Please see Senator Harry Reid's speech acknowledging Chief Jerry Hoover's service to law enforcement.

2010    Steve Pitts has been appointed as Chief of Police, Reno Police Department.

2010   Jerry Hoover was appointed as Principal Deputy Program Manager, Afghanistan Civilian Advisor Support Program.  This program, administers the U.S. Department of State efforts to train the
            Afghanistan National Police.  The program is operated by DynCorp International.

2008    Chief Jerry Hoover joined a U.S. State Department team that went to Nepal in August and trained officers who were about to deploy to Darfur.

2008    Chief Hoover presented the PTO Program to the New Zealand Police Research Symposium on July 14.  He then toured the country and met police training officials in the various districts.

2006   Chief Hoover left Sudan after one year to become a Senior Police Advisor for the U.S. Department of State.  He completed an assessment of the Iraqi Police Services.     
            After six months in Iraq, he returned to Washington, D.C.

2006   Chief Jerry Hoover completed his tour for the United Nations in Africa to reform and restructure the Sudanese police.  Midway through this assignment, the United Nations appointed him as
            the interim Police Commissioner in Sudan.  He commanded 715 international police officers from 42 different nations.

2004   The Reno Model has been featured in two Criminal Justice textbooks. 

2004   The Discovery Channel has filmed a segment on the Reno Police Department, featuring the
            Reno Model.

2003   The Reno Model was featured in Training the 21^st Century Police Officer, Rand Corporation recommendations for the Los Angeles Police Department. 

2003   Recipient of the Champions of Industry Award, Pat Summerall Productions, for innovation in government. 

2003   The Reno Model was featured on CNN in September, 2003.

2002   Recipient of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Award, Department of Justice, for most innovative COPS funded project.

  Members of the Hoover Group have made the following presentations:

2010:   Royal New Zealand Defense College, Wellington, New Zealand.  Presenter, "International Policing and Intelligence."

2010:   Presented the PTO program to various police districts and the Royal New Zealand Police College.

2008:  New Zealand Police Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.  Presenter, "Reno Model PTO Program and  
            Community Policing." (Scheduled for July)

2008:  ILETSB Executive Institute, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.  Presenter, "Crime Specific Policing" and
            "Topics in Homeland Security:  Examples from Sudan." (Scheduled for March)

2006:  US Department of State Conference on Counter Insurgency Operations, Washington, DC.  Presenter.

2006:  Workshop on Problem-Based Learning, Washington, DC.  Presenter.

2005:  California P.O.S.T. Instructor Development Workshop, San Diego, California.  Presenter, "Problem-Based Learning for Basic Police Academies."

2004   Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, Department of Justice) President’s National DNA Initiative:  Law Enforcement Training Development Focus Group, Washington, D.C.  Subject-matter expert on police training. 

2004:  Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, Department of Justice) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.  Presenter, “The Reno Model:  a 21^st Century Training Program” and “The Police Chief’s Role:  Heaven or Hell?  Labor-Management relations.”   

2004:  Western Social Sciences Association, Regional Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Presenter, “The Reno Model:  a post-academy field training program for the 21^st Century.” 

2004:  National Association of Field Training Officers (NAFTO), Madison, Wisconsin.  Conference presentation on the Reno Model PTO Program.

2004:  Community Policing Consortium, Los Angeles, California.  Subject-matter expert on terrorism:  National conference and roundtable on homeland security programs 

2004:  U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Arlington, Virginia.  Subject-matter expert on terrorism:  National Policy Summit on Public Policing and Private Security in Homeland Defense and Terrorism Incidents 

2003:  U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor project, Reno, Nevada, “Civil Society Confronts Terrorism.”  Subject-matter expert on terrorism, consulted with representatives from Spanish government and media 

2003:   Northern Nevada F.B.I. Joint Terrorism Task Force, meeting, Reno, Nevada.  Presenter: “Historical View of Terrorism” 

