IACLEA Press Releases

IACLEA Completes First Delivery of Executive Overview

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST

A new three-hour course designed to train senior higher education administrators on their roles in responding to a critical incident or emergency on a college campus made its official debut on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), delivered the three-hour course, which is an executive overview based on its three-day course, Managing Critical Incidents for Higher Education Institutions: A Multi Disciplinary, Community Approach. Both courses are certified and supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA). ""We want to thank the administration at Stonehill College and in particular, Father Mark Cregan, its President, and Peter Carnes, its Chief of Police, for hosting this course"," said Frank Zebedis, Chair of IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee and Chief of Police at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Zebedis was one of two instructors who taught the course with Toni Rinaldi, who is a DPC member and Director of Public Safety at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut. The goal of the course is to introduce campus and community executive leadership to an all-hazards approach in preparedness, prevention, response and recovery as they affect higher education institutions during a critical incident. The audience for the course is senior stakeholders within higher education institutions and from the communities that host or surround the campus. IACLEA developed the course in cooperation with the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) based at Texas A&M University. TEEX is a founding member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), an official entity of DHS/FEMA charged with developing and delivering high-quality training to emergency responders throughout the U.S. ""When we taught the three-day course, which is geared toward emergency responders and their mutual aid partners, we received feedback that it was great training, but the college president and senior administrators needed to be in the room,"" Zebedis said. ""This course recognizes the time pressures on senior administrators and is focused on the roles they play in managing a critical incident, which are different than the roles of the emergency responders."" Stonehill College is a Catholic liberal arts college located outside of Boston in Easton. Stonehill has an enrollment of 2,500 students in more than 80 academic programs. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT. IACLEA: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety

Federal Officials Certify Executive Overview Course

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April 2012) The federal government has certified a new three-hour course designed to train senior executives at higher education institutions for their roles in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies on a campus. The new course was derived from material included in a three-day course called, "Managing Critical Incidents for Higher Education Institutions: A Multi-disciplinary, Community Approach," which is offered by the International Association for Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), with the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA). ""We are grateful to the federal government for certifying this course, which will focus on providing training and guidance to senior leaders on our nation's campuses,"" said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, who is the Chief of Police and Associate Vice President for Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. ""During an emergency, the role of the college president and senior leadership is different from the role of the campus police and other emergency responders,"" Verrecchia said. ""This course focuses on these roles."" Verrecchia thanked IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee, under the leadership of Frank Zebedis, for its role in advocating for and assisting with the design of the course. Zebedis is the Chief of Police at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. ""What we found when we went around the country teaching the three-day course was that the students told us it was a great course, but their college president needed to be there,"" Zebedis said. ""Senior leaders don't have the time to sit through a three-day course, so we worked with our training partners to design a three-hour course."" IACLEA sponsored a pilot delivery of the course on January 18, 2012, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. The first official delivery of the new course is scheduled to take place April 11, 2012, at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, which will be taught by two of the subject matter experts who developed it. IACLEA developed the course in partnership with the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) at Texas A&M University. TEEX is a founding member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), an official DHS/FEMA entity charged with developing and delivering high-quality training programs for emergency responders. TEEX worked with three Subject Matter Experts from IACLEA: Zebedis; Paul H. Dean, Chief of Police and Executive Director of Public Safety at the University of New Hampshire; and Toni Rinaldi, Director of Public Safety at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut. The objective of the course is to inform higher education institution and community executive and senior leadership about the roles they fulfill that are necessary to support the management of a critical incident that utilizes the effective and efficient application and implementation of an all-hazards, multi-disciplinary, command and management team approach as described in the National Incident Management System's (NIMS). The workshop has specific emphasis on the unique aspects of a critical incident on a campus community. The intended audience for this workshop will include college and university presidents, vice presidents, chancellors and key senior administration and staff from within higher education institutions. The audience also includes senior stakeholders from communities that host, surround or neighbor institutions of higher education. These include officials at the local, state, tribal and federal levels. IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee is in the process of developing criteria for selecting and certifying a cadre of instructors to teach the course. The course is expected to be available this summer. IACLEA: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia Receives Congressional Champion Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 8, 2012) -- U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia received the 2012 Congressional Champion Award from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) during the fifth annual Capitol Hill Day on March 1, 2012 at the U.S. Capitol. Warner, a former Virginia Governor who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008, was recognized for his strong efforts to support the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. The creation of a National Center is IACLEA's chief legislative priority. The Center would provide training, encourage research and collaboration to strengthen campus public safety, and serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate campus public safety information. Senator Warner introduced legislation to authorize the Center last October. His bill, S. 1749, is drawing cosponsors from different parts of the country, and it is drafted so that funding is balanced within existing judiciary programs. "IACLEA is pleased to recognize Senator Warner for his steadfast efforts to support campus public safety in the U.S. Senate," said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, who is the Chief of Police and Assistant Vice President for Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Campus public safety officers "have a unique and more unusual challenge than other law enforcement agencies," Warner said. "The challenge is to get these young folks through this important transition in their lives and to keep them safe at the same time." Warner reiterated his strong support for the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety, citing the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in his home state. 'No place should have to go through the horror and tragedy that went on at Virginia Tech,' he said. 'The (2007) shootings and the recent officer death there re-inforces the need to have this kind of legislation.' He also noted the cost, about $2.75 million, would not increase the deficit as IACLEA has identified a funding source in the budget. "It doesn't blow out the deficit. It makes sense and we're going to try and get it passed," Senator Warner said. A Democrat, Warner serves on the Senate's Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. After three years in the Senate, his legislative achievements include efforts to forge a bipartisan plan to reduce federal deficits and the national debt. He also played a key role in crafting bipartisan financial reform legislation, and Senator Warner has been a leader in the Senate in the effort to promote greater efficiency and cost-savings across federal agencies. Serving as Virginia's Governor between 2002 and 2006, Warner worked in a bipartisan way to make state government more effective, and he ultimately turned a record budget deficit into a surplus. Governor Warner focused on improving public education and expanding economic opportunity, and recruited 135,000 new jobs into Virginia during his four-year term. Warner was congratulated at the event by Chief of Police Michael F. Lynch of George Mason University. With an enrollment of more than 32,000 students and campuses in Fairfax, Arlington County, Loudon County and Prince Williams County, George Mason is one of the largest institutions in the region. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT. IACLEA: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety

D Stafford & Associates, LLC Joins Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (February 2012) -- D Stafford & Associates has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. D Stafford & Associates is a Titanium Plus Partner and, as such, has pledged a significant donation to support IACLEA's mission and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the importance of campus public safety and to support initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide. IACLEA developed the Corporate Partnership program in 2005 to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. D. Stafford & Associates is a professional consulting firm specializing in safety, security, and law enforcement issues on college campuses and universities, including specialization in Clery Act compliance issues. Dolores Stafford, the President and CEO has been providing campus safety consulting services since 1997. D. Stafford & Associates has a cadre of experienced and knowledgeable associates who are prepared to assist client institutions in assessing the security, safety and federal compliance on their college campuses. The company offers a wide variety of services, including but not limited to: Clery Act compliance audits and training; organizational assessments; security and vulnerability assessments; training in active shooter situations, Title IX, use of force, community policing and emergency response; developing and facilitating tabletop, functional and live exercises; and Chief/Director search processes and interim chief/director placement services. For more information about these and other available services, check our website: www.dstaffordandassociates.com. IACLEA encourages its members to support Corporate Partners by inviting them to bid on projects or purchases involving campus public safety equipment, hardware, software, and consulting assistance. The Corporate Partner logos are displayed on the IACLEA web site, both on the home page and on the Corporate Partner page at: http://iaclea.org/visitors/about/CorporatePartnership/index.cfm According to a recent IACLEA member survey, more than eight in 10 IACLEA members are aware of the Corporate Partnership program and a similar percentage are familiar with what companies are supporting the Association through their participation in the program. Nearly six in 10 members reported they look favorably on Corporate Partners by inviting or encouraging them to bid when considering purchasing a new product or service. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and more than 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Senator Warner Receives 2012 Congressional Champion Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (February 2012) -- U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia has been selected by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) to receive the 2012 Congressional Champion Award. Warner, a former Virginia Governor who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008, was recognized for his strong efforts to support the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. The creation of a National Center is IACLEA's chief legislative priority. The Center would provide training, encourage research and collaboration to strengthen campus public safety, and serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate campus public safety information. Senator Warner introduced legislation to authorize the Center last October. His bill, S. 1749, is drawing cosponsors from different parts of the country, and it is drafted so that funding is balanced within existing judiciary programs. The Congressional Champion Award will be presented to Senator Warner during IACLEA's 5th annual Capitol Hill Day on March 1, 2012, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. "IACLEA is pleased to recognize Senator Warner for his steadfast efforts to support campus public safety in the U.S. Senate," said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, who is the Chief of Police and Assistant Vice President for Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. A Democrat, Warner serves on the Senate's Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. After three years in the Senate, his legislative achievements include efforts to forge a bipartisan plan to reduce federal deficits and the national debt. He also played a key role in crafting bipartisan financial reform legislation, and Senator Warner has been a leader in the Senate in the effort to promote greater efficiency and cost-savings across federal agencies. Serving as Virginia's Governor between 2002 and 2006, Warner worked in a bipartisan way to make state government more effective, and he ultimately turned a record budget deficit into a surplus. Governor Warner focused on improving public education and expanding economic opportunity, and recruited 135,000 new jobs into Virginia during his four-year term. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT. IACLEA: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety

IACLEA Unveils New Logo, Tagline and Branding Campaign

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

ANNOUNCEMENT Paul V. Verrecchia IACLEA President January 30, 2012 Today, IACLEA proudly unveils its new logo and tagline, "IACLEA: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety." The logo and tagline are part of a broader Branding initiative developed last year by the Board of Directors. This Branding project was accomplished with the assistance of a consultant, the Lyerly Agency, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, to guide us in the process. The consultant reviewed existing member needs assessment surveys and other data on how members and non-members perceive IACLEA. A Brand Audit session was conducted last year with the Board and senior staff and additional research took place after the Audit session to determine the relevance of IACLEA's core identity and our future positioning 'mong similar organizations. Three elements came out of this process: a new logo, a Tagline and positioning statement, and Brand Key Selling Messages. IACLEA's unique position in the marketplace was defined as: IACLEA, a North American-based association with global reach, has served the needs of its membership for over 50 years. It is the voice and leading authority in the professional development, effective practices and standards, innovation and advocacy for campus public safety. Key messages were developed based on the unique positioning statement. This led to one of the most important aspects of the Branding initiative: a new logo and tagline. After much thought and consideration of several alternatives, the Board approved this as our new tagline: The Leading Authority for Campus Public Safety The final piece was the new logo. There was strong support for including a symbol that reflected the law enforcement and public safety of the Association. The new logo features the Association's name, tagline and a graphic icon of a shield. It serves to highlight IACLEA's claim as the leading authority in campus public safety. You will notice a fresh, updated look and feel to electronic and print materials you receive from IACLEA. The brand creates an intellectual and emotional connection with members and external audiences. Our brand is the umbrella for all points of contact with members and others. It will be used consistently on all IACLEA materials. Our Board also identified a need to provide fresh news in the form of major news stories affecting campus public safety to our members on a regular basis. We have launched an email News Digest on a trial basis. This digest will be sent to your email inbox twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This News Digest will feature news stories from around the world of interest to our members. It should serve to keep you updated on current events, trends, public policy initiatives and major events in campus public safety. We welcome your feedback on the News Digest. Please feel free to share your opinions on these initiatives.

Statement on Death of Virginia Tech Officer

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA Statement on Shooting at Virginia Tech Paul V. Verrecchia, President December 9, 2011, 9:30 a.m. ET On behalf of the 2,000 members of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) worldwide, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to the Virginia Tech community on the murder of Police Officer Deriek Crouse. Crouse was fatally shot while responding to a traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot on the campus shortly after 12:15 p.m. on December 8. According to the Virginia State Police, the suspect was later found dead of a gunshot wound in the Cage parking lot along Duck Pond Drive. The death of a police officer in the line of duty is a stark reminder that law enforcement officers risk their lives each day to protect the safety of our citizens. Those officers who make the ultimate sacrifice must always remain in our thoughts and prayers. Campus public safety officers are not immune from these dangers as we have unfortunately seen several killed in the line of duty just in the past ten years. We extend our deepest sympathies to Officer Crouse's family and to Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum and the entire Virginia Tech Police Department as they cope with this terrible tragedy. A memorial fund has been established to support the officer's family. Here is a link to a webpage with more informaton about the fund: http://www.police.vt.edu/VTPD_v2.1/crouse.html

Corporate Partnership Director Appointed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (December 2011) -- Susan Koczka has been appointed to the staff of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), as the Director of Corporate Partnerships, succeeding Dolores Stafford, who has resigned to devote more time to her consulting activities, Chief Staff Officer Peter J. Berry CAE announced. Born and raised in Wethersfield, CT, Susan received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Central Connecticut State University. Susan has more than twenty years of experience in the hospitality industry, mostly in sales and marketing. She began her career in hotel banquets and meetings. Over the years, she was promoted to various convention services and sales positions. Previously she was Regional Director of Sales and Marketing at GF Management, overseeing the sales efforts at ten hotels located in the northeast. Most recently, Susan worked in destination sales & marketing for the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau. Since pre-construction of the Connecticut Convention Center, she solicited and presented to associations nationwide to bring their conventions to Hartford, CT. Susan was instrumental in bringing IACLEA's 50th Anniversary Conference to Hartford in 2008. Susan has been active in professional associations, both as a supplier/vendor with non-profit organizations, such as the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), and Meeting Professionals International (MPI). Susan has participated on several chapter committees and served on the Board of Directors of others. Susan obtained her CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) designation in 2007. The CMP recognizes individuals who have achieved the highest standards of professionalism in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. Active in the community, Susan currently volunteers with The Children's Home of Cromwell, a state-of-the-art residential treatment center, special education school, and family treatment center serving central Connecticut, working with the Development Office for their Special Events Committee. Susan has chaired the Annual Taste of Cromwell, CT Food & Wine event for the past three years.

Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship Recipients

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (November 2011) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Inc. (IACLEA) has awarded eight scholarships to minority group members to attend the Executive Development Institute (EDI) from November 13-16, 2011, at the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, thanks to a generous grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation. "We thank the Motorola Solutions Foundation for its support for diversity in campus public safety," said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. "This is an outstanding class of scholarship recipients reflecting a wide range of skills and talents." The Executive Development Institute is an intensive three-day program to train current and newly appointed executives on law enforcement leadership and management topics pertaining to a campus environment. The target audience is managers with the following titles: chief of police, director of public safety, director of security, and command personnel such as captain or assistant director being considered for promotion. "The Motorola Solutions Foundation is committed to supporting the training and development of campus law enforcement executives," said Matt Blakely, director of the Motorola Solutions Foundation. "Campus safety is critical to providing an environment where our future leaders can learn and gain the knowledge they strive for every day." This year's scholarship recipients are: " Carl Barchus, Director of School Safety/Security, City of Mount Vernon (NY) School District. " Kevin L. Booker, Commander of the Support Services Division and the Community Services Division, University of Chicago Police Department. " Lewis A. Eakins CPP, Director of Public Safety, Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama. " Martha Meegan, Director of Campus Safety and Security, Columbia College, Chicago. " Carlos Rodriguez, Technology Service Manager, the University of Texas-Pan American Police Department, Edinburg, Texas. " Melissa L. Sandoval, Parking Manager, the University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas. " Fountain L. Walker, Patrol Commander, University of Chicago Police Department " Amanda Warman, Director of Campus Safety and adjunct faculty member in social sciences, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. This session of the EDI took place November 13-16, 2010 at the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in Evanston, IL. Formerly the Traffic Institute, the Center for Public Safety builds on the Traffic Institute's tradition of excellence by expanding the scope of education to include a comprehensive offering of crash investigation, police operations and management, and transportation engineering courses. Law enforcement agencies have also come to depend on the Center for university-level research programs, technical assistance, and conferences on issues such as DUI. This is the second year of a partnership with the Center for Public Safety at Northwestern. About Motorola Solutions Foundation The Motorola Solutions Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions. With employees located around the globe, Motorola Solutions seeks to benefit the communities where it operates. The company achieves this by making strategic grants, forging strong community partnerships and fostering innovation. The Motorola Solutions Foundation focuses its funding on public safety, disaster relief, employee programs and education, especially science, technology, engineering and math programming. For more information on Motorola Solutions Corporate and Foundation giving, visit www.motorolasolutions.com/giving. About IACLEA IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Will Unveil New Logo in January of 2012

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (November 2011) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) is getting a new, fresh look. In January of 2012, IACLEA will retire its current logo and unveil an updated logo and tagline as part of a major campaign to rebrand the Association. The overall goals of the branding initiative are to identify and highlight IACLEA's unique strengths, its position among higher education and public safety associations, and to establish consistent communications about IACLEA and what it represents. Along with the new logo, IACLEA will roll out a new tagline that reflects the Association's brand. The logo and tagline will be unveiled in early January of 2012. The Board of Directors, through its Communications Task Force, launched the branding project in 2011. The Board selected the Lyerly Agency of Charlotte, North Carolina, a branding consultant, to work with the Board, selected members-at-large, and the senior staff to identify the unique strengths and attributes of IACLEA. Then, the consultant developed a Positioning Statement that reflects IACLEA's unique value in the marketplace and key selling messages that support the Positioning Statement. Along with these, several versions of a logo were developed for review by the Task Force and staff. The Board approved the new logo in September of 2011 and directed the staff to develop a transition plan and rollout campaign to replace the current logo on all printed and electronic materials and to market the new logo and tagline. "This branding campaign is about much more than a new logo and a tagline," said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. "It's about IACLEA staking its claim as the leader in campus public safety. It highlights our commitment to serve our members and to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and excellence for the profession." Verrecchia, who chaired the Communications Task Force, thanked its members for their outstanding dedication in overseeing the branding project and logo and tagline development. Other task force members were: President-Elect Anne Glavin, Chief of Police/Director of Police Services at California State University in Northridge; Paul Ominsky, Chief of Police at Princeton University; and Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University. "The IACLEA leadership and membership have worked hard over the past ten years to raise the profile of the Association," Verrecchia said. "Whether it was securing homeland security funding for training to make our campuses safer, participating in Clery Act regulations, or getting the IACLEA Accreditation program off the ground, IACLEA is well-known for its commitment to professionalism and excellence," he said. "The time is right for IACLEA to communicate its unique value to the public and other audiences." The Association has had at least five seals or logos during its 53-year history. In the 50th Anniversary commemorative book, "IACLEA: The First Fifty Years," 1961-1962 President Charles Ray of the University of Pittsburgh recalled the initial effort to create a seal for the Association, which was then known as the National Association of College & University Traffic and Security Directors. The University of Pittsburgh's design department helped to create a seal that consisted of a lamp of learning, the open book of knowledge and the grouped spears of protection on a heraldic shield with the words, "Campus Security' below. This was enclosed in a circle made up of the words of the Association's name. The seal was updated as the Association's name changed to the International Association of College and University Security Directors, and finally to its current name. In 1980 a new IACLEA logo was unveiled that featured the lamp of learning, the open book of knowledge, and two globes depicting the two hemispheres of the world. The current logo is more than two decades old.

