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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES

COLUMNS

12 Searching forChildren with Special NeedsWhen autistic kids run away from home, they present law enforcement with a set of unique challenges.John Ryan

16 The LeadershipChallengeGraduates of the FBI National Academy will be in a unique position to influence police command trends for the next few generations.James J. Ness

4 Association PerspectiveBig Things AheadDiane Scanga

20 The Historian’s SpotlightCold Case InvestigatorLt. Paul Echols of the Carbondale Police Department solved multiple murder cases long after others had given up.Terry Lucas

22 Staying on the Yellow Brick RoadManual LaborWhen you exercise, you need to work hard like a blue collar laborer. Edward J. O’Malley

24 Message from our ChaplainLost and FoundGod rejoices when we fi nd our way back home.Billy Gibson

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Association Past President—Matt RaiaCommander (retired), Westminster Police Department (CO)[email protected]

1st Vice President, Section III—Doug MuldoonChief, Palm Bay Police Department (FL)[email protected]

2nd Vice President, Section IV—Laurie CahillDetective Lieutenant, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department (NJ)[email protected]

3rd Vice President–Section I—Joe GaylordProtective Services Manager, Central Arizona Project (AZ)[email protected]

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Representative, Section I—Johnnie AdamsSupport Operations Commander, University of California Los Angeles Police Department (CA)[email protected]

Representative, Section II—Barry ThomasCaptain and Chief Deputy, Story County Sheriff’s Offi ce (IA)[email protected]

Representative, Section III—Joey ReynoldsChief, Bluffton Police Department (SC)[email protected]

Representative, Section IV—Scott DumasCaptain, Rochester Police Department (NH)[email protected]

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ASSOCIATION PERSPECTIVE

During the FBINAA reception in San Di-ego at this year’s International Associa-

tion of Chiefs of Police conference, I had the privilege to greet more than 500 National Academy graduates and guests. The eve-ning was full of stories, session reunions, and laughter. It made me pause to consid-er just how the Association has grown since 1988 when I attended the 154th session.

The Executive Board and the Executive Offi ce work very hard to make the Asso-ciation a valuable affi liation, not just a ré-sumé builder. The Executive Board Com-mittees work to fi nd meaningful benefi ts. Since I was elected to the Board in 2004, I have watched (and hopefully contributed to) the NAA’s growth from a relatively small alumni orga-nization, with limited resources, personnel, and infl uence to the strongest law enforcement association today. We have also grown into a multi-million-dollar business. While this milestone is a spectacular accomplishment, we must recog-nize the responsibilities and challenges faced by the Associa-tion and its members.

The Executive Offi ce staff and Executive Board take these responsibilities to heart. For example, we have implement-ed an Executive Offi ce Oversight Committee to have a more hands-on relationship with the offi ce staff. Our ever-evolving IT project was, in part, a result of the chapter treasurers relat-ing the inadequacies of the old system. The Board and the Ex-ecutive Offi ce listened and now the treasurers have a system that they can work with.

Likewise, the members indicated that they lacked commu-nication with the Offi ce and the Board members. So now the NAA Website is more user-friendly. We also have a secure so-cial media site, The Network, for members only that houses all the chapter pages, many session pages, and allows our special interest groups to network in a secure environment and share ideas and experiences. In addition, we have the monthly e-mail newsletters. The Board also now conducts monthly conference calls, instead of waiting to discuss Association matters only three times a year at Board Meetings. Finally, the new NAA mobile app can keep you connected. You wanted communica-tion, by golly, you’ve got communication.

All this means change. Yep, I said it, change—something that is constant but dreaded. There have been a great deal of changes this year; the most talked about, most speculated about change is also one of the most challenging responsibili-ties we had to address, our move. The majority of the offi ce functions moved to Stafford (on Garrisonville Road right out the back gate) in May. The offi ce staff did a fantastic job main-taining the offi ce’s functionality during the packing, moving,

set-up, and the building of a new NAA store. We have adjusted to having two staff-

ers—Becky Storm and Angela Colona—re-main at the FBI Academy (near the audi-torium) while the rest of the staff—Steve Tidwell, Laura Masterton, Nell Cochran, Christie Glinski, and Liz Seal—moved to the new digs. The new offi ce and store are working out very well. But there are new challenges and opportunities to explore.

We have a four-year lease at the Garri-sonville Road location, so the question now is how do we want to grow as an Associa-tion? The Working Space Committee is ex-ploring the options, including building our own offi ce to suit our needs.

How we grow will be decided by you, the members. The question that is before you is: Are the chapters willing to sup-port the Executive Offi ce and the business of the National Academy Associates the way that the Executive Offi ce has strived to support the individual members and chapters?

The move to our new location on Garrisonville Road means we are now responsible for $80,000 a year in rent, communi-cations equipment, insurance, lights, electricity, and other op-erating expenses. That’s the disadvantage to the move. The advantage is that we, as an Association, can now build our pro-gram without space or accessibility restrictions.

Chapters have the opportunity to work with the Executive Offi ce to meet these challenges, to change the thought process from “How will this decision impact our Chapter?” to “How will this decision impact the Association?” We are a team, a team of law enforcement professionals, a team of FBINA grad-uates, a team of FBINAA members. A team succeeds when the players work for the good of all.

The newest change is our new Executive Director. As I write this article, we are preparing to interview the fi nalists. I know that with the caliber of the applicants we have a very bright fu-ture. More change? Absolutely. Embrace it, be a part of it, and let me know how you think we are doing.

Happy holidays and a safe new year. ■ F B IN A A

Diane Scanga

DEAR FELLOW FBINAA MEMBERS,

Diane Scanga, 2012 President

Sincerely,

Big Things Ahead

DIANE SCANGA

CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND SCARY, AND IT’S HOW WE GROW.

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CALIFORNIA★ The San Francisco Division hosted another excellent Annual Training Conference Aug. 28–31 in beautiful Monterey. There were over 100 delegates in attendance, with a total of over 160 people. The training was excellent, and a good time was had by all.

During the Trainer, elections were held, and Kenneth Tanaka, Session 228 and chief of the West Valley-Mission Community College Police, was elected as the 4th Vice President representing the San Francisco Division. Kevin Jensen, Session 222, of the Santa Clara Coun-ty Sheriff’s Department has been serving as interim president for the past several months. He will now take over offi cially as the Califor-nia Chapter President.

Scholarship winners for this year were also announced at this year’s Trainer. Thomas Wa-ters (son of David Waters, Session 218), Col-leen Tanaka (daughter of Ken Tanaka, Session 228), and Taylor Aja (son of Joe Aja, Session 210) will each receive a $1,000 scholarship to help further their education.

★ Hannah Sonstegard (daughter of Eric Son-stegard, Session 242) and Blaine Fletcher (grandson of Blaine Bennett, Session 171) were selected as this year’s California delegates to the FBINAA Youth Leadership Program.

