Child Crimes Conference

Panama City, Florida

Presented by the Bay County Sheriff's Office and Gulf Coast Community College.

The conference will be April 15, 16, & 17, 2008 at the Student Union Building of the college. Instructors at the conference include,

Sheriff Jeff Dawsey -- Citrus County Sheriff's Office -- Providing an overview of the Jessica Lunsford investigation

Special Agent Al Danna -- Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement

Providing instruction on interviewing the suspects in crimes against children as well as an overview of the Child Abduction Response Team.

Christina Fernandez -- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Providing an overview of NCMEC's assistance to law enforcement in the investigation of child pornography, as well as missing / exploited children cases.

Mitch Nixon -- North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force -- Providing an overview of the federal ICAC program, it's beginnings, as well as the types of investigations conducted by ICAC.

Sgt. Koren Colbert -- Bay County Sheriff's Office --

Sgt. Colbert will provide instruction on the collection of evidence from crimes scenes involving child victims, as well as the proper photography techniques used in the photography of injuries.

Major Connie Shingledecker -- Manatee County Sheriff's Office -- Will provide instruction on investigating Sudden Infant Death cases.

Deputy Chief Assistant State Attorney Joe Grammer --

Will provide instruction on testifying in court proceedings involving crimes against children and how to prevent prosecution witnesses from helping the defense.

There will be a cost per student of $100.00. This will defray the cost of books and other materials. Motels are being contacted for out of town students, and those arrangements as well as a brochure will be available shortly.

Anyone with questions, or, wanting to attend the conference should contact Sgt. Billy Byrd or Inv. Jeremy Mathis at the Bay County Sheriff's Office at 850-747-4700, jmathis@bayso.org or bbyrd@bayso.org  Seating is limited to the first 250 people who sign up.