Ray Wheatley Installed as International Director

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (October 2011) -- Ray Wheatley, Security Services Manager at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland, was installed by President Paul V. Verrecchia as the International Director on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA). Verrecchia administered the oath of office to Wheatley during IACLEA's Board meeting on October 14 in Boston, MA. Wheatley succeeds Russell B. "Dino" Richardson of Bermuda College, who has retired. "IACLEA thanks Dino Richardson for his service and dedication. He advocated effectively on issues that affect our international members," Verrecchia said. "Ray Wheatley brings energy, passion and commitment to the position. He has been active in IACLEA for a number of years and we look forward to his service on the Board." Wheatley has worked in the security industry for the past 22 years. In 1995, he was appointed Security Services Manager at Dublin City University. Wheatley has served as an executive member and international representative of the Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) for the past 10 years and hosted its international conference in 2004. He is a member of the Security Institute of Ireland, from which he graduated with a diploma in Security Management in 2008. He has been an active IACLEA member since 2003 and has attended every Annual Conference since 2005. Wheatley stated he is a strong believer in leading from the front. The International Region consists of all countries in the world except for the United States and Canada. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

IACLEA President Attends Reception at VP's Residence

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 2011) -- IACLEA President Paul Verrecchia was joined by campus public safety agency directors at a reception hosted by Joe and Dr. Jill Biden at the official Vice President's residence in Washington, DC on September 13th. The reception was in honor of the 17th anniversary of Congressional passage of the Violence Against Women Act and its newly created federal agency, the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) that administers its authorized programs. This office within the U.S. Department of Justice funded 20 college and university campus based programs this year and is currently working with IACLEA on issues of sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The reception featured the Vice President speaking for about 20 minutes on the important strides that have come about since the passage of the Act, especially the enforcement of its provisions by the public safety community. Joining Verrecchia at the reception were IACLEA members David Mitchell, Chief of Police, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Kevin Hay, Chief of Police, George Washington University, Washington DC; Rocco DelMonaco, Vice President for University Safety, Georgetown University, Washington DC; and Michael Lynch, Chief of Police, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Renews Support for National Center

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 15, 2011) -- Renewing its call for creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety, a member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators' (IACLEA) Board of Directors said this initiative would give campus public safety agencies "knowledge, guidance and best practices&to address the many challenges of protecting students, staff and critical infrastructure on campuses." "With a National Center, our more than 2,500 traditional colleges and universities would have the benefit of knowledge, guidance and best practices from agencies across the country to address the many challenges of protecting students, staff, and critical infrastructure on campuses," said Vickie Weaver, IACLEA's Mid-Atlantic Region Director, who is also the Director of Public Safety at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Weaver spoke at a news conference today sponsored by U.S. Rep. Robert "Bobby" Scott of Virginia, a leading sponsor of the National Center bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. The press conference is scheduled to coincide with Campus Safety Awareness Month in September. The National Center for Campus Public Safety was a consensus recommendation of a 2005 report entitled, "National Summit on Campus Public Safety: Strategies for Colleges and Universities in a Homeland Security Environment." The report was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Community Policing Institute, with the support of the Johns Hopkins University division of public safety leadership. IACLEA received a grant from the COPS Office in 2005 to develop a Strategic Plan and Business Prospectus for the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. A National Center would support the campus public safety profession, foster collaboration, facilitate information sharing on best practices in campus safety, and provide quality training and education. "There are 17 million postsecondary students in the United States and millions more staff, faculty and campus visitors," Weaver said. "Our community is larger than New York City or Los Angeles. Our campuses house critical research projects, nuclear reactors, concert venues, nuclear and medical waste from university-affiliated hospitals, stadiums for widely-attended sporting events, and even Presidential debates. This makes the mandate for campus officers to ensure safety and security both diverse and extremely complex."she said. She noted that the proposed Center has an authorization level of $2.75 million, or 16 cents per student. Among the funding sources that might be available are research and training funds appropriated to agencies within the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security. The austere House-proposed 2012 Justice budget includes more than $182 million for research, evaluation and statistics. A National Center would be 1.5 percent of that amount. The House unanimously passed authorizing legislation to create the center in 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Center in a bipartisan vote, but it was too late in the session to come to a full Senate vote. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Releases White Paper on Establishing Staffing Levels

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (August 30, 2011) -- College and university administrators must take into account a number of variables in determining the appropriate staffing levels for their campus public safety function, according to a white paper released by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA). The report is entitled, "Establishing Appropriate Staffing Levels for Campus Public Safety Departments,' by Sue Woolfenden, QPM, Ph.D., and Bill Stevenson, Ph.D., of Strategic Direction, a consulting firm based in the United Kingdom that specializes in police resource allocation. The report was supported by a grant to IACLEA from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The white paper explores how campus public safety department staffing levels are determined, what agencies are able to achieve with the number of staff available to them, and what challenges they face in this respect. It also examines whether there is the potential to develop a means of determining appropriate staffing levels for campus public safety. Most importantly to the safety of the students, staff and faculty at colleges and universities, this report looks at staffing needs as they relate to the execution or maintenance of a community oriented policing mission--a major issue in today's tight economic times where many police chiefs and public safety directors are expressing concern that their resources are already being stretched to the limit. "This white paper is a valuable resource to colleges and universities in examining the considerations surrounding the establishment of adequate staffing levels for their campus public safety departments," said IACLEA President Paul V. Verrecchia, who is the Chief of Police at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. "IACLEA urges senior higher education administrators and campus public safety leaders to read this white paper. We welcome your comments and feedback," he said. Research for the report consisted of a review of literature and previous studies related to campus public safety staffing, administration of an online survey to identify relevant issues and current practices related to staffing, and a total of four focus group sessions held at American University in Washington D.C. in 2009. Eight participants attended the focus groups from a cross-section of colleges and universities, including urban and rural, public and private, and four-year and two-year institutions. The participants were campus chiefs of police or public safety directors as well as some senior higher education administrators. The characteristics of a college or university affect campus public safety staffing levels. These include student population, the location and physical security requirements of the institution, the number of buildings on and around the campus, availability of student housing, campus size, and the institution's expectations for their campus public safety department. An analysis of the survey data suggested "that total institution staffing levels, number of faculty members, total student enrollment, and the number of on-campus buildings were more strongly correlated with [campus public safety department] staffing levels than were other variables, such as campus size." According to the report, colleges and universities structure their campus public safety function in a variety of ways. Some institutions (26 percent of survey respondents) employ all sworn officers with full arrest powers, some (36 percent) have all non-sworn officers, while others (37 percent) have a mix of sworn and non-sworn officers. About half of survey respondents reported that they arm their officers. The study found that agencies with larger staffing levels were more likely to engage in community oriented policing activities, which involve strategies to support the use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the conditions that give rise to crime. The survey found that 33 percent of campus public safety departments with fewer than 10 staff members will undertake no community policing activities. Once staffing levels rise above 30 staff members, activities increase considerably, with more than 50 percent of departments undertaking between seven and 10 community policing activities. The most frequent community policing activities were: walk-home escorts, safety awareness programs, crime prevention programs, sexual assault prevention, geographic patrol areas, and first-year orientation programs on campus safety. The employment of community policing entails a shift to the long-term assignment of officers to specific geographic areas. "The successful implementation of such specific deployments in a campus setting relies heavily on the ability of the department to make officers available at appropriate times to meet the needs of their community--appropriate being defined by the institution's community rather than the department," the report found. "Those [departments] who employed geographic patrol areas were also likely to devote more of their officers' time to other community policing activities; 31 percent were able to devote over one quarter of their officers' time compared to 12 percent of those who did not employ geographic patrol areas." The report examined current approaches to determining staffing for campus public safety departments. One of the major findings was that the majority of campus public safety departments have little or no control over their staffing levels. In 60 percent of the cases, staffing levels were determined solely (24.8 percent) or mainly (35.2 percent) by budget considerations. For community colleges and public universities, the rate is slightly higher at 65 percent and for private universities it is slightly lower at 53 percent. "When budget is not the major determinant [of staffing levels], the main drivers in determining staffing levels are workload analysis, benchmarking with similar institutions, and self-determined formulae based on student population," the report stated. The full report has been posted on the COPS Office website: http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=608 About the COPS Office The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The community policing philosophy promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. In its simplest form, community policing is about building relationships and solving problems. The COPS Office awards grants to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire and train community policing professionals, acquire and deploy cutting-edge crime fighting technologies, and develop and test innovative policing strategies. The COPS Office funding also provides training and technical assistance to community members and local government leaders and all levels of law enforcement. About IACLEA IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

Tupper Receives President's Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 2011) -- Richard D. Tupper, director of campus safety at Augustana College, Sioux Falls Campus, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, received the President's Award at IACLEA's 53rd Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month. Phillip A. Johnson, IACLEA's 2010-2011 President, presented the award to Tupper on June 18 at the Association's Annual Business Meeting. "Rick Tupper has provided vital service leadership over the past several years as chair of the Conference Committee and before that as an active member of the committee," said Johnson, who is the director of security police at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. "Rick has served his entire career in law enforcement, is a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate of the FBI National Academy." Tupper has chaired IACLEA's Annual Conference Committee for the past three years. The committee is responsible for identifying topics and speakers for professional development programs to be presented at the Conference and coordinating and overseeing the scheduling of these sessions. "Rick represents the best in campus law enforcement and we are fortunate to have such a professional among our ranks," Johnson said. The President's Award is traditionally bestowed on a member whose efforts go above and beyond the call of duty. Tupper was recently named by incoming President Paul Verrecchia as chair of a newly constituted Education and Learning Committee, which will oversee all professional development programs developed by IACLEA. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT. #

2011-2012 Officers and Directors Installed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (June 27, 2011) - The 2011-2012 Officers and Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, (IACLEA), were sworn in recently by outgoing President Phillip A. Johnson, Director of Security Police at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. They will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Paul Verrecchia, Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC., was sworn in as President. Sworn in as President-Elect was Anne P. Glavin, Chief of Police/Director of Police Services at California State University, Northridge. The Officers were sworn in during the Installation Breakfast on the closing day of IACLEA's 53nd Anniversary Annual Conference & Exposition, held from June 17-20 in Charlotte, NC. The 2011-2012 Board of Directors was also installed: Pierre Barbarie, Associate Director of Safety & Security, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Canadian Regional Director; Russell Richardson, Manager of Safety & Security, Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda, International Region Director; James Schumann, Executive Director of Facilities, Security & Safety, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, Mid-America Region Director; Vickie L. Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, Mid-Atlantic Region Director; Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Mountain Pacific Region Director; Ronald Guilmette, Chief of Police, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, North Atlantic Region Director; David L. Perry, Chief of Police, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Southeast Region Director; William Taylor, Chief of Police, Rice University, Houston, TX, Southwest Region Director; John B. Carter, Chief of Police, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Director-at-Large; Thomas Johnson Chief of Police/Director of University Police, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, Director-at-Large; and, Howard Cook, Chief of Police, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, Director-at-Large. Johnson will continue to serve on the Board as Immediate Past President and Jasper Cooke, Public Safety Director/University Police Chief at Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, will serve as Treasurer. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Motorola Solutions Foundation Supports Scholarships

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April, 2011) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Inc. (IACLEA) is pleased to announce it has awarded six scholarships to allow eligible minority group members to attend the annual Executive Development Institute (EDI) for the next three years, thanks to a generous grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation. "We thank the Motorola Solutions Foundation for its support for diversity in campus public safety," said IACLEA President Phillip A. Johnson, who is the Director of Security Police at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN. "Our student population on campuses is becoming increasingly diverse and it's important that we develop leaders who reflect that diversity on our campuses." The Executive Development Institute is an intensive three-day program to train current and newly appointed executives on law enforcement leadership and management topics pertaining to a campus environment. The target audience is managers with the following titles: chief of police, director of public safety, director of security, and command personnel such as captain or assistant director being considered for promotion. The majority of law enforcement training resources and organizational attention is primarily directed to recruits, and then to supervisory, specialty and in-service training. For campus law enforcement executives, there are few, if any, programs tailored to address the demands of a campus environment. This program addresses that need. "The Motorola Solutions Foundation is committed to supporting the training and development of campus law enforcement executives," said Matt Blakely, director of the Motorola Solutions Foundation. "Campus safety is critical to providing an environment that our future leaders can learn and gain the knowledge they strive for every day." This year's EDI will take place April 10-13, 2011 at the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in Evanston, IL. Formerly the Traffic Institute, the Center for Public Safety builds on the Traffic Institute's tradition of excellence by expanding the scope of education to include a comprehensive offering of crash investigation, police operations and management, and transportation engineering courses. Law enforcement agencies have also come to depend on the Center for university-level research programs, technical assistance, and conferences on issues such as DUI. This is the second year of a partnership with the Center for Public Safety at Northwestern. An example of a scholarship recipient includes Reginald Clerie who began his law enforcement and security career in Haiti as a patrolman and progressed through the ranks to become Criminal Investigations Team Leader for the Haitian National Police. After moving to the United States, Clerie continued to pursue a career in private security. He was hired by St. Thomas College in 2002 and rose through the ranks to his current position as Assistant Director. Additional scholarship recipients for this year include: --Patricia Buhl, Director of Public Safety, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK --Stephen Dyer, Manager Designate, Security and Safety Department, Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda --Peter Perez, Jr., Assistant Chief/Assistant Director, Trinity University Police Department, San Antonio, Texas. --Vincent Shipman, Administrative Officer, University of Delaware Police Department, Newark, DE --Emily Simerly, Administrative Affairs Lieutenant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN For more information on the EDI and the Motorola Scholarship program, including eligibility criteria and the scholarship application visit: http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/professionaldevelopment/executive/index.cfm About Motorola Solutions Foundation The Motorola Solutions Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions. With employees located around the globe, Motorola Solutions seeks to benefit the communities where it operates. The company achieves this by making strategic grants, forging strong community partnerships, and fostering innovation. The Motorola Solutions Foundation focuses its funding on public safety, disaster relief, employee programs and education, especially science, technology, engineering and math programming. For more information, on Motorola Solutions Corporate and Foundation giving, visit www.motorolasolutions.com/giving. About IACLEA IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

U.S. Rep. Capito Receives 2011 Congressional Champion Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 2011) - U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia is the 2011 recipient of the Congressional Champion Award, bestowed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA). IACLEA President Phillip A. Johnson presented the award to Rep. Capito during the fourth annual Capitol Hill Day, on Thursday, March 10. He cited Rep. Capito's strong support for the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety, as well as her backing for measures to strengthen law enforcement in the U.S. Rep. Capito serves the people of West Virginia's Second Congressional District in the 112th Congress, where she represents a diverse constituency stretching from the Ohio River Valley through the state's eastern panhandle. Capito is a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and a committed public servant who prides herself on being approachable and accessible to her constituents. She is currently the only woman in West Virginia's congressional delegation. Capito serves on the House Financial Services Committee as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. She also sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure - the panel which will direct important highway legislation during the 112th Congress. With her record of bipartisan cooperation, she strongly believes that the challenges of our day demand bipartisan solutions. With that spirit in mind, she has been an advocate for a range of policies that directly impact her constituents, including energy independence, quality healthcare and the safety and security of our service men and women. Rep. Capito said she has an appreciation of the challenges facing campus public safety departments. She said the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety would promote professionalism and information sharing on best practices in the field. Previous award recipients are: U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois (2010); U.S. Rep. Robert 'Bobby' Scott of Virginia (2009); and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont (2008). IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

Campus Law Enforcement Journal Goes Digital in 2011

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (January 11, 2011) -- The Campus Law Enforcement Journal is going digital in 2011. During its November 15, 2010 meeting, the Board of Directors' Finance Committee voted unanimously to reduce the number of printed editions of the Campus Law Enforcement Journal from the current six to four each year, beginning in the 2011 calendar year. This change is driven primarily by the opportunity for substantial cost savings and the potential of the digital edition to deliver IACLEA news and initiatives more quickly to the membership. Technology allows IACLEA to produce a digital copy of the CLEJ that is nearly identical to the printed version, with several enhancements. Among these is the ability to embed web links into the copy so that members can click on a link in an article and go directly to a web page with additional resources related to the article. Members will also be able to turn the pages of the digital publication and easily navigate it. The move to reduce the number of printed copies of the CLEJ will result in annual savings of more than $13,000 in printing and mailing costs. By reducing its printing, IACLEA is also promoting a 'green' association by conserving paper and ink. Several other higher education associations are moving toward digital/print hybrid models for their journals. Among these is the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). According to a recent survey, this initiative has strong support among the membership. The 2009 Communications Survey results indicated that 80 percent of members who responded would support a reduction in the number of printed editions of the CLEJ from six to four. The current plan calls for the following editions of the CLEJ to remain as printed issues: January-February, May-June, July-August (Annual Report issue), November-December (Corporate Partner issue). The March-April and September-October editions of the Journal will be disseminated to members via email in digital form only.

IACLEA 2010-2011 Officers and Directors Installed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 1, 2010) - The 2010-2011 Officers and Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, (IACLEA), were sworn in recently by outgoing President Marlon C. Lynch, Associate Vice President for Safety & Security and Chief of Police at the University of Chicago. They will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Phillip A. Johnson, Director of Security Police at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, was sworn in as President. Sworn in as President-Elect was Paul Verrecchia, Police Chief/Director of Public Safety, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. The Officers were sworn in during the Installation Breakfast on the closing day of IACLEA's 52nd Anniversary Annual Conference & Exposition, held from June 19-22 in St. Louis. MO. The 2010-2011 Board of Directors was also installed: Pierre Barbarie, Associate Director of Safety & Security, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Canadian Regional Director; Russell Richardson, Manager of Safety & Security, Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda, International Region Director; James Schumann, Executive Director of Facilities, Security & Safety, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, Mid-America Region Director; Vickie L. Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, Mid-Atlantic Region Director; Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Mountain Pacific Region Director; Ronald Guilmette, Chief of Police, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, North Atlantic Region Director; Anthony Purcell, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Southeast Region Director; William Taylor, Chief of Police, Rice University, Houston, TX, Southwest Region Director; Anne P. Glavin, Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police at California State University, Northridge, Director-at-Large; Thomas Johnson Chief of Police/Director of University Police, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, Director-at-Large; and, Howard Cook, Chief of Police, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, Director-at-Large. Lynch will continue to serve on the Board as Immediate Past President and Jasper Cooke, Chief of Police at Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, will serve as Treasurer. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Sen. Durbin Receives IACLEA Congressional Champion Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 2010) -- Senator Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, who currently serves as the Assistant Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate, received the 2010 Congressional Champion Award from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA). IACLEA President Marlon C. Lynch presented Sen. Durbin with the award in his Senate office at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2010, in conjunction with IACLEA's Annual Capitol Hill Day. "Senator Durbin has been a true champion for campus public safety and a staunch advocate for programs that make our U.S. college and university campuses safer," Lynch said. "It is an honor to present Senator Durbin with this award on behalf of IACLEA." Durbin was honored for his work on campus public safety in both the Higher Education Act of 2008, and the FY10 education appropriations bill. Sen. Durban was elected by his fellow Democratic Senators in December of 2006 to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip. It is the Senate's second highest ranking position. In 2004, he was elected as Minority Whip. Durbin's election to leadership marked only the fifth time in history that an Illinois Senator as served as a Senate leader. A Democrat from Springfield, Durbin is the 47th U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois and the first Illinois Senator to serve on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for more than a quarter-century. He is the state's senior Senator. Elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and re-elected in 2002, Durbin fills the seat left vacant by the retirement of his long-time friend and mentor, U.S. Senator Paul Simon. In 1999, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) appointed Durbin to the Senate's leadership team, Assistant Democratic Floor Leader. In 2000, Durbin served as Co-Chairman of the Democratic Platform Committee and also was Co-Chairman of the Atlantic Conference sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. He is a founding member of the Senate Global AIDS Caucus. Durbin told members of the IACLEA Board of Directors that they have an important responsibility to protect our students, faculty, staff and visitors to U.S. college and university campuses. He thanked them for the award and for their service to their communities and the nation. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

IACLEA President Appoints Guilmette as No. Atlantic Director

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (January 14, 2010) -- IACLEA President Marlon C. Lynch today announced the appointment of Ronald J. Guilmette, Chief of Police at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA, as the North Atlantic Regional Director on the IACLEA Board of Directors. Guilmette will serve the remainder of the term of Paul Ominsky, who resigned as North Atlantic Director when he accepted the position of Chief of Police at Princeton University, which is located in the Mid Atlantic Region. The current term ends on June 30, 2011. The North Atlantic Region encompasses the six New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. IACLEA by-laws allows the current IACLEA president to appoint a member to vacant board positions that have less than 2 years remaining on their term. Guilmette served in the Massachusetts State Police from 1968 through 1999 and was promoted seven times during his career and retired as Lieutenant Colonel. In addition to trooper duties early in his career, his other assignments included: Division Commander of Field Operations where he oversaw all Field & Special Operations for 1500 men and women in 34 field stations; Division Commander of Standards and Training overseeing Internal Affairs, Staff Inspections and Academy Training; Troop Commander at the Massachusetts Port Authority providing security at Logan International Airport. Before retiring from the state police he was appointed to serve as the Interim Chief of Police in Lawrence, MA. Guilmette is an adjunct professor of criminal justice at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and an adjunct professor of criminology at Merrimack College. He also served at the Director of the Massachusetts Police Leadership Institute. He has a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from Anna Maria College and a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. He has received many awards for his police service including the Governor's "Pride in Performance Award" and the Massachusetts State Police "Medal of Merit." IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by professional staff in Washington D.C. and West Hartford, CT.

