criminal profiler and he is completing the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship's (ICIAF) training program in geographic profiling. He has been a police officer since 1988, and has more than 19 years of experience as an investigator.  He has investigated major crimes, notably arson and crimes against persons.  He teaches at the Canadian Police College and supervises specialized training in interrogation at the École Nationale de police du Québec.  He is also a guest speaker at the Université de Montréal, and is a member of the ICIAF and the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI).

Similar Fact
David Tice - Assistant Crown Attorney, Toronto West Courts
Patrick Travers - Assistant Crown Attorney, Toronto West Courts

David Tice has been an Assistant Crown Attorney at the Metro West Crown Attorney’s Office since January, 2009. David was called to the bar in 2005 and worked as an associate at Greenspan Partners, working closely with Eddie Greenspan until joining the Crown’s office. While at Greenspan Partners he worked on a large variety of cases, focussing on white collar crimes, tax evasion, regulatory matters and complex prosecutions. David has argued cases at the Ontario Court of Appeal, and has appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also conducted a multitude of trials as either counsel for the defence or the prosecution at all trial divisions.

Patrick Travers has been working as an assistant Crown Attorney since 2001. Patrick has worked as a Crown in the Metro West(Etobicoke) office the entire time. He received his B.A from McGill University and his LLB from the University of Ottawa, in 1999. He was called to the Bar in 2001. Patrick worked briefly as a civil litigator for the law firm Lang Michener LLP until he started with the Crowns office in 2001. He has worked on a huge range of cases, from thefts, frauds, hold-ups, sex assaults and murders.

Usage of Wireless Devices in Police Investigations
Jim Ling - CISO/Technical Training - Telecommunications

Jim Ling is currently on contract with the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (CISO) as a Technical trainer - telecommunications. He recently retired as a Detective from the Toronto Police Service after 33 1/2 years service. He spent the last 15 years of his career as a member of the Technical Support Services Unit. He has been the affiant of Part VI Authorizations and the lead investigators of several wire tap investigations.. He has also lectured on cellular interception and technical courses at the Ontario Police College for the past 12 years. He received cellular Interception training from the FBI Research Facility, Quantico, Virginia. He created a network within Canada interfacing several telecommunication companies with collection systems in numerous agencies from BC to Quebec. Jim is a member of national "Legally Authorized Electronic Surveillance" committee and is working on new legislation.

Interviewing Techniques
Donna Brown - Ana(lies) Enterprises

Donna Brown began her law enforcement career over 37 yrs ago with the Toronto Police Services. There she worked records, youth staff services, uniform patrol, morality and the homicide squad. After leaving the force she worked as a private investigator in Toronto. In the early 80’s she joined CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) where she has gained an impressive enforcement background dealing with weapons, narcotics, pornography and terrorism. For the past 25 yrs she has studied counter terrorism, interviewing techniques, and mastered the study of human behaviour. She has been trained by the leading experts in the world and is now a threat assessment specialist , statement analyst, accredited international instructor on reading micro expressions and has been dubbed one of Canada's leading experts in "reading people" by the media. She is also an accredited author and has published numerous articles on the art of detecting deception, reading body language and understanding the psychological background of the deceptive mind.

South American Gangs
Dan McCaffrey - Special Agent, FBI

Dan McCaffrey has been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for fifteen years. In those years he has been primarily assigned in the Violent Crime Major Offender Branch. Special Agent McCaffrey has the collateral duties of Hostage Negotiator and Criminal Profiler. As a Special Agent he has been assigned to many high profile murder, robbery, and commercial burglary investigations. Agent McCaffrey has received extensive training at the Gemological Institute of America and he has worked with the GIA to develop a training program for both international and domestic investigators specializing in jewelry robberies. Agent McCaffrey has won many prestigious awards to include: the James B. White Award given by the Jewelers Security Alliance, the National Retail Foundation Law Enforcement Partnership Award in 2008, and investigative excellence awards from the United States Attorney’s Office, each year, for the years 2000 thru 2010. SA McCaffrey is a renowned expert in South American Theft Groups that prey on the jewelry industry and he has spoken on behalf of the FBI at the American Gem Society, the Diamond Dealers Club, the International Society for Diamond and Colored Stones Importation and the Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company to name a few. Additionally, Agent McCaffrey has spoken to Law Enforcement groups all over the United States, and internationally. Prior to being appointed as a Special Agent, McCaffrey was employed by the world renowned jeweler Tiffany & Company where he served as their Director of Operations.

GPS Solutions and Robbery Prevention
Brian R. Abraham, CPP - Vice President, Canada & Caribbean Regions, 3SI Security Systems Inc.

Brian Abraham is Board certified in security management with a background in law enforcement and is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He has worked in progressive management roles for several Canadian Banks and is a former Chairman of the International Banking & Financial Services Security Council. He has conducted considerable research on Bank robbery and is the author of “Hard Cash, Making Robbers Rethink the Odds”. Mr. Abraham is Vice President of 3SI Security Systems, a Philadelphia based corporation that is engaged in the development of gps technologies to assist in the investigation of misconduct.

His presentation will illustrate how gps technology is being used in public and police partnerships to protect high value assets and support law enforcement’s response to crimes in progress such as bank robbery, pharmacy & C-store break-ins, ABM ram-raids and organized crime investigations.

Canadian Bankers Association
Leslie Stevens - Intelligence Analyst, CBA

Leslie Stevens has been an Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Bankers Association for the last 3 years. During this time he has worked on custom database development as well as their biometric systems and predictive analysis projects. He holds a level 2 rating in I2 and Geographic Profiling Analysis, and he has worked on several major cases during his time with CBA

Master of Ceremonies - Banquet
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Dennis Hull

Dennis Hull began his hockey career with the St. Catherines Black Hawks of the Junior 'A' League where he played from 1961-1965.
In 1965, he joined the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League where he played until 1976. He then spent one year with the Detroit Red Wings before retiring.

During his National Hockey League career, Dennis scored 303 goals and had 351 assists in regular games. In 95 playoff games he scored 33 goals and had the same number of assists. Six selections to the All Star team are testament to his hockey skills. His biggest thrill in hockey was the first game he played against his idol, Gordie Howe, but the most significant time in his career came when he was selected to play for the memorable Team Canada of 1972.

For inquiries regarding this year's Seminar, please contact:

D/Cst. Maher Abdel-Malik
Det. Brett Nicol
Det. Nunzio Tramontozzi
D/Sgt. Shawn Getty
Kelly Richardson
Kim Oliver

Toronto Police Hold Up Squad
Tel: (416) 808-7350
Fax: (416) 808-7352
holdupsquad@torontopolice.on.ca

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