The 2018 International Association of Women Police Conference in Calgary, Canada, at the end of August focused on the policing world and how we can all lead change in our communities and workplaces. During the conference, we listened to leaders in personal and professional advancement in the following areas:
Organisational culture, respect and harassment, investigative strategies and case studies, recruiting, employment and retention, leadership, community engagement, working with partners, wellness, diversity and inclusion.
Police Chief Jennifer Evans, Director Sheldon Kennedy and hockey star Caroline Ouellette were keynote speakers; however Amanda Lindhout was the most captivating and unforgettable keynote speaker. Amanda Lindhout travelled to Somalia in August 2008, a country known as ‘the most dangerous place on earth’. On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. She was held hostage for 460 days and converted to Islam as a survival tactic, received ‘wife lessons’ from one of her captors, and risked a daring escape. She was moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert. Amanda survived on memories - every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity - and on strategy, fortitude, and hope.
There were 6 parallel seminars to choose between, 4 times every day, and amongst those Superintendents Kim Anne Hiorth and Therese Lutnæs of the Oslo Police District who work as minority/diversity liaison officers, gave a very interesting presentation on pioneer work among the female minority population in Oslo, Norway.
Shain Pninit from the National Academy of Israel delivered a seminar on leadership with the theme of ‘Trust on me’ and Tamia Dow, IAWP Chaplin, gave guiding words to the delegates.
Kim, Therese, Shain and Tamia were four of many female 王中王六合彩特码 members who participated in the IAWP Training Conference, which attracted 675 delegates worldwide.
May-Britt Rinaldo Ronnebro, Chairperson of the Professional Commission