Bonnie Bucqueroux
BONNIE BUCQUEROUX
1500 Sandhill Road
Mason, MI 48854
517/349-4752
FAX 517-349-1962
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VICTIMS WORK
CURRENT
Coordinator (July 1995 - Present)
VICTIMS & THE MEDIA PROGRAM
Michigan State University
School of Journalism
305 Communication Arts Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Dr. Steve Lacy - 517/353-6430
The Victims and the Media Program educates journalists of today and tomorrow about victim issues. The program is designed to help journalists treat victims and victim issues with sensitivity, dignity, and respect. It also helps journalist understand the impact that dealing with trauma can have on them.
Responsibilities include:
Information dissemination – Bucqueroux edits the Victims and the Media newsletter, published three times a year, as well as producing other promotional/educational materials. With a grant from the Freedom Forum, Bucqueroux produced a 36-minute video and instructor’s guide called Reporting on Victims of Violence and Catastrophe. She also authors op/ed pieces on victims and the media issues for newspapers including the Lansing State Journal and the Fairfax Journal.
Workshops & training - Bucqueroux acts as a spokesperson/trainer, providing workshops for journalists and for victim advocates on the role of the press in reporting on victims and on developing proactive media strategies. She has delivered workshops for the Associated Press, Detroit Free Press, Atltanta Journal-Constitution and the Bay City Times, as well as for the Michigan Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, the Michigan Public Health Institute seminar on suicide prevention, the Michigan Office for Juvenile Justice, and the Michigan Rape Prevention Task Force.
In-class presentations – Each semester, Bucqueroux presents lectures in both the beginning and advanced journalism reporting classes, as well as special presentations in other journalism classes. Upper-level efforts include opportunities for students to hear from and interview victim volunteers who appear in the classroom. The MSU program guarantees that all journalism graduates will be trained in how to interview and report on victims of violence and catastrophe, the only journalism in the county to do so.
Executive Director (1998 – Present)
CRIME VICTIMS FOR A JUST SOCIETY
1500 Sandhill Road
Mason, MI 48854
517-349-4752
This organization was founded to promote progressive solutions for problems of crime and violence in our culture. It supports innovative reforms such as community policing, restorative justice, and community collaborations. Bucqueroux’ duties include administration and outreach. In addition to articles that appear on the site, Bucqueroux’ wrote Cops as combat troops that appeared in the online magazine Salon in May 2000 (it is archived on their site at One of the organization’s efforts is to provide funding for honoraria for the victim volunteers who appear in the MSU journalism classes.
PREVIOUS
Executive Director (1996-1998)
MICHIGAN VICTIM ALLIANCE
2117 Hampden
Lansing, MI 48911
During her tenure as executive director for the organization, Bucqueroux wrote the newsletter and produced workshops on a variety of victim issues such as “Breaking Bad News” (on giving death notices), and on The Seven Danger Signs of Violence (based on the work of Gavin De Becker). Bucqueroux secured a U.S. Department of Justice grant from the Office for Victims of Crime for the MVA to produce the Michigan Crime Victims Web site ( for which she served as Webmaster (see below). The organization also recruited and de-briefed victim volunteers who appear in the classroom for Victims and the Media Program in-class presentations at Michigan State University’s School of Journalism, for which Bucqueroux continues to serve as coordinator.
Consultant/Victim Issues – (1998 – present)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)
810 7th Street NW
Room 8201
Washington, D.C. 20531-0001
Marilyn Keel: 202-616-3575
Bucqueroux assists developing organizations with strategic planning and goal-setting. She has worked with Victim Services 2000 in Denver, Colorado, and with Victim Services 2000 in Ohio. She also represented OVC’s TTAC at conferences in Keystone, CO, and on victims and the media issues in Washington, D.C..
POLICE/COMMUNITY WORK
CURRENT
Executive Director (April 2000 - present)
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING (AAACOP)
1500 Sandhill Road
Mason, MI 48854
517-349-4752
This new organization is dedicated to promoting community policing based on the model of decentralized and personalized police service informed by the 10 Principles of Community Policing. The model encourages police to engage the community in collaborative, community-based problem solving. Activities include an annual conference and training session, a resource Web site, and an annual awards program. Bucqueroux’ duties include organization, administration, fund-raising, conference coordination, and Webmaster.
