NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

11/19/2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES- The Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute will sponsor the First Louisiana Sexual Assault Conference Dec. 3-5 at the Holiday Inn South in Baton Rouge. The conference will be presented by the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault. The Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute is located at Northwestern State University.

Attendees can take part in a variety of sessions and exhibits and talk with other professionals. Law enforcement officers, health care workers, child and adult protection staff, counselors, therapists and other professionals in related fields can benefit from attending.

Registration begins Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. The opening session is at 1:15 p.m. and continues Thursday and Friday. Participants can sign up for a single day or the entire conference.

The fee to register for the conference in advance is $125 for Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault members and $175 for non-members. On site registration is $195. One day registration is $75 and student registration is also $75. Conference registration includes all handout materials, lunch on Thursday and Friday, continental breakfast on Thursday and Friday, coffee breaks on all three days as well as Wednesday night's reception with hors d'ouevres, cash bar and entertainment.

The Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute serves Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. GSRCPI is one of 31 Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) funded through the Department of Justice COPS Office forming a National Training Network that offers free and low-cost training to law enforcement and their communities.

For more information, contact the Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute at (318) 357-6962 or go to www.gsrcpi.org.

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