Team
Member Bios
Pamela Cournoyer
Ms. Cournoyer is the President
and CEO of Community Leadership and Support Services, CLASS, Inc.; a group
that helps organizations move to the next level through assisting with
board and staff relations and planning for the future. She specializes
in strategic planning, facilitation and interactive training.
She was the Volunteer Coordinator
for the Lane County Sheriff's Office from 1998 to 2003. Included in her
responsibilities was that of developing partnerships within the community
and state. Pamela managed the County's Neighborhood Watch program consisting
of over 900 members, as well as coordinated the supervisors of the Sheriff's
Office's 458 volunteers.
For the past 15 years she
worked with law enforcement in the areas of dispatch, records, Community
Services, Crime Prevention and volunteer management. In 2003 Pamela served
as the President of the Crime Prevention Association of Oregon, and held
the role of state chair for Block Home Committee, Training Committee and
the Neighborhood Watch certification board. During the last 8 years of
her law enforcement career, Pamela earned the reputation of being one
of the top crime prevention specialists in the state of Oregon.
Pamela is a presenter,
trainer and team leader for the Western Community Policing Center and
served as a board member. Pamela is also an interpersonal skills trainer
for the Department of Public Safety, Standards and Training, targeting
supervisors and managers. She taught Reserve Academy classes for Lane
Community College and taught interpersonal communication skills for the
Oregon State Police.
Pamela instructs a variety
of topics including Facilitation, Community Mobilization, Conflict Resolution,
Problem Solving, Partnerships, Successful Communication and Public Speaking.
Her passion is in Facilitation, either through problem solving or training.
Pamela graduated from the
University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science Degree.
Julie L. Fleming
Ms. Fleming has 15 years
of law enforcement experience as a former police officer in San Diego,
California and Grants Pass, Oregon. She has a wealth of experience in
public safety to include community policing implementation, problem solving,
mediation/conflict resolution, partnerships and resource leveraging, community
mobilization, strategic planning, community/police team building, training,
critical incident stress management, crime prevention, curriculum development,
organizational change, program management and much more. Ms. Fleming has
worked with agencies and communities around the western United States
to develop processes, protocol and partnerships to ensure the greatest
chance for success in working together towards their mutual goal of reducing
crime and improving community safety and livability.
Ms. Fleming has been actively
involved in many public, private and non-profit organizations including
the Crime Prevention Association of Oregon, the Southern Oregon Critical
Incident Response Team, the Josephine County Community Dispute Resolution
Program and the Emergency Services Chaplaincy, Inc. Ms. Fleming has been
a trainer for the Western Community Policing Center since its inception
in 1998 and is currently a consultant with the national consulting firm,
Emergency Services Consulting, inc. (ESCi). She is currently the Director
of ESCi's Recruitment, Screening and Testing Services.
Ms. Fleming earned her
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Western Baptist College,
is married, and the mother of two teenage boys. She resides in Dallas,
Oregon.
Dave Koester
Mr. Koester is a community-policing
zealot who applies the community-policing model both as a public safety
professional, and as a community member. He has owned his own business,
served as a police officer, led a fire department, and continues to be
an active member of his community.
Mr. Koester has nine years
of experience as a police officer at the Josephine County Sheriff's Office.
His experience and effectiveness in patrol, investigations, and surveillance
were greatly enhanced by his community-policing philosophy. His problem-solving
efforts in the community of Wolf Creek have become a recognized success
throughout the region.
As Fire Chief of the Wolf
Creek Fire Department, Mr. Koester stayed closely connected with the needs
of his community, ensuring its safety by promoting training and standards
in fire fighting. In addition, he formalized community partnerships with
surrounding service providers.
Throughout his public safety
service, Dave has openly shared his knowledge and philosophy by training
his fellow officers and fire fighters, individually and in classroom settings.
Jerry Lonowski
Mr. Lonowski is a retired
police officer from Roswell, New Mexico, where he served from 1981 to
1999. Jerry began forming community partnerships early in his policing
career. He worked in patrol, traffic and investigations for five years
then took an assignment to supervise a substation - one that included
three officers and 35 senior citizen volunteers. While service as a K-9
officer for four years, he developed and implemented a K-9 unit. Jerry
was also a School Resource Officer for two years, performing law related
counseling for the students and staff, as well as conducting law related
classroom instruction. Beyond modeling a community-policing philosophy
in his daily activity, Mr. Lonowski has implemented numerous crime prevention
programs and community policing projects.
Mr. Lonowski has been working
in Kosovo for five years. He was stationed in Gnjilane until July of this
year. While there, he served as a Station Administrative Officer, a Regional
Operations Specialist, and finally, a Regional Community Police Coordinator.
This experience included the development of programs and training, as
well as the coordination and implementation of community-policing projects.
Ron Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz retired as
the Public Safety Director for the city of Grants Pass, Oregon in March
of 2004 - a position in which he served for the last seven years of his
police career. As Director of Public Safety, he oversaw all police, fire,
dispatch and clerical services for the city.
It was under Mr. Schwartz'
direction that the Grants Pass DPS earned its reputation as a Community-Policing
department. From the mid 1980's to date, Grants Pass changed its service
model from "quick response and limited service," to addressing
livability issues throughout the community. Ron believes that enforcement
is only one of many tools available to combat crime. Community and business
partnerships, formed through much hard work and many meetings and training
sessions, were the mainstay and focus of his work.
Prior to Mr. Schwartz'
retirement, the department finished its 11th Citizens Public Safety Academy.
Through these 10-week academies, they were able to reach hundreds of their
residents and local business owners and convince them that the department
needed their help in keeping the community safe. Mr. Schwartz taught the
Community Policing block of instruction at each Academy so participants
would understand that the department's dedication to this philosophy permeates
the organization from top to bottom.
Mr. Schwartz was a police
officer for 28 years. He worked through the ranks of reserve police officer,
reserve sergeant. patrol officer, sergeant, detective, Chief's Staff Assistant,
and lieutenant before earning his position of Director. He is a graduate
of the FBI National Academy.
Mr. Schwartz continues
to teach criminal justice courses at the local community college. He teaches
many subjects, but favors those related to community policing.
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