Congress Approves $10 Million for Campus Safety

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (December 14, 2009) -- Achieving one of its major legislative priorities, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., is pleased to inform its members that Congress has approved nearly $10 million in grant funding for campus public safety initiatives as part of its omnibus funding package that will be sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. "We applaud Congress for its recognition of the importance of campus public safety," said IACLEA President Marlon C. Lynch, who is Associate Vice President for Safety & Security and Chief of Police at the University of Chicago. "Increased federal support for emergency preparedness on U.S. campuses is a major priority for IACLEA in light of recent tragedies. We thank the membership for its support, as well as the Government Relations Committee under the leadership of Mike Webster and our Director of Government and External Affairs Lisa Phillips, for their diligence with regard to this legislation." Both the House and Senate have agreed to funding levels for campus public safety grants for the current fiscal year (October 2009-September 2010). Senate approval came on Sunday, December 13. Seven million dollars will be available under the emergency preparedness account at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. An additional $2.237 million will be available for programs with a mental health component. The Senate specifically states that risk assessment, training and the purchase of hardware and software are allowed in this grant program. The Department of Education, therefore, will have discretion on how they develop their grant application priorities and guidelines. What is not discretionary is the dollar amount to be awarded to colleges and universities and that the grants will be 100%; that is, no matching institutional funds will be required. The recent meeting of IACLEA Board members with the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, the agency to administer these grants, brought IACLEA priorities to the attention of those who will make the final decisions. IACLEA will keep its members informed about the criteria for applications and the deadlines for seeking support. This program will be one of the central issues to be reviewed at IACLEA's planned Grant Writing Workshop on March 17, 2010. Details of the workshop will be announced soon. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Meets with Key Federal Agency Officials

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (November 2009) -- Prompted by the growing importance of protecting the nation's campuses, the Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) has scheduled a series of meetings with high-level federal officials from key agencies on November 5 in Washington D.C. "There is a growing awareness in Washington D.C. of the importance of campus public safety," said Marlon C. Lynch, IACLEA President. "The Higher Education Opportunities Act (HEOA) of 2008 includes major provisions relating to campus safety. As our role in public policy issues evolves, IACLEA is committed to maintaining and strengthening the relationships we have developed with federal agencies over the years," said Lynch, who is the Associate Vice President for Safety and Security at the University of Chicago. "The purpose of these meetings is two-fold: to educate federal officials on campus public safety priorities and issues, and to identify areas in which we can work together with our federal partners to strengthen the protection of our nation's college and university campuses," he said. IACLEA Board members are meeting with the following agencies: -- Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance -- Department of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education -- Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women -- Department of Homeland Security -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools -- Department of Justice, Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services -- Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. IACLEA's partnerships with federal officials have resulted in the establishment of several new programs and initiatives to enhance campus public safety. These include the development of an Accreditation program for campus public safety agencies, a WMD awareness course, the creation of a three-day critical incident management training program, and a strategic plan for the development of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. Pierre Barbarie, IACLEA's Canadian Director, will be visiting the Canadian Embassy and Russell Richardson, IACLEA's International Director, will be visiting the British Embassy. Both Barbarie and Richardson will be visiting the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

2009-2010 Officers and Directors Installed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 1, 2009) - The 2009-2010 Officers and Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, (IACLEA), were sworn in recently by outgoing President Lisa A. Sprague, Associate Director of the Florida State University Police Department, Tallahassee, FL. Marlon C. Lynch, Associate Vice President for Safety & Security and Chief of Police at the University of Chicago, was sworn in as the 2009-2010 President. Phillip A. Johnson, Director of Security Police at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, was sworn in as President-Elect. Jasper A. Cooke, Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, was installed as Treasurer. The Officers were sworn in during the Installation Breakfast on the closing day of IACLEA's 51st Annual Conference & Exposition, held from June 20-23 in Quebec City, Canada. The 2009-2010 Board of Directors was also installed: Pierre Barbarie, Associate Director of Safety & Security, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Canadian Regional Director; Russell Richardson, Manager of Safety & Security, Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda, International Region Director; James Schumann, Executive Director of Facilities, Security & Safety, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, Mid-America Region Director; Vickie L. Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, Mid-Atlantic Region Director; Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Mountain Pacific Region Director; Paul L. Ominsky, Director of Public Safety at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, North Atlantic Region Director; Anthony Purcell, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Southeast Region Director; William Taylor, Chief of Police, Rice University, Houston, TX, Southwest Region Director; Anne P. Glavin, Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police at California State University, Northridge, Director-at-Large; Thomas Johnson Chief of Police/Director of University Police, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, Director-at-Large; and Paul Verrecchia, Police Chief/Director of Public Safety, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, Director-at-Large. Sprague will continue to serve on the Board as Immediate Past President. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Signs Agreement with TEEX

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April 8, 2009) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Texas Engineering Extension Service/ Emergency Services Training Institute (TEEX), to develop and support a new Command-Level Critical Incident Management Course under IACLEA's federal homeland security grant funding, IACLEA President Lisa A. Sprague said. "We look forward to the opportunity to work with TEEX to develop a new course that will meet all federal standards for certification," Sprague said. "IACLEA selected TEEX to revise our course because it possesses the knowledge, experience, and resources to develop and support courses that meet the certification standards of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA). "This is an important step in our continuing partnership with the federal government to provide high-quality, all-hazards training to the campus community and its mutual aid partners," said Sprague, who is the Associate Director of the Department of Public Safety at Florida State University. TEEX is a founding member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a DHS entity charged with developing and delivering high quality training programs for law enforcement and emergency responders. The Consortium was formed in 1998. Based at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, TEEX has successfully developed and delivered 17 courses for DHS/FEMA under its domestic preparedness training grant. Under the Agreement, TEEX will work with IACLEA to: --Revise and update its existing incident command course and manage the initial certification process of the revised course to comply with DHS/FEMA training requirements and standards at the ICS-200 level. --Conduct two "train the trainer" courses for the existing IACLEA incident command instructors on the revised course and manage the initial certification process so that all IACLEA instructors meet current DHS/FEMA initial, as well as continuing, instructor certification requirements and standards. --Provide sustaining instructor and course materials support for the IACLEA command-level critical incident management course. Completion of the DHS/FEMA certification process for the new course is expected to take about seven months. The certification process involves the delivery of at least three pilot courses which will be held at campus locations that have yet to be determined. The new course will be three days (24 hours) in length. The course will introduce campus and community stakeholders to all-hazards, critical incident prevention, preparedness, response and recovery roles and responsibilities as they affect higher education institutions. The course will use a team-based approach that integrates lecture, case studies, and small-group activities to introduce these strategies and concepts. The course will culminate in a scenario-based exercise in which participants are provided opportunities to apply these concepts in a simulated incident command post and/or multi-agency coordination center environment. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Announces Online Classified Ad Section

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA has developed an online classified advertising section at www.iaclea.org to facilitate buying, selling, trading, or donation of surplus campus public safety equipment among campus public safety agencies. The online classified advertising section is available for members to either post items they wish to sell, trade or donate, and for members who wish to buy items listed in the online section on the web site. Development of the online classified advertising section fulfills one of the 2008-2009 Strategies identified by the Board of Directors under Goal A: IACLEA will be its members' indispensable resource for standards, services, and professional development. Equipment that can be listed for sale, trade, or donation include: bicycles/bicycle equipment, communications equipment, disaster management equipment, flashlights/spotlights, investigation and evidence equipment, law enforcement equipment, vehicle/vehicle equipment, and other. Items are posted for 30 days and may be renewed for an additional 30 days. Those interested in buying items are instructed to send an email directly to the seller by clicking the Respond to this Ad button. IACLEA is not involved in any way in the transactions between members. Its role is to bring members together to buy, sell, or trade equipment. Before posting items for sale, members must agree to the following Disclaimer: IACLEA is not responsible for other users' content, actions or inactions, or items they list. You acknowledge that this site is a means for members to offer, sell, and buy equipment or supplies from other member institutions. IACLEA is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. IACLEA has no control over and does not guarantee the quality, safety or legality of items advertised, the truth or accuracy of users' content or listings, the ability of sellers to sell items, the ability of buyers to pay for items, or that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction. IACLEA bears no liability for transactions and is held harmless from all liability resulting from transactions made through this resource. This site should not be used for private transactions between individuals. The online classified ad concept was announced by IACLEA President Lisa A. Sprague at the 2008 Annual Conference in Hartford. "IACLEA is pleased to be able to offer members the opportunity" Sprague said. "In this difficult economic time, this is one more service IACLEA can provide to facilitate transactions that may save campus public safety agencies a little money." The concept was developed by a Task Force chaired by Howard Cook, Chief of Police at Columbia College of South Carolina. Cook worked with the staff to develop the online classified form, devise a policy and draft a Disclaimer statement.

Rep. Scott of Virginia Honored

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 4, 2009) -- U.S. Rep. Robert "Bobby" Scott of Virginia's Third Congressional District will receive the second annual Congressional Champion Award from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), IACLEA President Lisa A. Sprague announced today. IACLEA recognized Scott for his strong and steadfast leadership and support for campus public safety in Congress. In particular, Scott has led the effort in the U.S. House of Representatives for passage of legislation to create a National Center for Campus Public Safety. The National Center bill is IACLEA's highest legislative priority. "Representative Scott is a true champion for campus public safety," Sprague said. "His leadership has enabled the National Center to move much closer to becoming a reality," she said. Sprague will present the award to Rep. Scott at a reception on March 26, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. during IACLEA's second annual Capitol Hill Day. The exact location of the reception is still to be determined, but it will be held in one of the Congressional offices in Washington D.C. Scott is a main sponsor of the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2009, which won passage in the House on February 3, 2009, and now awaits action in the U.S. Senate. The legislation would create and fund a National Center for Campus Public Safety to be administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The Center would provide training, encourage research and collaboration to strengthen campus public safety, and serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate campus public safety information. "Over the past few years, we have seen numerous tragedies occur at our colleges and universities, including the disastrous events that occurred at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University," Rep. Scott said. "Unfortunately, because these events were the first of their kind for the schools, the Administrators were not fully knowledgeable about how to respond." Rep. Scott began his ninth two-year term in the House on January 6, 2009. Prior to his election to Congress, Scott served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1978 to 1983 and in the Virginia Senate from 1983 to 1993. He made history by becoming the first African-American elected to Congress from Virginia since Reconstruction and only the second in the state's history. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee, where he is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Rep. Scott also serves on the House Education and Labor and Budget committees. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,300 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford, CT.

National Campus Safety Center Clears Hurdle

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (February 3, 2009) -- In an important step toward fulfilling a long-standing goal of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), the U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation to authorize the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety within the U.S. Department of Justice. This Center will conduct research into campus law enforcement and emergency response procedures to develop training programs to ensure campus public safety professionals can better meet the goals of open and safe college and university campuses. The legislation passed the House unanimously and will be referred to the Senate. In 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved similar legislation. On behalf of IACLEA's more than 1,200 institutional members representing colleges and universities in the U.S. and worldwide, as well as its 2,300 individual members, IACLEA President Lisa Sprague commended the House for its action. "The House recognizes that safe and open college and university communities serve a national purpose of providing education, research, and vital support for the communities where they are located," she said. Sprague, Associate Director of Public Safety for Florida State University, added, "We are pleased with this recognition by Congress and look forward to final legislation to establish a National Center. A Center will identify best practices and training programs to ensure that campuses remain safe for more than 15 million college and university students and those who work or visit campuses." The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Robert 'Bobby' Scott (D-VA) who chairs the Crime Subcommittee on the House Judiciary Committee and also sits on the House Education and Labor Committee. "We applaud Rep. Scott for his steadfast support for campus safety to protect the next generation of our nation's leaders," she said. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,300 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford, CT.

Sawgrass Consulting Joins Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (October 2008) Sawgrass Consulting Group has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. Sawgrass Consulting Group is a Titanium Sponsor and, as such, has pledged a significant donation to support IACLEA's 50th Anniversary and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the growth and importance of campus public safety during IACLEA's first 50 years and to support initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide. IACLEA celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, beginning at its 2007 Annual Conference in Las Vegas and culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, in June of 2008. These included a commemorative anniversary book entitled, "IACLEA: The First 50 Years," and a video called, "Five Decades of Success." Sawgrass Consulting Group, Inc., develops innovative, and customized assessments for public safety agencies across the U.S. They take pride in their ability to create dynamic and strong relationships with clients to meet their organizational needs. Sawgrass Consulting Group continues to support IACLEA and the campus public safety profession. IACLEA asks all of its members to thank Sawgrass Consulting Group for its support by keeping them in mind for any future assistance they can provide in developing mission critical solutions for campus public safety departments. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and more than 2,300 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Cooper Notification Joins Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (October 2008) - Cooper Notification has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. Cooper Notification is a Titanium Sponsor and, as such, has pledged a significant donation to support IACLEA's 50th Anniversary and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the growth and importance of campus public safety during IACLEA's first 50 years and to support initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide. IACLEA celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, beginning in Las Vegas in 2007 and culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, in June of 2008. These included a commemorative anniversary book entitled, "IACLEA: The First 50 Years," and a video called, "Five Decades of Success." Cooper Notification, a platform of Cooper Industries, Ltd., (NYSE:CBE), provides critical, campus-wide emergency communications for colleges and universities across the nation. The Cooper Notification Mass Notification System (MNS) platform provides customers an integrated, multi-layered approach with indoor, outdoor, text, voice and desktop alerting all from a single company. With the click of a mouse, Cooper Notification's MNS allows you to deliver live or recorded event-specific instructions to students, staff and faculty within seconds via voice-based sirens, indoor and outdoor speakers as well as cell phones and desktop computers. System administrators have the ability to target messages to reach specific areas of campus and groups of people. In addition, administrators can send messages from any off-campus location through the internet or their cell phones. Cooper Notification is comprised of WAVES (Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System) outdoor High Power Speaker Arrays, SAFEPATHTM indoor voice evacuation system, Roam Secure Alert Network" (RSAN") emergency text and voice alerting, and Wheelock fire and security notification appliances and devices. For more information, visit the website at www.coopernotification.com. Cooper Notification continues to support IACLEA and the campus public safety profession. IACLEA asks all of its members to thank Cooper Notification for its support by keeping them in mind for any future assistance they can provide in developing mission critical solutions for campus public safety departments. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and more than 2,300 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Enters Partnership with The Response Network

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 2008) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), and The Response Network (TRN), based in Hanover, New Hampshire, have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and offer distance learning courseware to IACLEA's 1,200 educational institution and more than 2,000 individual members on a subscription basis. The objective of the agreement is to provide distance learning courseware for both in-service training of public safety personnel as well as a "Campus Safety®" course featuring eight discrete modules for students, faculty, and administrators. "This Agreement is a significant step forward in IACLEA's ongoing effort to provide quality online learning opportunities for our Members," said IACLEA President Lisa A. Sprague. "The portal provided by The Response Network will provide rich online learning content and networking opportunities for our Members, as well as the ability to network with law enforcement colleagues worldwide," Sprague said. Initially, according to Bradley J. Naples, President & CEO of The Response Network, the course offerings will begin with a multi-part initiative called "Campus Safety: Courseware for Your Community." A total of eight separate course titles will include Campus Safety (Students), Campus Safety (Faculty), Pandemic Precautions, Campus Threat Management Strategies, Campus Crime Prevention, Gender-based and Sexual Assault Survivors, Alcohol Abuse and Clery Act Compliance. All of the courses will be made available on a subscription basis at The Response Network's global law enforcement portal, www.policecommunity.net in November 2008. The Response Network is also the exclusive partner to develop and deploy in-service distance learning training for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Association of Public Safety-Communications Professionals. The integration of these professional emergency and law enforcement associations at a single global law enforcement portal, the Police Community Network, provides a collective marketing opportunity for The Response Network to develop and deliver high quality, affordably priced online training to each participating association's worldwide membership. Courses such as Applied Ethics, Use of Force, Emotional Intelligence, Bloodborne Pathogens, and Active Shooter Deployment will be some of the 65 categories of distance learning courseware available at the portal. The Response Network will launch the Police Community Network portal at www.policecommunity.net next month. All of the courseware being developed for the IACLEA membership will be hosted at this portal starting in November 2008. In addition to offering association-specific online training, the portal will provide other features rich in content addressing news and resources, professional networking, articles and pod-casts relating to each profession. According to Naples, "The combined partnerships of all of these important associations provide the company access to the highest professional subject matter experts nationally and internationally and a large market segment to invest to develop and deploy high quality distance learning courseware at low cost. It also provides for the first time a strategy to integrate niches of First Responders in a community to learn and share ideas to improve upon their professional knowledge." IACLEA (www.iaclea.org) is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. The Response Network has combined the expertise of world-class organizations such as Norwich University, System Engineering Inc. (SEI) and TRN's Integrated "DispatchAlert"- Emergency Alert Notification System hosted by MIR 3 Communications for First Responders (Police/Fire/EMS), Hospitals, Private Industry, Education, and the general population. Norwich University is ranked among the top ten education leaders in providing graduate level online education programs and the oldest military college in the United States. System Engineering Inc. (SEI) is a leading online content developer that delivers programs for the United States Army, Lockheed's AEGIS System, and Microsoft, among other clients. ###

IACLEA 2008-2009 Officers and Directors Installed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 1, 2008) - The 2008-2009 Officers and Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, (IACLEA), were sworn in today by outgoing President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. Lisa A. Sprague, Associate Director of the Florida State University Police Department in Tallahassee, FL, was sworn in as the 2008-2009 President. Marlon C. Lynch, Chief of Police at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, was sworn in as President-Elect. Jasper A. Cooke, Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Augusta State University in Augusta, GA, was installed as Treasurer. The Officers were sworn in during the Installation Breakfast on the closing day of IACLEA's 50th Anniversary Annual Conference & Exposition, held from June 28-July 1 in Hartford, CT. More than 900 IACLEA members, guests, exhibitors, presenters and staff attended this year's Annual Conference. The 2008-2009 Board of Directors was also installed: Daniel Hutt, Director, Campus Police Services, University of Toronto, Canadian Regional Director; Viljoen van der Walt, Head of Risk and Protection Services at Stellensbosch University in Stellensbosch, West Cape, South Africa, International Region Director; James Schumann, Director of Security at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN. Mid-America Region Director; Vickie L. Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, Mid-Atlantic Region Director; Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, Mountain Pacific Region Director; Paul L. Ominsky, Director of Public Safety at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, North Atlantic Region Director; Anthony Purcell, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Southeast Region Director; William Taylor, Chief of Police at Rice University in Houston, TX, Southwest Region Director; Anne P. Glavin, Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police at California State University at Northridge, Director-at-Large; Phillip A. Johnson, Director of Campus Security at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, Director-at-Large; and Paul Verrecchia, Police Chief/Director of Public Safety at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, Director-at-Large. Thrower will continue to serve on the Board as Immediate Past President IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,200 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Talk-A-Phone Joins Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (June 26, 2008) - Talk-A-Phone Co. has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future.
Talk-A-Phone is a Titanium Sponsor and, as such, has pledged a significant donation to support IACLEA's 50th Anniversary and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the growth and importance of campus public safety during IACLEA's first 50 years and to support initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide.
IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a series of projects and events, culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, from June 28-July 1.
Talk-A-Phone Co., a leader in the field of emergency communication for 75 years, has its Emergency Phone Systems installed on campuses throughout North American as well as overseas. They provide both analog and IP emergency phones, towers, wall mounts, and other accessories in virtually every combination.
Talk-A-Phone's WEBS® Mass Notification System enables "the right message to be heard by the right people in real time". With WEBS, security officials can broadcast information they have to individual locations, zones, or campus-wide, both inside and out.
Talk-A-Phone continues to support IACLEA and the campus public safety profession. IACLEA asks all of its members to thank Talk-A-Phone for its support by keeping them in mind for any future assistance they can provide in developing mission critical solutions for campus public safety departments.
IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and more than 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Statement-NWC Director of Public Safety

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA Statement President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr. On behalf of the 1,200 institutional members and 2,000 individual members who comprise the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, we extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Director of Public Safety Jonathan Patterson and to the Northwestern College community. Patterson was killed on June 11 in a one-car accident in St Paul, MN. The thoughts and prayers of IACLEA members are with the family of Jonathan Patterson and the college community during this time of mourning. "Each time we lose a member of the campus public safety community, it is a loss felt by each of us," Thrower said in a letter to President Alan Cureton of Northwestern College. "The thoughts and prayers of IACLEA members are with the Patterson family and the Northwestern College community during this time of loss and mourning." Northwestern College is a Christ-centered institution of higher education that enrolls more than 3,000 students in more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs. It is located in St. Paul, MN.

IACLEA Announces Web-based Campus Crime Prevention Center

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (June 11, 2008) - Responding to an identified strategy to provide crime prevention information to college students, prospective students and parents, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), has created a web-based Campus Crime Prevention Resource Center at www.iaclea.org. A link to the Resource Center can be found under the "About IACLEA" section of the web site. The Resource Center features information on actions and steps students can take to avoid becoming a crime victim on campus. The page includes information on personal safety measures, including such topics as safe walking or jogging on campus, residence hall safety, cyber security, motor vehicle safety, and how to avoid becoming a victim of sexual assault. The center features a definition of campus crime prevention as well as a list of questions parents should ask when evaluating a college or university's campus safety department. There is also a page with links to other crime prevention organizations and resources. The IACLEA Board of Directors identified the development of a web-based crime prevention resource center during its 2007 Strategic Planning session as one of its Strategies for the 2007-2008 year under its Strategic Goal "to be the proactive advocate for advancing campus public safety." "IACLEA does a great job of providing resources and service to our members," IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr. said. "During our Strategic Planning Session last year, the Board of Directors felt that IACLEA needed to share our expertise on crime prevention with the general public. We are confident the Resource Center will be a source of useful information for the public." IACLEA's Campus Crime Prevention Committee, under the leadership of Lee E. Struble of Monroe Community College, developed the resource center materials, utilizing campus crime prevention information created by IACLEA member institutions. The subcommittee that worked on the project consisted of Rebel Roberts of Dartmouth College, James Bonner of Arcadia University and Thomas Johnson of Truman State University. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

IACLEA's 50th Anniversary Conference Set June 28-July 1

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (June 6, 2008) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) expects a record turnout when it marks its 50th Anniversary at the 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition, scheduled for Saturday, June 28, through Tuesday, July 1, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. More than 500 delegates and 125 exhibitors are expected to attend the 50th Anniversary IACLEA Conference. This includes key officials from federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "The 50th Anniversary Conference promises to be IACLEA's largest and most memorable conference in our long and proud history," said Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., IACLEA's 2007-2008 President. "Once again, the appeal of Hartford and the Connecticut Convention Center has helped an association to build its highest attendance ever," said H. Scott Phelps, Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau (GHCVB) President. "Over the past four years, our staff has worked closely with IACLEA to plan this international conference. We are proud to host this prestigious anniversary event." The GHCVB is managing all hotel room bookings. Attendees will stay at the Hartford Marriott Downtown, the Hilton Hartford Hotel, and The Goodwin Hotel. The office also coordinated an effort with many downtown restaurants to offer a 20 percent dining discount for all IACLEA conference attendees. Highlights of the Conference include: · Opening Ceremony and Awards Presentation, Saturday, June 28, 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. Associate Attorney General Kevin O'Connor will deliver the keynote address. Awards Committee Chair Melvin Murdock will present the IACLEA Awards for Administrative Excellent, Merit, Officer Memorial, and Valor. · Host Event at the Old State House, Saturday, June 28, 5:50 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The University of Connecticut, the host institution for the Conference, and Sprint Nextel will sponsor this reception for Conference delegates at the historic Old State House in downtown Hartford. There will be a procession from the Marriott to the Old State House, led by the First Company Governor's Horse Guard, the oldest cavalry unit in continuous existence in the U.S. · Lessons Learned Panel, Sunday June 29, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The panel will focus on three high-profile events: the mass shootings at Virginia Tech, the rape allegations against lacrosse players at Duke University, and the murder of a student at Eastern Michigan University. The session is sponsored by AlliedBarton Security Services. · 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner Celebration, Sunday, June 29, 6:50 p.m. More than 25 Past Presidents will reunite to share with delegates in a celebration of the Association's history as we honor the past and celebrate the future. There will be a brief speaking program followed by a dinner-dance. · Public Policy General Session, Monday, June 30, 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller will deliver the keynote address at this session, which will also feature reports on IACLEA partnerships by several federal agency officials. Director Mueller is expected to speak at about 11:5 a.m. · Installation Breakfast, Tuesday, July 1, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Lisa A. Sprague of Florida State University will be installed as the 2008-2009 President. Outgoing President Thrower will also install the 2008-2009 Board of Directors. The IACLEA Conference is expected to generate over a half-million dollars for the Hartford region economy, according to the formula provided by the Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI). IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT. News media representatives who are interested in covering all or parts of the IACLEA Annual Conference should contact Chris Blake at 860.586.7517, ext. 565 or cblake@iaclea.org

