Awards Presentation | Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz

• Distinguished Police Scientist Award
• Outstanding Police Experiment Award

Renée J. Mitchell has served in the Sacramento Police Department for twenty- one years and is currently a Police Sergeant. She holds a B.S. in Psychology, a M.A. in Counseling Psychology, a M.B.A., a J.D., and a Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. She was a 2009/2010 Fulbright Police Research Fellow where completed research in the area of juvenile gang violence at the London Metropolitan Police Service. You can view her TEDx talks, “Research not protests” and “Policing Needs to Change: Trust me I’m a Cop”, where she advocates for evidence-based policing. Full biography

As the National Manager Specialist Operations Dr Simon Walsh leads a critical capability portfolio that amalgamates the AFP’s Forensics and Intelligence functions.  With other members of the AFP’s Senior Executive Simon sets the agencies strategic direction and drives organisational performance and change.  Simon works across government and industry sectors and represents the AFP on multiple national and international leadership forums addressing national security, intelligence and innovation issues.  Full biography

Milan Orgad leads a team of innovation and research experts at the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA). In this role, he oversees projects that focus on current and future forecasting. These forecasts are analysed to provide meaningful evidence that aids police decision-making, and in this way, allows them to focus their education, research and project activities to better meet all potential future needs. Prior to working at ANZPAA, Milan was involved in government and public policy development in Australia and New Zealand.  Full biography

Mike has over 27 years’ service, having worked in a variety of areas including: general duties; regional and specialised crime units; criminal investigation branches; tactical crime squad; and a number of corporate roles.  Mike has also been seconded to the Australian Crime Commission. In 2013, as a Senior Sergeant in Brisbane Region, he managed an Evidence Based Policing project – the Mobile Police Community Office. Full biography

Simon began his police career with the West Midlands Police in 2002, working across frontline operational roles including Neighbourhood Policing, Roads Policing and Offender Management. During his time leading offender management Simon took the opportunity to complete a Master’s Degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management at the University of Cambridge. In 2016 Simon transferred to the Western Australian Police Service as a Senior Sergeant, leading a team under The Police Innovation and Improvement Command to operationalise Evidence Based Policing. Full biography

David Cowan has been a member of Victoria Police for 29 years and is Superintendent within the Southern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.  He has led a range of organisational reforms including the establishment of the first Family Violence Command in Australia as well as the formation Counter Terrorism Command. Full biography

Dr Sarah Bennett, University of Queensland

Dr Sarah Bennett is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Queensland. Her research interests include evidence-based policing, procedural justice and legitimacy, and crime prevention. These interests are interwoven within three research aims to 1) advance the role of police and police training in improving outcomes for victims, offenders and communities, 2) understand mechanisms that produce sustainable crime control benefits and 3) innovate rigorous research methods in real world settings. Full biography

• Assistant Commissioner Karen Webb, New South Wales Police Force
• Warwick Jones, Australian Institute of Police Management
• Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz, President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing
• Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford, Crime, Counter Terrorism & Specialist Operations, Queensland Police Service

Cocktail Reception | King’s Hall

Welcome to the 2019 ANZSEBP Conference! This is the first social opportunity to catch up with your interstate colleagues and sponsors of the Meeting.  The cocktail reception also provides a great opportunity to meet delegates who are attending the conference for the first time.  Tickets are inclusive for all conference attendees.

Insights Tour of MoAD – Fully Booked!

This 30 minute tour provides amazing access to some of the most significant spaces in Australian political history, visiting the Old Parliament House Senate and House of Representatives chambers, Cabinet Room and Prime Minister’s Office.  Our guides complete the experience with a range of information, stories and anecdotes about the people, places and events in the very places where they occurred.

$5 per person, book during registration or by emailing mail@conferencedesign.com.au

Conference Dinner | Members’ Dining Room 2

It is with great pleasure that the Organising Committee of the 2019 ANZSEBP Conference invite you to attend the Conference Dinner in Members’ Dining Room 2 at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Tickets are $120 and include three courses and drinks. Book during registration or by emailing mail@conferencedesign.com.au.

Gloria Laycock OBE was the founding Director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London (UCL), and ran UCL’s Centre for Security & Crime Science. She is an internationally renowned expert in crime prevention, and especially situational approaches which seek to design out situations which provoke crime. Full biography

Lorraine Mazerolle is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow (2010–2015), a Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland, and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (LCC). Her research interests are in experimental criminology, policing, drug law enforcement, regulatory crime control, and crime prevention. Full biography

Adrian Cherney is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He is also an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow. His current work focuses on the evaluation of programs aimed at countering violent extremism and he has undertaken research on the supervision of terrorist offenders in Australian who have been released into the community on parole. Full biography

Superintendent Bruce O’Brien joined New Zealand Police in 1999 and has worked most of his career in operational and investigation roles in Auckland. While in a crime prevention role, he turned to available research on burglary which led him to the world of EBP and how research and data can complement police strategies and crime prevention initiatives. Full biography

Anthony Morgan is the Research Manager for the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Serious and Organised Crime Research Laboratory (SOCR-Lab), working closely with law enforcement and academia on research to understand and find ways to disrupt organised crime. Full biography

Justin Ready has worked in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University as a Senior Lecturer since 2016. He received his PhD at Rutgers University, where he served as Project Director in the Centre for Crime Prevention Studies. He later worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Police Foundation in Washington, DC. Full biography

Dr Geoffrey Barnes is an Affiliated Lecturer in Evidence Based Policing, supervising students in the Police Executive Programme who are seeking their M.St. in Applied Criminology and Police Management. He has both led and participated in multiple randomised controlled trials, while also performing work on the actuarial forecasting of future criminal behavior, the development of crime and anti-social behaviour over the life course, and the use of cost incentives to promote better outcomes for children in foster care. Full biography

Closing Reception | Members’ Bar

Join the organising committee at the iconic Members Bar for a farewell beverage.