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Daphne is currently an assistant principal in the North Little Rock School District at Lakewood Middle School. She has been in education for the past 20 years. She was in the classroom for 10 years in the stats of Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Arkansas prior to administration. This year will begin her 12th year in administration. Ms. Knighton received a BFA at Louisiana Tech university and a MAT in Science and Math at Grambling State University.

Scott has been employed with the Texarkana Police Department as a Certified Law Enforcement officer for over 18 years. He is assigned as the School Resource Officer at Arkansas High School. As the SRO, Scott has implemented the Smart Choices, Better Chances law education curriculum and has also implemented Teen Driving Safety programs. When Scott is not serving as the School SRO he is an instructor teaching the Criminal Justice Curriculum at the Texas Area Vocational Center. Scott is happily married with three adult children and four grandchildren. Scott enjoys staying active in his Masonic Lodge, riding his motorcycle and traveling to the Caribbean with his wife Sharon.

Richard Davies recently retired from full time law enforcement with the Pine Bluff (AR) Police Department, Richard Davies specialized in awareness, intervention, prevention programs involving juvenile crime, gangs, drugs and other law related education programs. He was also involved in the Police Exploring Program, supervised the Neighborhood Watch Program, coordinator of the bi-annual (8-week) Citizen's Police Academy and the yearly National Night Out event.

A graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, and with over 3,200 hours of training, Richard holds a Senior Certificate (law enforcement highest certificate level). He was a nationally recognized School Resource Officer before being promoted to Sergeant and Supervisor of the cities Law Related Education and Community/Public Relations Programs. He also served on the Crisis Negotiation Team, Public Information Officer, and as President of the Arkansas Safe Schools Association.

Richard, a certified law enforcement instructor, continues to train officers, teachers and school administrators all over the country to better prepare them to be more effective working with the School Resource Officer programs in the public school system.

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Dwayne Yarbrough is employed as the Sr. Law Education Instructor for the Arkansas Office of the Attorney General--Dustin McDaniel. He has been with the Attorney General’s Office for nearly 16 years.  He helped to develop, presents and provides training for the youth oriented prevention and education program, Smart Choices, Better Chances. It is a law education program designed to help youth, youth leaders, law enforcement officials, educators and parents statewide have a better understanding of Arkansas’ criminal justice system with an emphasis on juvenile crime. As a program lecturer he has spoken at numerous violence prevention, gang awareness and drug education conferences in and out of state.  He also has given motivational lectures to a variety of groups and associations including but not limited to civic, religious, working, and youth oriented entities. He has served on numerous committees serving youth improvement and prevention concepts. Dwayne is also a part-time II police officer with the Jacksonville Police Department. Dwayne was raised in Little Rock and attended Little Rock public schools.  He is a proud graduate of Little Rock Central High School and he completed his undergraduate education at Arkansas Tech University earning a B.A. in Communications/Journalism.  He is the father of two, a son (Brandon) and a daughter (Brianna). He currently resides in Jacksonville, AR

Eric Huber is employed with the Fort Smith Public Schools as the Supervisor of Safety and Security. He has been with the Fort Smith School District  for 6 years. He currently oversees the Safety and Security of 19 Elementary schools 4 Junior High Schools 2 High Schools and 2 Alternative Schools and 1 Adult Education Center. Eric serves a school district size of over 14,000 students and works with the districts school safety committees. Eric plans with the District and school crisis teams and participates in ongoing crisis management planning and training. These program elements allow students and staff to share the responsibility as guardians of safety in their schools.

 Prior to working with the Fort Smith Public Schools Eric was a Sergeant with the Barling Police Department for 10 years.  Eric is also a part-time II officer with the Logan County Sheriff's Department and has been a Police Officer for over 16 years. Eric is a graduate of Paris High School and is also a graduate of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy Class 95B. Eric has been married for 16 years and has two sons.

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Don is currently a project specialist with the Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System, Safe Schools Initiative Division. He holds a BA degree from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, AR and a Masters in Social Work from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. His past experiences include faculty in Social Work Department at the university of Arkansas, Fayetteville for many years and executive director of non-profits in Arkansas and Hawaii. Additionally, Mr. Bebee has extensive experience in the human services field. He was regional field manager for the Department of Human Services, has been a human services consultant, and has participated in numerous statewide initiatives. He was also a trainer for Foster/Adopt Pride at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.