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The Operational Police Behavioral Health SpecialistŠ as a Member of the Hostage and Crisis Negotiations Team In this article, Dr. Greenstone suggests a role that may be needed on Police Ops. Teams. It is the role of a behavioral health specialist. It would allow for a behavioral health specialist to be present when needed without affecting the cohesion necessary for high stakes situations.
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About the Author: Dr. Greenstone is a Psychotherapist, Mediator, Arbitrator, Negotiator, Author, Professor, Police Officer and Police Behavioral Health Specialist. He is well known as a Police Hostage Negotiator and Trainer. Formerly, he served as the Director of Psychological Services for the Fort Worth, Texas Police Department and as the Operational Police Behavioral Health Specialist for the Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Team. He has been in practice for 45 years, a Police Officer for 35 years, and is a Diplomate in Police and Criminal Psychology from the Society for Police
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and Criminal Psychology. Dr. Greenstone is the author of The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them, The Haworth Press, Inc., 2005 (www.HaworthPress.com). Another book, The Elements of Disaster Psychology: Managing Psychosocial Trauma was published in 2007 by Charles C. Thomas, Publishers (http://www.ccthomas.com/ ). Dr. Greenstone is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations published by Taylor
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& Francis Publishers under the Routledge brand. His newest book is the Third Edition of the Elements of Crisis Intervention released in 2011 by Brooks / Cole Publishers. Dr. Greenstone serves as a Colonel in the Texas State Guard, Texas Military Forces and is the Deputy Commander of a Medical Brigade. He may be contacted at drjlg1@charter.net.
SMOKE: Effective Cognitive and Field Training for IED Detection Stephanie M. Salatich, MSN, In this article the authors describe a new manner of training individuals to detect IEDs. The authors highlight the need to use cognitively based training in both public and private sectors, due to its effectiveness.
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About the Author: Matthew J. Sharps, Ph.D., DABPS, FACFEI, is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fresno, and adjunct faculty member in Forensic Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University. He received his M.A. (clinical psychology) from UCLA, and M.A. and Ph.D. (psychology) from the University of Colorado. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties, American College of Forensic Examiners, and a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. He is the author of numerous articles and papers on cognition, forensic cognitive science, and related topics, as well as the books Aging, Representation, and Thought: Gestalt and Feature-Intensive Processing (2003, Transaction Publishers), and Processing Under Pressure: Stress, Memory, and Decision Making in Law Enforcement (2010, Looseleaf Law Publications). He has consulted on issues of eyewitness identification and related cognitive issues in over one hundred and sixty criminal cases. Millie G. Herrera, B.A., is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, and a doctoral candidate in Forensic Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University, Fresno.
State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans where she obtained her Associates degree in Nursing with a subsequent Master's degree in Nursing from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. where she was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. In addition, Stephanie has a certification in Legal Nurse Consulting from the Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and is certified as a Forensic Nurse. Stephanie has twenty-one years of experience as a Legal Nurse Consultant for both Plaintiff and Defense firms in Louisiana and Texas specializing in medical malpractice lawsuits. Currently, she works for a large law firm in New
Amanda Lodeesen is a doctoral candidate in Forensic Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University, Fresno.
Orleans, LA and speaks at various conferences on organizing medical records and trial preparation.
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Major Effect: How an Auditor Training Exercise Revealed a Multi-Generational Fraud In this issue we bring you part two of this piece concerning a series of bank frauds at the Farmers and Merchants Bank. The frauds took place over the span of 60 years. It is hypothesized that the fraud was able to be carried out for so long because auditors were predictable in their methodology. The authors explore the idea that small changes in procedure may be just the ticket to catch fraudsters.
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Accounting at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. He is relatively new to academia, having worked in regulatory auditing, banking supervision, fraud examination, and bank consulting for more than twenty-two years both domestically for the Federal Reserve and internationally for the International Monetary Fund. He teaches managerial and financial accounting, auditing, and fraud examination. Dr. Herron holds Baccalaureate degrees in Economics and Finance, Master's in both Business Education and Accounting, and a Doctorate in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant as well as a Commissioned Examiner by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Dr. Katherene P. Terrell, CPA is a professor and chair of the Accounting Department at the University of Central Oklahoma where she teaches financial accounting. Dr. Terrell has coauthored several textbooks and journal articles. She has been honored with a number of teaching awards including the
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