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COPS Faculty Biographies
(as of
January 22, 2003)
SEARCH Staff
COPS Office Staff
Operational Experts
Ms. Kelly J. Harris
Ms. Kelly J. Harris is Director of Justice Information Technology (IT) Services for SEARCH, where she develops and directs activities and manages staff under three programs: the National Technical Assistance Program, the National Clearinghouse for Criminal Justice Information Systems, and the Community Oriented Policing Services Making Officer Redeployment Effective (COPS MORE) Technical Assistance Program, all funded by bureaus and agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Ms. Harris has organized numerous national symposia on justice integration, conferences on justice, e-government and the Internet, and workshops on justice IT
issues, and was responsible for organizing this 2002 COPS Technical
Assistance Conference series. She
has also written many articles, technical bulletins and reports for publication by SEARCH or the U.S. DOJ on justice system automation and integration.
Ms. Harris has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Communications from the University of California, Davis.
Mr. William Romesburg
Mr. William Romesburg is a SEARCH Consultant, as well as a Public Safety Consultant for Cit
Com, Inc., where he provides assistance to law enforcement agencies with successful implementations of public safety technology. Mr. Romesburg has served as consultant to dozens of law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. on public safety and automation projects. He also has held several law enforcement positions, including police and fire dispatcher for
3 years and sworn police officer for 6 years.
Mr. Romesburg has a master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University, Fullerton, and earned a Level 2 certification from the Project Management Institute.
During 2001, Ms. Harris and Mr. Romesburg presented a series of five national technical assistance workshops on “Law Enforcement
IT Planning and Implementation” to the COPS MORE top 100 grantees (those grantees with the largest dollar amount in grants and, therefore, the most full-time officers to
redeploy). The regional workshops, funded by a COPS Office grant, provided tools and resources to help those agencies overcome obstacles to technology implementation.
Ms. Harris and Mr. Romesburg have provided technical assistance regarding IT planning and implementation to dozens of state, local and regional law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. This assistance includes
technology planning, development, improvement, acquisition, management and integration of justice information systems, including computer-aided dispatch/records management systems
(CAD/RMS), mobile computing, field reporting, jail management and crime analysis technologies. Their background in IT project management, combined with the on-site work they have conducted nationwide and the valuable lessons learned from the COPS MORE workshops, means they have seen what works and what doesn’t. Their experience has shown that employing tools to improve information management — such as
decisionmaking structures, strategic plans, project management best practices, and policies and standards — are critical to the success of law enforcement IT acquisition.
Ms. Harris and Mr. Romesburg have compiled best practices and strategies for successfully undertaking complex law enforcement IT initiatives, and
co-authored Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase and
manage technology — successfully!, a guide for executives,
managers and technologists that will be published by the COPS Office
in Fall 2002.
Ms. Nancy Leach
Ms. Nancy Leach is a Social Science Analyst in the
Program/Policy Support and Evaluation (PPSE) Division of the COPS
Office. In addition to the oversight of this 2002 COPS Technical
Assistance Conference series, her other responsibilities at the COPS
Office include management of several research and technical assistance
initiatives related to such issues as domestic violence, call
management strategies and problem solving.
For 2 years prior to coming to PPSE, Ms. Leach served as
the Making Officer Redeployment Effective (MORE) Team Leader with the
COPS Grants Administration Division. During this time, she was
responsible for the implementation of the MORE 98 and MORE 00
programs. She also assisted in the development and presentation of the
MORE Redeployment Workshops and IT Conferences in 2000.
Prior to joining the COPS Office in 1997, Ms. Leach was a Program
Analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense. She holds a master’s
degree in Justice, Law and Society from The American University and a
bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Susquehanna University.
Mr.
Michael Dame
Mr.
Michael Dame
is the MORE Team Leader in the Grants Administration Division of the
COPS Office. He is responsible for the overall management of the
MORE program, which has funded law enforcement agencies across the
country with much-needed technology and civilian personnel to
redeploy sworn officers into enhanced community policing activities.
In
2001, Mr. Dame assisted with the development and presentation of a
series of MORE Redeployment Workshops for COPS grantees. In
addition, Mr. Dame periodically represents the COPS Office at
state-level law enforcement conferences and occasionally presents
information about funding possibilities to those organizations.
Before joining the COPS Office in 1997, he was a Compliance Analyst
with the Federal Election Commission.
Mr.
Dame holds a Master of Public Administration degree from American
University in Washington D.C. and a bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics from the
University of Maryland at College Park.
Major Piper Charles
Major Piper Charles is a 25-year veteran of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
(CMPD), North Carolina, where she has served for 6 years as the Information Services Manager. Maj. Charles has been extensively involved in strategic planning, software development and
management of several major IT projects totaling over $25 million. She is currently managing the development and integration of several software projects for the
CMPD, as well as providing consulting services to other criminal justice agencies.
She has conducted training on IT Project Management and Contracting for the COPS Office, U.S. DOJ, and teaches in the Master of Public Administration program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is also a consultant to SEARCH and provides technical assistance to operational state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide that are in the process of acquiring, developing, upgrading or integrating their computer systems.
Maj. Charles has a Master of Public Administration degree with a concentration in Information and Technology Management, as well as a Master of Criminal Justice degree. Maj. Charles serves on the review committee overseeing SEARCH’s development of
Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase and manage
technology — successfully!, which the COPS Office will publish
in Fall 2002.
Deputy Chief Ronald W. Glensor
Deputy Chief Ronald W. Glensor, Ph.D., is a
Deputy Chief of the Reno Police Department, Nevada. He has more than 24 years of policing experience and has commanded the Department’s Patrol, Administration and Detective divisions.
