Officers from five New England States, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont attended the COMMAND TRAINING SERIES: First Line Supervisor Course from December 1 - 12, 2009. During that time they enthusiastically engaged in classroom discussions, interactive activities, and team projects as shown in the three photographs below:
Officer Mandy Wooster, University of Vermont Department of Police Services, directs her group in a classroom exercise.
Dr. Ronald Warners, instructor for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) sessions, participates in a lighter moment with class participants.
Director / Captain Al Sweeney dicusses the application of MBTI and how tempermant will often impact how people perceive situations and problem solve.
Professor Vince Petronio, communications instructor, emphasizes the importance of reading body language in determining the actual meaning of a conversation.
Chief John LaCross, Barrington (RI) Police Department, and Chief Peter Morency, Berlin (NH) Police Department, contributed to the New England Association of Chiefs of Police Roundtable by answering questions posed by the class.
Sergeant George Neilson, Dedham (MA) Police Department, was chosen as class speaker to address his colleagues and their guests at the graduation luncheon.
Pictured from left to right front row: Officer Mandy Wooster, University of Vermont Department of Police Services, Sergeant Jody Kasper, Northampton (MA) Police Department, Sergeant Phillip Yee, Braintree (MA) Police Department, Sergeant Kevin Sullivan, Northeastern University Public Safety, and Corporal Hollie Dube, Berlin (NH) Police Department; back row from left to right: Sergeant William Griffin, Northborough (MA) Police Department, Sergeant Gerald Gagne, Winchendon (MA) Police Department, Sergeant Benjamin Murphy, New Britain (CT) Police Department, Sergeant Jannine Wright, Burlington (VT) Police Department, Corporal Steven Arsenault, Berlin (NH) Police Department, Sergeant Donald Gendron, Berlin (NH) Police Department, Sergeant Curt Desautels, Providence (RI) Police Department, Lieutenant Shawn Bavieri, Springfield Technical Community College Department of Publc Safety, Officer Matthew L. Collins, University of Vermont Department of Police Services, Sergeant George Neilson, Dedham (MA) Police Department, Sergeant Richard Dahlin, Branford (CT) Police Department, Sergeant Jeffrey Provencher, Guilford (CT) Police Department, Sergeant Gary Andruskiewicz, University of Connecticut Police Department, and Sergeant Donald Latimer, Providence (RI) Police Department.