★ James Wickham, Session 214, was recently appointed chief of police for the Nevada City (Calif.) Police Department.

★ Capt. Octavia Parker, Session 196 and past president of the California Chapter, retired in September after a 33-year career with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department.

★ Commander Bryan Sather, Session 227, retired in September from the Folsom (Calif.)

Police Department after a 29-year career. He spent 24 years with the Folsom Police Department.

★ Kevin Baker, Session 233, was appointed to Chief of Police of the Westminster Police De-partment on August 1.

CONNECTICUT★ Chief Eugene Torrence, Session 239, retired after a successful career with the Thomaston (Conn.) Police Department.

★ Capt. Bob Cadergren, Session 185, retired from the Bethel (Conn.) Police Department and has taken a new position as captain of the Aquarion Water Company Police Department.

★ Eric Osanitsch retired from his position as chief of the Bristol (Conn.) Police Department and was appointed as chief of the Windsor Locks (Conn.) Police Department on August 13, 2012. Eric is a graduate of Session 208 and currently serves as a regional representa-tive on the CTFBINAA Executive Board.

★ On September 7, James Hankard, Session 152, was promoted to chief inspector with the Connecticut Chief State’s Attorneys Offi ce. Chief Inspector Hankard has been with the division for 11 years after completing a 25-year career with the East Hartford Police Department.

★ On September 27, Anthony Cuozzo was sworn in as the assistant chief of the Orange

(Conn.) Police Department. Anthony is a 22-year veteran of the Orange Police Depart-ment, a graduate of FBI NA Session 220, and serves as a regional representative on the Connecticut FBINAA Executive Board.

★ We congratulate the following offi cers on their accomplishment in completing FBI NA Session 250 and encourage them to become active members of the Association: • Lt. Ed Bednarz, Connecticut State Police• Capt. Tom Lepore, Windsor Police

Department• Lt. Brett Mahoney, Watertown Police

Department• Lt. George Sinko, Newtown Police

Department

The intent of this column is to communicate chapter news. Announcements may include items of interest such as member news, section activities, events, training calendar, special programs, etc. Refer to the editorial submission deadlines, particularly with date-sensitive announcements.

Submit chapter news and high-resolution digital jpg or tif photos with captions to: Ashley Sutton, FBINAA, Inc., at [email protected]: (302) 644-4744 • fax (302) 644-7764

California: Kevin Jensen, Walt Vasquez, Max Santi-ago, Russell McKinney, and Ken Tanaka were sworn in as offi cers of the FBINAA California Chapter.

California: Greg Bean, Richard Berkowitz, Laurence Ryan, and Paul Kofman (all from Session 240) completed the 11th Annual Alcatraz Classic, swimming from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco. Center is Greg Bean’s daughter, Cassandra, who also completed the swim.

Connecticut: Connecticut members of the FBI NA Session 250 included Lt. Ed Bednarz, Capt. Tom Lepore, Lt. Brett Mahoney, and Lt. George Sinko, shown along with FBI NA Coordinator SA Ken Calla-han (right) and Training and Civic Liaison Specialist Carla Prims (center).

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FLORIDA★ Both Lt. Tom Labombarda, Session 231, and Lt. Bryan Pegues, Session 243, of the Aventura (Fla.) Police Department were pro-moted to captain on October 1, 2012

Florida: Arnold Lanier, Session 183, was re-elected as the sheriff of Hardee County, Fla., where he has served the agency for over 33 years. Sheriff Lanier was recently appointed to The Florida Parole Qualifi cations Committee and The Florida Sheriff’s Association Board of Directors, District 4.

★ Chief Brian E. Reuther, Session 141, retired from the Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Police Depart-ment on May 31, culminating a 32-year career with the department. He was one of the nine original offi cers hired with the inception of the police department in 1980. He is currently employed with the St. Lucie County School District Safety and Security Department.

GEORGIA★ Chief Roy L. Pike, Session 193, was promot-ed/appointed to the position of Chief of Police on May 21, 2012. He has served his commu-nity for more than 20 years after a lengthy period of service with the U.S. Army. He has been a member of the Georgia Chapter since graduating from the academy in 1998.

HAWAII★ Assistant Chief of Police Victor Ramos, Ses-sion 231, put on a fantastic Retrainer at the beautiful Makena Beach and Golf Resort on the Island of Maui, April 26–27, 2012. Supervi-sory Special Agent Anthony Lang and Special Agent Tom Ostrosky were the guest speakers. Assistant Chief of Police Paul Kealoha, Session 217, Hawaii County Police Department, was elected Chapter President. He announced that next year’s Retrainer will be held at the Shera-ton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa, Kailua-Ko-na, April 18–19, 2013.

★ Raymond Duvauchelle, Session 79, retired deputy chief of police with the Kauai County Police Department, passed away on June 20, 2012. He is a past president of the Hawaii Chapter. He will be missed.

★ At the Maui County Police Department, Capt. Jody Singsank, Session 235, retired effective March 30, 2011; Assistant Chief of Police Wayne Ribao, Session 212, retired ef-fective June 30, 2011; and Capt. Milton Mat-suoka, Session 225, retired effective Decem-ber 31, 2011.

ILLINOIS★ Matthew M. Fogarty, Session 231, was pro-moted to Special Agent in Charge of the At-lanta (Ga.) Norfolk Southern Railway Police

LOUISIANA★ Capt. Carlene Willis, Session 229, retired from Bossier Sheriff’s Offi ce in Benton, La., Aug. 1, 2012. Carlene served 32 years in law enforcement, with the last 15 at Bossier Sher-iff’s Offi ce.

NEW YORK/EASTERN CANADA★ On August 29, Vincent Greany, Session 240, was promoted to the rank of captain with the NYPD. Vinny is a very active and valued mem-ber of the Chapter.

★ On July 16 Robert D. Galgano, Session 233, was promoted to detective lieutenant and des-ignated the commanding offi cer of the Nassau County (N.Y.) Police Department’s 1st Squad Detective Division.

★ Keechant Sewell, Session 235, was pro-moted to captain and was designated the dep-uty commanding offi cer of the Nassau County (N.Y.) Police Department’s 4th Precinct.

★ Steven Palmer, FBINA session 228, was promoted to Captain, and was designated the Deputy Commanding Offi cer, Nassau County Police 1st Precinct.

★ Two very active members of the NYSEC were honored in recognition of their distin-guished careers at the Sep. 12 meeting of the Retired Detectives, NYPD. Tim Hardiman, Ses-sion 194, and Joe Blozis, Session 179, received

RDNY’s ARDY Award. The trophy is a re-creation of the famous Attilio Picciriili statue of a police offi cer and a child that is currently displayed in the lobby of NYPD’s HQ build-ing, One Police Plaza.

