Larry Smith is a former U.S. Marine Sergeant and a retired supervisor and employee defense representative for the Los Angeles Police Department.
In twenty years with the L.A.P .D., he worked patrol in several divisions of Los Angeles, he also worked in the specialized areas of detectives, vice, and narcotics.
Larry was a field and detective supervisor for eight years 
and was last assigned as a Divisional Watch Commander.

Police Supervisor

Personal Values in Mediation:                                                                                                                                 Larry believes that mediation represent an opportunity for all stakeholders to learn and to grow. 
 

Mediator-Facilitator

Style of Mediation and Experience:                                                                                                                                                          
Dr. Smith maintains a flexible problem solving style using Facilitative, Evaluative or Transformative disciplines to resolve over 350 employment, civil, and family cases. 
                                                                                                         

Professional Mediator

Conflict Management & Negotiations).          Course work included over 1200 hours of formal instruction with supervised applications in Negotiations and Conflict Management, Organizational Crisis, Computer Applications in Behavioral Science, Theories of Conflict, Organizational Conflict, Mediation Philosophy and Procedures, Arbitration skills and Procedures, Social Policy Research, Community and Neighborhood Conflict and Continuing Education training through the American Bar Association.

Ethical Traditions of the New Testament
Ethical Dimensions of the Prophets

Urban Ministry
Cross-Cultural Communications

Public Policy Analysis
Public Administration
Politics and Government

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

American and Texas Bar Associations (associate)

Agape Meditations and Ethics

Josephson Institute of Ethics

Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
Texas Association of Mediators
Austin Association of Mediators

Dr. Smith is a nationally recognized lecturer and trainer in Ethics. For the past fifteen  years he has been a national faculty member of the Josephson Institute of Ethics. The Institute is one of the nation's top ethics training organizations.

Larry has trained individuals from over 100 police agencies in the country in creating and sustaining an ethical environment at their agencies. 
He has also conducted contracted Ethics training for members of the Chicago (2), Los Angeles, Dayton OH, Naperville IL, and Owensboro, KY Police departments.

He is a visiting faculty member of the Ohio Association of Chiefs Police Executive Leadership College, where he teaches Ethics to Ohio Police Officers.

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