IACLEA to Award Accreditation to Nine Agencies

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (May 19, 2008) - The Accreditation Commission of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) announced today that nine member agencies had gained accredited status. Two of the campus public safety departments, the California State University-Northridge Police Department and the Wake Forest University Police Department, served as "pilot agencies," testing IACLEA's fledgling accreditation program. Seven agencies, previously accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), voluntarily elected to pursue IACLEA Accreditation though an accelerated process of "comparative compliance." As the leading voice for the campus public safety community, IACLEA launched its Accreditation Program in 2006. The national accreditation standards, established by CALEA, provide the basis for IACLEA accreditation. IACLEA has designated more than 200 standards which are required for accreditation, as well as created a body of standards specific to the unique responsibilities of campus public safety. Accreditation awards will be presented to the nine member agencies during the Opening General Session of the 50th Anniversary IACLEA Annual Conference scheduled for June 28 through July 1, 2008 in Hartford, CT. In addition to the California State University at Northridge Police Department and the Wake Forest University Police Department, IACLEA Accreditation Commission Chair, Dolores Stafford, will present certificates to the California State University at Fullerton Police Department, the California State University at Los Angeles Police Department, the University of Connecticut Police Department, the University of Florida Police Department, the University of New Hampshire Police Department, the North Carolina State University Police Department, and the University of Texas at Austin Police Department. In 1999, IACLEA conducted a member needs assessment survey, which identified the development of a campus agency/departmental Accreditation process as a priority. The Association created an Accreditation Committee in 2001 and charged it with reviewing and revising existing standards and developing an Accreditation process. IACLEA was awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to provide initial seed funding support to defray the start-up costs of creating and implementing the Accreditation program. IACLEA began accepting applications for Accreditation in 2006 and launched its "joint Accreditation" program, for CALEA-accredited agencies, in 2007. The first agencies were accredited at the 2007 IACLEA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The accredited agencies voluntarily elected to implement policies and procedures to comply with the applicable standards, compiled documentation confirming their compliance with the standards, and underwent an evaluation by a team of independent assessors, who verified their compliance. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Releases Blueprint for Safer Campuses

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April 18, 2008) -- Colleges and universities can strengthen campus public safety by focusing on emergency planning and critical incident response, appropriate resources, and initiatives to prevent crime and educate the campus community on safety, according to a 'blueprint for campus safety' report released today by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). The IACLEA Blueprint for Safer Campuses was the result of an eight-month study by a high-level task force, which examined the reports produced by many governmental and non-governmental review panels put in place in the aftermath of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. Based on these reports, the IACLEA Task Force identified recommendations the Association believes can enhance campus public safety. "This Blueprint is a synthesis of the best recommendations made by some of the brightest minds in the United States who participated in various campus safety studies, combined with IACLEA's definitive positions on these important recommendations," said IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., who is director of safety and security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. "We believe this blueprint provides a clear road map to better safety and security for our colleges and universities," Thrower said. IACLEA unveiled the blueprint report at a regional forum on campus safety today sponsored by the Princeton University Policy Research Institute for the Region (PRIOR) at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, IACLEA, and the Princeton University Department of Public Safety. Highlights of the report include these recommendations: · All colleges and universities should conduct a threat and vulnerability assessment as part of an institutional risk management strategy. The assessment should consider the full range of potential threats and the results should guide the institution's application of protective measures and emergency planning assumptions. · Institutions should use an array of means and methods to disseminate information to the campus community during emergencies, including high-technology (mass notification systems) and low-technology (flyers, loud speakers, sirens). Campus emergency mass notification plans must include multiple means of sharing information. · Colleges and universities should develop succinct emergency response plans that allow for a coordinated, organized response to critical incidents. The plans should comply with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 5. · Campuses should work with their local government counterparts to improve plans for mutual aid in all areas of emergency planning and critical incident response, including the adoption of formal mutual aid agreements. · Institutions should regularly review physical security infrastructure to ensure optimal safety of faculty, students, visitors, and guests. · Each state should pass enabling legislation that allows their colleges and universities the choice to employ a sworn police agency in lieu of or in addition to non-sworn security professionals. · Institutions with a sworn law enforcement agency should ensure their officers have access to a range of use of force options, including lethal (firearms) and less-than-lethal (impact tools, chemical, and electronic control devices) tools. Campus public safety personnel who are provided any defensive weapons should be trained to the standards required for public-sector law enforcement personnel within the political subdivision. · Colleges and universities should have a behavioral threat assessment team that includes representatives from law enforcement, human resources, student and academic affairs, legal counsel, and mental health functions. Specifically, campus public safety representatives should be included on the team. · Faculty, staff, and students should be trained on how to respond to various emergencies and about the notification systems that will be used to alert the campus community to critical incidents. This training should be delivered through a variety of means, including in-person presentations, Internet-based delivery and documents. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its 1,200 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT. To obtain a copy of the report, please send an email to cblake@iaclea.org

Web-based Library Provides Access to Resources

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA has added a Resource Library to its web site that features Standard Operating Guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and topic-based presentations in electronic format from past Annual and Regional Conferences, IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr. The resource library is available exclusively to IACLEA members at www.iaclea.org in the Members Only section of the web site. The Resource Library was a priority for President Thrower and was identified as a strategic goal this year by IACLEA's Board of Directors. The idea for a Resource Library originated with a Board-level Membership Services Task Force chaired by Daniel Hutt, Canadian Region Director on the IACLEA Board. "Our new Resource Library is truly one of the most useful member resources we have developed in recent years," Thrower said. "When our members are looking for an SOP or similar resource on topics ranging from Active Shooter response to Campus Crime Prevention, it's right there at their fingertips," he said. Thrower encouraged members to share their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs), and topic-based presentations from IACLEA Annual or Regional Conference with the membership. "This is a resource for our members and it is only as robust as the contributions from our membership allow it to be," Thrower said. "I urge our members to share their resources with IACLEA and in turn to download any resources they need from this library." Members who wish to retrieve a resource from the library should: -Go to www.iaclea.org -Click on Members Only -Enter User ID and Password -Click on Resource Library -Select a category from the drop down menu (Example: Standard Operating Procedures) · Click on Filter · Click on the Description of the Policy to view the Policy · Under the Actions column, click on the Green down arrow icon to download the document, then click on Save. Members who wish to submit a resource to the library should: -Go to www.iaclea.org -Click on Members Only -Enter User ID and Password -Click on Resource Library -Click on Add a New Resource -Enter a description of the Resource you wish to share (Example: Active Shooter PPT) -Enter key words; key words should be separated by a comma (Example, active shooter,incident) -Click on Browse and browse to the document you wish to share. -Click on that document. -Select a category (example: topic-based PPT presentation) -Enter your email address and institution -Select an applicable target audience (Example: sworn, non-sworn agencies) -Click on Submit -Click on Return to List "Our Task Force reviewed enhancements to web-based services and we agreed that a Resource Library was one of the most useful services IACLEA could provide to its members," said Hutt, who chaired the task force. IACLEA welcomes comments and suggestions on the Resource Library. Please send your comments to Associate Director Chris Blake at cblake@iaclea.org.

First Capitol Hill Day is a Success

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) held its first-ever Capitol Hill Day on March 13, 2008, as members of the IACLEA Board of Directors and Government Relations Committee leaders visited the offices of more than 40 individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The day-long event culminated with the presentation by IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., of the first IACLEA Congressional Champion Award to U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. Leahy received the Award for his steadfast support of campus safety, including his leadership in sponsoring vital campus public safety legislation in Congress during the past year. "This award represents a profound appreciation for your sponsorship of the first legislation ever at the federal level which recognizes the increasing complexity of campus public safety," said IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. Sen. Leahy, a Democrat, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974 and is now serving his sixth term. A former prosecutor, Leahy is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is a senior member of the Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committees. He is seventh in seniority in the U.S. Senate. He is a chief sponsor of the School Safety and Law Enforcement Act of 2007, which originated in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill, currently being considered in Congress, would enhance safety and security on college and university campuses. It would allow colleges and universities to apply directly to the federal government for funds to make school safety and security improvements. It would provide equity between sworn law enforcement officers at private and public institutions, among other provisions. The legislation in Congress, Thrower said, builds on IACLEA's momentum in working with federal agencies to develop initiatives to make campuses safer. These initiatives include an Accreditation program for campus public safety departments, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), and the development of training programs and emergency preparedness resources under a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Thrower called the Capitol Hill Day a success. "These face to face meetings with Members of Congress are an important part of IACLEA's expanded Government Relations program," he said. "With our Government Relations staff member, Lisa Phillips, in place and initiatives such as the Capitol Hill Day, IACLEA is well-positioned to inform the legislative process. We need to ensure the campus public safety perspective is included when legislation is crafted and considered." IACLEA Board members met with Members of Congress and Congressional staff from more than 10 states. They called attention to pending legislation that would enhance campus public safety. A House-Senate conference committee is considering the campus public safety legislation. A number of issues of interest to IACLEA members are pending before Congress. Two pieces of legislation in particular affect the mission and resources of campus public safety administrators: the Safe Schools and Law Enforcement Act (SLEA) and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act (HEA). Higher Education Act Sometimes, achieving success in removing objectionable provisions from a bill is as difficult as adding provisions to a bill. IACLEA members participated in negotiations that resulted in several provisions in HEA being struck from the legislation. The provisions that were removed included requirements to report false fire alarms and the addition of four new crimes as part of the Clery Act reporting. The inclusion of a grant program for postsecondary institutions for use in campus public safety programs was retained in both House and Senate versions of the Act. The House and the Senate are now in a conference to craft the final version of HEA. Still pending are problematical issues, such as a requirement for a 30-minute warning in cases of campus emergencies. IACLEA Board members met with chief attorneys for the House and the Senate as well as more than 40 Members of the House and the Senate to make the case that a 30-minute warning would be an impractical "one-size-fits-all" response to the scattered violence that has marked the past year on campuses throughout the nation. House and Senate conferees were open to discussion and if the 30-minute provision is left in the legislation, at a minimum, the clock will not start until an incident is both reported and confirmed. Also pending in the HEA is the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. IACLEA Board members spoke of the importance of the Center and found a receptive audience. Procedurally, one Senator could block the creation of a Center and that Senator met with IACLEA President Ray Thrower, Immediate Past President Steven J. Healy, and President-Elect Lisa Sprague to hear of the Association's strong support for the Center. This Senator pledged that he would not invoke the procedure, called "serial referral," which frees education conferees to negotiate whether to include the Center in reauthorization based on its own merits. Safe Schools and Law Enforcement Act The Senate Judiciary Committee passed this bill and it is pending in Congress. It would also authorize a National Center, but further increases support for campus public safety by providing a $50 million matching grant program for institutions to use for public safety. It also provides death benefit parity for sworn officers at private institutions who are killed in the line of duty, and other non-campus related programs for K through 12 schools and certification of officers who are retired to retain weapons. The bill is being held up because of this last provision but Sen. Leahy has pledged to keep pushing for passage, and a companion bill has been introduced in the House. IACLEA will continue to closely monitor the campus public safety legislation and communicate its concerns to key members of Congress and staff. The Board discussed the successful first Capitol Hill day and will be working to make it even more successful and involve more members next year.

IACLEA Presents First-Ever Congressional Champion Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 13, 2008) - Citing his leadership in sponsoring important campus public safety legislation, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), has bestowed its first annual Congressional Champion Award to U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont. "This award represents a profound appreciation for your sponsorship of the first legislation ever at the federal level which recognizes the increasing complexity of campus public safety," said IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. Thrower bestowed the award to Sen. Leahy during an educational session and reception today at the Russell Senate Office Building. Sen. Leahy, a Democrat, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974 and is now serving his sixth term. A former prosecutor, Leahy is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is a senior member of the Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committees. He is seventh in seniority in the U.S. Senate. He is a chief sponsor of the School Safety and Law Enforcement Act of 2007, which originated in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill, currently being considered in Congress, would enhance safety and security on college and university campuses. It would allow colleges and universities to apply directly to the federal government for funds to make school safety and security improvements. It would provide equity between sworn law enforcement officers at private and public institutions, among other provisions. Thrower said the legislation in Congress builds on IACLEA's momentum in working with federal agencies to develop initiatives to make campuses safer. These initiatives include an Accreditation program for campus public safety department supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the development of training programs and emergency preparedness resources under a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,300 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

Alert Notification Announcement

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA Statement President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr. March 5, 2008 I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Alert Notification (www.alert-usa.com). As you know, IACLEA already supports mass emailing and text messaging services. Alert Notification, however, expands our present communication capabilities in the event of emergency situations by providing a personalized system utilizing a custom approach of "one on one" communications and notifications. The IACLEA Board of Directors considers the benefits of the Alert Notification service to be a uniquely positioned and very important component of emergency planning and, as a result, IACLEA has entered into a partnership with the company to introduce the service to the campus public safety community. The Alert Notification service is designed to assist campus officials and emergency personnel in quickly contacting a student's family or other loved ones in the event of a personal emergency. It also provides a means to assist in contacting a student in the event of a personal emergency involving the student's family. As I am sure that you are aware, the national average time to notify family or friends of an emergency is 6 hours. Alert Notification reduces the lengthy notification time to a matter of minutes and also creates a valued 'peace of mind' for its subscribers/members. Due to a number of recent events, campus public safety executives are seeking solutions to provide timely notification to students and other campus populations of actual or potential emergent situations. Most within our community agree that we are all best served by the comprehensive effect of "layering" multiple solutions -- solutions that, taken as a group, provide more complete communications coverage. The Alert Notification service adds vitally needed, economical answers to our challenge of finding viable solutions to the process of emergency personal notification. " Alert Notification is a secure, compliant service that operates a 911 level call centers 24/7/365. " Alert Notification service works on and off campuses across the United States, Mexico, and Canada because emergencies happen everywhere! " Alert Notification has been in the business of timely emergency notification since 2001 and within the higher education community since 2005. " Alert Notification memberships are available to cover all family members, not solely the student. " Alert Notification provides multiple additional types of identification - Alert ID bracelets, IDs for backpacks, cell phones and PDAs, motorcycles, athletic shoes and key tags. How Alert Notification Works: Once an individual or a family becomes a member, they identify four people to be designated as contacts in the event of an emergency. Each contact's information contains their name, physical address, relationship to the member, and multiple contact points such as home phone, work phone, cell phone, and email address. This information is input into the member's database and resides at the company's secure data center which is accessible 24/7/365. Alert Notification then issues personalized ID cards, window decals, and identification stickers to each member. The member places their ID cards in their wallets or purses behind their driver's license, their window decals on automobile windows, and ID stickers on their Student ID, driver's license, and other identification material. The Alert IDs are recognized by state and local emergency officials. In the event of an emergency, the toll-free phone number (operated 24/7/365) that is displayed on the Alert Notification identification materials is called by the emergency service personnel responding to the incident. The Alert Notification attendant will subsequently obtain the member's identification number, verify the identity of the caller, and obtain emergency details to be conveyed to the member's contact. In turn, the Alert Notification call center attendant telephones the predetermined contacts continuously until a successful notification is made. These unique characteristics give Alert Notification the advantage of making notifications in a matter of minutes compared to what is often several hours later when conventional methods are utilized. The IACLEA partnership with Alert Notification is multifaceted. Alert Notification shares a portion of the membership fees directly with IACLEA and also with your college or university. This arrangement contributes to IACLEA's ongoing commitment to bring the best possible resources, training, and advocacy to our members. The IACLEA Board of Directors has formally endorsed the Alert Notification service and strongly encourages you to invite Alert Notification to visit your campus in order that you can personally evaluate this important service and discover how Alert Notification will benefit your institution. Please contact Robert Smith, CEO of Alert Notification, at 888-466-1777 to schedule a presentation on your campus.

Statement on Northern Illinois University Shootings

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

February 15, 2008 Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims of Thursday's senseless shootings at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. This is truly a tragedy for the families of the victims and the Northern Illinois University community. The shootings underscore the complex challenges campus public safety professionals face in protecting the lives and property at colleges and universities. Fatal shootings are rare on college campuses, but we must remember each one and take what lessons we can learn from them to prevent future tragedies from occurring. According to news reports, six students were killed and 15 injured when a gunman who was not a current student at the university entered a classroom auditorium shortly before 3:00 p.m. Central Time and opened fire. The gunman then killed himself. Police have established no motive for the killings. IACLEA has offered its support to the Northern Illinois University Department of Public Safety. The Department responded with officers at the scene within minutes of receiving a 911 call from the auditorium and university officials issued a timely warning to the campus community. Thursday's shootings were the second incident of fatal campus shootings within a week. On February 8, a female student shot and killed two other students and herself inside a classroom at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Last year, IACLEA assembled a Task Force to review various campus safety reports from governmental and nongovernmental study panels convened following the mass shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. That Task Force is expected to report its findings and recommendations to the IACLEA Board of Directors in March. IACLEA will continue its efforts to work with campus safety stakeholders from federal agencies and other organizations on initiatives to make our college and university campuses safer. It is our highest priority.

Statement on Reader's Digest Campus Safety Survey

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

February 11, 2008 A package of stories published in Reader's Digest and on its web site regarding campus safety contained an erroneous reference to IACLEA's role in developing survey questions used as the basis for a chart ranking colleges and universities that responded to the survey. The survey was sent to 291 top colleges and universities, according to Reader's Digest, and 135 participated. In a section of the story that described the general methodology of the survey, the magazine states the survey was prepared in 'consultation' with IACLEA, among others identified. The author of the story did contact IACLEA last fall with regard to the survey and IACLEA, in response to questions from the author, offered some general guidance as to the topics that should be included in a campus safety survey. However, IACLEA never saw a draft of the survey questions, never reviewed any survey questions, and never had any meaningful input into the drafting of the survey questions. IACLEA has contacted the author of the story to demand that the reference to IACLEA as a consultant to this survey be deleted and Reader's Digest has removed that reference from its web site at IACLEA's request. Further, IACLEA believes a statistical survey based on the responses to a series of questions does not provide a reliable indicator of a particular campus public safety department's effectiveness in crime prevention and protection of lives and property.

Statement on Tornado Damage to Union University

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

STATEMENT RAYMOND H. THROWER, JR. IACLEA PRESIDENT February 6, 2008 The tornados that ripped through several Southeastern U.S. states on Tuesday caused severe damage to Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Students were trapped in dormitories and rescued, while several dormitories were badly damaged. According to news reports, about 50 students were taken to the hospital, nine with serious injuries. University officials said broadcast warnings of the twisters prevented more serious injuries. The campus will be closed until at least February 18. IACLEA sent a message to the Union University community through a blog set up by the university. The message extends IACLEA's thoughts and prayers to the Union University community on behalf of the 1,350 institutional members and 2,000 individual members of IACLEA. Marlon Lynch, Chief of Police at Vanderbilt University and a Director-at-Large on the IACLEA Board of Directors, is hosting a meeting of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police today to gather further information on how law enforcement can reach out to assist Union University. For more information, the university has set up a temporary web site at: http://uuemergency.blogspot.com/

Statement on Passing of Howard K. Clery, Jr.

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST

January 4, 2008 We were saddened to hear about the passing of Howard K. Clery, Jr., co-founder of Security On Campus, Inc. Howard and Connie Clery have been tireless advocates for measures to strengthen campus public safety following the murder of their daughter, Jeanne Clery, in her college dormitory in 1986. The Clerys began a successful quest for passage of legislation in their home state of Pennsylvania and in Washington D.C. to promote transparency in campus crime reporting to the public. Howard and Connie Clery were the driving forces behind the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act adopted by Congress in 1990. The Act requires all postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV student financial aid programs to disclose campus crime statistics and security information. The law was amended in 1992, 1998, and 2000. The 1998 amendments renamed the law the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in honor of their daughter. Our nation has lost a strong and steadfast voice for campus public safety. The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) extends its deepest sympathies to Connie Clery and the Clery family and to the staff and supporters of Security On Campus on the passing of Howard K. Clery.

