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November/December 1992

Management Development for Residential
Settings - a Justice Institute collaboration
by Sandra Rice

One of the Justice Institute's core
values is to encourage "... cooperative efforts among the academies
and divisions, and to coordinate
and integrate the training and
services offered." The course described in this article is an example of this kind of cooperation.
The final level of the Management Development for Residential Settings Certificate Program
in Interdisciplinary Studies deals
with safety and security issues,
and has provided an excellent opportunity to access the wealth of
expertise available at the Justice
Institute.

Above (left to right): Sandra Rice, Liz Robinson, Jackie Goodwin, Sandra Enns
(Program Director, Fire Academy), and Ross Mcintyre; Below left: Ross Mcintyre and
Jackie Goodwin demonstrate fire extinguishing techniques.

Three academies and IDS participated in planning and presenting the two-day
course for managers
who work in residential facilities with a
variety of clients
(adolescents, persons with disabilities, women and
children in transition homes, persons
in alcohol and drug
recovery, and seniors).
For the first day,
Jackie Goodwin of
the Fire Academy
designed a half day
of material relating

to fire safety issues such as types
of fire extinguishers, classes of
fire, fire safety drills for special
needs clients, and surveys to test
the current fire knowledge of
program managers in this area.
Ross Mcintyre from PEP Academy designed the afternoon
session- a half-day, step-by-step
planning process for managers in
the field to build their own emergency response plans for fire,
earthquake and other disasters.
For the second morning of the
course, a police officer from the
Crime Prevention Unit offered a
presentation on residential facility security and crime prevention
issues within the community.
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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

Police
Academy
hosts a
problem
oriented
policing
workshop

Collaboration ... cont'dfrom page 1

Ross Mcintyre holds up the props he uses to demonstrate the Richter
Scale measurement of earthquake magnitude.

With changing times, policing
practices change as well. Instead
of a more traditional, reactive approach, the focus is now shifting
to the relatively new concept of
"problem oriented policing" which
focuses on understanding the underlying causes of crime and solving the problem at that level.
In British Columbia, police and
community leaders from throughout the province recently had an
opportunity to learn about this
new-style policing from one of its
founders, Professor Hermann
Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor
Goldstein is a world renowned authority and speaker on the topiC
of problem oriented policing.
On January 11, he lectured
and led a workshop at the Justice
Institute for police and community leaders, and the following
day he conducted an executive
seminar on the same topic for senior police administrators and
civic officials. The seminar was
part of the Police Study Series
jointly offered by the Police Academy and Simon Fraser University.
The response to the sessions
was dramatic; at the close of the
first day, one participant, speaking on behalf of the police, stated
that the course had "changed forever" the way they view their police role, and that it represented a
"significant turning point" in
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The afternoon session reviewed
the protocol for critical incidents
within facilities and outlined a
debriefing process for staff after a
critical incident has occurred.
Jackie and Ross delivered the
initial presentations relating to
fire safety and disaster planning
and both received excellent
evaluations. Participants felt
that they learned extremely useful and practical information that
they could implement back at
work almost immediately.
Future presentations on these
topic areas will be delivered by
Liz Robinson, the instructor for

Level 8, who has received guidance from Jackie and Ross.
Constables Cory Perot, Jack
Froese, and Ross Poulton also
gave excellent presentations that
participants felt would be of immediate benefit. The Community
Relations Department of the Vancouver Police Department will
continue to provide guest speakers for the residential security
portion of the program.
Sandra Rice is Co-ordinator of
the Management Development for
Residential Settings Certificate
Program in Interdisciplinary
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Holiday cheer, JI style
JI staff and students contributed
generously to others during the
holiday season just past.
On December 6, over 20 members of Police Academy recruit
classes 54 and 55 donated their
time to participate in the SunRype Jingle Bell Run at City
Square Shopping Mall in Vancouver. The participants in the run
also contributed money and toys
for the Christmas Bureau.
And, while JI staff prepared to
celebrate at their annual dinner
and dance, they were quick to respond to a persuasive plea from
Robyn Towle (Police Academy) to
support a needy family over the
holidays. Campaigning on the

theme of"Adopt a Family" she
was able to collect $530.
Robyn and Cheryl Redding (Interdisciplinary Studies) filled two
shopping carts with food, Christmas treats, gifts and stocking
stuffers, which they delivered to
the home of a single mom and her
13-year-old daughter. The recipients were overwhelmed and overjoyed with the generosity of JI
staff and students.
Funds left over were used to
buy toys for the "Empty Stocking"
fund and to make a donation to
the Salvation Army.
Robyn would like to thank all
of those who so generously supported this act of giving. 0

