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Orlando, Feb. 2, 2007 — A team of Central Florida law enforcement, emergency medical and volunteer trainers led by Ross Wolf, assistant professor of criminal justice, recently traveled to Saint Lucia to help the Caribbean Island prepare for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in March and April. It was the sixth training program in Saint Lucia led by Wolf.
“This is a true partnership program,” Wolf said. “Our trainers have developed programs specific to the needs of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force and a large-scale sporting event like the Cricket World Cup 2007. This training will help Saint Lucians prepare for the nearly 30,000 cricket fans that may converge on this beautiful island in the south West Indies as one venue of many in the World Cup."
Among those enrolled in this latest training program were members of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, the Port Police, Saint Lucia Customs and Immigrations officers, Emergency Medical Workers, private security personnel and volunteers. The program was offered over two sessions, held November 13-17, 2006, and January 15-19, 2007.
"The police, volunteers, emergency medical workers and security personnel are very motivated students and have really taken the importance of this training to heart,” Wolf said.
Paramount to the success of the program is the Cricket World Cup 2007 Saint Lucia Committee's emphasis on tourism and desire to host a “spectacular spectator event,” he added.
For further information, contact Wolf at rwolf@mail.ucf.edu.
The UCF, Central Florida team conducted the following courses:
• Command-Level Management of Critical Incidents for Large-Scale Events
• Supervisory-Level Incident Command
• Incident Command for Large-Scale Sporting Events
• Emergency Medical Operations for Large-Scale Events
• Dignitary Protection
• Volunteers and Security Personnel Train-the-Trainer
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Photo above: The trainers included (left to right) Butch Hummell, Orange County Sheriff's Office; Assistant Professor Ross Wolf, UCF; Derwin Bradley, Orlando Police Department; Firefighter Ireneus Henry, Saint Lucia; Consultant Mike Steele; and Jeff Stonebreaker (Criminal Justice, B.A. '85, M.S. '06), OCSO. Not pictured is Consultant Mike Kirkland.
Left to right: Jeff Stonebreaker (Criminal Justice, B.A. '85, M.S. '06), Orange County Sheriff's Office; Derwin Bradley, Orlando Police Department; and Butch Hummell, OCSO, led a course titled "Dignitary Protection" for members of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force.
Participants in the "Security and Volunteer Train-the-Trainer" course
Criminal justice Adjunct Professor Joe Henderson (left) uses a student to demonstrate information for the "Command-Level Management of Critical Incidents for Large-Scale Events" course taught at the Beausejour Stadium Cricket Grounds in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
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