Operationalizing Never Again: Transforming Law Enforcement Leadership Through Ethical Reflection

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM MT

Location: Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A, Colorado Convention Center

This session offers an exclusive briefing on key lessons learned from Operationalizing Never Again, an immersive law enforcement leadership program developed in partnership with Rutgers University, the University of Virginia, and the New Jersey State Police. Presenters will share insights drawn from the program’s historical case studies, concepts of modern genocide, active bystandership, and ethical decision-making frameworks, as well as the profound experience of participating in the International March of the Living in Poland. Attendees will explore how these lessons apply to contemporary policing challenges, with a focus on strengthening leadership, accountability, and public trust. The session will also provide an overview of the program’s training components and offer strategies for integrating these principles into agency culture.

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Marvin Ben B. Haiman

Executive Director
University of Virginia
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Speaker(s)

PC

Patrick Callahan

Colonel
New Jersey State Police
West Trenton, New Jersey, United States
PC

Paul Cell

Executive Director
IACLEA
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
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Paul Goldenberg

CEO; Chief Policy Advisor, Rutgers Miller Center on Policing
Cardinal Point Strategies
Cream Ridge, New Jersey, United States
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Stephen Levine, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States