New York/Eastern Canada: Tim Hardiman, Session 194, and Joe Blozis, Session 179, received the ARDY Award from the Retired Detectives, NYPD.

★ Chief Martin Flatley, Session 195, of the Town of Southold (N.Y.) Police Department, has been named as the recipient of this year’s Bart Hose Award for Leadership. This award was created in memory of Inspector Bart Hose of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police De-partment, a graduate of Session 92 Session in 1973.

For historical perspective, Bart Hose joined the Suffolk County Police Department in 1963 after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He rose through the ranks quickly, serving in a variety of commands. He was identifi ed early in his career as an innovator and creative leader. The parameters for nomi-nation state that the nominee must demon-

strate excellence in the areas: distinguished leadership; an important contribution to law enforcement effi ciency; a signifi cant dedica-tion to the improvement of the FBI National Academy Associates; an innovative act or sug-gestion which signifi cantly furthers the ends of law enforcement, public service, safety or security; or an outstanding and/or heroic act in the law enforcement environment. Chief Flatley is a very active member who has previ-ously served or serves on numerous commit-tees as well as having been a member of the NYC Board of Governors.

NORTH CAROLINA★ Past President and current Section Rep-resentative Joey Reynolds, Session 184, has been named as police chief of the Bluffton (S.C.) Police Department.

★ W. Allen Overcash, Session 189, has been promoted to deputy chief of the Concord (N.C.) Police Department.

NORTHWEST★ On August 24, 2012 the Northwest Chapter held its 3rd Annual Pistol Competition Shoot

New York/Eastern Canada: Chief Martin Flatley, Session 195, of the Town of Southold (N.Y.) Police Department, has been named as the recipient of this year’s Bart Hose Award for Leadership.

Northwest: Commander Kevin Herman of the Bloomington (Minn.) PD was presented with a trophy by FBI Minneapolis SAC J. Chris Warrener for winning this year’s Northwest Chapter Pistol Competition Shoot.




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gado, Session 227, of the Vancouver (Wash.) Police Department; and Mike Merryman of the Yakima (Wash.) Police Department also pre-sented debriefs of incidents that occurred in their jurisdictions.

★ The Washington Chapter Holiday Training and Luncheon event is scheduled for Decem-ber 6, 2012, in Renton, Wash., and will feature “Lessons Learned — Covert Gang Investiga-tions” presented by Chief Denise Turner, Capt. Kurt Svardal, and Sgt. Joseph Deras of the Gilroy (Calif.) Police Department.

★ Mike Bosse, Session 190, transitioned to a new position with the U.S. Army in July 2012. His new assignment as a CID agent is located in Hawaii.

★ George Delgado, Session 227, was appoint-ed chief of police of the Des Moines (Wash.) Police Department on July 16, 2012. George previously served 18 years as a commander with the Vancouver (Wash.) Police Depart-ment. Previous assignments included com-mander of Special Ops- SWAT, Investigations, and Patrol Divisions. George is the incoming Washington Chapter President for 2013.

★ John Dyer, Session 244, was appointed as chief of police of the Rifl e (Colo.) Police Department in August 2012. John previously served as a lieutenant with the Oak Harbor (Wash.) Police Department.

★ Gerald Gannon, Session 212, retired as assistant chief of police with the City of Ed-monds (Wash.) Police Department on June 30, 2012, serving 32 years with the department. Gerry began his law enforcement career in Edmonds in 1979 following four years of ser-

★ At the Chapter Business Meeting on Sep. 7, Executive Board elections were held and the following members were elected to serve in upcoming positions. Rick Krebs (Session 220, Kirkland PD) was elected as sergeant at arms and Michelle Bennett (Session 247, Maple Val-ley PD) was elected for a two-year term as member at large. Chapter President Dale Mill-er (Session 208) thanked and acknowledged chapter committee members, executive board members, the Seattle FBI offi ce, and our val-ued corporate sponsors for a successful and enjoyable fall conference.

★ Earlier this year a Women Graduates Net-working Luncheon was held at South Center to begin discussions of potential sponsors and speakers for the Women’s Graduate Breakfast at the 2015 National Conference in Seattle.

★ On June 6, 2012, the Chapter held its annu-al spring Lessons Learned presented by Wil-liam Micklus of the Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute. This year’s training covered “Police De-Escalation Strategies for Veterans in Crisis.” Mike Zaro, Session 240, of the Lake-wood (Wash.) Police Department; George Del-

at the University of Minnesota Police Depart-ment / FBI Minneapolis Field Offi ce Range in Rosemount, Minn. All shooters participated in course of fi re developed and scored by FBI Range Staff and enjoyed a barbeque lunch. Commander Kevin Herman, Session 241, of the Bloomington (Minn.) Police Department, took fi rst place for the second year.

★ The Northwest Chapter and the Minneapolis Police Department co-hosted a training event on Sep. 20, 2012. Training covered the topics tracking, investigating and prosecuting gun violence cases, the cost of gun violence in our communities, FBI Safe Streets initiatives, and Somali gangs. The training was open to all members and law enforcement personnel.

SOUTH CAROLINA★ We would like to give congratulations and a special welcome to the SCFBINAA’s newest members, the graduates of Session 250: • Capt. David E. Nelson, Tega Cay (S.C.) Police Department • Lt. David Brabham, Berkeley County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Offi ce • Capt. Joseph Count, North Augusta (S.C.) Department of Public Safety

VIRGINIA

Virginia: Mark W. Sinquefi eld, Ses-sion 219, was promoted to Director of Norfolk Southern Railway Police effective March 1, 2012.

WASHINGTON★ The Washington Chapter’s annual fall con-ference was held in Chelan September 4‒7, 2012. More than 100 retired and active mem-bers attended the conference that featured a training day and networking events. This year’s training event topic was “Public Rela-tions Strategies” presented by James Vance, Lt. Col. USMC (ret.); FBI National Academy (ret.). The informative and timely course ma-terial was extremely well presented by Mr. Vance, who is a Washington state native and recognized expert in the fi eld of public rela-tions.

★ Fall conference networking events included a golf tournament and boat relay. The golf tournament was organized by Rickey Sand-ers, Session 144, and won by recently retired member Jim Collyer, Session 208. The Fun Run Paddle Boat Relay organized by John Suessman, Session 174, featured fi ve 4-per-son teams. The winning relay team included Mike Hirman, Session 235; Greg Wilson, Ses-sion 219; Mat Toth, Session 143; and anchor leg Steve Neal, Session 224.

Washington: At the fall conference, the winning Fun Run Paddle Boat Relay team included Mike Hirman, Session 235; Greg Wilson, Session 219; Mat Toth, Session 143; and anchor leg Steve Neal, Session 224.

