Webinar Archives
August 14 2018
The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI)
In this webinar, Monte McKee, Phil Ramer, and Jennifer Skinner, senior research associates at the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), present on the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) and the importance of recognizing and reporting suspicious activity to prevent violence targeting educational facilities. The NSI is a joint collaborative effort by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; fusion centers; and state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement partners that has established a standardized process for identifying and reporting suspicious activity in jurisdictions across the country. Recognizing and conducting SAR is critical to the prevention of violence targeting educational facilities and institutions.
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July 10 2018
Understanding How the REMS TA Center Supports Institutions of Higher Education
Learn more about how the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) supports institutions of higher education (IHEs). In this webinar, Madeline Sullivan, contracting officer’s representative for the REMS TA Center, and Janelle Hughes, director of communications for the REMS TA Center, provide an overview of the services, resources, and support systems available to IHEs. They showcase the REMS TA Center website and the sections it houses to support IHEs, as well as describe key resources that have been developed by federal partners in higher education safety, security, and emergency preparedness to support the development of high-quality emergency operations plans (EOPs) for IHEs.
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June 12 2018
Handling Threats and Other Disturbing Behavior on Campus
Marisa Randazzo (PDF), Ph.D., principal and co-founder of SIGMA Threat Management Associates, LLC, and an international expert on threat assessment, targeted violence, and violence prevention, reviews the components and procedures of behavioral threat assessment. In this webinar, she provides a checklist of best-practice components, discusses how to evaluate current threat assessment programs, establishes screening questions to know when it is important to use threat assessment, and provides tips on conducting threat assessments in the shadow of high profile mass shootings.
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November 14 2017
Legalization of Marijuana: Challenges Facing College Campuses
The legalization of cannabis is changing the landscape of college campuses, even in states that haven’t passed a form of legalized cannabis. In this presentation, Ryan Snow, M.Ed., a police officer for the University of Illinois Police Department and founder and lead instructor with Prevention Leaders, Inc. discusses the legalization of marijuana and the challenges facing college campuses. Ryan explores issues surrounding prevention, education, and enforcement that are troubling campus administrations and police departments across the nation, and explains data that has come out of states where cannabis has been legalized.
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October 17 2017
Bystander Intervention in Action: Training the How-Tos of Intervention
Jill Weisensel, a night shift operations lieutenant for the Marquette University Police Department, discusses bystander intervention programming for colleges and universities in this presentation. Jill highlights best practices, speaks to the role of broad-based bystander intervention programming in crime prevention, and stresses the value of campus-wide collaboration. Building on national bystander intervention initiatives, this presentation focuses on the “how-tos” of safe intervention, focusing specifically on persuasion-based communication tactics, proxemic management, personal safety/awareness and risk reduction, and emphasizes the importance of civility and personal responsibility without victim blaming.
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September 19 2017
Building and Assessing Your Physical Security Program
In this webinar, Dan Pascale, a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), discusses physical security programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs). This webinar is intended to assist IHEs in building a comprehensive physical security program and in assessing current capabilities beyond the use of cameras and electronic access control systems. Physical security programs should highlight the interrelationships between many elements, including people, policies, standards, equipment, response, and education. Dan discusses the value and methodology for conducting self-assessments, who should participate in the assessments, and what to do with the information collected.
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August 15 2017
Violence Prevention/De-Escalation of Emotionally Charged Situations
Mourning Fox, MA, LCMHC, is the deputy commissioner for the Vermont Department of Mental Health and explores issues surrounding why people resort to violence and the risk factors that individuals have that may make them more, or less, likely to use violence. In this webinar, Fox discusses the three major predictors of violence and their impact on how you deal with emotionally charged situations both before they happen and as they take place. He also explains the importance of building a common language to describe potentially problematic or actually problematic behaviors seen in people who are in emotionally charged states so we can more effectively communicate with other responders and support services.
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July 18 2017
Top 5 Challenges with the Clery Act and Title IX
Since joining the Clery Center, Executive Director Alison Kiss has been instrumental in the development, implementation, and instruction of curricula for institutions of higher education. In this presentation, Alison focuses on five key Clery Act challenges that are based on her years of experience in working with colleges and universities throughout the country.
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May 16 2017
Ten Years After Virginia Tech: Impacts on Campus Mental Health
In this presentation, Victor Schwartz, M.D., clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine and chief medical officer for The Jed Foundation, briefly reviews the state of college student mental health, the events surrounding the Virginia Tech tragedy, and the changes that have occurred in the aforementioned areas of concern over the past 10 years. This presentation is appropriate for campus student affairs administrators, mental health counselors and advocates, public safety professionals, and any campus staff or faculty serving on threat assessment teams.
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April 21 2017
Designing Safety on Higher Ed Campuses: A CPTED Primer
Florida Design Out Crime Association Director-at-Large Ed Book and Treasurer Ernie Long present this webinar on crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). CPTED is an approach to deterring crime that creates a safer physical and built environment. This includes buildings, roads, parking lots, lighting, access control, maintenance, windows, entrances, signage, landscaping, sidewalks, and more. In the modern world, deterring crime and countering violent extremism requires a comprehensive approach. CPTED is about designing for safety and acts as a “force multiplier.” The presenters explore simple strategies and examples to make campuses safer and more secure while considering budget.
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