Franklin Tennessee SVU presented Child Defender Award
Written by Richard Whidden, Jr.
Wednesday, 01 October 2008
In a
ceremony held Sept. 30 at the Franklin Police Department, Richard Whidden, the
Executive Director and Senior Counsel of the National Law Center for Children
and Families presented the Criminal Investigation Division's Special Victims
Unit with the Child Defender Award.
Detective Sergeant Eric
Anderson heads the Special Victim's Unit, comprised of four detectives.
Detectives Becky Johnson and Tamara Smith specialize in investigating child sex
and physical abuse cases as well as domestic violence related cases. Detectives
Stephanie Cisco and Brett Kniss serve as the Department's Internet Crimes
Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators, focusing on investigating and
arresting child sex predators who use computers and the Internet to exploit
children.
All five recipients
recently attended The NLC PROTECTS training in East Tennessee where they
learned advanced investigative and evidence-gathering techniques for catching
child predators.
The NationalLawCenter for Children and Families is pleased to announce the presentations that will be featured at the NLC PROTECTS National Seminar.Attendees will be able to choose which sessions to attend, thereby tailoring the training to their role in law enforcement.Additionally, many of the sessions will be repeated to ensure that all interested participants may attend.
Time Schedule
Tuesday, January 20th: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21st: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 22nd: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A continental breakfast, plated lunch, and snacks are provided free of cost to all attendees. Each session, except the opening plenary, will run for 90 minutes. A 30 minute break will be provided between each session. Prior to the training, all registrants will receive a detailed agenda with specific time slots noted.
The National Law Center for Children and Families is proud to announce that it will be represented at the National White Collar Crime Confernce. This conference will be held in Memphis, Tennessee the week of October 6, 2008.
