2003 Western Robbery Conference


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2003 CONFERENCE INFO
The 2003 Western Robbery Conference was held May 28th to 30th, 2003, also at the Great Divide Lodge in Breckenridge, Colorado.

The registration fee of $140.00 included tuition, conference materials, a CARI Directory (provided by Loomis, Fargo & Co.) and a certificate of completion. Door prizes, donated by many retail businesses, were given away during breaks. Two handguns (provided by Bantek West and CARI) were given away on the last day of the conference.

CARI provided a continental breakfast daily (courtesy of King Soopers and Safeway), lunch on Wednesday and Thursday (provided by CARI), and a dinner at the awards banquet on Wednesday evening (also provided by CARI).

A hospitality suite (sponsored by Budweiser, 7-11 and 3CI Security Systems), open to attendees Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, provided not only a place to relax after the days activities, but an opportunity to network with robbery investigators and loss prevention personnel from around the country.

Over 140 law enforcement officers and private security personnel from Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming attended. Additionally, two detectives from the Calgary Police Service (representing the Western Canadian Robbery Conference) and a bank loss prevention manager (representing the Eastern Armed Robbery Conference) attended.

Back row, left to right: Det. Mike Woodings, Los Angeles Police Department; Mrs. Woodings; Det. Chris Erickson, Denver Police Department; Bonnie Sobolewski, Bank of America and Eastern Armed Robbery Conference; Cliff O'Brien, Calgary Police Service and Western Canadian Robbery Conference; Dr. John Macdonald, forensic psychiatrist, University of Colorado, and author; Front row: Det. Mark Woodward, Denver Police Department; Dick Nyenhuis, Calgary Police Service and Western Canadian Robbery Conference; John Moriarty, Inspector General, Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

GUEST SPEAKERS
The 2003 lineup included many exciting speakers and topics, including:

John Moriarty, Inspector General
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
The Texas 7

Investigator Patrick McCarthy,
Chicago Police Department (retired)
Interview and Interrogation

Detective Mike Woodings,
Los Angeles Police Department
South American Theft Groups

Detectives Greg Romero and Jerry Sanchez,
Denver Police Department
Gang Motivated Robbery

Jim Wilson, Area Safety Manager
Loomis, Fargo & Company,
Armored Truck Safety

Detective Mark Woodward,
Denver Police Department
Serial Robbery Investigation; 2002-2003 Serial Robbery Recap

The Western Robbery Conference is open to all active and retired law enforcement personnel as well as qualified private security representatives (generally retail and bank loss prevention managers). The Conference consists of two and one half days of dynamic classroom instruction provided by experienced law enforcement personnel. Social functions are included to encourage class member interaction and development of professional contacts.