University of Florida Achieves IACLEA Accreditation

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Dec. 14, 2007) - The University of Florida Police Department was awarded accreditation by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) Accreditation Commission at their mid-year meeting on November 30, 2007. Previously accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the University of Florida voluntarily elected to pursue IACLEA Accreditation through an accelerated process of "comparative compliance." The department joins the five other campus public safety agencies, recognized at the IACLEA 2007 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, as one of the first campus public safety departments accredited by the Association. The achievement of the University of Florida Police Department is made even more notable because it is the first campus agency to acquire accreditation's "Triple Crown," being accredited by three distinct accrediting bodies. In March of 1996, the University of Florida Police Department was awarded accredited status by the CALEA. At the time, the department was only one of fourteen university law enforcement agencies in the country to achieve national law enforcement accredited status. The department was awarded reaccreditation by CALEA in July of 2005 and is currently undergoing its assessment for the next three year period of accreditation. In 1993, Florida Statutes directed the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida Police Chiefs Association to create a voluntary law enforcement accreditation program. Representatives from these Associations developed a process for accreditation which required compliance with more than 250 professional standards designed specifically for Florida law enforcement agencies. In May 1997, the University of Florida Police Department was awarded accreditation by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation. The department was the first nationally accredited university law enforcement agency in the state of Florida. They were most recently awarded reaccredited status by the Florida Commission in June 2006. "This is a remarkable accomplishment," said IACLEA President, Ray Thrower. "Chief Stump and the University of Florida Police Department have clearly demonstrated that they value the process of accreditation and recognize the benefits to be derived from the different programs. Just as the standards of the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation are unique to the statutes and regulations within the State of Florida, the IACLEA standards address specific campus public safety issues. Their participation in the three independent accreditation processes represents a commitment to the highest professional practices in campus public safety management, administration, operations, and support services," Thrower said. The University of Florida is a major public, land-grant, research university. With more than 46,000 students, it is now one of the five largest universities in the nation. The university has a 2,000-acre campus with more than 900 buildings, including 170 with classrooms and laboratories. Their residence halls have a total capacity of approximately 7,000 students and five family housing villages house more than 2,200 married and graduate students. The Police Department has been led by Chief Linda J. Stump for the past four years. She began her law enforcement career in 1984, as a Trooper with the Indiana State Police. She joined the Purdue University Police Department a year later. There, she served as patrol officer, sergeant, detective, lieutenant and captain, until her appointment as Chief/Director in 1999. She was appointed to her current position in 2003, becoming the first female police chief at a public university in the State of Florida. In order to achieve IACLEA Accreditation, the department was required to submit a copy its most recent CALEA on-site report and a copy of the letter notifying them of their current CALEA reaccreditation award. The agency's CEO also had to certify that the department was in compliance with all applicable CALEA standards, including those deemed 'Other Than Mandatory,' which are identified as part of the IACLEA accreditation program. Finally, the agency had to complete and forward standards files which contained written directives and proof of compliance for the supplemental IACLEA accreditation standards. Since the current IACLEA standards address campus crime reporting, the department did not have to undergo an on-site evaluation by IACLEA assessors. A review of the CALEA on-site report, as well as the compliance status of the IACLEA standards, was undertaken by IACLEA staff and a Compliance Review Panel, made up of IACLEA Accreditation Commission members. Upon a satisfactory review by the panel, they submitted their recommendation for final approval to the full IACLEA Accreditation Commission, which had scheduled its mid-year business meeting in Chicago. The Commission reviewed the compliance documentation and voted to affirm the Compliance Review Panel's recommendation to award accreditation. The University of Florida Police Department's IACLEA Accreditation will run concurrently with their CALEA Accreditation. On the anniversary of their CALEA Accreditation, the University of Florida will have to resubmit their compliance documentation to IACLEA and undergo another review. IACLEA is a not-for-profit association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and nearly 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Creates Officer Memorial Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Nov. 8, 2007) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), has created a new award to honor campus public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty. Meeting in Philadelphia, the IACLEA Board of Directors voted on Oct. 27 to establish the Officer Memorial Award. IACLEA has traditionally bestowed its existing Valor Award posthumously on officers who have been killed in the line of duty. "The Board felt it was appropriate to create a special honor for those individuals in our ranks who make the ultimate sacrifice," said IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., who is Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. In the past three years, five campus public safety officers have been killed in the line of duty. All five officers were bestowed the IACLEA Valor Award posthumously. "This new award will allow IACLEA to recognize fallen officers, while also allowing for other worthy candidates who are not killed in the line of duty to be considered for the existing Valor Award," Thrower said. "Every year, there are a number of deserving Valor Award nominees and the Awards Committee has a difficult challenge in selecting the most deserving recipient." Awards Committee Chair Melvin Murdock, who is the Chief of Police at Oklahoma State University at Tulsa, said the Committee recommended the change to allow IACLEA to honor fallen officers and at the same time recognize acts of valor that do not result in fatalities. "We believe this is the right thing to do," Murdock said. IACLEA is a not-for-profit association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and nearly 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Immediate Past President Among Top 25 Security Leaders

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Nov. 27, 2007) -Security Magazine has named the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators'(IACLEA) Immediate Past President as one of its Top 25 People in the Security Industry. Steven J. Healy, the 2006-2007 IACLEA President and Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, was selected by the magazine for its second annual spotlight on the top 25 leaders in the security profession. He was part of a field of 25 security leaders that includes corporate security executives, industry authors, consultants, and the head of security for the National Football League. In the article on the top 25 security leaders, Healy is identified as a "Pioneer for Campus Safety." During his term as President, Healy dramatically increased IACLEA's national profile. He undertook a number of initiatives to strengthen partnerships between IACLEA and federal agencies and other campus public safety stakeholders. He led efforts to organize a federal agency summit supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, held in August of 2007. Following the mass shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, Healy testified before two Congressional committees on campus safety issues -- the U.S. Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor. He also led partnerships with Security On Campus and the National Crime Prevention Council to provide IACLEA trainers and curriculum review for Clery Act and Crime Prevention Officer Training programs. He was a driving force behind IACLEA's initiative to create a National Center for Campus Public Safety, a concept that is now part of legislation making its way through Congress. "Steven Healy is a leader and a tireless advocate for IACLEA and the campus public safety profession," said Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., IACLEA President and Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. "This is a well deserved honor." "I am pleased and humbled by this honor, but it has been a team effort," Healy said. "All of us have a stake in enhancing safety at our colleges and universities for the current generation and for our children, who will be the future world leaders. This selection is really about IACLEA and the growing recognition of our contributions to the safety and security community," Healy added. Security Magazine's list represents what readers, advisory board members, and editors feel are those people -- end-users, independent consultants, authors, government officials and integrators -- who have significantly impacted their colleagues, the industry, and society. Nominees have a track record of impacting the profession and sharing experiences, advice, and insights with colleagues. This year's Top 25 Most Influential article is accessible through Security Magazine's web site at http://www.securitymagazine.com/CDA/Articles/Cover_Story/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000207241. IACLEA is a not-for-profit association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,150 educational institution members and more than 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 1, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

IACLEA Announces Mary Voswinkel Memorial Scholarship

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Nov. 8, 2007) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), announced plans to award its first Mary Voswinkel Memorial Scholarship at the 2008 Annual Conference in Hartford, Connecticut from June 28-July 2, President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., said. IACLEA will award the scholarship to a qualified female student who is pursuing a career in law enforcement, safety, or security. Applicants must meet the same academic and other requirements that are in place for IACLEA's other two scholarships, the James McGovern Memorial Scholarship and the IACLEA Scholarship. The new scholarship is named in honor of Mary Voswinkel, the longtime Chief of Police at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Voswinkel retired in 1999 and passed away on Oct. 20, 2000. During her 14-year tenure as Chief of Police, Voswinkel implemented innovative programs to serve the Rice University community that are models of professionalism, sensitivity, quality and service. IACLEA members endowed the scholarship with the proceeds from an annual Silent Auction that is held at each Annual Conference. In 2007, the scholarship fund reached its full endowment level of $25,000, which should generate sufficient funds to produce a $750 scholarship award each year. "The Mary Voswinkel Scholarship is a tribute to an individual who was a model for the qualities everyone in this profession should uphold: professionalism, dignity, integrity, and a commitment to service," said President Thrower, who is the Director of Safety & Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. In an article published in the January/February 2000 edition of the Campus Law Enforcement Journal, Voswinkel recalled how she got her start in campus law enforcement. After receiving a teaching certificate from the University of Houston, Voswinkel got a part-time job converting the UH security department into a force with armed officers. She transitioned from that administrative job to become a police officer and then assistant chief before moving to the Rice Police Department in 1978. "I got hooked on the many facets of campus policing," she recalled. "It was something different every day. It was very people-oriented and I've always enjoyed working with people." Voswinkel related her philosophy of campus policing in the Journal article. "Our philosophy has always been that we're not here to police the students, faculty, or staff," she said. "We're here to keep anything from happening that might disrupt the working or studying environment. I see us as a part of the educational process - to teach people how, when they go out in the real world, to prepare themselves, to protect themselves against a criminal element." She emphasized crime prevention and instituted innovative community policing programs. One such program was the College Officer program, which involved establishing stations in the college areas so that people would have easy access to an officer. College officers' responsibilities included not only patrolling the colleges and their parking lots, but integrating themselves into the residential college life. The officers further develop the educational process for students through crime prevention programs and talks and discussions on other issues important to students. Voswinkel implemented an entry-level assessment center to hire officers. She started the process by interviewing every group on campus to ask what they wanted in a campus police officer. The assessment center involved faculty, staff, and students in the hiring process and included a series of police scenarios in which candidates were required to participate. Along with the new hiring procedure, she required a minimum of 40 hours of classroom training for new officers. This included training in dealing with crime victims. She received high marks from university administrators for the way she handled the 1990 Economic Summit, which brought world leaders to the Rice University campus. Throughout the summit, Voswinkel maintained as her priority the students, faculty and staff who had to be on campus and work despite the high security surrounding the event. "Those who knew Mary Voswinkel are aware how much Mary gave of herself to our profession and our organizations," said William Taylor, Chief of Police at Rice. "She was loved and respected by her peers, her staff, the students, faculty, employees and administrators at Rice University." Melvin Murdock, chair of the IACLEA Awards & Scholarships Committee and Chief of Police at Oklahoma State University at Tulsa, said the committee plans to market this new scholarship in the hopes of receiving a high number of qualified applicants. "We urge every IACLEA member institution to consider nominating a qualified female student for this first Mary Voswinkel Scholarship," Murdock said. IACLEA is a not-for-profit association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and nearly 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 2, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

500x50 Membership Goal Achieved

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Oct. 17, 2007) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) is pleased to announce that it has achieved its 2-Year Membership Campaign goal of adding 500 new members to the Association. IACLEA has achieved the goal more than eight months ahead of the Campaign close, at IACLEA's 50th Anniversary Conference scheduled for June 28 through July 1, 2008 in Hartford, Connecticut. IACLEA now has 1,150 institutional members and 2,053 total members. IACLEA surpassed the 2,000 member milestone, for the first time in its history, in August. "This is a major achievement for IACLEA that speaks to the strength of our Association and this critical time in our history," said IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., Director of Safety and Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. "We will continue to move forward to bring to every college and university our important programs and services that contribute to safer campuses and ultimately, safer communities," Thrower said. President Thrower said that achieving this ambitious goal in record time is one indication of what IACLEA can accomplish with strong leadership and a strong member base. "I want to recognize Immediate Past President Steven J. Healy for launching this initiative and the Membership Committee for following through on it," Thrower said. "Their leadership and energy allowed this campaign to succeed." Healy, the Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, remains excited about the campaign. "I think we have barely touched the tip of the iceberg. We will not rest until we have reached every eligible institution in the world. We owe it to our children to ensure we are doing all we can to create safer campuses. When institutions become members of IACLEA, they immediately enhance their capabilities," Healy said. The Membership Development Committee is co-chaired by Regina Lawson, Chief of Police at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Clayton Harris, Chief of Police at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio; and Russell Richardson, Director of Security and Safety at Bermuda College. The 500x50 Membership Campaign was one of the major initiatives started by Healy, the 2006-2007 IACLEA President. When the drive was announced in July of 2006, a number of incentives were created for members to recruit their peers. The overall winner with seven new members recruited is Dolores A. Stafford, Chief of Police at George Washington University and a past IACLEA President. Each sponsor of a new member will received $25 in "IACLEA bucks" that can be used toward annual dues, conference registration or an educational program, product or service. IACLEA is a professional association that advances campus public safety for its 1,100 institutional members and more than 2,000 individual members through educational resources, professional development services, and advocacy. IACLEA is overseen by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff headquartered in West Hartford, Connecticut.

IACLEA Statement on Shootings at Delaware State University

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Sept. 24, 2007) -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) commended the Administration and the Police Department at Delaware State University for its prompt actions following the shootings that injured two students early Friday morning on the campus in Dover, DE. Administrators swiftly warned students of the shootings and ordered a shutdown of the campus on Friday, Sept. 21. The University alerted students by telephone, the web site, and by flyers posted around campus. University officials also ordered all non-essential personnel not to report to work on Friday, Sept. 21. The two students who were shot were hospitalized but their wounds were not believed to be life-threatening. On behalf of its 1,200 institutional members representing institutions of higher education in the U.S. and worldwide and its nearly 2,000 individual members, IACLEA expressed its support to the Delaware State University community in this troubling time. IACLEA is a professional association that advances the campus safety profession by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development programs and services. "These shootings are a terrible reminder of our important responsibility to protect our students at colleges and universities," IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., said. Campus public safety leaders must constantly examine and strengthen the training they provide to their officers and staff to ensure that they are doing all they can to protect the precious lives entrusted to them. While incidents of shootings on college campuses are rare, each one is unacceptable and should be an opportunity to review emergency response plans and procedures. IACLEA has initiated a number of programs and professional development workshops to assist campus public safety leaders in protecting campuses against acts of violence. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, IACLEA offers a Threat and Risk Assessment tool and a three-day Critical Incident Command class that trains command-level staff in managing incidents involving terrorism and other catastrophic events on campus. With these grants, IACLEA has also developed model emergency operations plans and guides for communicating and collaborating with mutual aid partners. With the support from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the National Advisory Board for Campus Public Safety is developing a model for a future National Center for Campus Public Safety. This center will serve as the focal point for policies, practices, and best practices. IACLEA also offers professional development programs on school violence prevention at its Annual Conference and other conferences. While these training programs are important, campus public safety leaders must continue to work with our campus administrations and policy makers to ensure that adequate policies and resources are in place to prevent violence on our campuses.

Statement on Virginia Tech Review Panel

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST

Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., President WEST HARTFORD, CT (Aug. 30, 2007) -- On behalf of its 1,100 institutional members representing colleges and universities and its nearly 2,000 individual professional members, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), commends Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for convening the Virginia Tech Review Panel. Gov. Kaine charged this panel with the duty to perform an independent review of the Commonwealth of Virginia's response to the tragic mass shootings on April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech. This review focused on the events leading up to the shootings, the handling of the shootings by public safety, emergency services and university officials, and the services provided to the families, survivors, care-givers, and the community. IACLEA plans to conduct a thorough review of the Panel's report, recommendations, and supporting material. IACLEA encourages campus public safety departments throughout the U.S. to carefully review this report and identify lessons that can be learned from these tragic events. These lessons include recommendations in the report calling for campuses to conduct threat and risk assessments, regular review and updating of emergency response plans, review of communications procedures and equipment, and active shooter training. This report, and the tragic events that led to it, underscore the vital importance of our task to protect the 15 million students, as well as faculty, staff and visitors to our U.S. college and university campuses. Campus public safety departments must have adequate training, support, and resources to effectively discharge their responsibilities in an ever-changing, complex environment. We are heartened that the Review Panel found that the Virginia Tech and Blacksburg, VA, Police Departments responded quickly to the reports of the shootings at both West Ambler Johnson Hall and Norris Hall and concluded their responses were "well coordinated." IACLEA continues to mourn along with the Virginia Tech community for those victims who lost their lives or suffered injuries through this senseless act of violence. As the leading Association for the campus public safety profession, IACLEA renews its pledge to cooperate with all governmental and non-governmental efforts to enhance the protection of our colleges and universities. We look forward to a continuing national dialogue. We are hopeful that the end result of this dialogue will be positive and constructive solutions to enhance our ability to secure our institutions of higher education as safe havens for learning and growth. To view the Governor's Virginia Tech Review Panel report, visit: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/TempContent/techPanelReport.cfm

Federal Agencies Summit Meeting Identifies Campus Safety Gaps, Needs

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (August 22, 2007) -- Top officials from more than a dozen federal agencies and organizations representing law enforcement and higher education met with more than 30 campus public safety leaders from throughout the nation on August 7 to identify critical training and resources needed to strengthen the protection of U.S. college and university campuses. The Federal Agencies Summit was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) and hosted by George Washington University Police Chief Dolores A. Stafford, a past IACLEA President. It was held at GWU's Marvin Student Center in Washington D.C. The Summit's purpose was to bring together key federal agencies and other campus safety stakeholders to identify gaps in training and resources and to propose collaborative approaches to address those gaps in the future. Dr. Steven Knapp, the new President of George Washington University, welcomed the attendees to the Summit. Domingo S. Herraiz, Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, said BJA has developed a variety of resources that could be helpful to campuses, and the challenge is to focus these resources so they are relevant to the campus environment. "BJA stands ready to work in partnership with IACLEA on an actionable agenda to enhance campus public safety," Herraiz said. "Campus public safety is an important segment of the law enforcement community," said Louis F. Quijas, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Office of Law Enforcement Coordination. "These relationships (with campus public safety) are a necessity and have to be part of an overall strategy to keep our nation safe," Quijas said. The FBI has reached out to the campus public safety community by inviting campus representatives to sit on the Director's Law Enforcement Advisory Group, convening a special higher education advisory group, providing campus public safety leaders with access to FBI law enforcement alerts, and inviting campus public safety leaders to participate in the FBI's Police Executive Fellowship Program. The FBI has also invited campus public safety leaders to participate in its Joint Terrorism Task Forces in a number of jurisdictions. Timothy Quinn, Chief of Staff for the Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), said there is no better environment for the application of community policing principles than college and university campuses. A recent COPS grant solicitation included as a target area for funding programs to enhance campus and school safety and that area "got the most interest in terms of applications for grant funding." Quinn noted that the COPS Office is funding an IACLEA Fellow to develop a strategic plan to create a National Center for Campus Public Safety, which was a consensus recommendation from a 2004 National Summit on Campus Public Safety. The National Center would support the profession, foster collaboration and lasting relationships, facilitate information sharing and provide quality education. The National Center would serve as a focal point for research, best practices, model policies, and public policy issues related to campus public safety. IACLEA President Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., who is Director of Safety and Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, urged those in attendance to use the Summit as a springboard for future collaboration to address the critical needs of campus public safety in the U.S. "It is essential that our colleges and universities are safe havens where our young future leaders can learn and grow in a secure environment," Thrower said. "That is our charge. That is our responsibility. Together with our federal partners and other campus safety stakeholders, I am confident we can strengthen our partnerships to protect our higher educational resources," he said. Immediate Past President Steven J. Healy, who was instrumental in organizing the Summit with BJA, said campus public safety departments face a number of challenges. These challenges include the increase in students engaging in high risk drinking and taking illegal drugs, violence against women, mental health issues, and natural disasters. "Campus public safety agencies are strapped to their limits," said Healy, who is the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. "The pressures we are facing require increased collaboration and recognition of the interdependency among our various stakeholders. Partnerships are the key to healthier, safer campuses," Healy said. Those in attendance met in breakout groups organized by topic to identify successes, gaps in training and resources, and potential solutions to address those gaps. The topic areas for the breakout groups were: campus crime control and crime prevention, sexual assault response and victim services, protection of critical campus infrastructure, campus emergency preparedness training, and communication and information sharing among campus public safety and other agencies. Following the breakout sessions, the whole group convened a brainstorming session to focus on identified gaps and potential partnerships and initiatives to address those gaps. BJA supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation's criminal justice system. BJA provides leadership, services, and funding to America's communities by emphasizing local control, building relationships in the field, developing collaborations and partnerships, promoting capacity building through planning, streamlining the administration of grants, increasing training and technical assistance, creating accountability of projects, encouraging innovation, and ultimately communicating the value of justice efforts to decision makers at every level. IACLEA is a not-for-profit association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and nearly 2,000 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. IACLEA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2008 with a series of projects and activities that will culminate in its 50th Annual Conference & Exposition from June 28 through July 2, 2008, in Hartford, CT.