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•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On staff
On January 17, Legal Studies
instructor Cpl. Tim Lancaster
completed a three-year secondment to the Police Academy and
returned to the New Westminster
Police Department to assume
duties as a Detective.
On February 7, Cpl. Gil
Puder, Physical Training instructor, will complete his secondment
and return to patrol duties with
Vancouver Police Department.
Susan Hall accepted an appointment as Program Developer
for the Courts Academy in November. The main focus of her work
is on the development of training
materials in support of new legislation in the area offamily law.
Susan came to the JI from the
Certified General Accountants'
Association of Canada where she
worked as a Project Editor for
distance education courses.
In the Library, Robert Hooft
is filling the audiovisual booking
position until Joan McLennan
returns from sick leave. Robert is
from Ottawa where he worked at
the National Library and at Forintek, a forest products research
company. He has a Library Technician Diploma from Algonquin
College.

Gordon Bryan began a parttime appointment in Administration in January. He shares a
Stockman position with Paul
Harris, who now spends three
days a week doing desktop publishing in Courts Academy.
Kelly Keenan joined the
Corrections Academy instructional staff on January 4. Kelly
assists in delivering training in
employment readiness programs
and advanced institutional training courses. She comes from the
Pretrial Services Centre in Vancouver where she was involved in
on-site recruit training and was a
member of the tactical squad.
Kelly replaces Paul Erickson
who has returned to field operations at the Vancouver Pretrial
Services Centre.
Instructor John LaCavera,
the Corrections Academy's longest-serving instructor, began a sixmonth to one-year secondment
back to regular field duties in January. He will initially be working
at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre and will then complete assignments at a variety of
other correctional centres to gain
new field knowledge and experience and contribute his expertise
to field operations.
Arrangements have recently
been completed to second

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Steven Schick receives his ten year pin from President Larry Goble at the Jl's annual
holiday party. Steven splits his work week between Interdisciplinary Studies and the
Police Academy.

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Alexander Ryan from the Forensic Services Commission to work
at the Corrections Academy. He
will spend a three-month period
reviewing the curriculum of a
number of Corrections Academy
training courses including Dealing with Mentally Disordered
Offenders, Dealing with Sexual
Offenders and Dealing with High
Risk Offenders. Alex will work
part time at the Corrections Academy while still maintaining some
responsibilities in his role as Manager for Forensic Youth Services
to the Court. 0

JI and Kwantlen
College·to offer
BC's first Conflict
Resolution
Diploma
by Marje Burdine

The Justice Institute's Centre for
Conflict Resolution Training and
the Criminology Department of
Kwantlen College have united to
offer students the exciting alternative of a two-year Diploma in Conflict Resolution.
The pilot program began in January with five students who plan
to apply the diploma to careers in
law, environmental protection and
international relations. The diploma allows students to complete
two semesters in Criminology at
Kwantlen College and two semesters of Conflict Resolution courses
at the Justice Institute. The program is open to mature students
with a strong academic standing
and clear career goals.
After monitoring the progress
of these initial five students, the
program will be expanded likely by the fall of 1993.
. Marje Burdine is Co-ordinator
of the Conflict Resolution Certificate Program in Interdisciplinary
Studies. 0

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Richard Henriquez points to some of the design
highlights on the new JI building model at a recent
presentation ceremony at the Nflw Westminster
School Board offices. Mr. Henriquez is Design
Partner with IB//Henriqll#IZ Partners, the architects for
the new facility. Members of the Nflw Westminster
School Board and City Council accepted a cheqll#I
from JI Board Chairman Bob Stewart for final
payment of the 12-acre 8th and McBride property.

