Sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith is a 28-year veteran of the Naperville (IL) Police Department. Betsy has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, crime prevention and field training. As a sergeant, she supervised her department's K-9 Unit, served as a field training sergeant, recruitment team sergeant, bike patrol coordinator, and the Community Education/Crime Prevention Unit supervisor. She served as co-coordinator for NPD's Citizen Police Academy for 7 years, and as a patrol sergeant, she also serves on the Elderly Services Team, the Crisis Intervention Team, and is supervisory member of the Honor Guard Unit.
A graduate of Western Illinois University and the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety's School of Staff and Command, Betsy has hosted various shows including “Roll Call” and “LETN Live” for the Law Enforcement Television Network and served as a content consultant until 2004. She is a popular public speaker on topics ranging from child safety to career survival, communication skills, and officer survival. Betsy also manages Dave Smith and Associates, a police training and consulting company, and has been a content expert and instructor for the Calibre Press "Street Survival" seminar since 2003. She is now the primary instructor for “Street Survival for Women,” the only internationally available officer survival seminar of it’s kind for female police officers. Betsy is a regular contributor to the Street Survival Newsline, Police One.com, and Police One TV (www.policeonetv.com). She can be reached at betsy.smith@calibrepress.com
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