First Line Supervisor Course participants are divided into teams to work on class projects. Below are the teams from the April 20 - May 1, 2009, course.
Team #1
From left to right: Sergeant Lisa Vass, Upton (MA) Police Department; Sergeant James Testaverde, Nashua (NH) Police Department; Officer John MacCoy, North Kingstown (RI) Police Department; Sergeant James Lawlor, Auburn (ME) Police Department; and Sergeant Robert Palermo, Mashpee (MA) Police Department.
Team 1 presents their final project as classmates look on.
Team #2
From left to right: Sergeant Ian Brown, Willimantic (CT) Police Department; Sergeant Andrew Frisbie, Burlington (VT) Police Department; Sergeant Don Scott, Orange (CT) Police Department; Sergeant John Santangelo, Mashpee (MA) Police Department; and Sergeant Rodney Williams, New Britain (CT) Police Department.
Sergeant Santangelo presents as teammates look on.
Sergeant Frisbie continues the case study analysis on the Industrial Park section of Anytown.
Team #3
From left to right: Sergeant Shawn Platt, Ridgefield (CT) Police Department; Sergeant Robert Ferreira, Middleboro (MA) Police Department; Corporal William Russell, Newport (NH) Police Department; Corporal James DePietro, Clinton (CT) Police Department; and Sergeant Douglas Vining, Willimantic (CT) Police Department.
Sergeant Shawn Platt discusses the problems associated with Old Town, a section of the Anytown case study.
Team #4
From left to right: Sergeant David G. Mack, Scituate (RI) Police Department; Sergeant Jason Covey, Middlebury (VT) Police Department; Corporal Patrick Zullo, Newport (NH) Police Department; and Corporal Richard Smolenski, Lebanon (NH) Police Department.
Corporal Smolenski defines personnel issues for the officer assigned to the Highlands section of Anytown.
Sergeant Jason Covey (right), Middlebury (VT) Police Department furthers the discussion on the problems associated with the Highlands.
Team #5
From left to right: Sergeant Micahel Beaulieu, Springfield (NH) Police Department; Sergeant Anthony Favre, North Kingstown (RI) Police Department; Sergeant Christopher Blastos, Milford (NH) Police Department; and Sergeant Marc Robitaille, Lewiston (ME) Police Department.
Sergeant Robitaille lightens the mood as his team approaches the issues facing the College Town section of Anytown in their case study analysis.
Representatives of the New England Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., answer questions from the First Line Supervisors pictured below:
Pictured left to right: Chief Joseph Faughnan, Clinton (CT) Police Department; Chief Thomas Hanley, Middlebury (VT) Police Department; and Colonel Ron DaSilva, Coventry (RI) Police Department.
Sergeant Don Scott, pictured above, of the Orange (CT) Police Department, chosen as the class speaker, addresses course graduates and guests pictured below.
New England Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. Executive Director John Coyle shares the history of the Association. Members of the class receive an honorary one year membership in the Association upon completion of the course.