JI to offer
child
protection .
mediation
training in
Nova Scotia

The Jl's First Nations Advisor
completes her first year

The Justice Institute's Centre for
Conflict Resolution Training has
received a contract from Nova
Scotia's Department of Community Services (equivalent to our
Ministry of Social Services) to provide training for 25 mediators in
Canada's first province-wide child
protection mediation program.
IDS Co-ordinator, Marje
Burdine, has designed the 13-day
training program which will be delivered by both local and Justice
Institute trainers. Marje was invited to Halifax in January to consult with the Deputy Minister and
local project planners. She will
also deliver six days of advanced
mediation training in Halifax in
late March.
Only Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have so far changed
their legislation to provide for mediation between the child protection worker and the family. Until
now, however, neither province
has been able to implement the
service.
BC is carefully considering similar changes in legislation and has
sponsored a mediation pilot project in Victoria to test the effectiveness of such a program. The
experience already gained from
BC's pilot program will be invaluable in helping to design and implement the province-wide
program in Nova Scotia. 0

The Justice Institute's First Nations Advisor assists program directors in developing policy,
procedures and services to meet
the educational needs of First Nations learners. In November,
Grace Adams completed her first
year in this important position.
Highlights for the year included:
• Attending career fairs in Vancouver, Prince George and Penticton. Crowds were high in
number with numerous questions on the Justice Institute
and its various programs.
• Attending provincial meetings
with the BC Native Region District Fire Chiefs in Mission,
the Native Justice Co-ordinators at the Duncan Heritage Centre, and the BC Association of Indian Friendship Centres in Victoria. Central concerns at these meetings revolved around training needs
and curriculum being delivered
applicable to First Nations communities. Prevention and intervention approaches vary
from the non-native community and need to be reflected in
program delivery. For example, the western judicial system is based on punishment; in
contrast, aboriginal communities work toward reconciliation.
• Membership on the Aboriginal

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Standards Committee: Family
Violence and Sexual Abuse
Workers. This is an initiative
sponsored through the Ministry of Health and has representatives from aboriginal institutes in the province currently
delivering training in the area
of family violence and sexual
abuse. The purpose is to further develop standards for aboriginal organizations currently employing workers in the
field. The final document is
scheduled to be ready by
March 1993.
Grace also works closely with a
First Nations Advisory Committee. Members are:
Brian Chromko - Executive
Director of the Native Courtworkers and Counselling Association of BC; Cpl. Lloyd Gauthier Aboriginal Policing Services,
RCMP; Max McNeil - Fire and
Safety Officer, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; Audrey
Sampson - Board Member of the
Justice Institute of BC, member
of the Tsartlip Band, and
member of the South Island
Education Project; Bernadette
Spence - Child Welfare Co-ordinator for the Cowichan Band;
Vasa Stramek - Executive Director of the Vancouver Police and
Native Liaison Society; and
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Dock and wharf fire
program - an update
ulty member Captain Keith Boswell (Surrey Fire Department)
conduct simulated incidents on
the community docks and wharfs
with responses by local fire department members.
To date, six programs have
been completed in the communities of Bella Bella, Port Simpson,
Kitkatla, Kitimaat, Metlakatla
and Masset. Two programs will
be offered in February - a second program at Bella Bella, and
one at Klemtu.

Roberta Stewart - Consultant and
trainer in family violence, social
planning and community development.
The Committee has recommended further enhancing the
cross cultural training curriculum
currently being delivered at the
Justice Institute. Educating students in aboriginal issues and concerns will assist in better
understanding First Nations and
build bridges towards a judicial
system that is more accessible to
the native community.
In 1993, Grace will continue
her work with the program directors and the First Nations Advisory Committee, and will expand
her efforts to establish ongoing relationships with the aboriginal
communities in the province.

