34th Annual Conference

March 26, 27, 28, 2025  at the Red Lion Hotel

  • Keynote Speaker: Kris Paronto
    Kris Paronto - “Tanto” as he is affectionately known in security contracting circles - is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and a private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. He also worked with the US Government’s Global Response Staff conducting low profile security in high threat environments throughout the world.

    Kris was part of the CIA annex security team that responded to the terrorist attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya on September 11th, 2012, helping to save over 20 lives while fighting off terrorists from the CIA Annex for over 13 hours. Kris and his fellow brothers-in-arms story is told in the book 13 Hours written by Mitchell Zuckoff.

  • Tentative Additional classes are :
    Basic Narcotics Investigation (8 Hours) 
    Detecting Misleading Behaviors (4 Hours)
    Drug Interdiction – Complete Traffic Stop ( 4 Hours)
    Drug Field Testing
    Legal Updates

Conference Sponsors

Northeast Counterdrug Training Center  logo
Northeast Counterdrug Training Center
IWI US  logo
IWI US
Ohio HIDTA - High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area logo
Ohio HIDTA
Liberty Mid Atlantic HIDTA  logo
Liberty Mid Atlantic HIDTA
MAGLOCLEN  logo
MAGLOCLEN
Savior Equipment   logo
Savior Equipment
Blasi Printing logo
Blasi Printing
Lawrence County Government Center logo
Josh Lamancusa
Lawrence County District Attorney
Mountour County logo
Angela Mattis
Mountour County District Attorney
Luzerne  County logo
Samuel Sanguedolce
Luzerne County District Attorney
Lancaster County logo
Heather Adams
Lancaster County District Attorney