CDP Superintendent keynote speaker at NNALEA conference

FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness Superintendent Tony Russell provided a keynote address this week at the National Native American Law Enforcement Association’s (NNALEA) annual training conference.

The conference, which runs through Thursday, provides three-days of training for  Indian Country law enforcement, emergency management, emergency services, natural resource, and environmental protection professionals.

In addition to delivering the keynote address, Russell was on a panel titled “Building a More Ready and Resilient Tribal Responder Workforce Through Training, Education, and Exercises.” His fellow panel members were Mary Reevis, a tribal training specialist at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute, and Lonnie Lawson, principal investigator for the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium and president and CEO of the Center for Rural Development.

During the discussion, the panel members provided information on competency-building training, education, and exercises for law enforcement professionals available through FEMA.

The NNALEA is a non-profit organization created in 1993 by Native American men and women working in law enforcement. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its goals are to promote and foster cooperation between Native American law enforcement officers and agents, their agencies, tribal entities, private industry, and the public.