Owner (1997 - present)
POLICING.COM
1500 Sandhill Road
Mason, MI 48854
517-349-4752
Bucqueroux uses this company for her continuing consulting work on community policing in person and the Internet. It is now evolving into a full-service consulting firm that brings together other community policing pioneers who are available to providing training and technical assistance:
Online Police Training – Bucqueroux produced the first online training for line-level officers. In addition to sequential Web-based lessons, the four-week course employs Community Policing Coaches who work directly with participants through e-mail to produce their Personal Action Plans. Participants also work with their coaches as part of a team to develop plans to deal with real-world scenarios. Message Boards promote discussion of serious issues, and weekly testing keeps students and their departments apprised of their progress. The course includes more than 120 Web pages of interactive instructional material.
Director - Strategy Planning Support Team – Grand Rapids Police
Department – Facilitate and coach the development of the department’s
five-year strategic plan. July 1998 – March 1999. Contact Chief Harry
Dolan (616-456-3364)
Curriculum Development (Diversity, Building Community Partnerships, Collaborative Problem Solving) – 1993 – 1999. National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives. Produce training curricula for law enforcement agencies nationwide. Contact training director James McIver (703-658-1529)
Curriculum Development (Community Policing & Violence Against
Women) – Violence Against Women Office – 1998 - Deputy Director
Kathryn Pierce – contact person Drew Diamond, Senior Associate, Police
Executive Research Forum – Tulsa Field Office: (918-627-5700)
Research, Curriculum Development, Training, Technical Assistance and
Evaluation – U.S. Department of Justice (Bureau of Justice Assistance) &
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (Office of Resident
Initiatives) – 1994-1995 – The project included evaluating current efforts
and problems in 11 public housing developments nationwide as
background for curriculum development. Developed and piloted the
three-day training initiative that was delivered by the team to 60 public
housing developments nationwide. The training consisted of coaching
and facilitating action planning for community-based teams of 10
representatives including police and the community. Bucqueroux also
participated in technical assistance and evaluation of the project. She
served as the National Center for Community Policing representative to
the team that also included International City/County Management
Association, Institute for Law and Justice and the Police Executive
Research Forum.
Evaluation – Institute for Law and Justice – Conducted evaluations of
community policing innovations in targeted cities. 1997. Contact: Ed
Connor.
Think Tank Participant – Community Justice – U.S. Department of
Justice – National Institute of Corrections – 1994-1995. Police Executive
Research Forum on the future of community policing – June 2003.
Workshops & Training -- Bucqueroux conducts interactive workshops on community policing around the country, and policing.com also provides speakers and workshops on the topic with presenters drawn from the ranks of community policing pioneers.
PREVIOUS
Associate Director (1986-1995)
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMMUNITY POLICING
Michigan State University
550 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
517-355-2192
Bucqueroux worked closely with the late Dr. Robert Trojanowicz, a pioneer of the community policing movement, to promote this wide-ranging police reform.
Books & Publications -- Bucquqeroux co-authored two best-selling books with Trojanowicz: Community Policing: A Contemporary Perspective and Community Policing: How To Get Started (Anderson Publishing, Cincinnati, OH). Together they wrote a monthly column for the Detroit News, as well as numerous op/ed pieces for publications such the Christian Science Monitor and New York Newsday. Bucqueroux was a frequent author and editor of the Community Policing Series, pamphlets on topics related to community policing underwritten by grants from the C. S. Mott Foundation. Bucqueroux edited Footprints, the community policing newsletter, disseminated free to more than 7,000 police agencies, community groups, and public policymakers nationwide.
Training & Technical Assistance -- Bucqueroux participated in numerous outreach initiatives. She spent 18 months helping public housing communities develop anti-violence strategies in 1994-1995, as the Center’s full-time representative to the Community Policing in Public Housing Consortium, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The initiative culminated in providing training and technical assistance to more than 60 public housing projects nationwide.
