L.A. Campus Safety Conference Keynotes to Address Threat Assessments, Mass Shooting Recovery
The Los Angeles Campus Safety Conference will take place July 23-24, and will feature keynotes by UCSB Police Chief Dustin Olson and L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell.
Campus Safety Magazine announces the keynote speakers and program sessions for the Los Angeles Campus Safety Conference on July 23-24, 2015 at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles.
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Police Chief Dustin Olson will deliver the opening keynote Thursday morning, July 23, 2015. He will discuss the lessons his department learned after the May 2014 mass shooting that occurred near the UCSB campus in Isla Vista, Calif.
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“I truly hope no campus or community ever has to deal with what we did when six of our students were murdered, 13 more were physically injured, and countless others sustained psychological injuries,” says Chief Olson. “While this tragic event occurred off of campus, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having prior relationships established with a wide-variety of stakeholders that makes all the difference in an effective response and recovery. Start now to foster the culture of active bystanders who work together for the safety of the community.”
Chief Olson has spent the past 25 years serving both the U.S. Marine Corps and the campus law enforcement profession. Before serving at UCSB, he held the position of assistant chief of police at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Los Angeles County Sherriff Jim McDonnell will deliver the closing keynote Thursday afternoon, July 24, 2015. He will address threat assessment procedures, awareness and clear lines of communication that must be an ongoing effort to prevent tragic incidents and ensure the highest level of campus safety.
Sheriff McDonnell served for 29 years at the Los Angeles Police Department, holding every rank from police officer to second-in-command. While at the LAPD, he earned that Department’s highest honor for bravery, the Medal of Valor, and helped create the blueprint for LAPD’s community-based policing efforts that have now become a model for law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. Sheriff McDonnell is a proven and respected voice in local, state, and national criminal justice organizations, having served as President of the Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association, President of the California Peace Officers’ Association, a member of the California Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards & Training (POST), and a board member of the Peace Officers’ Association of Los Angeles County.
The Campus Safety Conferences are the premier events designed to help hospital, school and university police agencies and administrators safeguard the lives and property on their campuses. This year’s events have been expanded to include hospital protection programs, offering for the first time education and training sessions for K-12, college/university and healthcare officials. These annual conferences have become must-attend events for all stakeholders charged with preserving the security and safety of staff members, students and patients in our nation’s educational and healthcare institutions.
The Campus Safety Conference’s educational sessions feature top industry speakers who will address the most important security issues facing our campuses today. The presentations will share the latest techniques for detecting, preventing and responding to safety-related incidents. The full program agenda can be viewed here.
Program topics that will be covered include:
- Emerging Trends in Targeted School Violence
- Building Campus Safety and Security Programs
- The Need for First Care Responders
- Bomb Threat Protocols for Schools
- Successful Approaches in Clery Act & Tiitle IX Compliance
- Social Media and High Risk Behavior
- Determining Appropriate Levels of Public Safety Staffing
- Behavioral Analysis of Active Shooters
The speakers who will be featured include:
- William Adcox (University of Texas – Houston Police Department)
- Roy Anderson (Clark County School District)
- Timothy Anderson (Los Angeles School Police Department)
- Tony Beliz (Beliz & Associates)
- Joshua Bobko (First Care Provider.Org)
- Jeffrey Cugno (Federal Bureau of Investigatio n Los Angeles)
- Clayton Cranford (Orange County Sheriff’s Department)
- Steven Healy (Margolis Healy)
- Sgt. Chris Taylor (Sacramento Police Department)
- Tony Beliz (Beliz & Associates)
- Joshua Bobko (First Care Provider.Org)
- Melissa Zak (University of Colorado-Boulder)
- Clayton Crawford (Orange County Sheriff’s Department)
- Sgt. Tim Rich (STOPit)
- Stan Skipworth (Claremont Colleges)
For the full list of speakers, click here.
Sponsored by:
Axis Communications, CISCO, Applied Facts, ASSA ABLOY, AT&T, CCUPCA, DAS Simplified, Eaton, EASL, Milestone Systems, Maxxess, North Virginia Community College (NOVA), NASSLEO, NAPCO Security, Orator Plus, Inc., Prep and Save.com, SafeSchools Campus Management, Salient Systems, SchoolDude, Security Solutions, Status Solutions, Talkaphone, Target Solutions, TKH Security Solutions, University of Southern California Public Safety, Vivotek, VectorUSA, ZipEdTech
General questions regarding the Los Angeles or Chicago Campus Safety Events should be directed to events@campussafetymagazine.com or by calling 855-351-0927. General attendee registration is now open for all conferences.
Press registration for the Los Angeles conference can be done here. Interview requests and inquiries should be directed to Jim.Noyd@NoydCom.com or by calling 310-374-8100.
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