2007-2008 Officers and Board Installed

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 3, 2007) -- The 2007-2008 Officers and Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), were installed recently by outgoing President Steven J. Healy at IACLEA's 49th Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., Director of Safety and Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, was installed as 2007-2008 President. Lisa Sprague, Associate Director of the Florida State University Police Department, was installed as President-Elect. Healy, who is Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Princeton University, will serve as Immediate Past President on the 2007-2008 Board of Directors. Also installed as members of the 2007-2008 Board were: · Daniel Hutt, Manager of Police Services at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Regional Director. · Viljoen van der Walt, Head of Risk & Protection Services at Stellenbosch University in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, International Director. · Jim Schumann, Director of Security at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, MN, Mid America Regional Director. · Vickie L. Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, Mid Atlantic Director. · Laura Wilson, Director of Public Safety at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, Mountain Pacific Regional Director. · Paul L. Ominsky, Director of Public Safety at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, North Atlantic Director. · Jasper Cooke, Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Augusta State University in Augusta, GA, Southeast Regional Director. · Robert K. Bratten, Chief of Police at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX, Southwest Regional Director. · Phillip A. Johnson, Director of Security Police at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, Director at Large. · Marlon C. Lynch, Chief of Police at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, Director at Large. · Paul Verrecchia, Director of Public Safety at the College of Charleston, in Charleston, SC, Director at Large. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and 1,900 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Thrower Installed as 49th IACLEA President

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 3, 2007) -- Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., the Director of Safety and Security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, was installed recently as the 49th President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), effective July 1. Thrower was installed by outgoing President Steven J. Healy of Princeton University on June 28, during IACLEA' 2007 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. In his acceptance speech, Thrower pledged to focus on expanding membership services, including the development of web-based resources to assist campus public safety leaders. He also promised to work with others to strengthen partnerships with federal agencies and other stakeholders "to enhance campus public safety and secure our higher educational resources." A member of IACLEA since 1986, Thrower has served in numerous leadership and volunteer positions. He was the Mid America Regional Director on the IACLEA Board of Directors. He is the Board Liaison to IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee, which oversees the Association's $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In addition, Thrower has served as President of the North Carolina Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and the Minnesota Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. Thrower has served in the public safety profession for nearly 30 years. He has served as the director of safety and security at Gustavus Adolphus College for the past nine years. Prior to coming to Gustavus, Thrower was the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. Before Davidson, Thrower served as Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police for Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. He has more than 20 years of experience overseeing and teaching in the areas of public safety, environmental health and safety, and fire safety. He serves as a master trainer for Kirkwood Community College and holds a Certification for the Community and College Consortium for Health and Safety Training (CCCHST). He is an adjunct faculty member at South Central College in the Department of Public Safety, Environmental Health and Safety. He holds two national certifications Firefighter II and a Level II Fire and Rescue Instructor. Thrower also serves as the North Central Regional Chair for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, University and College Police Section. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and 1,900 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA's 49th Annual Conference Features Record Attendance

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (June 15, 2007) -- A record number of campus public safety executives will head to Las Vegas to attend the 49th Annual Conference of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) from June 26-29 at the Green Valley Ranch. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), is the host institution for the conference, which kicks off IACLEA's year-long 50th Anniversary celebration. More than 450 participants have pre-registered for the conference, surpassing the previous high of 439 for the 2001 Conference in Williamsburg, VA. The Conference brings together campus public safety executives and other administrators for educational workshops, special events, awards presentations, the IACLEA Annual Business meeting, and the installation of the 2007-2008 IACLEA Officers and Board of Directors. This year's Conference features a strong program of workshops designed to strengthen preparedness for critical incidents at colleges and universities. "IACLEA's Training and Development Committee has created an outstanding program on topics of interest to campus public safety professionals, their partners on campus, and those in local jurisdictions," said Steven J. Healy, IACLEA President and director of Public Safety at Princeton University. "The fact that this Conference will be our biggest ever speaks well for the vitality of IACLEA and our members' commitment to continuous learning so they can enhance safety on our campuses." Highlights of the four-day conference include: Active Shooter: Developing a Live Exercise, June 28, 7:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Presenters: Phillip Johnson, director of security police, University of Notre Dame, and Dr. Gary Margolis, chief of police, University of Vermont. The program will address development of training for police officers on how to deal with active shooters on campus, including collaboration with other police agencies. Successful Implementation of Communications Interoperability in Law Enforcement, June 28, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Presenter: Michael McNair, director of public safety, American University. This session will present actual case studies of successful implementations of interoperable communications in police departments on and off college campuses. IACLEA Industry Challenge Session, June 25, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The topic for this Industry Challenge is, "Command Centers & Campus Public Safety Dispatching." The session will include an in-depth discussion of mass notification systems and specifications. We will have several industry leaders on hand to contribute to this conversation. The session is co-sponsored by IACLEA Corporate Partners iXP and Honeywell. IACLEA Threat & Risk Assessment Tool, June 26, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Presenters: Ken Goodwin, director of public safety, Portland Community College, Portland, OR; Daryl Johnston, chief of police, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL. College and university campuses encompass many elements that make them attractive for terrorist operations or as targets of terrorist attacks. This program will outline how campus executives can utilize a threat and risk assessment tool developed under a federal grant to identify risks and vulnerabilities to terrorism and to come up with a plan to address these risks. Opening General Session and Awards Presentation, June 26, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. IACLEA President Steven J. Healy will address the conference delegates. IACLEA will present its annual Awards for Administrative Excellence, Merit, and Valor. Public Policy General Session, June 28, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Leaders of IACLEA's Government Relations Committee and federal officials will update the conference delegates on recent developments involving IACLEA's partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice. Closing General Session and Installation of Officers and Directors, June 28, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Raymond H. Thrower, Jr., director of safety and security at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, will be installed as the 2007-2008 President and Lisa Sprague, associate director for public safety at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, will be installed as the 2007-2008 President-Elect. The Officers and Directors for 2007-2008 will also be installed. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and 1,900 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Statement on White House Virginia Tech Report

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) commends President Bush for convening members of his Cabinet to reach out to a wide range of leaders to discuss enhancing safety and security on our Nation's campuses following the tragic events at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. This report, which includes recommendations for strengthening our processes, procedures, and protocols, will contribute to our on-going efforts to provide the highest levels of safety for our campuses. The report identifies a number of findings that require the immediate the attention of higher education leaders, government officials, and other campus safety stakeholders. IACLEA is carefully reviewing this report and urges others interested in campus safety to analyze this document. IACLEA stands ready to serve as a resource to the higher education community, federal government, state and local governments, and others interested in working to enhance the protection of our nation's college and university campuses. We are pleased to note that many of the recommendations in the report to the President support positions that IACLEA has advocated for many years. In testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, IACLEA called for stronger partnerships among campus public safety leaders, federal agencies, and other stakeholders to strengthen campus public safety. IACLEA's chief recommendation is the creation of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. A National Center would support research, information sharing, best and model practices, and strategic planning. A National Center would be an invaluable resource for all who have a stake in campus public safety, and thus the safety of our colleges and universities. In addition to the creation of a National Center, IACLEA has proposed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the U.S. Secret Service Threat Assessment Center expand previous studies of middle school and high school shooters to take a deliberate and campus-focused look at rampage shooting incidents at colleges and universities. This proposal is highlighted in the report to the President. IACLEA has also proposed the establishment of multi-disciplinary assessment teams comprised of student affairs professionals, counselors and psychologists, substance abuse professionals, and campus public safety leaders to develop a structure and methodology for getting help for those campus community members who need it and removing those who pose a threat to others. We also urge campuses to evaluate their physical security environments and implement appropriate security technology, while examining mass notification systems to communicate rapidly and effectively with the campus community during critical incidents. IACLEA looks forward to a positive ongoing dialogue with legislators, federal and state officials, higher education and law enforcement organizations and others as we all work together on the important task of securing our campuses and protecting our college and university communities. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,100 educational institution members and 1,900 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Issues Call for ICS Instructor Candidate Nominations

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA) is seeking qualified instructors with exceptional abilities to receive training to prepare them to deliver a three-day Incident Command System (ICS) class supported by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant. Nominations will be open until August 15, 2007. Successful candidates will first be put through the three-day direct delivery course that they will be trained to deliver. Based upon performance in the three-day course, the top candidates will be selected to attend a two-week train-the-trainer course. Upon completion of that course, the newly trained instructors will deliver the three-day direct course in teams of three to four instructors at regional training centers and mobile campus sites throughout the U.S. New instructors will receive on-site mentoring from master instructors during their initial delivery of the three-day course. Candidates for this unique training opportunity shall demonstrate these qualifications: " Command-level member of a campus public safety organization or other emergency responder/trainer agency " Demonstrated ability to function under high stress conditions in a fast-paced, dynamic training environment " Certification as an instructor in the candidate's own jurisdiction is preferred. Instructor candidates must demonstrate a strong background and experience in delivering training and be comfortable in a high-paced dynamic classroom environment where the candidate will administer extensive practical 'hands on' exercises. The ability to 'coach forward' and assure student success is critical. Candidates must be nominated by their department or agency chief or director. All candidates must submit a nomination form, a resume detailing training experience, two letters of recommendation, and must review and sign the nominee's pledge and a licensing agreement with the vendor providing the course curriculum. Nomination forms and related materials can be downloaded from www.iaclea.org. From the IACLEA home page, click on WMD/Campus Preparedness Tools on the left side of the page and then Become an Incident Command Trainer. Candidate selection will be conducted by a subcommittee comprised of members of IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee members, its designees and staff. IACLEA will pay for all travel and lodging expenses and provide reimbursements for meals and incidental expenses during the entire time of the training program, including the direct deliveries once trained, to the extent provided for by the grant. IACLEA will not reimburse the candidate's institution or agency for salary or other costs incurred by the agency during the training program or the direct delivery of the course. The dates for the three-day and two-week courses are: October 23-25, 2007 Dec. 3-14, 2007 Candidates must be available for both sets of dates to be considered for the program. Both courses will take place at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Virginia. Please contact Project Director Chris Blake at (860) 586-7517, ext. 565, or at cblake@iaclea.org if you have questions or would like further information about the nomination process.

IACLEA President Testifies Before House Committee

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (May 16, 2007) -- Steven J. Healy, Director of Public Safety at Princeton University and President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) testified before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. This testimony followed informative testimony delivered to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 23, 2007. IACLEA President Healy provided key testimony at the House Committee on Education and Labor hearing entitled, "Best Practices for Making College Campuses Safe." Other witnesses included Luanne Kennedy, Former Provost, California State University at Northridge; Dewey G. Cornell, Director, Virginia Youth Violence Project, University of Virginia; and Jan Walbert, President, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and Vice President for Student Affairs, Arcadia University. President Healy's testimony focused on four areas of interest identified by the Committee: communications, campus public safety accreditation, Clery Act compliance, and recommendations for enhancing safety on campuses. Healy stressed the need to establish a National Center for Campus Public Safety. A copy of President Healy's testimony is available for review at http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/PDFs/HouseTestimony_Final_13May07.pdf. As the President of IACLEA and a recognized expert on campus public safety and the Clery Act, Healy has assumed a highly visible lead role in addressing campus public safety concerns in the wake of the tragic Virginia Tech shootings last month. In addition to his prior testimony before Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) and the U.S. Senate Committee for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and his May 15 testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, President Healy is also scheduled to address audiences at the National Campus Security Summit in Oklahoma City, OK, on May 30 and the Illinois Campus Summit on June 11. Steven J. Healy is available for interviews and comments. His biography is available at http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/about/board.cfm. About IACLEA: IACLEA is a professional association that advances campus public safety for its 1,100 institutional members and 1,800 individual members through educational resources, professional development, and advocacy. IACLEA is managed by a professional staff headquartered in West Hartford, Conn.

IACLEA President to Testify Before U.S. House Committee

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:00:00 EST

Media Advisory IACLEA President Steven J. Healy is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor at a hearing entitled, "Best Practices for Making College Campuses Safe," on Tuesday, May 15, at 10:00 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D.C. President Healy's testimony will focus on four areas of interest identified by the Committee. A copy of President Healy's testimony will be posted at www.iaclea.org following the conclusion of the hearing. The hearing will be televised on C-SPAN. Check your local television listings for the C-SPAN channel in your area. President Healy testified on April 23, 2007 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on best practices in campus safety. A copy of that testimony is available at: http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/PDFs/042307Healy.pdf

IACLEA President Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April 23, 2007) -Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee today, Steven J. Healy, President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) called for stronger partnerships to strengthen protection of the nation's college and university campuses in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University. "Adequately protecting our nation's colleges and universities relies on important partnerships," said Healy, who is the Director of Public Safety at Princeton University. "There are very critical relationships that we must continue to develop and nurture on our campuses and with our Federal, state, and local partners," he said in testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The Committee, chaired by U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., convened the hearing on the topic of best practices in campus safety to learn more about what can be done to enhance the safety of America's campuses in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, which claimed 32 lives. "We have convened this hearing not to investigate, but to help answer questions so many college students and faculty, their families and friends, and surrounding communities are asking after Virginia Tech," Sen. Lieberman said. Healy pledged IACLEA's commitment to work with other campus public safety stakeholders, including federal agencies, law enforcement and higher education associations. He outlined a four-point strategy to help prevent future tragedies: " Aggressively promote the use of IACLEA's Threat & Risk Assessment tool that was developed under the Association's grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to assist campuses to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities and potential threats, " Work with federal partners and individual campuses to create multi-disciplinary assessment teams to develop a structure and methodology to get help for students who need it and remove others who pose risks, " Renew efforts to provide a comprehensive tool to assist campuses in evaluating their physical security environments, including mass notification systems with redundant capacity, and " Ensure that rapid response planning and training is made available to all campuses that need it. Healy also said IACLEA will work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the U.S. Secret Service Threat Assessment Center to expand previous studies of middle and high school aged shooters. Those studies will be updated to take a deliberate, campus-focused look at rampage shooting incidents at colleges and universities. Healy described to the Senate committee the vigorous efforts already under way to develop and implement best practices in campus public safety. These efforts include training and emergency preparedness programs developed under IACLEA's DHS grant. "Thousands of campus public safety officers and first responders have attended our training courses," he said. DHS and the FBI partnered with IACLEA to produce a Lessons Learned white paper based on the experiences of campus public safety leaders during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This widely disseminated white paper sets forth specific recommendations to enhance campus preparedness for catastrophic events. IACLEA has also developed a web-based Campus Preparedness Resource Center, which features best practices in emergency preparedness, communication with emergency responders, and comprehensive guidelines for developing emergency management plans. Other witnesses who testified included: David Ward, president of the American Council on Education; Roger Webb, President of the University of Central Oklahoma, speaking on behalf of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities; Dr. Russell Federman, director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Virginia; and Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. IACLEA is a professional association that advances campus public safety for its 1,100 institutional members and 1,800 professional members through educational resources, professional development services, and advocacy. IACLEA is overseen by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff headquartered in West Hartford, Conn.

President Healy Statement on School Violence Resources

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST

In the aftermath of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech University, it is useful for all campus public safety leaders to examine their policies and procedures for dealing with active shooters. IACLEA would like to offer to its members these resources that are available to help us prepare for a similar situation on our own campuses. The FBI Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, led by Assistant Director Louis Quijas, has asked IACLEA to share with the campus public safety community some resources to assist in dealing with campus shootings. Those resources are on the IACLEA web site along with other active shooter resources which can be found at: http://www.iaclea.org/members/Resource/list_topic_items.cfm#69 (member login required) As you know, through our relationship with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, IACLEA has developed a Campus Preparedness Resource Center on the web site (http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/wmdcpt/cprc/aboutcprc.cfm). There are a number of tools available there, including the Campus Emergency Operations Planning Guide. The guide contains a model emergency operations plan and a specific appendix (Appendix B) addressing "Criminal or Violent Behavior" on campus. Within the appendix you will find useful information regarding Hostile Intruder or Active Shooter situations. I have also included within this email a number of links to additional resources you will find helpful in your planning. I also recommend the IACLEA Threat and Risk Assessment Instrument (http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/wmdcpt/cprc/secure/index.cfm?cmd=threatRiskAssessment) as a tool to help you evaluate the risks and vulnerabilities on your campuses. The Campus Preparedness Assessment Manual and related forms were funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The manual and forms were developed by IACLEA, Texas A&M University, TEEX, and the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center. In addition to the tools within the Campus Preparedness Resource Center, IACLEA has collaborated with our training partners to develop the WMD Training Course and a simulation-based Incident Command System (ICS) training for command post and public safety response personnel. The WMD Training provides participants with an "all-hazards" approach to responding to dangerous situations on campus. It was funded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Grants and Training. The ICS program is specifically tailored for campuses and provides a multi-disciplinary approach to incident management that conforms with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The ICS training program was made available through a grant from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Grants and Training. Both of these programs are excellent resources to help you develop and/or refine your strategy for responding to emergency situations on your campuses. The ICS class schedule and online registration form can be found at: http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/wmdcpt/ICS/training.cfm Many of you are aware of the services available through the IACLEA Loaned Executive Management Assessment Program (LEMAP). IACLEA can also tailor a LEMAP to specifically focus on issues related to emergency management and crisis response (http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/memberservices/lemap/index.cfm). List of additional articles & resources: http://police.csusb.edu/SEMS%20Handbook.pdf www.secretservice.gov/ntac/ssi_final_report.pdf www.fbi.gov/publications/school/school2.pdf http://cmc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/1/1/90 http://holology.com/shooting.html http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/school_violence04-05.html http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10053/10053.ch01.html http://www.justicepolicy.org/article.php?id=44 http://www.guncite.com/asw.html#IA http://www.asbj.com/2002/03/0302coverstory.html http://www.fullerton.edu/policies/presdir/dir8_implementing.htm http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0902web/police.html http://www.crimedoctor.com/school2.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#Films_about_school_shootings http://search.radessays.com/search?ie=&q=campus%20shootings&site=radessays&output=xml_no_dtd&client=radessays&access=p&lr=&ip=&y=0&proxystylesheet=radessays&x=0&oe=&filter=p http://www.wps.org/Reduced-Violence-In-US-Schools.pdf http://www.uhigh.ilstu.edu/labschool/SafetySurveyResults2001.pdf http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/crisis/crisis.pdf http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac/ntac_threat_postpress.pdf http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/iscs05.pdf www.ed.gov/emergencyplan I realize that many of us work in environments where the general sentiment is that "it can't happen here." As the harsh lessons continue to grow, we must emphasize the reality -- these types of incidents can and will happen anywhere. As the voice of campus public safety, IACLEA is providing you with vital resources to help you prepare to protect the future. I appreciate your commitment to campus public safety and your service to IACLEA.

IACLEA President Healy's Statement on Virginia Tech Shootings

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (April 16, 2007)-- The shootings at Virginia Tech University today are a horrifying tragedy. On behalf of its 1,000 institutional members representing institutions of higher education in the U.S. and worldwide and its 1,700 professional members, IACLEA extends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims who lost their lives today. To the Virginia Tech University community, IACLEA wishes to offer its sympathy and support in this troubling time. IACLEA is a professional association that advances the campus safety profession by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development programs and services. Campus public safety departments are charged with the important responsibility to protect the lives of millions of students, faculty, staff, and visitors to our college and university campuses. Campus public safety leaders must constantly examine and strengthen the training they provide to their officers and staff to ensure that they are doing all they can to protect the precious lives entrusted to them. While tragic, this incident can provide an opportunity for campus public safety departments and campus administrators to examine their policies and procedures and, if necessary, to make changes to enhance the protection they provide against acts of violence on our campuses. While incidents of shootings on college campuses are rare, each life lost is unacceptable and represents a promising future sadly shortened. IACLEA has initiated a number of programs and professional development workshops to assist campus public safety leaders in protecting campuses against acts of violence. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, IACLEA offers a Threat and Risk Assessment tool, a three-day Critical Incident Command class that trains command-level staff in managing incidents involving terrorism and other catastrophic events on campus, and a one-day WMD Awareness class. With these grants, IACLEA has also developed model emergency operations plans and guides for communicating and collaborating with mutual aid partners. With the support from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the National Advisory Board for Campus Public Safety is developing a model for a future National Center for Campus Public Safety. This center will serve as the focal point for policies, practices, and best practices. IACLEA also offers professional development programs on school violence prevention at its Annual Conference and other conferences. While these training programs are important, campus public safety leaders must continue to work with our campus administrations and policy makers to ensure that adequate policies, training programs, and resources are in place to prevent violence on our campuses. IACLEA stands ready to work with all campus public safety constituents to prevent the kind of senseless acts of violence we have witnessed today.

SOC Holds First Clery Act Compliance Training Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 23, 2007) -- Security on Campus, Inc. (SOC), a non-profit organization dedicated to safe campuses for college and university students, launched its first "comprehensive, collaborative" Clery Act Training program February 28 - March 2 in Orlando, Florida. Several IACLEA members served as instructors for the course, including William Taylor, Chief of Police at Rice University and Chair of the IACLEA Government Relations Committee and IACLEA Past President Dolores Stafford, Chief of Police at The George Washington University. Steven J. Healy, IACLEA President and Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, was also a member of the instructor team. "It was great to finally get one program under our belts," said Healy, who has encouraged a closer relationship between SOC and IACLEA since becoming IACLEA President in June 2006 (see related story: http://www.securityoncampus.org/update/062706.html). The program, billed by SOC as the first ever "collaborative team approach" program for the Clery Act, was designed to attract teams of representatives from campuses so they work together to develop strategies to enhance their compliance efforts. The Clery Act is a Federal Law that requires colleges and universities to report certain crime statistics and policies about crime and crime prevention. The Act was named in memory of 19 year old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986. "Unfortunately, we still see some institutions approaching compliance as if it's just a campus public safety responsibility," said Chief Stafford, who served on the Negotiated Rule Making Team following the law's amendment in 1999. Stafford also served on the team that developed the Clery Act Compliance Handbook, which was released in 2005. Stafford said that as long as institutions approach the Act with a silo-like attitude, there will be problems with holistic compliance. Taylor, who was on the development team for the new curriculum and also a member of the Negotiated Rule Making Team in 1999, said that the truly exemplary Clery Act compliance efforts are led by institutions that embrace the spirit of the Act and work as a team throughout the year. Healy, who will participate with other IACLEA instructors in several other Clery Act Training programs around the country (http://www.securityoncampus.org/cat/), echoed that sentiment. "We've been talking for a long time about the need to develop partnerships both within the academy and outside the institution. The Clery Act is one example of why this approach works. We also know that synergy is the answer for issues around homeland security and crime control and prevention." Attendees expressed their appreciation at the new approach for the program. One attendee put it this way: "The conference was an eye opener for many of us. I realized, as did many of our colleagues, I have a lot of work ahead of me." These training seminars are made possible by the U.S. Department of Justice in partnership with Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC) and in collaboration with the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Several other IACLEA and IACP College and University Policing Section members will teach at future programs. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and more than 1,700 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Board Member Named Notre Dame's Security Chief

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 26, 2007) -- Phillip A. Johnson, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), has been promoted to director of security police at the University of Notre Dame, effective March 29. Johnson joined the Notre Dame Security Police as assistant director in 1986 and was named associate director in 2005. He succeeds Rex J. Rakow, a former IACLEA President, who passed away in early March after a long battle with cancer. "This is a difficult time for everyone in the Office of Student Affairs, and especially in the Notre Dame Security Police," said Rev. Mark L. Poorman, CSC, vice president for student affairs. "We continue to mourn the tremendous loss of our dear friend and colleague, Rex Rakow," he said. "I am grateful that Phil has accepted our offer to assume the leadership of the Notre Dame Security Police," Rev. Poorman said. "His service, especially over the last few months, has been a genuine inspiration to the department, and he is an eminently respected professional in the law enforcement community." William W. Kirk, associate vice president for residence life, added: "Phil is the natural choice for this position. He has been a member of the senior leadership at NDSP for more than two decades. He is an excellent administrator, an outstanding police officer, and a person truly committed to serving our students well," Kirk said. During his 21-year tenure at Notre Dame, Johnson has overseen police investigations, special events operations, technical services, crime prevention, administration and budgeting, traffic/parking, training, and student employment in the department. He previously served as director of security at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and as director of campus safety at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in sociology and master's degree in business administration from Notre Dame. Active in IACLEA, he is currently a director-at-large on the Board of Directors and is the Board Liaison to several IACLEA committees. His civic activities include service on the board of the Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County, as past board president of WVPE Radio, and as a volunteer for Christmas in April/Rebuilding Together. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and more than 1,700 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

