Joseph M. Ditzler announced as ALICE presenter on October 16
Mr. Ditzler graduated from Penn State University in 1978 with a B.A. in Sociology, with a concentration in Law and Society. From 1978-1981, he served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Military Police Corps, stationed in the Republic of South Korea, and Fort Hood, Texas. From 1981-1982 he was Directory of Security for Interstate Hotels Corporation, Harrisburg Marriott. From November, 1982, through November 2012, he was employed as a police officer for Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Duties there included eleven years as a patrolman, eight years as an investigator, and the remainder of the time as a supervisor, being promoted to the rank of lieutenant. As an investigator, he was a member of the Major Crimes Unit and Forensic Team, organized by the District Attorney’s Office for Lancaster County. He received his initial ALICE training in 2009 from Greg Crane, and implemented a program of training, along with a fellow police officer, for the local Elizabethtown Area School District. From 2012 through 2013, he conducted ALICE training for school districts in Pennsylvania, coordinated by the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13.