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Here's a letter we received from Charlie Connelly about “life after retirement.”

Erica and Mike,

I don't know whether this is of any interest. On June 9, 2006, I received the Penrith Award given annually at the FBI National Executive Institute/ Major Cities Chiefs (59 largest cities and regional areas) Annual Conference. The award is for an individual who has made a continuous contribution to the law enforcement profession. I was somewhat surprised as it
generally goes to an active Big City Chief. In any event I was glad to get it! Since I retired from Merrill Lynch, I continue to do some consulting but at my own pace. For the past 10 years I have been a member of a large think tank in Washington DC called The Center for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS). Initially I was on their Global Organized Crime Steering Committee. The committee is comprised of 2 former Secretaries of Defense, 4 active members of the US Senate, three former directors of the CIA, 2 former directors of the FBI, as well as Secret Service, National Security Council and Joint Chiefs of Staff. Members would join us upon leaving federal service and leave us upon returning to government such as Donald Rumsfeld, Senator William Cohen etc. After 9/11, the committee was renamed the Transnational Threats Senior Steering Committee. During the transition, I recommended that the group examine the role and impact on anti terrorism by the Private Sector. The result was CSIS's creation of the Private Security Advisory Group involving many of the global corporations' chief security officers, many of whom are metro ASIS members. I do a little consulting and recently participated in an Emergency Response/Business Continuity Review of Pace University for the Hallcrest Group. I have been asked to provide security consulting service to the Pan Am games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July of 2007. Several years ago, I was invited to serve on a consulting task force to identify and advise the Major Cities Chiefs Association ( represent 59 of the nation's largest cities) on “Critical Issues Facing police in the Twenty-first century. In 2002 and 2003 I participated in a series of workshops with leaders from Public Health, Agriculture, Intelligence and the Law Enforcement community exploring biological and agricultural anti terrorism initiatives. In January 2004, I participated in a three day National Policy Summit sponsored by the IACP and Department of Justice focusing on “Building Private Security/ Public Sector Policing Partnerships to Prevent and Respond to terrorism and Public Disorder”. In September of 2004, I was invited to Sydney, Australia to be the keynote speaker at that government's conference on “Counter terrorism - Harnessing the Private Sector”. In June of 2005, at the Major Cities Chiefs/FBI National Executive Institute's annual conference at Sun Valley, Idaho, I was invited along with a number of active and retired police chiefs to prepare a “Legacy Paper” on lessons learned and advice that could be given to future police chiefs. The papers will be part of the FBI NEI's mentoring project for newly appointed major city chiefs. Yes, the guy who retired in 2000 and may have some of his former colleagues wondering what is Charlie up to these days. Is he still alive? Erica and Mike, use it or not but thanks for giving this Senior citizen a chance to get in some bragging rights.

Regards to everybody,
Charlie Connolly

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