Conference Coordination - Bucqueroux coordinated conferences on topics ranging from Community Policing & Drugs and the Violent Young Offender, in addition to the Center’s annual training sessions.
Research – After Trojanowicz’ death, Bucqueroux completed the research project, Community Policing in the Lansing, Michigan, Police Department, for the National Institute of Justice in 1995-1996.
Vice Chair (November 1, 1995 – June 1998)
CRITICAL INCIDENT ANALYSIS GROUP
Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Natural Science, and Social
Science
East Lansing, MI 48824
Professor Sue Carter – 517-355-6565
The Critical Incident Analysis Group brought together academics from various disciplines to analyze events of exceptional national significance, with the goal of adding to reasoned dialogue and debate. Critical incidents are those intentional acts of cruelty, natural disasters, or events that result from human error whose impact can shape the culture. (It has since moved to the University of Virginia.)
Responsibilities included:
Conference Coordination –Bucqueroux initiated a community collaboration aimed at the threat posed by the release of serial killer Donald Gene Miller. The organization C-CAP, the Committee for Community Awareness & Protection, ultimately assisted in having Miller prosecuted for possessing a weapon in prison, and the success of that initiative spawned the Serial/Sexual Predator Conference, held at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Center in April 1998, for which CIAG was the MSU host. More than 150 police professionals, victims and victim advocates, and other concerned citizens and professionals attended the three-day series of seminars on topics ranging from profiling and crime-scene analysis to how community groups can promote legislation.
Information Dissemination - The position included developing and
maintaining the (now discontinued) MSU CIAG Web site, grant writing,
editing the newsletter, and producing reports.
FBI/Militia Hotline – Because of its analysis of the Waco incident, CIAG
recognized a need for greater communication between the FBI and the
militia movement, with the goal of avoiding violence based on
misunderstanding. CIAG therefore facilitated a series of meetings
between the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group and the leaders of the
Michigan and national militia movements. The hotline was used
numerous times to quell rumors during unfolding standoffs and problems.
INTERNET & WEB WORK
CURRENT
Online Training Curriculum Development
Michigan Family Independence Agency – Bureau of Juvenile Justice
and
2000
Bucqueroux produced the Michigan Balanced and Restorative Justice website for the Bureau of Juvenile Justice, and she was then commissioned to develop a three-week online training course on the topic. The course includes interactive learning, video clips, online testing and discussion forums. The course was first offered September 2001 and evaluations confirmed no grade lower than an A.
Workshop Presenter – E-Training
WEBCITIES WORKSHOPS (CMP Media, Inc., and Miller-Freeman)
2000-2001
Bucqueroux was a presenter for the WEB2000 series in Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She was also a presenter on E-Training for WEB2001 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco in September 2001. Her popular workshops showcase the online training courses she has developed for: Community Policing for Line-Level Officers; Building an Effective Media Strategy (for Victim Advocates and Service Providers); Balanced and Restorative Justice & Community Collaborations.
Internet Columnist – City Pulse
(July 2001 to present)
Bucqueroux writes a weekly column on the Internet for the new alternative weekly paper City Pulse that serves the Lansing area.
Contributor – Web Techniques (January 2002 Issue)
Bucqueroux wrote the article Economical Employee Training for this respected industry publication.
Co-Host (1998 to present)
MID-MICHIGAN CHAPTER – WEBGRRLS
hosted at Michigan State University’s
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Webgrrls is dedicated to mentoring young women so that they find their niche on the Web. Bucqueroux works with professor Darcy Drew Greene to provide instruction in Web design and information on Web issues.
Online Curriculum Developer – Michigan Bureau of Juvenile Justice (2001-present) – Developed the three-week online course as part of the Michigan Balanced & Restorative Justice website.
