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2011 National Public Safety Technology Conference

"Coping with Contraband Cell Phones in Correctional Settings and Navigating the Narrowbanding Mandate"

March 10, 2011

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Technology Agency (CTA) welcome you to the official website of the 2011 National Public Safety Technology Conference. The purpose of the conference was to bring together regional and national experts in the fields of contraband cell phones and narrowbanding. At the conference, cell phone interdiction methods were demonstrated, and experts from law enforcement agencies will discuss their experiences using managed access and K9 programs. A separate session was held to discuss the narrowbanding mandate, which requires all public safety organizations to comply by January 1, 2013. More than 300 people were in attendance, and another 340 participated from other states via a “live” web stream link.

 

 

 

 

 

View Entire Conference (In Five Parts)

MORNING SESSION 1 – Welcome and Keynotes

SESSION 2 – Coping With Contraband Cell Phones – Real Life Experiences

SESSION 3A – Coping With Contraband Cell Phones in Correctional Settings – Detection Methods

SESSION 3B – Navigating the Narrow Banding Mandate

SESSION 4 – Cell Phone Managed Access

 

Conference Hosts

Matthew Cate, Secretary
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Matthew Cate has served as Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) since May 16, 2008. As Secretary, Mr. Cate oversees the management and operation of a 33 adult institutions, five youth correctional facilities, 44 conservation camps, and a state parole system charged with the supervision of nearly 110,000 parolees. Prior to becoming Secretary, Mr. Cate was Inspector General for four years and was responsible for public oversight of CDCR. Since 2007, he also served as the chair of the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board and, in that capacity, was responsible for reporting to the state legislature on the progress made by the CDCR in fulfilling its obligation to provide effective rehabilitative programs to California’s inmates and parolees.

Prior to becoming California’s Inspector General, Mr. Cate served as a state and local prosecutor.  From 1996 to 2004, he served as a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice.  In that capacity, he supervised a team of trial and appellate prosecutors, managed a criminal trial caseload of political corruption matters and provided counsel to county grand juries.  In 2003, while working on federal fraud and corruption matters, Mr. Cate was cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney.  From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Cate was a Deputy District Attorney for Sacramento County, last serving in a special assignment prosecuting juvenile rape and murder cases. Prior to joining the public sector, Mr. Cate worked as a business litigation attorney with Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer. He has also held several positions as an instructor of legal and law enforcement-related topics, including standards training for peace officers.

Mr. Cate earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law and a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Linfield College, where he was a National Scholar Athlete.  He is a member of the California State Bar.

Christy Quinlan
Secretary (A), California Technology Agency

On November 8, 2010, Christy Quinlan was designated as the Interim State Chief Information Officer for the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OCIO). With the implementation of AB 2408 on January 1, 2011,  Ms. Quinlan now serves as the Acting Secretary of the California Technology Agency, which also serves as a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. In that capacity, Ms. Quinlan advises the Governor on the strategic management and direction of information technology resources for the state, and she directs the Technology Agency in minimizing overlap, redundancy, and cost in state operations through the promotion of efficient and effective use of information technology.  

Previously, on March 19, 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Ms.Quinlan as the OCIO’s Chief Deputy Director of Information Technology (IT) Services. As the Chief Deputy Director, she served as an undersecretary in the Governor’s Cabinet and represented the OCIO with control agencies and clients such as members of the California State Legislature, departmental directors, and other high-level public and private officials. In addition, she was responsible for IT human capital, serving as the liaison for all the state’s Agency Chief Information Officers (Agency CIOs) and Department Chief Information Officers (Department CIOs). Ms. Quinlan successfully led the effort to convert all IT classifications to open, continuous, online exams in order to strengthen recruitment and retention of skilled staff and to foster competitive testing methods to keep the state IT community on par with private industry.

Prior to joining the OCIO and California Technology Agency,  Ms. Quinlan  was the CIO for the Department of Health Services for four years. Prior to Health Services,  she served as the CIO for the Department of Corrections for two years.

In December 2008, Computerworld named  Ms.Quinlan one of its Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2009. In March 2008, Government Technology Magazine recognized her as one of the "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers," in the nation.  She has also been featured in such publications as Network World, CIO and the Wall Street Journal Online Magazines.

 

 

Guest Speakers

Wayne W. Conrad,
Sergeant, Statewide Canine Coordinator

Sergeant Conrad has been involved with dogs since 1972, when he was a United States Marin Corps K-9 Handler. Later, he was a Peace Officer/K-9 Sergeant in New York City.  Sergeant Conrad activated the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) K-9 pilot program at the California Medical Facility, Vacaville in 1987.  He attended the Adlerhorst International Police K-9 Instructors course in 1989 and was certified as a K-9 Instructor.  He is also a POST Certified K-9 Evaluator. Currently, Sergeant Conrad supervises the statewide K-9 program for CDCR. This includes the procurement of suitable dogs, training of all K-9 teams and overseeing statewide search operations. His efforts have received national media attention, and proven to be effective in locating and removing contraband cell phones in CDCR prisons.  He is stationed at the R. A. McGee Correctional Training Center.

