Schedule
Friday
9:00 a.m.
- Registration begins at GTCC
- FATS training begins - ongoing
10:00 - 12 noon
Police Department Demos
Local police departments demonstrate tools and equipment
- K-9 demonstrations
- Police vehicles on display
- Fire equipment, trucks on display
- Ambulance and other EMS equipment on display
*This is your chance to sit behind the wheel to see how things really work. Talk to the officers, firefighters, and paramedics. Have your questions answered.
- FATS ongoing
10:30 - Noon
Why People Kill - Bill Lanning, Associate Professor of Criminology - GTCC faculty
Public Safety Bldg - Rm TBA
- A fascinating workshop about why and how criminals justify their behavior, and how they choose their victims. Learn why the killers sometimes say:
The devil made me do it.
I can't help it, I was made that way.
I come from a broken home.
Everything I do, I learned from you.
If you call it a duck enough times it will quack.
Why me, Lord?
Lunch
12- 1:00 p.m.
(On your own for lunch on Friday)
1:00 - 2:15
EMS workshop location TBA
A first responder's take on murder scenes. Learn what they do, and how they do it. Do they have to wait for a detective's okay to enter the scene? Find out who's in charge, the M.E., the paramedic, or the cops?
Yes, you will be loading a body into the vehicle.
Fire Station Tour
Visit a real working fire station. See how the firefighters prepare their life-saving equipment. Meet the instructors who train the recruits.
2:45 - 3:00
GTCC Auditorium
Announcements
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Autopsy Seminar
Dr. Jonathan Hayes - Senior NYC Medical Examiner
Details TBA
5:00 - 7:00
Break
On your own for dinner
7:00 - 9:00
Wine and cheese reception (cash bar)
Entertainment by Atlanta recording artist/author Stacy Allen. We may even talk Jeffery Deaver into bringing along his guitar to join in on the festivities!
9:00 until...
Night Owl Session with Lee Lofland
A Wilted Rose: The Tina Mott Story
A story of love, death, and dismemberment. A walk-through journey of a real crime scene. Meet all the players - the loving victim and her friends, the killer's family, the couple's child, the tireless investigator who never gave up, a psychic, and the killer who thought he was too smart for the authorities.
Bring plenty of tissue. This one's a tear-jerker. Oh, you might want to leave a light on in your hotel room, too, because you'll be viewing real crime scene images.
Saturday
8:00 a.m.
Assemble at Public Safety burn building for a real bang!
Saturday schedule coming later today!
Sunday schedule coming later today!
The event ends at 12:00 noon on Sunday.
* There will be a raffle and silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Criminal Justice Foundation of GTCC.
Some of the items to be raffled include:
- a beautiful, original oil painting, a signed script (the actors) from the TV show Criminal Minds, a signed (the actors and producer) DVD set from the TV show Southland, signed books from all your favorite authors including, Lee child, Allison Brennen, and Alafair Burke, to name a few (we have dozens and dozens!), a collection of signed items from The Oak Ridge Boys, a writer's survival kit, lots of original items, and much, much more!
*Schedule is subject to change, but we'll keep it as close to the original as possible. Also, we may be adding workshops. So check back often!