Washington: A group of women graduates met to plan the Women’s Graduate Breakfast for the 2015 National Conference in Seattle. Front Row: Carlotta Jarratt, Session 141; Kristi Wilson, candidate for Session 152; Colleen Wilson, Session 172; Colleen McIntyre, Session 198; Fabienne Brooks, Session 180; Cindy Reed, Session 134. Back Row: Carmen Best, Session 242; Lorna Rufener, Session 184; Faye Greenlee, Session 183; Debie King, Session 198; Myra Harmon, Session 117; Michelle Bennett, Session 247; Flo Simon, Session 211; Bonnie Bowers, Session 241.



vice in the United States Marine Corp. Previ-ous positions and assignments included patrol offi cer, motor offi cer, detective, Regional Ar-son Task Force, South Snohomish SWAT team member, sergeant, accreditation unit, and fa-cilities administrator culminating in a new pub-lic safety building. Gerry was named Edmonds PD Offi cer of the Year in 1995, has served the community with the Edmonds Exchange Club since 2004, and is a longtime supporter of the Special Olympics Program.

Washington: Gerald Gannon, Session 212, retired as as-sistant chief of police with the City of Edmonds (Wash.) Police Department on June 30 after serving 32 years with the department.

★ Bob Karnofski, Session 212, retired from the Auburn (Wash.) Police Department on June 22, 2012, after 31 years of service. Bob served as assistant chief for the last six years and initiated several programs includ-ing DARE, Explorers, Honor Guard, Peer Sup-port, and the Police Chaplains Unit. He served as commander of the Valley CCU (Hostage Negotiators) for nine years and served on the board of the Auburn Police Offi cers Guild and the Auburn Police Management Associa-tion. He served two years on the Washington

Chapter FBINAA Training Committee. Com-munity Service includes three terms as Presi-dent of the Auburn Youth Resources Board and serving on the boards of the YMCA and the Auburn Business Advisory Committee for the School District. Bob was also a member of Communities in Schools and was a past volun-teer football coach at Auburn High School.

★ Dave McDonald, Session 230, was pro-moted to deputy chief of the Puyallup (Wash.) Police Department on August 1, 2012. Dave is a 23-year veteran of the department and has served in a number of positions and assign-ments including patrol offi cer, fi eld training offi cer, bicycle offi cer, detective, SWAT team member and commander, patrol narcotics detective sergeant, public information offi cer, problem oriented policing-operations lieuten-ant, and investigations captain. Dave is a graduate of Washington State University.

★ John O’Leary, Session 209, retired from the Des Moines (Wash.) Police Department in June 2012 after 33 years of service with the department. John served as interim chief for one and a half years prior to his retirement.

★ Colleen Sanders, FBI Agent, was recently selected to join the Washington Chapter as a regular active member. Colleen previously served out of the Seattle offi ce as a training coordinator and advisor to the FBINAA Wash-ington Chapter. Colleen is a 10-year veteran of the agency having previously served in Phila-delphia and currently serving as a resident agent in Poulsbo, Wash. Previous assignments include violent crimes and organized crime units.

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA★ Lt. Kevin P. Boyle, Session 175, has been promoted to deputy chief of police for the Shaler Township (Pa.) Police Department. Kev-in is a 28-year veteran of the department.

Washington: The Chapter’s Spring Lessons Learned presenters William Micklus, UMCPI training director, and Mike Zaro, Session 240, stood with Washington Chapter President Dale Miller, Session 208, and Vice President George Delgado, Session 227 at the event.

Washington: Bob Karnofski, Ses-sion 212, retired from the Auburn (Wash.) Police Department on June 22, 2012, after 31 years of service. He served two years on the Washington Chapter FBINAA Training Committee.

189TH SESSION REUNIONSome graduates of Session 189 and their families met in June for the an-nual reunion. Classmate Deiter Reithu-ber and his wife Marion did a fantastic job of organizing the event and serving as hosts for the group. They previ-ously hosted a reunion in 2004. Other reunion locations have included Key West, Toronto, the Netherlands, and Washington DC with a visit to the Academy.

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Save the date: Next May will mark the 20th anniversary of the spring 173rd National Academy session. Please join your fellow graduates May 4‒8, 2013 as we gather in suburban Washington DC to mark this event. We will be staying at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tysons Corner, very close to the Tysons Corner mall and within a short shuttle ride to the Dunn-Loring Metro station. We are planning a tour of the FBI Academy campus to see how things have or have not changed through the years. Other trips and events are in the works. Please contact Beverly Hall at [email protected] with any questions or go to www.fbina-173rd.org for more information and to register for the reunion. ■ F B IN A A

Session 189 class members pose in front of the New Palace of King Ludwig II at Herrenchiemsee, south of Munich. Front row: Jim Torkar, Dominic Leone, Chuck Magdalena, and Carole Dahlem. Back row: Michiel Marchand, Randy Moake, Dieter Reithuber, Jim Petres, Harvey “Bud” Foster, and Bob Randall.




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Motorists traveling on U.S. Route 60 in Mesa, Ariz., were horrifi ed one evening last May when they saw a young child walk into the path of oncoming traffi c. Several pulled over to try to coax the child to the shoulder as cars swerved around him. They didn’t know that the 9-year-old, Au-Juna Banks-Taylor, was a child with autism but noticed he covered his ears when they shouted at him. Unfortunately, the driver of a Chevy S-10 pickup truck did not see the boy until his vehicle struck and killed him.

Several weeks later the parents of a 4-year-old boy with au-tism, Aiden Bower, tucked their son into bed at their home in Holiday, Fla. When they checked on him an hour later, the win-dow screen in his bedroom had been pushed open. Aiden was gone. His body was later found at the bottom of a neighbor’s swimming pool. The next month, a 5-year-old Madison, Wis., boy with autism, Jeremiah Conn, was reported missing from a relative’s home in Stoughton. His shoes were spotted at the edge of a retention pond. Jeremiah had also drowned.

The number of children with autism in the United States has skyrocketed, with one in every 88 children coping with autism and related disorders. At the same time, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), has seen another disturbing trend: a spike in the number of these children wan-dering away from safe environments with grave consequences.

HARM’S WAYWhile many people know that adults suffering from Alzheim-er’s or other forms of dementia can wander off, they don’t real-ize that many children with special needs, especially the se-verely affl icted, often exhibit similar behaviors. Nearly half of children with autism will repeatedly try to wander away from safe environments, according to the Interactive Autism Net-work. In many cases, they bolt to something they have fi xated on such as a body of water, a highway sign, or a train, increas-ingly with deadly consequences.

Searching for these children poses signifi cant challenges to law enforcement offi cers because they often exhibit behav-iors not seen in unaffected children. Many are nonverbal and therefore unable to respond to searchers. Some are sensitive to sound, and yelling out the child’s name or using search dogs, ATVs, or helicopters may drive them further away. They can exhibit a diminished sense of fear, causing them to engage in high-risk behavior. They often seek out small enclosed spaces, which may be overlooked during initial searches.