David L. Furth,
Deputy Bureau Chief, Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

Keynote Speaker: David L. Furth, Deputy Bureau Chief Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Deputy Bureau Chief Furth has held since July 2009. Previously, Mr. Furth served as Associate Bureau Chief from September 2006 to January 2009, and as Acting Bureau Chief from January to July 2009. Mr. Furth joined the FCC in 1992 as an attorney in the Private Radio Bureau, was a legal advisor to Commissioner Rachelle Chong in 1995, and held multiple positions in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau from 1994 to 2006, finally serving as Associate Bureau Chief and Counsel. Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Furth was in private law practice in Washington, DC and San Francisco, California. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Robert Johnson,
Captain, Lee Correctional Institution South Carolina Department of Corrections

South Carolina authorities who have helped push for permission to block cell phone signals inside prisons say an officer in charge of keeping out contraband was nearly killed at his home — in an attack planned with a smuggled phone.  South Carolina Department of Corrections Captain Robert Johnson who was in charge of keeping out contraband cell phones was getting ready to go to work at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville about 50 miles east of Columbia one day last March 2010. Around 5:30 a.m., a man broke down the front door of Johnson's mobile home, shooting the 15-year prison veteran six times in the chest and stomach. "I heard a yell, 'Police!'" said Johnson, 58, who believes the intruder may have been impersonating an officer. "I came out the bathroom door, and there was this person there. I really don't remember the rest. From the trauma, my mind just went blank."

Sandi Menefee,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Assistant Secretary Menefee is responsible for the development and delivery of direct crime victim services including notification, special conditions of parole, prevention and education, case management, restitution, restitution automation project, statewide and national networking, and rehabilitation programs for offenders.  Ensure all existing laws, regulations and policies are being complied with and that all new laws and regulations impacting services are subsequently developed and added to our list of responsibilities.  Ensure all programs are current and are evidence-based efforts including performance measurements to assess program successes and failures.

Brendan Murphy,
Director, Grants Management California Emergency Management Agency

Brendan Murphy was appointed as Director of California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMS) in January 2009.  In this capacity he handles over $3 billion in grant funds and over $900 million in grant payments annually.  In his current role, his unit handles the payments for all of the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster grants that the State of California receives.  Cal EMA’s Office of Grants Management also handles all of the day-to-day responsibility for the United States Department of Homeland Security grants and many United States Department of Justice grants coming to California.  Prior to Cal EMA, Brendan was the Deputy Director of Grant Management and Administrative Services at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (OHS).  In this role, Mr. Murphy was responsible for personnel, accounting, budgeting, procurement, contracts, information technology, and grant monitoring at OHS. With the help of a very dedicated staff, the Administrative Services unit provided the tools for all OHS employees to complete their jobs. In addition, the unit was responsible for grant management and monitoring to ensure compliance with the federal grants from the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Kenneth G. North
Director, Corrections Investigation Division Mississippi Department of Corrections

In 2001, Kenneth G. North was promoted to Director of Corrections Investigation Division (CID).  As Director, Mr. North has been charged with overseeing all criminal and administrative investigations for the agency and has been responsible for the statewide operations of the CID four offices, the Department’s three Security Threat Group Management Units, the Electronic Surveillance Operation Center at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the Inmate Telephone System at 24 facilities, and the Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team. Mr. North was sworn in as a Deputy US Marshal with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force from 2006 through 2010, and is awaiting reinstatement deputation. He has served as Mississippi’s State Coordinator for the National Major Gang Task Force since 2001. He is an active member of the American Correctional Association as well as the Southern States Correctional Association.

Alex Padilla, Senator

On December 6, 2010, Alex Padilla was sworn in to serve a second term in the California State Senate in the 20th Senate District.  For his first two years, Senator Padilla served on the Senate Rules Committee which confirms gubernatorial appointments and refers all bills in the Senate.  In December 2008, Senator Padilla was named Chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.  On December 6, 2010, Senator Padilla introduced and authored Senate Bill 25 “Correctional Facilities: Wireless Communications Devices,” a bill that “would provide, subject to exceptions, that a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or other wireless communications device or any component thereof…is guilty of a misdemeanor, or punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each device.”

Ken Pimlott
Acting Director, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Chief Ken Pimlott was appointed as the Acting Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) on November 2, 2010. He is also California's State Forester.  Chief Pimlott has more than 26 years of fire service experience, including 23 years with CAL FIRE.  Prior to being appointed, Chief Pimlott was the Deputy Director of Fire Protection, responsible for CAL FIRE’s statewide fire protection programs, including Command and Control Operations, Cooperative Fire Protection, Conservation Camps, Fleet Management, Aviation Management, Training and Safety

 

Richard Subia
Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions

Mr. Subia began his Correctional career in 1986 with the California Department of Corrections as a Correctional Officer at Folsom State Prison. He has promoted through the ranks working as a Correctional Sergeant at California State Prison, Solano; served as a Lieutenant and Captain at Mule Creek State Prison,  and as a Correctional Administrator in Sacramento, CA. From 2006-2007, Mr. Subia served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of CDCR and later went on to become the Warden at Mule Creek State Prison.  In 2007, he was appointed by Governor Schwarznegger to the position of Associate Director of the General Population II/III mission where he had the overall responsibility of General Population Level II/III prisons, statewide fire camps, and statewide community correctional facilities.  In December of 2009 Mr. Subia was again appointed by the Governor to the position of Deputy Director of the Division of Adult Institutions.  In his current assignment, Mr. Subia is responsible for adult facility operations in California as well as the over 10,000 California inmates housed in out of state facilities.  Mr. Subia is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society and a current Criminal Justice/Paralegal Advisory Board Member for Heald College.  He is also the National Director of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, a national, non-profit charitable organization created in 1984 who’s primary function is to preserve and support the surviving families of Correctional Officers who lose their lives in pursuit of their chosen profession of protecting the public from those remanded to correctional custody and supervision in the nation's prisons and jails.

 

Karen Wong
Deputy Director, Public Safety Communications Office California Technology Agency

On October 27, 2009, Karen Wong was appointed Deputy Director, Public Safety Communications Division with the California Technology Agency. As a member of the California Technology Agency’s Senior Staff, she advises the Agency on the strategic management and direction of public safety communications, including the 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Program that serves more than 34 million people in 58 counties and the Public Safety Radio and Microwave Communications Systems that serves state public safety agencies and more than 100 smaller local governmental entities.