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Holtz Learning Centers, Ltd. provides continuing education and training for criminal justice and public safety students and career professionals. A New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Provider, Holtz Learning Centers provides
One of our most extensive courses is Police Supervision, Management and Law, a 152+ hour comprehensive course designed to prepare law enforcement officers for the move up to the rank of sergeant, lieutenant, or captain. The course seeks to provide the student with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to properly and successfully supervise and manage subordinate officers, while handling the new and additional responsibilities, duties and vital functions that come with the new rank. Specifically designed executive development sessions are added for those officials preparing for the ranks of Inspector, Deputy Chief and Chief. For corrections, we offer a similar course titled, Supervision, Management and Administrative Procedures for Corrections Officials. This is an 8-week, 64-hour course, which provides students with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to properly and successfully supervise and manage subordinate corrections officers, while handling the new and additional responsibilities duties, and vital functions that come with the new rank. Throughout the year, HLC offers a wide variety of In-Service Training Seminars designed to update and refresh law enforcement officials in the most critical legal and procedural aspects of their duties. "Our
mission is to provide the absolute best basic and in-service training,
continuing education and executive development for law enforcement,
corrections and criminal justice practitioners."
– Larry E. Holtz, Esq. |
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Larry E. Holtz, Esq., is Executive Director of Holtz Learning Centers, Ltd. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Temple University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law in 1989, earning the President's Scholar Award. Mr. Holtz served the City of Atlantic City as a police officer, detective, sergeant and police attorney, where he earned over 15 departmental commendations. He later served as an Assistant County Prosecutor and New Jersey Deputy Attorney General. During his tenure at the Attorney General's Office, he co-authored the State's Charging Manual, a number of Attorney General Guidelines and was Executive Editor of the Division of Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Reporter. He has also served as the Director of the Cape May County Police Academy, adjunct professor at Widener School of Law and Rowan University, a municipal prosecutor and the police attorney for the Stratford Police Department. Mr. Holtz practices administrative law with a specialty in police administrative matters. He has law offices in Northfield and Tuckahoe, N.J., and is a member of the bar in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. He has unmatched experience in the field of law enforcement, police training and instructor/teacher development. Over the past 20 years, he has designed and conducted basic, in-service and advanced training programs at various police academies and prosecutors' offices throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has also designed and conducted advanced education seminars for New Jersey judges, attorneys, and professional educators. Mr. Holtz is the author of the New Jersey Law
Enforcement Handbook, New Jersey Contemporary Criminal Procedure,
the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Handbook, Pennsylvania Criminal
Procedure, the Texas Law Enforcement Handbook, Contemporary Criminal
Procedure, Criminal Evidence for Law Enforcement Officers, and Investigative
and Operational Report Writing. He has been published in the Dickinson
Law Review, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, NJ COPS,
Police and Security News, the National Academy Associate, and Law
Enforcement Technology. |
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David A. Paprota, Ed.S., is the Vice President of Holtz
Learning Centers. He has over 20 years law of enforcement experience and
currently serves as a Lacey Township Police Captain. |
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Donald J. Schroeder, Ph.D., is a retired New York City police captain who earned promotion to captain within 10 years of service. He holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice awarded by the City University of New York. In 1973, Mr. Schroeder joined the adjunct staff at John Jay College, a position he holds to this day. Throughout the 1980s, Mr. Schroeder served as a police promotion consultant to many major police and personnel agencies, and has personally written dozens of official police examinations. In the early 1990s, he switched his focus and became engaged in training those seeking police promotion. Mr. Schroeder is the co-author of seven books dealing with entry level and advanced promotion testing, and two management and supervision textbooks. Some of his most popular books, co-authored with Frank Lombardo, include Management and Supervision of Law Enforcement Personnel, Bullets for Law Enforcement Promotion: A Question and Answer Study Guide, the Barron's Police Officer Exam Preparation Guide and the Barron's Police Sergeant Examination Preparation Guide. |
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Frank Lombardo is a retired New York police deputy inspector. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Urban Affairs from Hunter College. Mr. Lombardo earned promotion to captain within 10 years of service, and subsequently was promoted to deputy inspector. In 1978, Mr. Lombardo joined the adjunct staff at John Jay College, a position he holds to this day. Throughout the 1980s, Mr. Lombardo served as a police promotion consultant to many major police and personnel agencies, and has personally written dozens of official police examinations. In the early 1990s, he switched his focus and became engaged in training those seeking police promotion. Mr. Lombardo is the co-author of seven books dealing with entry level and advance promotion exams, and two management and supervision textbooks. Some of his most popular books, co-authored with Donald Schroeder, include Management and Supervision of Law Enforcement Personnel, Bullets for Law Enforcement Promotion: A Question and Answer Guide, the Barron's Police Officer Exam Preparation Guide and the Barron's Police Sergeant Exam. |
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Ronald M. Morello has over 20 years of law enforcement experience, currently serving as the Chief of Police for the Borough of Stratford. Chief Morello holds the distinction of being promoted to chief within 11 years of service. As a past student at Holtz Learning Centers, Chief Morello has scored number one on every promotional examination he has taken. He has been instructing police officers since 2004, and has served with the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, specializing in police promotional examinations. In addition to possessing a degree from the University of Virginia, Chief Morello is a 2010 Graduate of the FBI National Academy. He is a member of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, the Camden County Police Chiefs Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the FBI National Academy Associates. |
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Troy E. Oswald has over 20 years of law enforcement experience, currently serving as a Detective Captain for the City of Paterson. He earned the rank of Captain within 14 years of service with the City of Paterson. Mr. Oswald holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Rutger’s University and a Master of Arts degree in Education (Supervision and Administration) from Seton Hall University. He has been an Adjunct Professor for Passaic County Community College since 1996, and also instructs at other colleges and universities, such as Seton Hall and Farleigh Dickinson. Mr. Oswald is currently a New Jersey Certified Instructor and has been teaching New Jersey law and constitutional law for local academies since 1994. |
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Emilio W. Gonzalez has over 22 years of law enforcement experience, currently serving as a Police Captain and the Patrol Division Commander in the Union City Police Department. He earned the rank of captain within 14 years of service with Union City. Also during this time, Captain Gonzalez spent two years working with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Division, where he investigated over sixty homicides and suspicious deaths. Presently, Captain Gonzalez oversees all uniformed operations for Union City, which includes a staff of approximately 145 sworn and civilian employees. Captain Gonzalez holds a B.S. in sociology and criminal justice from Centenary College, and is completing his course work for his Master’s Degree in Human Resources Training and Development at Seton Hall University. He is also a New Jersey certified police instructor, and has been teaching various police-related topics at the Bergen County Police Academy since 2003, as well as courses in conjunction with the NJ Attorney General’s Office. |