Although many runaway children with special needs can fall into harm’s way quickly, they can also be very resilient. In some cases, children have been found safely many days after being reported missing and many miles away.

A 15-year-old boy with autism ran out of a children’s hospi-tal in Chicago during a visit there with his father in June. He was spotted two days later—and 25 miles away—by a woman who recognized him from the media coverage. Another child with autism, Robbie Wood Jr., 8, wandered away from his fam-ily in October 2011 while visiting a densely forested park in Hanover County, Va. More than 6,000 volunteers searched for the child until he was found alive in a drainage ditch six days later. He was lethargic and suffering from the elements but in remarkably good health.

FIRST RESPONSEAfter Robbie Wood was safely recovered, Robert Lowery, se-nior executive director of NCMEC’s Missing Children Divi-sion, and his staff met with representatives of autism orga-nizations, health professionals, and search-and-rescue experts

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to see what more could be done to fi nd these children safely when they are reported missing. They devised a “Response Guide for Law Enforcement” (www.missingkids.com) with pro-tocols and checklists to help call takers and fi rst responders navigate the unique challenges.

NCMEC considers runaway children with special needs to be critically missing and deploys Team Adam, a rapid-re-sponse corps of highly trained, retired law enforcement offi -cers, to assist law enforcement on the scene, says Lowery, a former assistant police chief in Missouri. Because so many of the fatalities are due to drowning, fi rst responders should im-mediately search nearby bodies of water and attempt to con-tain the child in a specifi c area, he adds.

“You can’t treat a child with special needs as a conventional runaway,” says Lee Manning, a former incident commander in tactical operations for Massachusetts State Police and a vet-eran Team Adam consultant who has been deployed on many of these cases, including the Robbie Wood incident. “You have to get the right resources in there fast.”

According to Lowery, one of the most important steps for fi rst responders is to listen intently to the parents or caregiv-ers to learn their child’s specifi c behaviors and where he or she might try to go. Important questions to ask the parents or caregivers include: How will the child likely react to searchers? Will the child hide? Will he or she run? Is the child verbal or nonverbal? To whom will the child most likely respond? Does he or she need life-sustaining medications?

A reporter and his cameraman covering the disappearance of a 7-year-old boy with autism in Australia in February took action when they were told the child was attracted to water. They headed to a nearby creek, where they saw the child, waist deep and clutching reeds to stay afl oat. While the reporter fi lmed, the cameraman jumped into the fast-moving water and rescued the child, who had shed his clothing.

“With increased awareness about autism and quick re-sponse to these cases, we can bring more of these children home safely,” says Nancy McBride, NCMEC’s national safety director. “I didn’t realize what these parents are dealing with on a day-to-day basis.”

UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICSAutism is a spectrum disorder, and no two children are alike. First responders need to tailor their searches around the unique characteristics of each child. For example, when an 8-year-old boy in Twin Peaks, Calif., had been missing more than 24 hours in September 2011, sheriff’s deputies used loud speakers to blast the music of Ozzy Osbourne in the search area. They played the boy’s favorite songs, including Os-bourne’s “No More Tears.” It worked: out he popped up from behind a bush. Searchers have also been known to grill hot dogs and hamburgers, hoping the aroma will lure a hungry child out of hiding, or if a search continues into the night, set out bedding with a favorite stuffed animal. If a child is ob-sessed with fi re trucks, bringing a fi re truck to the scene might draw out the child.

Six-year-old Christian Baucom was fascinated by hogs. Christian, who had autism and was nonverbal, was reported missing by his foster parents the afternoon of March 27 of this year. They told searchers about the hogs on their property, so Missouri Highway Patrol drained a pond near the hog pen. Divers discovered his body the next day. His twin brother, Ja-son, also a child with autism, had drowned in another pond seven months before.

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“There are more cases because there are more kids with autism,” says McIlwain, whose son, Connor, who also has autism, wandered away from school but was safely recovered by a kind stranger. Connor was seven and mostly non-verbal when he left his school in October 2007 to go fi nd his favorite highway exit sign. The man who spotted him walking down the road thought he looked too young to be alone.

It was clear to McIlwain after her son’s frightening close call that many professionals were not aware of the growing problem or even how to respond to it. Her organization collaborated with fi ve other national autism groups to develop a Website (http://awaare.org/) to promote more awareness about wandering.

McIlwain was shocked that her son’s school did not call her or law enforcement. The man who picked up her son asked him his name and where he lived and when he didn’t answer as-sumed he had been warned not to talk to strangers. When Con-nor was turned over to a police offi cer, her son was scolded for running away. Even his pediatrician was not aware that chil-

dren with autism frequently wander from safe environments.

But parents of children with special needs know only too well, and they will go to great lengths to prevent their children from wan-dering. McIlwain now uses a tracking de-vice known as Project Lifesaver. The compa-ny works with law enforcement and provides training in the use of the specialized electron-ic search-and-rescue equipment.

In desperation, some parents sleep on the fl oor next to their children’s beds or nail their windows shut, despite the fi re hazard. One mother said she turned her home into a for-tress, with keycode locks on all the doors, win-dows bolted so they will only open so far, and a backyard fence facing inward so her son can’t climb out. Despite her best efforts, her son

picked the lock with a knife to escape. “My son has wandered at airports, on ferries, in hotels,” an-

other mother wrote to McIlwain. “It’s terrifying. He waits until your attention is elsewhere for a moment, then he’s gone.”

Beth Martin, a single mom with three children, slept with her 7-year-old daughter, Savannah, in their Lawton, Okla., home because of concerns she may wander at night. She also took showers with her because it was simply too risky to leave her alone for that long.

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In less time than it took to cook the noodles, Savannah was gone, along with her 2-year-old brother who had been with his 11-year-old sibling earlier. Martin frantically searched the house and ran to a neighbor’s for help. Then she heard her el-dest scream, “They’re in the pond!”

Thankfully, her 2-year-old was wearing a bike helmet, which kept him afl oat. She spotted Savannah’s Sunday school dress fl oating in the water and hoped she had shed her cloth-ing, as some children with autism often do. But it was Savan-nah. Her neighbor dove in and pulled her out. Martin began CPR, but it was too late. Losing Savannah was devastating enough. But then people began blaming her, saying she was

negligent. A posting on Facebook accused her of killing her daughter and said she should be in jail.

Active WanderersParents are frequently blamed when their children wander away from home. “It is looked at as bad parenting,” says McIl-wain, whose organization was among those that successfully pushed for a medical diagnostic code for active wanderers.

Among other things, having a formal code will classify tracking devices as medically necessary and reimbursable by insurance; combat the misconception that wandering is simply behavioral; and increase awareness of physicians, school ad-ministrators, and others.

