Southeastern Law Enforcement Training Seminars

Dear Colleagues:

Mark your calendar for the week of June 8-11, 2009. The Southeastern Law Enforcement Training Seminars (SELETS) will present its thirteenth annual seminar in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee at the historic Crockett Theater. The seminar cost remains $79.00. We have planned an outstanding and energetic seminar. This year's seminar theme shall center on gangs; identification of them, investigation of them and the methods to prepare good cases to prosecute them. We plan to invite school officials again to join us in this very important program. Dr. Henry Lee will again present a block on forensics. In addition we are looking at an expert in officer safety and survival. We have asked Colt Defense LLC to again present another tactical pistol course. We are negotiating with Glock for an armorers course and Remington for an 870 maintenance course. There are a lot of other great program events in the making for 2009.

Early registration begins Monday June 8, 2009 at the Crockett Theater. Also on Monday, June 8, 2009 begins with the FOP range day. Law Enforcement vendors wishing to demonstrate their firearms and provide an opportunity for participants to fire their weapons will begin at 9:00 am. ATF will also be there with their automatic weapons orientation. Monday also will be the day for the golf scramble at the Clax Branch Golf Course in Loretto, Tennessee sponsored by the Loretto Lions Club and special presentations at the Lawrence County High School on Self-Defense and Identification of Gangs.

As has been the schedule in the past, we will have the Southern fish fry on Tuesday night and the Lawrenceburg FOP fund raising hamburger supper on Wednesday night. There will opportunities to win a firearm at the FOP fundraiser.

Next year's seminar is designed to educate law enforcement professionals and education professionals in combating the migration of gangs into all areas of society. This is not an identification of gangs seminar, but one that seeks innovative solutions to countering these forces that are rapidly spreading throughout our country. This is yet another effort for SELETS to bring to you a very interesting, fascinating and timely topic.
I look forward to seeing you in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Sincerely,

MIKE BOTTOMS
PRESIDENT, SELETS