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Last updated on August 18, 2024
Superintendent Jennifer Keyes
Director, JIBC Police Academy
Superintendent Jennifer Keyes was appointed Director of the Police Academy in October 2022, joining JIBC on secondment from the Vancouver Police Department where she has served since 1999. Prior to her policing career, Supt. Keyes was a lawyer, working both in private practice and as Crown with the Public Prosecution Service of British Columbia. She is a former graduate of the Police Academy, as well as a former instructor in JIBC’s Law Enforcement Studies Diploma program.
Her service with the VPD has allowed her to excel in the delivery of training as well as financial and administrative competencies. She has served the VPD as its legal training officer and later was its project manager for the implementation of the Ecomm-911 $60-million public-safety communications technology initiative.
Supt. Keyes has held positions in the VPD’s Operations Division and prior to her role with JIBC, was a Discipline Authority with the VPD Professional Standards Section where she was responsible for the disposition of Police Act conduct complaints. Her policing background includes a career focused on VPD members’ professional development, and in joining the JIBC Police Academy she aims to bring that wealth of knowledge and experience to the provincial level.
Brad Fawcett
Use of Force Coordinator, BC Police Academy
Brad Fawcett retired as the Sgt. i/c of Research and Special Projects for the VPD Force Options Training Unit. He is a 31-year police veteran and has worked in patrol, jail, crowd control, and training. He was a staff member at the BC Police Academy for over seven years where he instructed use of force, physical fitness, drill, and tactical courses involving high-risk vehicle stops, building containment and searching, active shooter, and mental preparedness. Brad is also a master hypnotist and clinical hypnotherapist working with athletes to improve their performances. He is a court-qualified use-of- force and non-firearms prohibited weapons expert. He has provided opinion evidence in Coroners’ Inquests, civil trials, criminal trials up to and including the Supreme Court of British Columbia, labour relations hearings, public hearings, and a commission of inquiry. Brad has been a faculty member of three Law of Policing Conferences (Canada) and The International Law Enforcement Forum in Northern Ireland. He was a faculty member at the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Chicago where he presented with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and has been a staff instructor at several international use of force conferences. Brad has an extensive resume related to use of force. He has developed manuals and courses from conception through provincial approval. He has been a sessional instructor at a post-secondary institution where has instructed Ethics for a Law Enforcement Environment and Professional Communications and was the Canadian director of the International Association of Ethics Trainers (IAET) for ten years. Brad is the current BC Police Academy Use of Force Coordinator.
Alex Henderson
Police Academy Legal Counsel, JIBC
Alex has been with the BC Prosecution Service since May 2005 and has had many different roles as Crown Counsel over that time. He has prosecuted files in Provincial and Supreme Court, was a prosecutor at Downtown Community Court and a member of the Intimate Partner Violence Team. Prior to becoming the Professional Development Crown Alex gained extensive experience both conducting trials and front-end work in courthouses in the lower mainland and was seconded to the Surrey Six trial team for 3 years. Alex has been the Professional Development Crown for the BCPS since March 2021.
Inspector Rom Ranallo
Vancouver Police Department
Rom is in his 25th year of policing. He joined the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) after graduating from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a Master of Science Degree. He spent the first eight years in patrol and was an original member of the Beat Enforcement Team (BET) policing the notorious Downtown Eastside. In 2007, he transferred to the Firearms Training Team (FTT) where he held portfolios in pistol, shotgun and carbine. In 2009, Rom led the FTT transition to the Tactical Training Centre (TTC). Promoted to sergeant in 2012; he was transferred to the VanJail as the OIC. He returned to the FTT in 2014 as the sergeant i/c developing several use of force (UOF) programs from conception to implementation. As a member of the Provincial Firearms Working Group (PFWG), he played a key role in establishing new pistol training and qualification standards. In 2021, Rom became the Rangemaster for the TTC. In 2022, Rom was promoted to Staff Sergeant and assigned to Training Services where he oversees all training in the VPD. Rom is currently the lead instructor for the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) Pistol Instructor Course and regularly instructs recruits in pistol at the Provincial Police Academy. Rom holds over 20 course certifications as it relates to UOF. Rom has trained police officers in firearms and related tactics at the municipal, provincial, federal, and international level. Inspector Ranallo has presented at numerous conferences including the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI), and International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Inspector Ranallo coordinated and hosted the VPD’s first Red Dot Sights (RDS) For Duty Pistols Instructors Course and continues to be part of the RDS instructor cadre.
Kenny Lott
Lead Instructor, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
Kenny Lott is the lead use of force control and defensive tactics instructor for the Northwest region of the Washington State Criminal ustice Training Commission. Previously, he served as a patrol officer, patrol supervisor and in the U.S. Army Reserve. Lott has a bachelor's in communication from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master's in adult education from Colorado State University.
Richard Peterson
Use of Force / Control Defensive Tactics Program Manager, Washington Criminal Justice Training Center
Richard Peterson is a program manager for the Washington Criminal Justice Training Center, where he created the control/defensive tactics training program for Washington's Basic Law Enforcement Academy and Advanced Training Division. Previously, he was a Seattle police officer and a U.S. Army infantry officer. Peterson earned a bachelor's in workforce education from Southern llinois University.