Martin said the only way she was able to cope with the death of her daughter and the accusations that she was to blame was through emotional support from the autism com-munity. Now she has joined NCMEC’s Team HOPE, a support group that helps other parents whose children are missing or exploited.

“It’s happening so much,” says Martin. “I take every story per-sonally. These are children, and children families love.” ■ F B IN A A

John D. Ryan is the CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). He was named to the position in June after serving more than 12 years on the NCMEC board. Prior to his work with the NCMEC, Ryan was senior vice presi-dent and deputy general counsel at AOL Inc. He also worked for 14 years at the Offi ce of the District Attorney in Bronx County, New York, where he served as an assistant district attorney.

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LEADERSHIP is diffi cult to defi ne, and while most individuals in the criminal justice system can recognize a good leader, they have a hard time explaining what makes a leader different from a non-leader.

Over the past century, scholars within the crimi-nal justice discipline have offered a plethora of defi nitions for leadership that generally are ambiguous and generalized. For example, IACP Training Bulletin 1 published this year states, “There are more than 250 defi nitions of leadership.”

Generic leadership texts outside of law enforcement pro-vide additional insight into defi ning what makes a good leader. In the “Handbook of Leadership” by Bernard M. Bass and Ralph M. Stogdill, you will fi nd such generic defi nitions as “leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.”

The point is that leadership is a phenomenon that defi es a common defi nition. Leadership is an internal “something” unique to each individual that is often cultivated by a specifi c situation. In essence we each develop our own defi nition of leadership and our own ideal of what a leader is.

Management and Leadership

Most often leadership is mistaken for management. In the early 20th century, leadership styles were developed by

such notables in the discipline of organizational management as Kurt Lewin, Ronald Lippit, and Ralph White who viewed leadership style as an interaction continuum ranging from people-centered to task-centered managerial behavior.

Leadership in 21st century policing can be made quite sim-ple by following a few easy lessons learned over the past cen-tury from our predecessors. First and foremost, 21st-century police leaders must distinguish themselves from the manage-rial role and remember the simple saying that managers do things right; leaders do the right thing. Today’s law enforce-ment leaders must also remember that managers adminis-ter and leaders innovate, managers are copies; leaders are original. Where managers focus on structure, systems, and process; leaders focus on people. And lastly, while managers rely on control, leaders inspire trust.

It is important to understand that leadership is intangible and how people perceive you determines how they relate to you. As a leader you must always remember that leadership doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.

Enhancing Personal Power

There are several factors that will determine your leader-ship style. Probably fi rst and foremost are your personal

values and inclinations. Another is how much confi dence you have in your offi cers to do their job. Confi dence exudes trust. Risk-taking in the sense of being innovative and forward thinking will also determine your leadership style and en-hance your personal power.

As 21st-century leaders, graduates of the FBI Nation-al Academy will be in a unique position to infl uence police trends for the next few generations. So how does one do that? The following is a list of some things you can do to enhance your personal power as a leader and infl uence the next gen-eration of police offi cers.★ Be subtle, but fi rm in your convictions

★ Solicit input about expectations from your subordinates★ Acknowledge what employees have done★ Make a long-term commitment★ Let subordinates get involved and balance risk with trust★ Recognize mistakes will occur★ Keep them informed★ Focus on Management Actions★ Provide subordinates with clear directions

It is also important to remember that leadership styles will vary according to the amount of support and encouragement you as a leader provide and by the amount of your offi cers’ in-volvement in problem-solving and decision-making. One must also be aware of the offi cers under your tutelage and their demonstrated level of ability and willingness to do the tasks at hand.

Essential Competencies

To understand the dynamics of leadership, you must be aware that there are several competencies that are essen-

tial to any police leader. These competencies include commu-nications and related interpersonal competencies, motivation-al competencies, ethical decision-making and problem-solving competencies, planning and organizing competencies, and ac-tuation-implementation competencies.

Let’s take a look at the two most critical competencies of

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any good leader: communication and motivation.Communication is the key to all interpersonal relation-

ships. Police offi cers spend a majority of their time communi-cating with a variety of constituencies. As a leader you spend most of your time communicating your ideas and directions to subordinates as well as those outside of your organization.

Good communication skills require a high level of self-awareness. By understanding your personal style of commu-nicating you can create lifelong impressions on others. By be-ing attentive to how others perceive you, you can adapt more readily to their styles of communicating. This does not mean you have to change your style with every individual you inter-act with. The objective is to make another person comfortable with you by choosing and highlighting behaviors that fi t your personality and get your message across to them.

To ensure that you are conveying the message you want to convey, you must be aware of what the communication entails. Written communications are different than spoken communications. One-on-one conversations will differ from meetings or working with teams or task forces. And public speaking, whether to an audience or to media, presents spe-cial challenges.

Motivation is the combination of internal and external fac-tors that stimulate the desire and energy to keep people con-tinually interested in and committed to a job or subject and to

exert persistent effort in attaining a goal. Motivation results from the interactions the leader has with others. Here are some things to remember about motivation.★ Motivation provides the reason for a course of action★ Motivational skills are vital for success as a leader★ A leader must consider intrinsic as well as extrinsic

motivators★ A leader must maintain a proper attitude (mental commit-

ment) and consider individual differences

Problem-Solving

Traditional police training develops skills and practices that lead to problem-solving. Police must solve problems rang-

ing in scope from simple disputes to major investigations. Such problem-solving involves quantitative and qualitative data and analysis. But before we can analyze the data, we need to have a plan to gather the data.

As a leader probably the most critical problem-solving skill is the ability to collaborate. Policing is more often than not a group effort to solve not only internal problems but commu-nity problems. So leaders must develop skills to work with diverse groups to solve community problems, but to do so they have to identify the problems and then analyze them. The fol-lowing is a list of issues that can inhibit problem-solving:★ Lack of training ★ Lack of technological★ Lack of leadership support★ Confusion ★ Lack of legitimacy★ Lack of clearly defi ned goals ★ Lack of effective★ Lack of resources outcome assessment

Vision for Change

Policing in the 21st century will become more demanding and delicate, as new issues and problems create challenges

for police leadership. The dynamics of police work have changed considerably

in the past few decades. The line between good guys and bad guys has blurred, and society in general has become more violence prone and disrespectful of authority. These factors have caused offi cers to react with greater force to defend themselves and control suspects. Consequently, lawsuits have become more prevalent.

All of these changes have resulted in a never-ending cycle of concerns such as discretion, police misconduct, and racial profi ling for law enforcement leaders to deal with. Another is-sue in the 21st century so far has been limited resources. Op-erating a police agency with limited and antiquated technolo-gy because of limited fi nancial resources is one of the greatest challenges faced by contemporary police leadership.