PREVIOUS
Consultant/Internet Issues – (1998 – present)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
Training and Technical Assistance Center
810 7th Street NW
Room 8201
Washington, D.C. 20531-0001
Donna Ray - 202-616-3572
The Office for Victims of Crime hired Bucqueroux to explore opportunities for online training for victim advocates nationwide. Bucqueroux assisted this effort by facilitating a session on e-learning at the National Organization of Victim Assistance Conference in Orlando in 1998. Bucqueroux continues to provide guidance for OVC on the project during 1999. The Michigan Crime Victim Services Commission provided the Victims and the Media Program at MSU funding to produce the online course on building an effective media strategy that debuted in September 2001.
Editor – Wise-Women of the Web - 2000
Bucqueroux works with authors and illustrators to produce material for the Web site, in collaboration with Makiko Itoh of Switzerland as the technical producer of the site. The Web site serves an international community of women Web designers and averages more than 30,000 page views a day.
Webmaster – Polar Trek 2001 – Womenquest Foundation
As Webmaster, Bucqueroux created the main Web site that provides information on the cross-country ski trek that 12 women are making to the North Pole in April 2001. Bucqueroux is collaborating with the Webmaster of NASA (David Beverly) to co-host a live Webcast from the North Pole that will featured the Polar Trek team and Dr. Kathryn Clark of NASA. Bucqueroux also created the mini-Website of online classes and activities for middle schoolers included on the site ( The curriculum was created in collaboration with educators on the Polar Trek team. Sections include: Exploration, Environmental Science & Math, People & Culture and Geography. Bucqueroux received a medal from NASA.
Webmaster – Vidocq Society
This pro bono effort includes development and maintenance of the Web site for this esteemed group of forensic scientists worldwide who solve cold murder cases for free. (They maintain a clearance rate of more than 80%.)
Webmaster – Michigan Crime Victims Website (1998-1999)
Through a grant provided to the
Michigan Victim Alliance
by the U. S. Department of Justice
Office for Victims of Crime
810 7th Street NW
Room 8201
Washington, D.C. 20531-0001
Marilyn Keel: 202-616-3575
This initiative required building a 200+-page Web site for victims that included downloadable personal protection order forms and memorials for loved ones lost to violence. It also offered links to victim service providers and support groups statewide, as well as online articles on how to protect your children online and how to prevent problems with cyberstalkers. The project was a demonstration to encourage other states to adopt similar strategies, and Bucqueroux served as technical consultant on Web issues to victim groups in other states. The project included linking the collaborating sites together in the Crime Victims webring.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Freelance writer (1983-1986)
Bucqueroux wrote for a broad cross-section of magazines, ranging from Mademoiselle to Runner's World to Farm Journal, winning a National Magazine Award for a 1985 article on suicide.
Managing Editor (1970-1983)
MICHIGAN FARMER
3303 W. Saginaw
Lansing, MI 48917
During her career at Michigan Farmer, Bucqueroux twice earned a Detroit Press Club Foundation Award for excellence in business writing; the American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) Award for Writer of the Year and Young Writer of the Year; an Oscar in Agriculture; and honorable mention for her black-and-white photography from the AAEA.
Editor (1969-1970)
DUKANE PRESS (now defunct)
Hollywood Beach, FL
Editorial staff (1964-1969)
CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY
Parnall Road
Jackson, MI
Author (1962-1964)
Hired as a ghostwriter to produce a biography of a noted Michigan educator, published in 1964 as Principles of Education: The Life and Times of E.O. Marsh.
EDUCATION
Higher education:
Full-time and part-time attendance for eight years at the University of
Michigan, Michigan State University, Jackson Community College, and
Lansing Community College, with primary emphasis on language
(English, Latin, French, Spanish, Russian) and anthropology.
Professional training:
Dr. Cliff Edom’s summer session at the Professional Photographers' School, University of Missouri, as well as professional training seminars conducted by the editorial staff of the Wall Street Journal; the Medill and Columbia Schools of Journalism; and Folio, the magazine for magazine publishing.
HONORS & AWARDS
1986 National Magazine Award
Detroit Press Club Foundation (Twice)
American Agricultural Editors Association Writer of the Year
American Agricultural Editors Association Young Writer of the Year
Oscar in Agriculture
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
Past President of the Michigan Rural Safety Council
Green Party candidate for Congress -2000
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