Thursday, March 10, 2005

MEMORANDUM

TO: Media

FROM: Mimi Cunningham

DATE: March 10, 2005

RE: News Conference and Welcome for Polish Police Officials 10 a.m., Monday, March 14, Alderman Hall 215, UNCW

A delegation of six high-ranking Polish police officials will take part in a week-long training session March 14-18 through University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Criminal Justice Program in collaboration with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, New Hanover/Pender District Attorneys’ Office, and Wilmington Police Department. This will be the first of three such programs with Poland.

Please join us at a news conference at 10 a.m., Monday, March 14 in Alderman Hall, Room 215 on the campus of UNCW to meet them and learn more about how Wilmington was selected for this training, what they will be doing, and how this will impact them and ultimately, the United States.

Attending the news conference will be District Attorney Ben David of Pender and New Hanover County; Major David Stevenson, Major David Smithey and Capt. Arch Jones of the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office; a representative of Wilmington Police Department; UNCW Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo; UNCW University Police Chief David Donaldson; and Diane Levy, chair of the UNCW Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.

Also attending will be Bob Wadman, professor of criminal justice at Weber State University near Ogden, Utah, and technical advisor for the U. S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) which is sponsoring the visit. A former Wilmington Police chief, Wadman was a visiting professor of criminal justice at UNCW during fall semester 2004 and recommended Wilmington to host the Poland study program.

For more information, visit www.usdoj.gov/criminal/icitap/upcoming.html.

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