Policing in the 21st century is not easy and in order to stay in tune with modern society and the new normal, today’s po-lice leaders must adapt and overcome to truly lead their agen-cies in this new millennium. ■ F B IN A A

Dr. James J. Ness started his career as a police offi cer and retired as chief of the City of Villa Grove (Ill.) Police Department. The Air Force veteran holds a Ph.D. in higher education and a mas-ter’s degree in administration of justice/law enforcement from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He has published extensively in the areas of law enforcement and online learning and is an expert in ethics, public policy, and criminal justice.

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Lt. Paul Echols


THE HISTORIAN’S SPOTLIGHT

IT’S OFTEN BEEN SAID that “things ain’t always as they seem” and “persistence pays off.” These two old-fashioned

sayings could serve as the motto for retired Carbondale, Ill., police lieutenant and FBI National Academy alumnus (Session 188) Paul Echols.

Echols began his career with the Carbondale PD in 1981 as a patrol offi cer following his graduation from Southern Illinois University with a degree in technical careers. Because of his interest in technology and science, Echols became the Carbon-dale PD’s crime scene specialist in 1986. He was promoted to sergeant in 1993 and lieutenant in 2007.

After serving most of his career in investigations, Echols retired in 2009 as commander of the investigations division. He graduated from Session 188 of the National Academy in March 1997.

THE SCHUMAKE CASEIn 2006, then Sgt. Echols achieved the crowning moment in his career. Working with Jackson County prosecutors, he won a guilty verdict in the Susan Schumake murder case. That con-viction was at least partially the result of Echols’ persistence and his belief that “things aren’t always the way they seem.”

Schumake was an SIU student who was raped and then strangled to death on campus in 1981, the same year that Echols was sworn in as a law enforcement offi cer. And Echols worked the Schumake case off and on for 15 years of his career.

Most investigators on the Schumake murder case pinned the crime on a local serial killer named John Paul Phillips. Phillips was convicted in 1986 of another killing and died sev-en years later of natural causes while awaiting execution on Illinois’ death row. Most people thought Phillips’ death closed the Schumake case.

But Echols wasn’t sure. And he wanted to make sure that someone was pursuing justice for the murdered Schumake. Unfortunately, for years he did not have the technology to con-fi rm his suspicions.

Then in 2001 rapid advances in DNA sampling technology gave Echols the tools that he needed to prove his suspicions. He was able to get a court order to exhume Phillips and collect DNA evidence.

That evidence cleared Phillips and pointed toward another suspect: Daniel Woloson, a 44-year-old convicted burglar, who was living in the Detroit area. Michigan authorities were able to acquire a cigarette butt from a car Woloson had previously owned, and that resulted in a DNA match.

Echols traveled to Detroit and personally arrested the sus-pect. He was convicted two years later. Woloson is now serving 40 years—the maximum allowed under Illinois law—in a state penitentiary.

More than 25 years after the murder, Echols had been in-strumental in achieving justice for Schumake. “But for the dil-igence and determination of Sgt. Paul Echols, this case would never have seen the light of day,” a Jackson County prosecutor told the Associated Press at the time of the conviction. “He de-serves a tremendous amount of credit for bringing Mr. Woloson to justice.”

THE KRAJCIR CASEA year later Echols was promoted to lieutenant and appoint-ed commander of the Carbondale PD’s Investigations Unit. Al-though his new duties kept him busy, he was motivated by his success in the Susan Schumake case to reopen another cold case: the murder of SIU student Deborah Sheppard.

The Sheppard case had—like the Schumake case—re-mained on Echols’ mind long after it had been categorized as cold. For years, he had tried to obtain DNA evidence from the limited genetic material obtained at the scene.

Believing that the latest technology held the key to solving the case, Echols consulted with his friend Illinois State Police DNA expert Taylor Scott. Scott recommended a new mini-STR DNA process being tested by the ISP and offered at that time by a private lab in California.

Echols was preparing for a trip to California when he de-cided to ask ISP forensic scientist Suzanne Kidd to take an-other look at a shirt collected at the Sheppard crime scene in 1982. Amazingly, Kidd found a minute semen stain that had been overlooked 25 years earlier. Kidd obtained a partial DNA profile from the stain and entered it into the Illinois DNA data-base. The search resulted in a match with Timothy W. Krajcir, an inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Cold Case InvestigatorLT. PAUL ECHOLS OF THE CARBONDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOLVED

MULTIPLE MURDER CASES LONG AFTER OTHERS HAD GIVEN UP.

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The DNA match led to a major investigation into the pre-prison activities of Krajcir. Echols worked closely with the Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Police Department and discovered fi ve more cold case murders committed by the serial killer.

Knowing he was facing a death penalty, Krajcir agreed to confess all his crimes to Echols and Cape Girardeau detec-tive Jimmy Smith. The confession included dozens of sexual assaults and nine murders in four states— Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania—between 1977 and 1983. Kra-jcir also confessed to an attempted murder in Mt. Vernon, Ill., for which another man had been wrongfully convicted and eventually died in prison as an innocent man.

Krajcir ironically received a bachelor’s degree in adminis-tration of justice from SIU. He also worked on the Jackson County Ambulance Service, which served the Carbondale area and was credited with saving lives and thought of as a friend by those he had worked with on the ambulance. Echols was able to establish a rapport with Krajcir during their many interviews and was told of Krajcir’s attempts to ana-lyze his own problems through the many psychology classes he took in college.

COLLEGE PROFESSORToday, Echols serves as a full-time criminal justice instructor for Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill., and as a part-time instructor at his alma mater SIU. There he trains the law enforcement offi cers of the future and shares with them his ac-quired knowledge and experience.

During his career with the Carbondale PD, Echols attend-ed hundreds of hours of classes dealing with forensic evidence

and crime scene analysis. He draws on that training and his real-world experience for his lectures.

And he even gives presentations to active duty police offi -cers. Echols has a PowerPoint presentation consisting of more than 200 photos, illustrations, and video clips that he uses to inform others about the cases he worked, methods employed, and tips for working cold cases. Echols presented this Power-Point lecture during a National Academy re-trainer in June 2010 sponsored by the Railsplitter Divison of the Illinois Chap-ter in Decatur. He credits much of his success to his training at the FBI Academy.

Echols is now just a seemingly mild-mannered college pro-fessor, but those students fortunate to attend his classes real-ize very quickly that “things ain’t always as they seem” and appreciate that “persistence pays off,” especially when work-ing cold cases.

This article is a highly condensed version of the career of Lt. Paul Echols and does not give credit to many of the excellent investigators who worked with Echols in solving these cases. Echols gives full credit to the many outstanding investigators and agencies he had the privilege to work with in his career. You can read more in his book, “In Cold Pursuit,” published by New Horizon Press. Law enforcement offi cers interested in hav-ing Paul Echols present his PowerPoint or discuss his cases can reach him at [email protected]. ■ F B IN A A

Terry Lucas, Session 182, serves as the FBI NAA national his-torian. If you are aware of any outstanding National Academy graduates in your area, please contact him at [email protected] or [email protected].

