Debbie Carter has been employed with the Sheriff's Office for over 20 years in the Public Information Office. She currently serves as the Public Information Officer in the Nations 12th largest media market. She is a member of the National Information Officers Association and the Florida Law Enforcement Public Information Officers Association. As a member of the Public Information Officers Associates, Ms. Carter is utilized by law enforcement agencies throughout the state as a trainer for new Public Information Officers. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Tampa Bay Regional Domestic Security Task Force Public Affairs Committee.

Ms. Carter is the President of Crime Stoppers of West Central Florida, a not for profit organization involving law enforcement, businesses and media to publicize information about wanted criminals to the community through television and printed media. She also serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the Lynn Sowers Memorial Foundation.

She is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 108 and Regional Critical Incident Team. At the inception of the Sheriff's Office Peer Support Team in 1995 Ms. Carter served as the assistant coordinator and has served as the Team Coordinator since 1997.

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Vice-President & Membership Chair, Marianne Pasha, Pasco County Sheriff's Office

Marianne's BIO coming soon!

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Stephanie Slater became the Boynton Beach Police Department’s Public Information Officer in April 2007, following seven years as a newspaper reporter. Slater, a New York native, is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she majored in print journalism. After graduating in May 2000, Slater moved to South Florida and worked as a police reporter for the Boca Raton News. In 2002, she was hired by the Palm Beach Post. There, she wrote about police and fire rescue news, covering departments in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach. She also authored the Post’s crime blog, Behind the Yellow Tape, which appeared on the newspaper’s Web site. Slater won numerous awards for her work and served a three-year term as president of the Florida Press Club.

Slater is the spokeswoman for the Boynton Beach Police Department, serving as the liaison between the officers, the media and the public. She writes the department’s press releases, provides television news interviews, maintains the department’s Web sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace) and oversees the department’s Officer of the Month program. Slater is a member of the National Public Information Officers Association. She is FLEPIOA's Webmaster and became secretary of the organization at the 2008 conference.

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