Dep. Chief Glensor is recognized internationally for his work in community policing and has provided assistance to more than 500 agencies throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia and Great Britain. He is a featured speaker at conferences on the implementation of community-oriented policing, strategic planning, customer service, crime prevention, supervision and survey research. In 1994, he was awarded a Research Fellowship at the Police Executive Research Forum
(PERF) in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for the development of community policing training. In 1996, he was selected as one of only 10 U.S. public policy experts to receive an Atlantic Fellowship, and traveled overseas to examine repeat victimization with the Home Office in London, England. His awards include the University of Nevada Alumni Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award in 1996, and PERF’s Gary P. Hayes Leadership Award in 1997.
Dep. Chief Glensor is widely published and has co-authored these books:
Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices (3rd ed.), Police Supervision
and
Policing
Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems. He has earned a master’s degree in Public Administration and Policy and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of
Nevada. Dep. Chief Glensor serves on the review committee overseeing SEARCH’s development of
Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase and manage
technology — successfully!, which the COPS Office will
publish in Fall 2002.
Lieutenant Jonathan H. Lewin
Lieutenant Jonathan H. Lewin is Commanding Officer of the In-Service
and Continuing Education Section of the Chicago Police Department's Education and Training Division,
which is responsible for providing continuing education and pre-service promotional training to almost 16,000 sworn and civilian personnel. Prior to this position, Lt. Lewin served as
Field Operations Lieutenant and Acting Watch Commander in the Austin community on Chicago's West side, coordinating activities of sworn personnel in one of the busiest districts in the city.
Prior to his promotion to lieutenant in March 2001, then-Sergeant Lewin served as Coordinator of the Technology Unit
within the Department's Research and Development Division. The Technology Unit was responsible for exploring new technology, evaluating mobile data platforms, technical development of an automated case reporting application, and developing the Information Collection for Automated Mapping (ICAM) and Citizen ICAM crime mapping and management accountability system.
Lt. Lewin joined the Chicago Police Department in 1991, and coordinated development of a real-time incident command and control system used for decision support during the 1996 Democratic National Convention, as well as during three Chicago Bulls championship celebration events and the City's Year 2000 operation. As a sergeant, he received the Superintendent's Award of Merit twice, the Cook County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Award of Merit and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Forensic Service Award. He was the Department’s representative on the
PERF’s Futures Group, and he served as the technical advisory representative to the U.S. DOJ’s DC Forum in 1996, and as a training development consultant to the National Institute of Justice Crime Mapping Research Center.
Lt. Lewin has traveled throughout the country, and written several published articles outlining details of the Department's automation and crime analysis
effort. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
(SIU-C) in 1989, and received an Alumni Achievement Award from SIU in 1999.
Mr.
Joseph Noce Jr.
Mr. Joseph Noce Jr. is Public Safety Communications Project
Manager for the Mesa Police Department, Arizona, where he is
responsible for maintaining state-of-the-art public safety
communication systems for the City of
Mesa
.
In this position, which he has held since 1992, his responsibilities
include strategic planning and operational aspects of emergency
management, CAD, and public safety telephony and radio capability.
He is involved in planning
and implementing mitigation alternatives to ensure emergency
communications capabilities at all times.
Mr. Noce’s previous experience includes work with the
Sedgwick
County
(
Kansas
)
Sheriff’s Department (1971-76), Mesa Police Department (1976-83),
Sun Refining & Marketing (1983-88), and the Mesa Fire Department
(1988-92). These positions provided him with experience in criminal
investigations, intelligence gathering and risk assessment, and laid
the foundation for his current responsibilities.
He is a member of the Association of Public Safety Communications
Officials – International and the National Emergency Number
Association. In addition, he is certified as an Arizona Peace
Officer, an Emergency Management Professional, an Emergency Number
Professional, and in Explosives Ordnance Disposal.
Mr. Noce has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal
Justice from
Arizona
State
University
,
Tempe
, and a master’s degree in Organizational Management
from the
University
of
Phoenix.
Lieutenant Woody Sandy
Lieutenant Woody Sandy is Executive Officer of the Information Management Unit of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, as well as
Project Manager of the Patrol’s Criminal Justice Information Network – Mobile Data Network. Lt. Sandy is one of the founding members of North Carolina’s statewide Mobile Data Network.
A Sampson County native, Lt. Sandy left
the emergency medical services field to become a State Trooper in 1979. His service with the Patrol began in Duplin County,
and he later transferred to Raleigh to serve on the Governor’s Security Detail. He has been assigned to the Patrol’s Information Management Unit since 1989.
Lt. Sandy is past Chairman of the Mobile Data Users Group and served on the Texas A&M/Texas Transportation Institute and Federal Highway Administration’s Technical Working Group for the Advanced Law Enforcement Response Technology (ALERT) project.
Commander Bill Telkamp
Commander Bill Telkamp is Commander of the Information Services Division of the Altamonte Springs Police Department, Florida. His oversight includes Communications, Records and Information Systems. Cmdr. Telkamp is a graduate of two command colleges: the Administrative Officers Course at the Southern Police Institute and the Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
(FDLE). He is also a graduate of the FDLE Chief Executive Seminar offered to command staff-level criminal justice personnel.
Cmdr. Telkamp has managed his Department’s acquisition and implementation of an integrated
RMS, CAD and mobile computer solution from VisonAIR. From 1998-2000, Cmdr. Telkamp served on the software advisory board for VisionAIR and is the main facilitator for meetings of Florida-based customers who use the product. He is a trained facilitator for the City of Altamonte Springs’ quality management practices. Cmdr. Telkamp serves on the review committee overseeing SEARCH’s development of
Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase and manage
technology — successfully!, which the COPS Office will publish
in Fall 2002.
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