Government Grants with Domingo Herraiz of Motorola
Amid the confusion of the grants available for law enforcement, Domingo Herraiz of Motorola offers a silver lining.
Motorola Inc. has named Domingo Herraiz, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) funding and policy expert, to direct the company’s Government and Enterprise Funding Programs as customers and partners seek funds from the U.S. stimulus package.
Harraiz has more than 23 years of government and public safety experience in dealing with local, state and federal policies. He served as the U.S. Senate-confirmed director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, leading the DOJ’s largest funding and policy unit for state, local and tribal criminal justice issues.
He joins Jonathan Kozlowski, one of the editors of Law Enforcement Technology and Law Enforcement Product News, in discussing his interests in grants and talking about his intentions to affect government-provided grants.
Motorola offers grant assistance at their Web site http://business.motorola.com/publicsafety/recoveryact/index.html.
Less-lethal tools with Kevin Sailor
A less-lethal specialist out of Colorado, Sergeant Kevin Sailor discusses less-lethal tool use in today’s police force, and offers his opinion on whether conductive energy devices are too simple a solution for compliance.
He offers what his 28-year experience at the Westminster Police Department has provided; adds his expertise on Taser use; and his thoughts on the American Civil Liberty Union and Amnesty International CED disapproval. Sailor also references Pete Davies’ book on the news media bias (Taser: Why the Media Hates & Fears It, Adna Press, 2005); and details a dramatic incident involving a suicidal 13-year-old girl and the result of less-lethal tool intervention.
In addition to Sailor’s 28 years on the Westminster force, he was a law enforcement specialist in the U.S. Air Force for four years; is a senior master instructor for Taser International; and operates a consulting business as an expert witness on Tasers.