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Greg Ryhal and Peggy Schaefer

Greg Ryhal and Peggy Schaefer

Greg Ryhal and Peggy Schaefer

Greg Ryhal has been a lead writer for Acadis, LLC (now a subsidiary of Vector Solutions) since 2015 and currently manages their proposal response team. As a writer, he works closely with partner organizations, such as IADLEST, to ensure that important information about their services is kept up to date and is regularly shared with the industry and public. He can be reached at greg.ryhal@vectorsolutions.com.

Peggy Schaefer has been the NCP program director since its inception in 2015. She has been a staff member with IADLEST for 10 years and manages several other cutting-edge portfolios. Peggy has trained thousands of officers and works with over 500 training providers in the NCP system. She retired in 2010 as the director/CEO of the NC Justice Academy, responsible for developing and delivering training to over 85,000 criminal justice professionals on an annual basis. She can be reached at peggyschaefer@iadlest.org.

National training standards — do they exist?

National training standards — do they exist?

May 3, 2022

In the past two years, the news media and many legislators and community members have called to establish national deputy and police officer training standards. But these standards already exist […] Read More

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