Conference Agenda Join us for an evening of Comedy. With talented comedians that are guaranteed to make you laugh until you cry as they talk about life and being a woman in America. Friday Evening 9pm Comedy Night is free to all conference attendees! COMEDY NIGHT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 8:00am – 9:00pm REGISTRATION 2:00pm-5:00pm OPENING GENERAL SESSION The Leadership Challenge: Redesigning Law Enforcement Changing Opportunities for Women Making Change: Case Studies in Leadership 7:00pm RECEPTION Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards THURSDAY, APRIL 5 8:00am – 6:00pm REGISTRATION 9:00am-12:30pm GENERAL SESSION Lessons Learned from Police Misconduct Investigations Excessive Force and Gender “Up Against the Wall” –  Challenging Discriminatory Hiring Practices 2:00pm-4:00pm GENERAL SESSION Innovative Strategies that Work to Increase Women in Law Enforcement Changing the Culture: Reports from the Frontlines Recruiting and Retaining Women:      The Self-Assessment Guide for Law Enforcement 4:30pm-5:30pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS Using the Self Assessment Guide to Increase Women in Policing      ß Agilities Tests: Challenging the Wall      ß Redesigning the Selection Process      ß Redesigning the Training Academy      ß Promotions and Job Assignments      ß Redesigning Internal Affairs      ß Designing and Implementing Effective Sexual Harassment/         Retaliation Policies FRIDAY, APRIL 6 9:00am-12:00pm GENERAL SESSION Critical Issues Confronting Law Enforcement Today      ß Racial Profiling: Patterns, Practices, and Reforms      ß The War on Drugs: Broadening the Debate      ß Community Policing and Peacekeeping: The Gender Factor 1:30pm-3:30pm GENERAL SESSION New Strategies for Ending Violence Against Women      ß How We Became a City of Shelter: The Riverside Experience      ß Philadelphia Story: The Missing Sexual Assault Files      ß It’s the Law: Women’s Right to Non-Discriminatory          Police Services      ß Trafficking in the US: The New Slavery 4:00pm – 6:00pm Using New Technology in Law Enforcement:      Challenges and Benefits Roundtables and Tour of the Technology Vendor Area 9:00pm AN EVENING OF COMEDY SATURDAY, APRIL 7 10:00am-4:00pm SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS      ß Becoming a Chief      ß Developing Women Leaders in Federal Law Enforcement      ß Preparing for Assessment Centers      ß Innovative Techniques in Investigating Sexual Assault 7:00pm LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER BANQUET Start Your Day With Water Aerobics For an additional $10 per class you can sign up for a one hour water aerobics class. Classes will be held in the Main Pool of the Riviera Resort and Racquet Club. Thursday, April 5, 2001, 7:00am Friday, April 6, 2001, 7:00am Water Aerobics classes have limited space availability and are on a first come basis. Please include an additional $10 per class with registration payment.