GW Police Chief Stafford Wins Award

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (March 16, 2007) -- Campus Safety Magazine has selected George Washington University Police Chief Dolores Stafford, a past President of IACLEA, as its first annual Campus Safety Director of the Year/Education award recipient. The magazine cited Stafford's success during her 15 years as George Washington's Police Chief in transforming her department's personnel, mission, and level of service through a number of innovative programs and initiatives. These initiatives have led to a decrease in crime on the university's Washington, DC campus, improved detection of behavioral incidents, increased community involvement, and enhanced safety and security services for students. Among Stafford's achievements was the creation of a new category of officer, Master Patrol Officer (MPO) to train new recruits. She also created a new tactical shift to provide more staffing and more experienced officers during the peak period of calls for service. As a result, the campus has seen a decrease in the number of crime incidents, as well as improved incident response times, the magazine reported. Stafford also initiated the successful 4-Ride program, a university escort service started in 1994 to give rides to students who did not feel safe walking the campus at night. Since its inception, this service has grown to an $800,000 program with 19 vans, two buses and 25 full-time employees transporting 120,000 students in 2006. The program provides excellent customer service to GW students, decreases their vulnerability to crime, and has increased the University Police Department's visibility on campus. The University Police Department has also increased its presence on the campus through community policing. Through the Adopt-an-Officer program, each residence hall is assigned an officer who is allotted a certain amount of time from their work schedule to walk through the halls and talk with GW students. Other initiatives include the department's bike patrol program, a bicycle registration program, and the RAD self-defense classes. In March of 2006, GW's University Police Department achieved agency accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), joining less than one percent of campus police departments achieving this type of recognition, according to the magazine. Stafford served as the 2003-2004 President of IACLEA. She was a leader in developing IACLEA's Accreditation program for campus public safety departments. Stafford also led efforts to create the new Government Relations and External Affairs position to represent IACLEA's interests in Washington D.C. She was a leader of the updating of IACLEA's Strategic Plan in 2003 and was instrumental in developing IACLEA's federal homeland security grant application, which led to two grants totaling $3.5 million. Still active in the Association, Stafford serves as the Chair of IACLEA's Accreditation Commission and its 50th Anniversary Committee. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,700 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Rex J. Rakow, Past IACLEA President, Dies

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EST

Past IACLEA President Rex Rakow, Notre Dame Police Chief, Dies Rex J. Rakow, the 1993-94 President of IACLEA and the longtime director of security police at the University of Notre Dame, died on March 7 at his home after a long illness. He was 55 years old. "Rex Rakow's leadership and community service was a central part of his life and his faith," said Phillip Johnson, associate director of security police and a member of the IACLEA Board of Directors. "He was a great mentor to many of us. He compassionately lived Notre Dame's mission, values, and vision, and this distinguished him as a model of service and leadership. Rex's professionalism, quiet style, sense of humor and love for Notre Dame will shine on forever in our hearts," Johnson said. Rakow joined the Notre Dame security staff as assistant director in 1979 and became its director in 1985. Previously he had served as director of the campus safety office at Albion College in Albion, MI. At Notre Dame, Rakow oversaw a staff of 29 sworn police officers, 47 security officers, monitors and support staff, and nearly 50 part-time on-call staff. He coordinated security for nine campus visits of U.S. Presidents, seven visits of Vice Presidents, and visits by 11 foreign heads of state and numerous other dignitaries. He also was a protection team member for the 1987 visit of Pope John Paul II to South Carolina. Renowned as a national leader in his field, Rakow served as IACLEA President in 1993-94. He also served as Chair of the College and University Policing Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He was a member of the local chapter of the Governor's Task Force to Reduce Drunk Driving and chaired it from 1987 to 1989. He also served as Board President of Leadership South Bend/Mishawaka from 1994 to 1996 and was a board member of the Alcohol and Addictions Resource Center. Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan appointed Rakow to the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board. He was also appointed to the National Institute of Justice Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Advisory Council. A news release on the Notre Dame web site described Rakow as a "calming presence in often stressful circumstances" and a "quiet and wryly humorous man uniquely and ideally suited for his position. His character blended the unflappable competence of a law enforcement executive and the shrewdness of a street cop with the compassionate instincts of a loving parent." Steven Healy, IACLEA President and Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, said he has fond memories of Rex. "I was fortunate to have the opportunity to know Rex. Since my beginning days on the Board, Rex was always willing to spend time with me to give advice and motivate me to continue serving IACLEA. In Orlando at last year's conference, Rex sat with me on several occasions to talk about the future of IACLEA. In the face of his illness, he remained dedicated to our core purpose of advancing campus public safety. The fact that he traveled to the conference to spend time with his colleagues is another example of his commitment and passion for our profession. I will miss Rex greatly." Born in Mishawaka, IN, he was an alumnus of Indiana University in Bloomington, and did postgraduate studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and at Notre Dame, from which he earned a master of science in administration degree in 1982. He also completed the FBI National Academy's 13-week management training program in 1983.

President Healy Says Partnerships Key to Campus Safety

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Feb. 2, 2007) - Building partnerships within campuses and with the larger community are the key to keeping college and university campuses safe and protecting students, said IACLEA President Steven J. Healy, who is also the Director of Public Safety at Princeton University. "We need to work together to build partnerships with our communities to keep our campuses, and our students, safe," Healy said during his keynote address at a higher education symposium on campus crime and risk management held on Jan. 26 at East Carolina University. More than 200 higher education administrators and student life staff from across the University of North Carolina system and community colleges attended the day-long event. High-profile incidents of campus violence in recent years have heightened awareness of the importance of campus safety. Public safety challenges include high risk drinking, drug abuse, mental health problems, school shootings, celebratory riots and violence against women. "Campus public safety agencies are strapped to their limits," Healy said. "Pressures require increased collaboration and recognition of interdependency - both inside the institution and with local, state, regional and federal entities," he said. Healy noted IACLEA has developed a number of programs with the support of federal grant funding to protect U.S. campuses. These include a WMD Awareness class and an Incident Command course for campus public safety officers, a threat and risk assessment tool to identify and address terrorism vulnerabilities, model emergency operations plans, and the launching of an accreditation program to ensure that campus public safety agencies meet the highest standards of professionalism and training. He urged those higher education officials in attendance to include campus public safety partners in critical incident prevention, protection and response planning. "We have to grow; new skills are required of our first responders, and new skills are required of our leaders,' he said. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,600 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Supports Fire Safety Measures

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Feb. 1, 2007) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) has pledged cooperation with Congress on measures to improve fire safety on college campuses as it joins colleagues in the fire safety community in mourning the loss of three Marshall University (WV) students last month in an off-campus blaze that also took the lives of six other residents of the apartment complex. "Any loss of life is a tragedy," said IACLEA President Steven J. Healy, Chief of Police at Princeton University. "To lose students before they have even begun to live out their promise is a great sadness for those of us who work to safeguard the talented young people at our nation's colleges and universities," Healy said The Marshall University fatalities have prompted the reintroduction of federal legislation that requires colleges and universities to have fire safety planning and procedures in place and to make public reports of fire incidents and alarms. Other legislation introduced in Congress would provide funds for fire suppression system demonstration programs on college campuses. "We look forward to working with Congress to assure that students and their families know fire safety procedures at their postsecondary institutions, and to assure that fire safety plans are as good as they can be," Healy said. "e will also partner with our colleagues who specialize in fire safety to ensure fire safety plans and their implementation become an even stronger part of campus life," he said. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,600 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Pilot Campus Crime Prevention Officer Training Program Set

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (Feb. 1, 2007) -- IACLEA is joining with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Crime Prevention Council to co-sponsor a pilot three-day training program for campus crime prevention officers. The three-day course will be offered at four campus sites throughout the U.S. during late March through mid June This program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to develop a comprehensive Campus Crime Prevention Officer curriculum with the National Crime Prevention Council and college crime prevention practitioners. This newly developed 420-page curriculum is being presented free of charge to IACLEA member institutions during the pilot phase of the grant. Curriculum for the course will include best practices in college crime prevention, lighting, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), security surveys, Community Policing, residence hall and housing security, and available crime prevention resources. Those who should attend this course include all campus crime prevention officers or campus safety officials who are responsible for crime prevention programming. "IACLEA is pleased to participate in this important training initiative," IACLEA President Steven J. Healy said. He complimented IACLEA Crime Prevention Committee Chair Lee Struble, director of public safety at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY, for his work in securing IACLEA's participation in the training program. The four sessions are scheduled to take place: March 20-22, Duke University, Durham, NC. April 24-26, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH. May 15-17, California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA. June 12-14, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. The training is provided at no cost. However, the grant does not cover any other travel, lodging or per diem expenses. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Sessions run from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Certificates of completion will be issues only to those participants who complete all three days of training. Class size is limited to the first 35 participants registered. Here are instructions for downloading the registration form from the IACLEA Web site: Go to www.iaclea.org Click on Professional Development and Accreditation on the left side of the page Click on Training Opportunities Calendar Under the listing for Campus Crime Prevention Officer Training Program, click on Details and Registration Form. Print and fill out the form. Please email all completed registration forms to lstruble@monroecc.edu or fax the forms to Lee Struble at (585) 292-3873. For more information, please contact Lee Struble at (585) 292-2910. Lodging information will be send to all participants.

IACLEA President Addresses 20th Annual National Meeting on Alcohol

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST

Steven J. Healy, Director of Public Safety at Princeton University and President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), delivered an address to more than 500 attendees at a Plenary Session during the U.S. Department of Education's 20th Annual Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention National Meeting. Citing the increased need for collaboration and partnership building, Healy related that the National Meeting theme: "Creating Safe and Healthy Campuses: Effective Strategies for Comprehensive Prevention," fits well with IACLEA's current drive to develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in campus public safety. "Today, more than ever, campus public safety executives embrace the need for collaboration with partners within the academy and outside," Healy said. "Our plates were already full prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Now, we face very real threats from domestic and international terrorism and natural disasters," Healy said. Highlighting the IACLEA Lessons Learned Listening Session and White Paper, funded through a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant, Healy said that challenges are both a burden and a genuine opportunity to address long-standing gaps in our response capabilities. Healy outlined a long list of new and existing threats to campus health and safety, including the growth of internet crimes, violence against women, school shootings, pandemic flu prevention and response planning, and stressed that these challenges require increased collaboration and recognition of interdependency. Healy strongly encouraged the participants to include their campus public safety partners in prevention research. He also noted that public safety executives must accept their roles as social change agents and actively participate in comprehensive, multidisciplinary approaches to alcohol, other drug, and violence issues on campuses. Healy's presence further underscores a significant initiative of IACLEA -- to partner with existing synergistic organizations. As the new IACLEA President, Healy established ambitious goals highlighted by what he called the Five P's: People, Partnerships, Presence, Planning and Participation. IACLEA has secured partnerships with other notable agencies including the DHS, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Department of Justice, Office of Community Policing Services (COPS), and the Department of Education. "All of these are examples of partnerships that are critical if campus public safety agencies are to successfully meet current and new challenges," expressed Healy. He added that IACLEA's presence at national conferences, like the National Meeting, is symbolic of the acceptance that the Association has gained in recent years. The National Meeting brings together student affairs, counseling, and prevention specialists from around the country to focus on evidence-based strategies in the field of drug abuse and violence prevention in Higher Education. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services.

ADT Joins IACLEA Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST

ADT Supports International Campus Public Safety Efforts WEST HARTFORD, CT (Oct. 16, 2006) -- ADT Security Services, a unit of Tyco Fire & Security, has become a Corporate Sponsor of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a new program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. "ADT is honored to pledge its support to IACLEA through the organization's 50th Anniversary Corporate Partnership Program," said ADT Vice President for Worldwide Marketing, Jamie Haenggi. "ADT's goals closely mirror those of IACLEA's, namely to highlight globally the growth and importance of campus public safety while supporting planning and initiatives that can strengthen public safety on campus now and in the future." IACLEA is joining with organizations, "corporations, businesses and individuals to celebrate its first 50 years and to plan for its future. With support from its Corporate Partners, IACLEA will highlight the past contributions and growing significance of campus public safety in protecting the world's educational resources. IACLEA will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, beginning in Las Vegas in 2007 and culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, in 2008. Celebrating its 131st anniversary, ADT Security Services, a unit of Tyco Fire & Security, is the largest provider of electronic security services to more than six million commercial, government and residential customers throughout North America. ADT's total security solutions include intrusion, fire protection, closed circuit television, access control, critical condition monitoring, electronic article surveillance, radio frequency identification (RFID) and integrated systems. ADT's Website address is www.adt.com. Through ADT's support of IACLEA and the campus public safety profession, IACLEA asks all members to thank ADT by keeping them in mind for any future Requests For Proposals or purchases of electronic security equipment. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. ###

Membership Drive Announced

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST

Statement of IACLEA President Steven J. Healy October 10, 2006 IACLEA Members: I am extremely excited to officially announce the kick-off of our Membership Drive, "500 X 50." The goal of our two-year Membership Drive is to recruit 500 new Association members by 2008, when we celebrate 50 years of accomplishments for IACLEA. The Membership Drive Committee has developed an incentive-based program packed with features geared to inspiring each of us to bring new members into our great Association. For a list of Committee members, paste this link into your web browser: http://www.iaclea.org/members/committee/commlist.cfm) The drive is designed as a grass roots recruitment effort. We know that our members understand and appreciate the value of IACLEA membership better than anyone else. You've experienced the unprecedented expansion of services that we've enjoyed over the past several years. Today, IACLEA is truly the "voice of campus public safety." I'm sure you'll agree with me when I say there is strength in numbers. Each time we welcome a new member to IACLEA, our Association becomes stronger. There are approximately 4,200 higher education institutions in the U.S and countless others throughout the rest of the world. We currently have about 1,800 members of IACLEA. I am convinced that we can bring many of those non-members into the IACLEA family by ensuring they are fully aware of our past accomplishments and current and future initiatives. IACLEA Headquarters staff has developed a Membership Tool Kit to assist in your recruitment efforts: http://iaclea.org/members/MembershipToolKit/index.cfm. In the Tool Kit, you'll find sample letters, brochures, and other materials to use when you're reaching out to potential new members. There is also a complete list of incentives, including information about the grand prize drawing that will take place during our 50th Anniversary Conference in Hartford, CT in June 2008. I believe we will far exceed our goal of 500 new members. If each of us recruits just one new member during the drive, we will not only surpass our goal, but we will usher in a new era of membership with over 3,000 IACLEA members. I am relying on you to help us go from "Good to Great." Thank you for your efforts and your continued service to campus public safety.

IACLEA Joins in Campus Public Safety Month Campaign

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

National Campus Safety Awareness Month in full swing IACLEA member institution Montclair State University receives 2006 Clery Award WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 29, 2006) -- IACLEA has joined with Security on Campus, Inc. (SOC) to mark the second National Campus Safety Awareness Month (NCSAM) in September, IACLEA President Steven Healy announced recently. SOC established NCSAM to heighten awareness of one of the most potentially dangerous times for young adults in higher education - September. Throughout September, SOC partnered with colleges and universities across the U.S. to help keep students safe by educating them about sexual assault, binge drinking, hazing, fire safety, and other potential threats. In June, at the IACLEA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, SOC Senior Vice President S. Daniel Carter announced plans for the National Campus Safety Awareness Month, including the campus safety toolkits that are now available (http://www.campussafetymonth.org/). SOC, with support from Rave Wireless, has also provided fifty schools with special programming kits that include educational DVDs, study guides, educational brochures, and other materials. At the University of Pennsylvania, officials joined with SOC representatives on August 30 to kick-off the month of activities. SOC Co-founder Connie Clery spoke about the challenges facing college students. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush, a long-time IACLEA member, talked about the new safety initiatives at Penn to educate students about safety. The University of Tennessee Police Department kicked off the 2006 academic year with several National Campus Safety Awareness Month activities. The UT Police Department is one of 50 colleges and universities selected nationally to receive programming kits and material for the NCASM. The UT Police disseminated specific educational and programming information regarding Sexual Assault Awareness, Rape Aggression Defense ®, Alcohol Awareness, Substance Abuse, Theft Prevention, and other critical topics. IACLEA member August Washington, the Chief of Police at the University of Tennessee, says that September is the perfect time during the academic year to get the community focused on safety and security on campus. Washington further stated that he was pleased that IACLEA was also encouraging its members to actively support National Campus Safety Awareness Month activities. "The ability to establish and maintain a close relationship between SOC and IACLEA affords campuses throughout the country resources and training which is critical to the overall safety of our campus communities." The NCSAM exemplifies this commitment. In related news, Montclair State University was awarded with the 2006 Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award during a ceremony at the university on September 5, 2006. During the ceremony, SOC co-founder Connie Clery stated, "Montclair State is the first educational institution in the country to pilot an exciting new mobile phone technology that turns student's cell phones into a personal alarm device connecting them to a caring, sworn police force." Clery also cited the University for "funding a full time coordinator of the Center of Non-Violence and Prevention Programs which is modeled after New Jersey State standards and provides services to victims of sexual assaults." The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), which was the first university based program of its kind in New Jersey and one of a handful on campuses in the nation, is a team comprised of trained sexual assault nurse examiners, University police officers and trained rape care advocates organized to assist the victims of sexual assault. During the ceremony, IACLEA Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Vickie Weaver, Director of Public Safety at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, congratulated Montclair State University and specifically, the University Police Department. "Chief Cell and his department truly embody campus law enforcement's on-going commitment to student safety and awareness. Chief Cell's commitment to working closely with his campus partners to create a safe environment for sexual assault survivors represents the very best of collaboration and team work. Weaver also highlighted the new era of collaboration between IACLEA and SOC. Today, IACLEA and Security on Campus are collaborating on a number of initiatives. We are joining with SOC to mark the second National Campus Public Safety Awareness Month. And early next year, several IACLEA members will join SOC to present the first ever comprehensive, multi-disciplinary Clery Act training seminars. IACLEA is committed to working together with SOC for many years in the future to further our goals of protecting the next generation of leaders, Weaver said. For further information on NCPSAM, please visit www.securityoncampus.org.

AlliedBarton Joins IACLEA Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 26, 2006) -- AlliedBarton Security Services has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a new program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. AlliedBarton is a Titanium Sponsor and, as such, has pledged a significant donation to support IACLEA's 50th Anniversary and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the growth and importance of campus public safety during IACLEA's first 50 years and to support initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide. IACLEA will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, beginning in Las Vegas in 2007 and culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, in 2008. AlliedBarton Security Services, headquartered in King of Prussia, is the largest American-owned and managed security services firm in the United States. Since 1957, AlliedBarton has been providing quality security services and highly trained personnel to clients in a number of industry sectors, including commercial real estate, higher education, healthcare, government, residential communities, manufacturing and distribution, financial institutions, shopping centers and other commercial facilities. Its approximately 47,000 employees and more than 100 offices nationwide service a client base of 3,700 + customers, which includes over 175 Fortune 500 companies across the country. Selected as Training magazine's 'Top 100' in 2006, AlliedBarton's award-winning programs, on-the-job and web-based training focuses on preparing employees in a variety of security-related topics. On the net: www.AlliedBarton.com. AlliedBarton continues to support IACLEA and the campus law enforcement industry. IACLEA asks all of its members to thank AlliedBarton for its support by keeping them in mind for any future assistance they can provide in developing mission critical solutions for campus public safety departments. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Announces Regional ICS training site at Florida State

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 27, 2006) --The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA), is pleased to announce that Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, has been selected as its newest site for the delivery of a simulation-based incident command class supported by a federal grant. Florida State University will host its first three-day Incident Command System (ICS) course from Oct. 25-27 at its Police Department building, 830 West Jefferson Street, in Tallahassee. The class runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. IACLEA's regional ICS sites typically host from four to six renditions of this course each year. "We are pleased and honored to have been selected by IACLEA as a regional host site for the Incident Command training program," Florida State Police Chief David L. Perry said. "This training program will enhance campus public safety preparedness throughout the region in responding to a variety of potential catastrophic events," Perry said. Florida State joins three other U.S. universities designated as regional training sites for the program, which is funded by a grant to IACLEA from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The other sites are located at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Rice University in Houston, TX. The Incident Command-Command Post Class is a three-day, simulation-based course for command-level campus public safety, police, and fire and non-campus first responder personnel at the supervisory, mid-level management or command post levels. The class is sponsored by IACLEA and funded through a grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This training class provides a nationally recognized program to standardize the response of campus public safety personnel at the command level and their mutual aid partners to all types of serious incidents. It presents all stages of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and trains supervisory personnel in the application of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Unified Command concept. The training covers all stages of the incident life cycle: prevention, preparedness, response (broken down into three phases), recovery, and mitigation, with exercises in a "model campus" environment utilizing a model campus simulator. All registrations are made online through the IACLEA web site at www.iaclea.org. The web link for the course registration form is at: http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/wmdcpt/ICS/training.cfm There is no tuition for the class. Students are expected to cover all costs for travel, lodging, meals and other expenses associated with attending the class. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

