2013 MCC - FBI NEIA Conference Dates

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FBI NEIA/MCCA Summer 2013 Training Conference

May 28-31, 2013
Hilton DFW Lakes Conference Center
Grapevine, Texas

• Click here to view the MCCA NEIA Meeting Welcome Letter
• Click here to view the Conference Schedule Overview

FBI NEIA is renewing our partnership with the Major Cities Chiefs Association by holding a joint training conference May 28-31 in Grapevine, Texas.  The Hilton DFW Lakes Conference Center is a 40 acre lakeside property that has successfully accommodated MCCA, LEEDA and other organizations.  The hotel is five minutes from DFW Airport and provides a complimentary 24 hour shuttle.  Amenities include an indoor/outdoor pool, an excellent fitness center etc.

Save the date for an exciting and enlightening training program and opportunity to network and exchange ideas with our law enforcement leaders.

Invitations have been extended to the following "thought" leaders to participate in presentations and the

NEIA Roundtable Discussion:

• * Raymond Kelly – New York City Police Commissioner
• * Charles "Chuck" Ramsey – Philadelphia Police Commissioner
• * Garry McCarthy – Superintendent, Chicago Police Department
• * William Bratton – former Commissioner, Boston, New York and Chief of Los Angeles PD, CA 
• *Charles Beck – Chief of Los Angeles Police Department,
• * William Blair – Chief of Police, Toronto, Canada
• * Edward Flynn – Chief of Police, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• * Joseph Dunne – Chief Security Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, former First Deputy Commissioner, NYPD
• * Colonel Randall Larsen – (ret) Director – The Institute for Homeland Security, author, radio host and a nineteen year old Cobra pilot in the 101st airborne Division, with whom he flew 400 combat missions in Viet Nam.
• * Chad Creasey – FBI Cellular Analysis Survey Team
• *Steven M. Kelly – FBI Cyber Crime Division
• * John Miller – CBS Journalist and the holder of various law enforcement positions in local and federal government. 
• Governor Chris Christie – State of New Jersey, Penrith Award Speaker

* Have accepted their invitation

Meeting Dates and Location

The FBI National Executive Institute Associates (NEIA) training conference will be held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, 1800 Highway 26 East, Grapevine, Texas, in conjunction with the Major Cities Chiefs Association meetings on May 28 – 31, 2013. The schedule is attached to this letter.

Registration

We have an easy-to-use on-line registration website to register for the conference. To begin registration, please visit our website at www.majorcitieschiefs.com, click on Conference/Event Registration. The website is now available. If you have problems or questions, please contact Patricia at 801-799-3802.

Please forward this letter to others in your Department who may attend the conference with you or on your behalf. Each person attending from a department must complete their own registration via the registration website.
Registration fees for Major Cities Chiefs Members are included with their annual membership dues. An additional registration fee will be charged for each guest (spouse/significant other, children, etc.). Please remember to include guests in the registration site. This helps us plan for activities and meals.

NEIA Members and other Police Department attendees will be charged according to the registration fees listed below. Registration fees cover all meals and events during the conference.

Registration fees can be paid online when registering for the conference or at the registration desk upon arrival. We are now able to accept credit card payments.

www.majorcitieschiefs.com

Conference/Event Registration - on right side of web page

Hotel Accommodations

The hotel selected for the conference is:

Room rates provided to MCCA and NEIA conference attendees at the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel are $139.00 per night. To make your room reservation, please contact the Hilton DFW Lakes Reservations at 800-984-1344 and reference group code 2MA. Reservations can also be made online by clicking here. The deadline to make hotel reservations is May 7, 2013.

Transportation from Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW) to the hotel is provided by the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center and is available to attendees who are staying at the hotel. If you are staying at a nearby hotel, please contact them directly for transportation from the airport.

• Once you have claimed your luggage, you should locate the Arrivals Kiosk and select "Accommodations" on the touch screen monitor and then follow the instructions for contacting the Hilton DFW Lakes dispatcher.
  
  
• When you are speaking with the Hilton DFW Lakes dispatcher, you will need to give them your terminal and gate number.
  
  
• Once you inform the dispatcher of your location, you will then be instructed of where to pick up the Hilton DFW Lakes' shuttle.
  
  
• The Hilton DFW Lakes' shuttles are dark blue with a white global map on the side.

Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center also provides complimentary DFW Airport shuttle transportation for your departure. The shuttles depart from the hotel lobby on the hour & half past the hour, 24 hours a day.

If you have already registered for the conference and made your hotel reservations, thank you.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.  See you in Grapevine in May!

If you have any questions, please contact:

FBI NEIA/MCC MEETING AT SAN DIEGO
– SEPTEMBER 28 – OCT 1, 2012 

As usual both of our organizations held a meeting within a much larger meeting, the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference. The Major Cities Chiefs meeting was well attended and from all appearances held an excellent “governing” meeting and some special guest speakers. Among the speakers were the president of the National Conference of Mayors, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia who gave an elegant presentation of what needs to be done to save or improve our cities, schools and service infrastructure. The talk was not only informative but inspirational as well. Another speaker was Chief of Aurora Colorado, Dan Oates who gave the restricted audience a briefi ng on the tragic theater massacre that took 12 lives and wounded 58 others. Our traditional winter reception drew several hundred NEIA, MCC, Federal offi cials and invited guests, including FBI Deputy Director, Sean Joyce, who made a brief speech pledging the Bureau’s support and cooperation with local law enforcement as well as the FBI NEIA..

Another highlight of the reception was the presentation of an award to Nita Wright, NEIA Conference Director, for her many years of dedicated and loyal service. Nita’s initial law enforcement experience began in 1976 when she joined the Salt Lake City police department as a support person and retired in 2003 as Administrative assistant to the Chief of Police. During and subsequent to Nita’s retirement she served as the Conference Director as well as the NEIA’s Executive Board Secretary for twenty four years. Our organization is not labor intensive. All of us are expected to multi task. People must have wondered how Nita could handle the multi needs of conference planning that she did so well for so many years. Well Nita and her husband Mike had a lot of “conference” experience at home with a family of nine children, twenty eight grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. Nita has said that she “will greatly miss all of the wonderful friends I have had over the years with the Major Cities Chiefs and the National Executive Institute Associates”. Nita will be retiring from the association at the end of the year and will be sorely missed.

The FBI NEIA board met with full attendance including our newest members, Sheriff Richard Stanek, President of the Major County Sheriffs, board members Paul Pastor and Terry Hillard, conducting a full and somewhat comprehensive meeting covering a number of topics, i.e. training at next year’s conference at Grapevine, Texas. A number of interesting topics and potential speakers surfaced for future consideration. Other issues discussed were appointing an International Liaison officer to the board, fundraising activities, etc.