C.O. DUII training coordinator honored at conference

Mark Linville of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) received the 2018 Senior Trooper Maria Mignano Dedication to Duty Award at the state’s DUII Multi-Disciplinary Impaired Driving Training Conference.

The award, named after the late Senior Trooper Maria Mignano who died in the line of duty, was presented during the conference held at The Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend, on Friday.

The “Senior Trooper Maria Mignano Dedication to Duty Award” is the highest honor bestowed on a police officer at the DUII Multi-Disciplinary Impaired Driving Training Conference, which is held every year. The gathering brings together prosecutors, judges, treatment professionals, Oregon Department of Transportation officials and members of law enforcement for presentations covering all aspects of impaired driving.

Mark Linville is a Regional Law Enforcement Training Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards, and is stationed at the Central Oregon Field Office in Redmond.

Mark began his law enforcement career in 1990 as a Deputy with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, after which is joined the Albany Police Department, where he worked as a Police Officer from 1995 to 2004. In 2004, he joined the Bend Police Department, where he worked as a Police Officer until 2015, when he accepted the position with DPSST.

DPSST’s Director Eriks Gabliks said, “Mark is a respected member of DPSST’s training team and is often sought out by his peers and prosecutors for his expertise and knowledge regarding DUII. We are very fortunate to have him as a member of our organization.”

Mark delivers dozens of DUII classes around his region, and around the state, on an annual basis. In addition to DUII training, Mark is also active in delivering DPSST’s Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) and Police Training Officer (PTO) classes for new law enforcement coaches and field training officers, active shooter training, and several other classes on an annual basis.

The Board consists of 24 members representing city, county and state public safety professionals representing each of the disciplines (police, fire, 9-1-1, corrections, private security), and a private citizen appointed by the Governor. The current Board Chair is Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The Board includes administrators as well as non-management representatives from statewide organizations.

The Board represents more than 42,000 public and private safety professionals and establishes minimum standards for the training and certification of city, county and state police officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, OLCC regulatory specialists, criminal justice instructors and private security providers, private investigators and polygraph examiners.

The Board is supported by five policy committees and a number of advisory and sub-committees representing the public and private safety disciplines. These bodies provide technical expertise and serve as vital links to public and private safety organizations. The Board operates in close partnership with the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST).

The DPSST implements minimum standards established by the Board for training and certification of public and private safety providers. DPSST provides training to more than 20,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem and certifies qualified professionals at various levels from basic through executive. Eriks Gabliks serves as the director of DPSST.