2003:  State of Virginia, Regional Community Policing Institute, Training Conference, Roanoke, Virginia.  Presenter:  “The Reno PTO Model” 

2002:  State of Maine, Regional Community Policing Institute, Training Conference, Lewiston, Maine.  Presenter:  “The Reno PTO Model”  

2002:  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Conference, Anaheim, California.  Presenter:  “Innovations in Field Training: the Reno P.T.O. Model” 

2002:  California Consortium of Academy Directors, Meeting, San Diego, California.  Presenter:  “Problem-Based Learning in Post Academy Training” 

2002:  Office of Community Oriented Police Services (COPS), Regional Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.  Presenter: “The Reno PTO Model: an award-winning national training effort”  

2001:  U.S. Conference of Mayors and Office of Community Oriented Police Services (COPS), Regional Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.  Panel discussion:  “Assessment of Community Policing Impact on Crime” 

2001:  Office of Community Oriented Police Services (COPS), Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois.  Presenter: “The Reno PTO Model”  

2001:  Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), POP Conference, San Diego, California.  Presenter:  “A New Generation of Field Training: The Reno PTO Model” 

2001:  American Anthropological Association, National Conference, San Francisco, California.  Presenter:  “Practical Application of Anthropology in the Workplace” 

2000:  Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), Conference, Washington, D.C.  Presenter: “The Reno Model of Police Training” 

2000:  National Crime Prevention Center, Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Panel discussion:  “The Future of Policing” 

1998   Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, “Redesigning Basic Police Training to Incorporate community Policing Principles” Conference.  Presenter:  “Community Policing as an Integral Part of the Field Training Experience” 

1998:   State of Illinois Regional Community Policing Institute, First Annual Conference.  Presenter:  “Building Alliances for Safer and Healthier Communities” 

1997:  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Regional Conference, Reno, Nevada.  Presenter:   “Academic and Practitioner Relationships in Criminal Justice”

Hoover, Jerry (2005), The Reno Model Police Training Officer Program, NAFTO Newsletter, January, Madison, WI.

Hoover, Jerry (2005) Voices from the Field, in Police and Society (3rd ed.), Roy R. Roberg et al, Roxbury Publishing, Los Angeles, California. 

Hoover, Jerry (2004), History of Police Allocation Models, in Police Resource Allocation and Deployment, Larry Hoover, ed., Police Executive Research Forum.           

Hoover, Jerry (2004), Police Chief’s Role:  Heaven or Hell, in Navigating Dangerous Waters:  Survival in the Real World Of Police Labor-Management Relations, Justex Systems, Sam Houston State University. 

Reno Police Department, Office of Community Policing Services (COPS), and Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) (2003), Problem-Based Learning Manual for Training and Evaluating Police Trainees, Jerry Hoover, Project Director, published by PERF, Washington, D.C. 

Hoover, Jerry et al (2001), A New Generation of Field Training: The Reno PTO Model, in Solving Crime and Disorder Problems, eds. Melissa Reuland, Corina Sole Brito, and Lisa Carroll; Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, D.C. 

Hoover, Jerry (2001), Executive Summary:  Problem-Based Learning Manual for Training and Evaluating Police Trainees, Reno Police Department, Reno, Nevada. 

Hoover, Jerry (1999), Introduction, in Policing America: methods, issues, challenges, Kenneth J. Peak, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 

Hoover, Jerry (1997), The Cop Shop, column in St. Joseph Telegraph newspaper (1996-1997), St. Joseph, Missouri. 

Hoover, Jerry (1996), Standardized Evaluation Guidelines for Community Policing, NAFTO Newsletter, July, Boulder, Colorado. 

Hoover, Jerry and Glenn Kaminsky (1990), Field Training and Evaluation Program Manual, Boulder Police Department, Boulder, Colorado.  More than 1000 copies have been requested by police agencies in U.S., Canada, Britain, and Australia.