2008 NSA/POAN Annual Conference
October 12 - 15, 2008
Kearney, Nebraska

The 2008 NSA/POAN Conference was held at the
Kearney Convention Center

Conference Registration Area ~ 2008 NSA/POAN Conference

Flag Ceremony at Conference Opening

POAN and NSA member participating in a conference session

Death Notification session with Frances Nelson

Conference luncheon Monday, October 13, 2008

POAN President Lt. Kurt Bottorff and Secretary-Treasurer Ret. Sgt. Bill Larsen conduct the POAN Business Meeting

Past President Retired Chief Rick Carmichael and Board Member Officer Andrea Towler conduct the election of Officers at the POAN Business Meeting

Conference attendees visiting with vendors during a break

Jim Huff visiting with a vendor

David Lee visiting a vendor's booth

Allmand Bros. - a vendor at the 2008 Conference

Whelen vendor Harley motorcycle display

CZ-USA vendor at 2008 Conference

Greg Thompson at a vendor display

EMS One cruiser display

R.S. Engraving from Ord, NE

Conference participants visited with vendors during the 2008 Conference

Sheriff Terry Wagner and Sheriff Joe Yocum visit with a
group of conference attendees.

Conference door prize drawing in vendor room

NSA President Sheriff Chris Becker and Melanie Bailey ~ door prize drawing in vendor room

Sheriff Jim Disney and Sheriff Bradley Boyum visit with others at the 2008 NSA/POAN Conference

Law enforcement vehicles were on display during the conference

Melissa Connor-Bones & Graves session

Hastings PD Officer Ed Burmood looking at bones display
during a 2008 conference session

(L to R) 2007-2008 POAN President Lt. Kurt Bottorff, POAN 1st Vice President Don Dreyer and Chief Lance Webster at the head table during the 2008 Conference Banquet

Buffalo County Chaplin Bobby Payne, 2008-2009 NSA President Steve Hapner and his wife, 2007-2008 NSA President Chris Becker and his wife at the head table of the 2008 Conference Banquet

Chief Lance Webster presents the PCAN Chief of Year award to Dennis DaMoude

Chief Lance Webster presets Dave Harnly the
PCAN Educator of the Year award

Frank Dineen & friend, POAN Board Member Sgt. Bruce Felty and his wife Donita, Darrell Johnson &wife

Chief Dennis Wagner and his wife, Patrol Office Mike Hawthorne, Retired POAN member Gary Hoffmann and his wife, Chief Dennis DaMoude, Mr.& Mrs. Anthony McPhillips

POAN Board Member Officer Andrea Towler with the 2008
Essay Contest Winner at the 2008 Banquet

Assistant Chief Jim Peschong presents the POAN Hall of Fame Award to Darrell Fisher NSP

Assistant Chief Jim Peschong presents the POAN Officer of Year Award to Mike Bassett from Lincoln Police Department

POAN President Lt. Kurt Bottorff presents Retired Sgt. Bill Larsen with the POAN President's Award

POAN President Lt. Kurt Bottorff presents Assistant Chief Jim Peschong with the POAN President's Award

POAN President Lt. Kurt Bottorff presents Retired Chief Rick Carmichael with the Past President's Award

Magician Joe Cole visits with Sheriff Jim Lawson during the NSA/POAN Banquet

Magician Joe Cole uses four audience participants to
demonstrate the floating in the air trick

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