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Sergeant Betsy Smith is a 27-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 Crowd Control Bike Team, the Crisis Intervention Team, and is supervisory member of the Honor Guard Unit. A graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety's School of Staff and Command, Betsy has hosted various the Roll Call and LETN Live shows for the Law Enforcement Television Network and served as a content consultant. She is a popular public speaker on topics ranging from child safety to utilizing volunteers to career 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 lead instructor for Street Survival for Women, the only internationally available officer survival seminar for female police officers. Betsy is a regular contributor to the Street Survival Newsline, Police One.com, the Calibre Press Training Network and The Police Marksman magazine, where she also serves on the advisory board. She can be reached at | 