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THE TAKE-HOME MESSAGE of this article is the importance of sweat equity. In order to achieve sweat equity, we will

go hands-on with our favorite modalities in the gym and these will lay a foundation of fi tness that every law enforcement of-fi cer needs.

I call this program “manual labor” because it is a hands-on regimen that emphasizes the strength and conditioning people use in blue-collar jobs. My parents never told me how to live; they showed me how to live through their actions. “You need to outwork everybody else” was one of the lessons that I took from their actions, and it drives me daily. That’s why the manual labor fi tness program demands that you work and work hard.

Your goal is not to get fi t fast but to progress steadily and de-velop long-term fi tness while improving along the health con-tinuum. As you progress in this fi tness program, keep in mind your individual goals and tactical considerations, and try to give maximum effort at all times.

I tell my students to redefi ne the grind on their journey here at the Academy. We all have been blessed with the ability to train, and our quality of life is defi ned by the questions we ask and the capacity to stay fi t through manual labor, which is an-other word for exercise.

The following is a good set of exercises to perform in your manual labor program.4x4—Use any four exercises in our pillar model such as pull/push, rotation, mobility/stability, and changing levels.

Exercise for 30 seconds and then rest for 15 seconds for four

rounds. Then move on to the next drill. Determine total rounds by quality not quantity of movement.Example:• Dumbbell Lawnmower—right arm/left arm/repeat/repeat• Band Rotation—right arm/left arm/repeat/repeat• Side Plank—left/right/repeat/repeat• Split Squat—left/right/repeat/repeat

10x10x10—10 seconds of push-ups followed by 10 seconds of rest in the front leaning rest position.

Fifth Quarter—The goal is one of our pillars and one mat drill for 60 seconds. Alternate every 10 to 15 seconds between these two drills and stay busy for the entire time. Repeat if necessary.Example:• Push-Up with Jacknife—Bring both legs to the hands and

return to a front leaning rest• Band Pull with Spiderman Crawl• Kettlebell Deadlift with Hip Under • Dumbbell Rotational Press with Mountain Climber

Edward J. O’Malley is a health and fi tness instructor at the FBI Academy’s Physical Training Unit. He earned his B.S. from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and his M.S. from Vir-ginia Commonwealth University. He holds certifi cation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Manual LaborWHEN YOU EXERCISE, YOU NEED TO WORK HARD LIKE A BLUE COLLAR LABORER.

STAYING ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD EDWARD J. O’MALLEY

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MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAPLAIN

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LOST? I mean really lost. Well, it happens to all of us every now and then.

Trust me, as we grow older it seems to happen more often.

The time I most remember being lost goes all the way back to my youth. I was an avid squirrel hunter and at least a couple of days a week when I got home from school, I would take my trusty single-shot .22 rifl e and head for the woods. Not far from our farm was a large tract of woods cov-ering several thousand acres and extending over the South Carolina border into North Carolina. I had hunted it so much I was convinced that I knew my way around. On this partic-ular afternoon, I had good luck and had several squirrels in my hunting jacket. The sun was going down and I decided it was time to head for home. But the farther I walked, the less I recognized the terrain that I was traveling. I fi nally reached a roadway around 9 p.m. and still had no idea where I was. A farmer came by in a truck and informed me that I was in North Carolina, about 4 miles away from where I had started hunt-ing. I was defi nitely lost. But then I was found and returned to my vehicle.

There are many ways we can fi nd ourselves lost. We get lost when we take the wrong turn on a highway. We get lost in a crowd, lost in the airport, in the mall, and the list can just go on and on. But there are other ways we can get lost. We may lose our concentration when we are distracted. We may lose sight of our goals in life. We may lose our dignity, pride, self-esteem, the desire to do our jobs, or respect, all of which can lead to a loss of employment, family and/or friends, and pos-sibly our lives.

Being lost in modern times is not good but I can share with you that being lost in biblical times was no better. Jesus was aware of this problem and used many illustrations to point out the importance placed on fi nding the lost. In Luke Chapter 15 we learn the emphasis Jesus placed on fi nding the lost. This chapter is sometimes referred to as the “Lost and Found Col-umn,” as it consists of three parables, all dealing with some-thing lost being found.

The fi rst parable deals with lost sheep. A shepherd had 100 sheep and one was lost. He left the 99 in the open fi eld and went to search for the one that was lost until he found it. Then he called his friends and neighbors together rejoicing over the one lost sheep that was found. This illustrates the value God puts on a single life just as the shepherd did on the single lost sheep.

The second parable concerns a lost coin. A woman had 10 silver coins and lost one. She lit a lamp and swept her house until she found it. Then she called her friends and neighbors together to rejoice because she had found her lost coin. It’s in-teresting to note here that the coin is a piece of silver, an inani-mate object that didn’t know it was lost, so it had no concern. It

was lost by the person entrusted to care for it in the very house it was kept. I think this clearly points out that there can be times that we do not know our lost condition, even though we think we are do-ing all the right things. The same can be true of

our family members and/or friends. When we notice negative changes in their lives that they may not be aware of, we should take the initiative to assist them in every way possible to re-gain whatever character trait they may have lost.

The fi nal parable refers to a lost son. A man had two sons who worked his farm with him. The younger son requested his share of the estate, so the father divided the property be-tween them. The younger son got together all he had and set off for a distant country where he squandered his wealth on wild living. Then there was a famine in that entire country, and the son got a job feeding pigs, even eating the same food as the pigs. When he came to his senses, he realized how good he had it when he was home. Knowing he was not worthy and his family might not accept him, he decided to return home to face the music. But his father saw him at a great distance and had compassion for him. He ran to meet him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. He instructed his servants to kill the fatted calf for a feast and to put the best robe on him and a ring on his fi nger. He declared that his son was dead and is alive again. He was lost and now is found.

It’s kind of amazing when you compare these three para-bles. The shepherd went looking for the lost sheep and the lady searched the house until she found the lost coin. Nobody went looking for the lost son. Only when he had squandered his in-heritance and ended up in a pig pen did he come to his senses and return to his father. His father welcomed him back home with open arms, compassion, and love.

I believe the message here is for all of us. There are many times in life we walk away from God, as the son did his father. We fi nd ourselves ashamed, embarrassed, and disappointed. We feel we have gone beyond forgiveness. Let me assure you this is not the case. Just as the father welcomed back his son so will God welcome you back home. ■ F B IN A A

Lost and Found

B I L LY G IBSON

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GOD REJOICES WHEN WE FIND OUR WAY BACK HOME.

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