James Bond is Depu~y Director
of the Fire Academy. D

Based on a report by Grace
Adams. D

by James Bond

In 1992, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada contracted with the
Fire Academy to introduce a new
program on dock and wharf fires.
Adjunct faculty member Captain
Dave Rivett (Surrey Fire Department) specifically designed the
program to meet the needs of the
native bands. The course uses
strategies and tactics taken from
case studies and covers such topics as dock and wharf construction, fire suppression of aircraft
and boats, and the hazards of dangerous goods on docks.
In presenting the program,
Captain Rivett and adjunct fac-

Notes and Notices
Corrections Academy looks
at expansion of employment
readmess
The Corrections Academy has
been developing a proposal to implement an employment readiness program for probation
officers and family court counsellors.- The program will be known
as "Community Program Workers." If approved by the Corrections Branch management
committee, it is anticipated that
this program will get underway
early in April 1993.

Police Academy grad
On December 18 over three
hundred relatives and friends of
Class 54 gathered in the gymnasium to witness graduation ceremonies marking the completion of
32 weeks of basic training. In addressing the graduates, Attorney
General Colin Gabelmann recognized the multicultural make-up
of the class and the varied back-

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Attorney General Colin
Gabelmann addressing Police
Academy Class 54 grads.

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grounds, education and work experience they bring to policing.
He stressed the importance of
this kind of representation and
the need for continued emphasis
on the recruitment of visible minorities. Members of Class 55
were also present as this day
marked the end of their first
block of training and the start of
their practical field experience
working with field trainers.

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Police recruits return for
final block of training
After completing almost three
years service, Class 45 returned
to the Police Academy in January
for a final one-week block of recruit training. Once the recruits
have successfully completed the
block, they will receive full provincial certification as municipal
police officers. D

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JI move update
Next deadline
for
submissions
to the

by Barry Hawkins

By the close of 1992, the project
team had increased in size with
the additions of Superior Reproductions as the Printing Contractor, Barron Kennedy Lyzun
as Acoustic Consultant, and
Graham Harmsworth Lai as
Code Consultant.
Milestones reached since the
last issue of The JI News include:
• Completion of the traffic study
• Completion of schematic and
design development
• Completion of the land sale
agreement
• Near completion of room specification sheets
• Commencement of working
drawings
The next major milestone will
be in March when 80% working
documents will be issued to the
Ministry.
In the meantime, it's not too
late to submit suggestions via the

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suggestion boxes in Blake and
Lawrence Halls.

February 25,
1993

Barry Hawkins is Project Manager for the JI's new facility. 0

Search and Rescue Instructor
spreads the word
The Provincial Emergency Program Academy's new Search and
Rescue (SAR) Instructor, Jon
Heshka, spent a large part of his
first four months atthe JI learning about SAR programs in other
areas and informing others what
is going on in BC.
In September, he attended a
Pacific Northwest Workshop on
Rope Rescue that examined and
critiqued established rope rescue
training standards. The workshop had been precipitated by a
tragic training accident in
Juneau, Alaska. The JI's PEP
Academy was ahead of the game;
it had already adopted training
and operational standards akin to
those advocated at the Bellevue,
Washington, workshop.
Later in the autumn, Jon drove
with two others to Estes Park,
Colorado, to attend the North
American Technical Rescue Symposium. Of particular relevance
were presentations on rescuer
safety and evaluations of technical rescue systems and helicopter
flight rescue systems. In addition, Jon discovered ways in
which the U.S. National Association for Search and Rescue can be

of assistance to the PEP Academy.
Jon's next trip was to Banff,
where he both attended and presented at a conference sponsored
by the National Secretariat for
Search and Rescue. Noteworthy
presentations at the conference included avalanche prevention and
rescue, critical incident stress
management, whitewater and
underwater rescue, and the
Arctomys cave rescue in Mt. Robson Provincial Park. Together
with representatives from the
Provincial Emergency Program,
the RCMP and the BC Search
and Rescue Advisory Committee,
Jon made a presentation on how
search and rescue training and
operations are organized in BC.
Feedback from participants was
that the Provincial Emergency
Program is recognized as the
leader of search and rescue in
Canada.
In the months to come Jon
will use the experience he gained
from his travels to enhance the
courses he instructs in Search
and Rescue Management and
Rope Rescue.
Based on an article by Jon
Heshka. 0

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