IACLEA Selects Director of Government and External Affairs

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

WEST HARTFORD, CT (September 19, 2006) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA) has hired Lisa Phillips of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, for the newly created position of Director of Government and External Affairs, effective September 1. The creation of this new part-time position is a significant milestone for IACLEA. The position will enhance IACLEA's visibility and strengthen its partnerships within higher education, public safety and law enforcement, federal agencies, and Congress. Phillips has twenty years of experience working in public policy areas for members of the U.S. Congress. As Senior Legislative Director for the House Committee on Postsecondary Education and later for the Senate Education Subcommittee, she participated in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act during consideration and adoption of the Clery Act. She has also served as Director of Federal Relations for two higher education associations and now serves as an advocate before Congress and administrative agencies for health and local government clients in the Washington D.C. area. Phillips serves as a non-partisan municipal election commissioner for her home-base of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. She is a volunteer coordinator for local school board, town and county commission electoral races. She is a member of the Harpers Ferry Historical Association, the Community Foundation of the Eastern Panhandle and Jefferson County's (WV) Meals on Wheels program. A native of New York, Phillips received a bachelor of arts degree in humanities from Vassar College and a master of arts degree in history from Georgetown University. The selection of Phillips is the culmination of many months of hard work by a D.C. Representative Task Force appointed by the IACLEA Board of Directors and chaired by Dolores Stafford, a past IACLEA President. The hiring of a DC Representative fulfills one of IACLEA's Strategic Plan initiatives established in 2003 and further supports one of the Association's long range goals to "be the proactive advocate for advancing the role of campus public safety." IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

President Healy Outlines 4 Pillars of Success

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

IACLEA News Release IACLEA PRESIDENT HEALY DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT 1ST ANNUAL COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS CONFERENCE WEST HARTFORD, CT (August 21, 2006) -- IACLEA President Steven J. Healy, Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, delivered an opening address at the inaugural College and University Police and Investigators Conference (CUPIC) on Monday, August 14. The conference was hosted by the George Mason University Police, on the University's Prince William Campus, in Manassas, Virginia. In his address, Healy introduced the 4 Pillars of Campus Public Safety; outlining his thoughts on the features that distinguish world class campus policing and security. According to Healy, the 4 Pillars establish a foundation for the 21st Century campus public safety agency. "Any department that focuses on these 4 elements of their mission will be successful, not only in their fundamental role of creating a safe campus environment, but also in gaining support for new initiatives." The 4 Pillars include "maintaining strong relationships with the community; effectively managing physical security environment on campus; leading emergency preparedness and response activities; and providing best-in-class policing to the campus." Healy shared the opening with Catherine Bath, Executive Director for Security on Campus, Inc, a non-profit victim advocacy organization whose mission is to prevent violence, substance abuse and other crimes in college and university campus communities across the United States. The conference was the brainchild of GMU police detective Tom Bacigalupi, who recognized a void for programs specifically designed for line level officers and front line supervisors. Michael Lynch, the chief of police at GMU and a longtime active IACLEA member, supported Detective Bacigalupi, who spent nearly six months planning the conference. Bacigalupi was pleased with success of the conference and the how it was received; nearly 300 participants registered for the 3-day program. Topics on the conference agenda included sexual assault investigations, computer forensics, narcotics investigations, and investigating internet crimes against children. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. ###

iXP Joins IACLEA Corporate Partnership Program

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

iXP Joins Corporate Partnership Program to Support IACLEA and Campus Public Safety WEST HARTFORD, CT (August 10, 2006) -- iXP Corporation of Princeton, NJ, has become a Corporate Partner of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), under a new program developed to honor IACLEA's 50 years of service and to support initiatives to enhance the ability of campus public safety to protect higher education institutions in the future. iXP is a Titanium Sponsor and, as such, has pledged $30,000 to support IACLEA's 50th Anniversary and future initiatives. The goals of IACLEA's Corporate Partnership program are to highlight the growth and importance of campus public safety during IACLEA's first 50 years and to support planning and initiatives to strengthen campus public safety and expand its impact on higher education and its service to stakeholders worldwide. IACLEA will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, beginning in Las Vegas at the 2007 Annual Conference and culminating with its 50th Annual Conference and celebration in Hartford, CT, in 2008. iXP is the corporation that solves mission-critical emergency response problems for public safety organizations of all sizes. iXP's areas of expertise include emergency response solutions for: operations, technology, facilities and governance. iXP applies its proven methodology to create tailored solutions for clients large and small. See www.ixpcorp.com for further detail. iXP continues to support IACLEA and the campus law enforcement industry. We are asking all IACLEA members to thank iXP for its support by keeping them in mind for any future assistance they can provide in developing mission critical solutions for campus public safety departments. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT.

Highlights of President Steven J. Healy's Inaugural Speech

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

Highlights of Inauguration Speech Steven J. Healy 49th IACLEA President June 27, 2006 Orlando, Florida, USA What I want to do over the next few minutes is to outline for you a course of action that we believe is necessary for IACLEA to sustain the unprecedented growth that we've experienced over the past several years. I want to warn you - our initiatives this year are extremely aggressive. I am dedicated to working on these initiatives for years in the future. But that's the beauty of the IACLEA strategic planning process. It's a building process. Each year, we had additional floors, new rooms, and even gardens. We are building IACLEA brick by brick, floor by floor. Believe me when I tell you - we are a strong, good association and we're on the verge of greatness. Good, however, is the enemy of great, as Jim Collins explains in his book "Good to Great." So we must have a sense of urgency about the future of IACLEA. A sense of urgency and passion, and commitment like we've never experienced before. Where do we go from here? The strategy that I'm going to outline focuses on five Ps: People, Partnerships, Presence, Planning and Participation. Now, of course, it's mere coincidence that these strategies all start with "P's". There are many Ps that I could have selected but didn't - like perfection and persistence and permission. Those are certainly demanding qualities and Colin Powell, a great military leader and statesman reminds us to "Have a vision. Be demanding." But General Powell also says, "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." That means that we need to pay attention to the details. Our challenge is to prove our value in each of these areas so we become the standard bearers in the campus public safety profession. When people think of the people who are protecting our next generation of leaders, scholars and career professionals, they think of IACLEA first. Our People - It is clear that our members - you and me, and others like us, are the most important assets of IACLEA. We have one of the most critical jobs in society and you deserve an association that serves you and prepares you for the challenges you face each and everyday. When our 11 or so founders met back in 1958, they wanted to establish a network, one that would support them in performing one of the most critical jobs on any college campus. I think everyone in this room knows that there is strength in numbers. When we say that we are the standard bearers for campus public safety, we have to be able to say that with creditability. And creditability derives from being able to say that we represent the majority of colleges and universities in this country and around the world. There are 4,200 higher educational institutions in this country alone. Our current numbers are strong at around 1,000 institutions. But we should be stronger, we need more voices, we must become the voice of campus public safety. To support this strategy, today we are announcing a 2-Year Membership Drive, entitled 500 X 50, representing our commitment to add 500 new members by our 50th Anniversary conference in 2008 in Hartford, CT. We are still working on the details of the drive and will inform you of the details in the very near future. I am also pleased to announce that we are forming a Task Force to examine the feasibility of establishing a formal campus public safety professional certification program. This initiative is a perfect compliment to our Accreditation Program and the Executive Development Institute. Too many times, our colleagues fail to be successful in their roles as campus police chiefs and security directors. We hope this program will give new and existing executives an opportunity to engage in a self-paced learning and development program that will help them achieve their goals of success in the profession. This is truly a value-added service. I want to thank Dan Pascale, the president of CUPSA and an active member of ASIS for leading this effort. I have also asked John King, the chair person of our Executive Development Institute to think about ways that we can expand the Executive Development Institute, by adding additional content and teaming with our partners, like Franklin Covey to ensure we are providing the best possible executive education to our members. And this is a good segue way to our next initiative, and that is, strengthening our existing partnerships and forming new relationships with key partners. Partnerships - You need only look around the room to realize the impact that partnership and relationships building has had on us over the past several years. You see our good friend Scott Whitney and Jeff Allison, who put us on his back and has carried and delivered our cause to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. The programs and services that we've been able to deliver since September 11, 2001 are the direct results of strong relationships with people who can make a difference. Today, together with several partners, we are on the verge of forming a National Center for Campus Public Safety. The vision and resources for this would not have been possible without partnerships with Carl Peed, the Director of the COPS Office, and people on his staff like Cindy Pappas who will be working with our National Center Fellow, Asa Boynton, to develop a business plan and prospectus for the National Center. You see people like Tom Teeter from Weldon, Williams & Lick, who has been sponsoring this breakfast for the past several years. And the other vendors who have stepped up to the plate and become Corporate Partners. Companies like WWL, iXP, ADT/Tyco, and the NTI Group make it possible for us to deliver world class service to you - our members. These companies represent the very best of partnership building and support and they remind us what's possible if you develop a strong business case. Yesterday, I heard Past President Arnold Trujillo mention that it brought tears to his eyes to see the number of international flags during our opening ceremonies. It is truly inspiring. We have significant opportunities to strengthen our collaboration with our international brothers and sisters. Over the past two years, IACLEA members have traveled the world to the UK, Russia, and South Africa. They have carried the IACLEA banner and it's clear that our International partners want to work closely with us. While we have many differences, we are bonded by one key similarity - our commitment to keeping our campuses safe. There are others out there who want to help us achieve our very important goal of preparing campus public safety leaders to protect the future. We know they're out there and we need to let them know that we're here and that we need their help. To support this initiative, this year we will hold a summit in Washington, DC to bring together the many federal agencies, professional associations, and lawmakers to introduce them to IACLEA and actively seek their support. I fully expect that we will leave the summit having identified several opportunities to elevate our presence on the national and international scene and find other supporters like Jeff Allison. Presence - As we drive toward our 50th Anniversary celebration, it is time for us to reflect on our image and the messages in the media about safety and security on campuses around the world. This past year, the media in the US covered several stories that cast less than a favorable light on the abilities, commitment, and professionalism of campus public safety. Unfortunately, IACLEA was absent from those stories. We can't allow this situation to continue. We must develop the capacity to proactively engage with the media and respond to those stories that question safety on campus. If international, national, or local outlets are talking about campus security, they need to talk to IACLEA to get the true story about what we're doing to make campuses safer. To further this goal, I've asked Marlon Lynch, Director-at-Large, to lead a Task Force to examine our capacity to effectively work with the media. We must also better understand how we are viewed as an association, both inside and outside of IACLEA. Gary Margolis and Noel March would call this "image management." Once we glean this information, we must market IACLEA and create a brand recognition unlike any other group. To further this goal, I've asked Dan Hutt, our Canadian Regional Director to lead a Task Force that will include Gary Margolis, the Chief of Police at the University of Vermont. This Task Force will be chartered to recommend ways to enhance our marketing prowess so we are clearly identified as the voice of campus public safety. Planning - Earlier, I mentioned our strategic planning process. We are reaching the end of our second strategic plan. Our process has been extremely successful, serving as our compass to constantly guide us in the right direction. This year, we will gather a group of IACLEA members to develop our latest plan. This plan will guide us to and through our 50th Anniversary. Before we're able to finish the plan, we'll need your help to complete the Member Needs Assessment. This Assessment is absolutely essential to our future. Participation - And finally, I want to come back to our members - you. Today, nearly 35% of IACLEA members are professional members. Professional members lead and serve on committees. They are vital members of our association, yet we have disenfranchised them and don't allow them to right to vote or hold elected office. I think it's time to re-think this governance policy and we've formed a Task Force to examine best practices in this area so we can ensure that every campus public safety member of IACLEA who wants to contribute is able to do in very meaningful ways. Clearly, this agenda is ambitious, but it is both doable and necessary. These are the important ingredients that we must focus on to move IACLEA to the next level - to move us from "Good to Great." These "P's," our People, Partnerships, new and existing, our Presence on the national and international stage, our planning for the future of IACLEA so we leave it well situated for the next generation of leaders and Participation of our members in the governance of our association, all add substance to our drive for excellence, our quest for Greatness. I know we have dedicated members who understand the importance of the work before us. During this week, so many of you have expressed your desire to get on the bus, roll up your sleeves, and work for the betterment of this noble profession. I appreciate your commitment and look forward to working with you over the next year. Thank you for your work, for being here and for dedicating your lives so that others may learn. Please ensure the rest of your stay and travel safety back to your campuses.

Steven J. Healy of Princeton Installed as 49th IACLEA President

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

NEWS RELEASE For Release: Immediately Contact: Christopher G. Blake, CAE, Associate Director (860) 586-7517, ext. 565-office (860) 651-8646-home Steven J. Healy of Princeton University Installed as 49th President of IACLEA WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 20, 2006) - Steven J. Healy, the Director of Public Safety at Princeton University, was installed recently as the 49th President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), effective July 1. Chief Healy was installed by outgoing President Priscilla A. Stevens on June 27, during IACLEA's 2006 Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. Chief Healy's inaugural speech outlined an ambitious agenda for IACLEA, focusing on "five P's: people, partnerships, presence, planning, and participation." Highlights of Chief Healy's remarks included plans to: Launch a membership campaign to recruit 500 new members by IACLEA's 50th Anniversary Conference in Hartford, CT, in 2008; Initiate a feasibility study on the establishment of a campus public safety professional certification program; Convene a summit in Washington, D.C., to bring together representatives of the federal government and other stakeholders in campus safety to strengthen existing partnerships and build new relationships; Form task forces to study ways to enhance IACLEA's marketing and public relations capabilities; and Complete IACLEA's third Member Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan Chief Healy assumed his current position in January of 2003. Before Princeton, Healy served as the Chief of Police at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA and the Associate Director of Operations for Syracuse University's Department of Public Safety in Syracuse, NY. An active member of IACLEA, Chief Healy has served the Association in several positions, including President-Elect, Director-at-Large, and North Atlantic Director. He has led several IACLEA committees and is a past president of the Massachusetts Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. Chief Healy has served on the IACLEA Government Relations Committee and is extremely active with issues involving the Clery Act, a federal law that requires campus public safety departments to report annual crime statistics. This fall, he will join with the group, Security on Campus, Inc., and other campus administrators to present the first-ever comprehensive Jeanne Clery Act Training Programs around the country. He also serves on the Review Board for the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention. A 1984 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Healy spent 10 years in the Air Force as a Security Police Officer. He left the Air Force in February of 1995 to pursue a civilian career. He has volunteered with a number of local and national not-for-profit agencies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Trenton/Mercer County. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. ###

IACLEA Selects Fellow for National Campus Public Safety Center Study

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

NEWS RELEASE IACLEA ANNOUNCES FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENT TO STUDY NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS SAFETY WEST HARTFORD, CT (July 11, 2006) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Asa T. Boynton, Sr., to a federally-funded Fellowship position to develop a strategic and business plan for a proposed National Center for Campus Public Safety. The National Center initiative is supported by a grant to IACLEA from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The Fellow's chief responsibility is to develop a strategic, business plan, and prospectus to create a National Center for Campus Public Safety. The recommendation to develop a national campus public safety center emerged from a National Summit on Campus Public Safety held from November 29 to December 1, 2004 in Baltimore, MD. About 20 leading campus public safety leaders at the Summit identified the need for a national center to support the campus public safety profession, foster collaboration and lasting relationships, facilitate information sharing, and provide quality education on campus safety issues. Delegates at the summit suggested the National Center's priorities should be to: Improve and sustain the quality of services provided by police, security, and public safety personnel to students, faculty, administrators, staff, parents, and others who depend on U.S. colleges and universities. Increase cooperation, collaboration, and consistency in prevention, response, and problem-solving methods among agencies and jurisdictions serving the nation's colleges and universities. Provide a centralized clearinghouse for information on campus public safety. Provide educational leadership and opportunities to those responsible for or who have a vested interest in campus safety and security, and Serve as a forum for discussion, debate, and strategic planning among the various public safety, security, service, and advocacy organizations responsible for the safety of the nation's institutions of higher learning. The Fellowship position will coordinate and organize a collaborative effort with government agencies, representatives of public and private universities and colleges, and professional associations, to develop a strategic plan for the establishment of a National Center for Campus Public Safety. This Center would provide a unique opportunity for the various government agencies, non-profit organizations, and professional associations that serve the campus safety field to support information sharing, policy development, model practices, research, and more. Boynton brings to this position 34 years of law enforcement experience. He rose to the position of Director of Public Safety at the University of Georgia, before becoming Associate Vice President for Security Preparedness. During his career, Boynton served on the Advisory Board of the Northeast Georgia Police Academy and as a Certified police instructor. In 1987-88 he served as the President of IACLEA. Boynton was appointed to the Georgia State Board of Correction by then Gov. Zell Miller and served two terms as Chairman of that Board. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and attended the National Security Seminar. He is Past President of the Athens, GA, Rotary Club. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Athens Regional Medical Center. A native of Griffin, GA, Boynton received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Fort Valley State College. After a tour of military service in the U.S. Army, where he received honors as Seventh Army Soldier of the Month, he returned to civilian life. He earned a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia while employed there as a police officer. Boynton and his wife, Evelyn, reside in Athens, GA. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. ###

IACLEA Offers First-Ever Incident Command Class

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY IACLEA OFFERS FIRST-EVER INCIDENT COMMAND CLASS AT UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS WEST HARTFORD, CT (January 6, 2006) - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Police Department, are pleased to announce the first-ever Incident Command System (ICS) training class for command post and public safety response personnel. The first ICS class will take place at UNLV from January 11-13, 2006. The three-day course trains supervisory, mid-level campus public safety, and police and fire personnel working in local agencies in the application of the Incident Command system and Unified Command Concept. This is a multi-disciplinary approach to critical incident management that conforms with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a federal framework for emergency preparedness and response. This training program is supported by a grant to IACLEA from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop programs and resources to assist campus public safety department in planning to prevent or deter acts of terrorism on U.S. college and university campuses. IACLEA has selected BowMac Educational Services of Honeoye, NY, to provide the curriculum and train a select group of Incident Command System (ICS) trainers. These IACLEA instructors have completed a rigorous selection process, culminating with a two-week train-the-trainer program from December 5-16, 2005. The class will include multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional public safety supervisory executive personnel from campuses and surrounding communities. The training consists of classroom instruction, case studies involving past response strategies for major emergencies, and simulation-based exercising using a model campus simulator. The advantage of a simulation-based training is it provides a realistic experience for students to refer to when responding to critical incidents. "UNLV is pleased to be able to host this training program and to assist IACLEA in providing Incident Command training to command-level staff," UNLV Police Chief Jose Elique said. "This training will enhance the ability of command-level staff to protect the safety of our citizens during a critical incident," he said. IACLEA's goal under its federal homeland security grant is to sponsor 80 classes in Incident Command System training, with a class size of 25 to 30 command-level personnel in each class. The federal government has authorized IACLEA to establish two regional training centers for the ICS program: one in the western part of the U.S. at UNLV and a second in the eastern part of the U.S. at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. UNLV will host a second three-day ICS class from January 23-25, 2006. The University of Maryland Department of Public Safety and IACLEA will host ICS classes from Feb. 7-9, 2006, and from Feb. 21-23, 2006. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution with more than 27,000 students and approximately 2,800 faculty and staff. More than 200 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees are offered. Founded in 1957, UNLV is located on 337 acres in dynamic Southern Nevada. The university is ranked in the category of Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. ###

IACLEA Unveils Risk Assessment Tools

cblake@iaclea.org (Christopher G. Blake) — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST

For Release: Immediately IACLEA UNVEILS RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO HELP CAMPUSES TO PREVENT TERRORISM WEST HARTFORD, CT (November 1, 2005) - New threat and risk assessment tools developed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) with support from a federal homeland security grant will provide campus public safety leaders with another resource in their efforts to plan for, prevent, and deter acts of terror on U.S. college and university campuses. IACLEA has announced it has made available to campus public safety departments a Campus Preparedness Assessment Manual and related forms on its web site at www.iaclea.org. The Manual and forms were developed by IACLEA in cooperation with the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), at Texas A&M University. "Recent events on college and university campuses underscore the need for campus public safety departments to engage in planning and training programs to prevent, deter, and respond to acts of terrorism, and other potential high consequence events," said Priscilla A. Stevens, IACLEA president and public safety director at the College of Southern Maryland. "We are grateful to the federal government for demonstrating foresight in awarding grant funding to IACLEA to develop planning and training programs to protect our students, faculty, staff, and visitors," Stevens said. There are 4,000 institutions of higher education with 15 million students, protected by an estimated 30,000 campus public safety officers. College and university campuses are of concern in the national effort to prevent and deter terrorism and to enhance preparedness. Campuses are open environments with many elements that require protection, such as sensitive research materials, potentially hazardous substances, an international population, and visits by high-profile dignitaries. The Campus Preparedness Assessment process has four goals: 1. To promote sharing of information about individuals or groups that may pose a threat to the safety and security of campus personnel and continuity of operations; 2. To identify campus assets including those containing sensitive and/or potentially hazardous chemical, biological, radiological or explosive materials, and assess their vulnerability to attack; and 3. To determine which campus assets may be at greatest risk for targeting based on their vulnerability and the potential consequences if they were successfully attacked; and 4. To develop strategies to both reduce the risks to campus assets and to enhance the capability to respond to and recover from an act of terrorism on campus. The campus preparedness process has two major components: a risk assessment and a needs assessment. The risk assessment consists of a combination of the threat posed to an 'asset' and the vulnerability of that asset to attack by terrorists. The needs assessment is the gap between the level of vulnerability of an asset and the protective measures needed to appropriately secure it. The needs assessment also examines the gap between the capability required to adequately respond to a likely terrorist attack and the current capability of emergency responders. "This tool was produced specifically for campus public safety departments and campus executives, with careful review by campus public safety leaders," said Ken Goodwin, chair of IACLEA's Domestic Preparedness Committee and public safety director at Portland Community College in Portland, OR. The instrument was developed over an 18-month period and underwent field tests at a large public university (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), a small private college (Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter MN), and a two-year college, Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, FL. "IACLEA encourages all campus public safety departments to use this tool. It was designed specifically to be adapted by campuses of varying sizes and demographic characteristics," Stevens said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office for Domestic Preparedness, has awarded two grants to IACLEA totaling $3.5 million to support a variety of planning and training programs to protect U.S. college and university campuses from terrorism. These programs include WMD Awareness training offered nationwide, an Incident Command System (ICS) training program for command-level officers, written guides to best practices in campus counter-terrorism, methods for enhancing communications with state and local emergency responders, and a strategic vision for campus counter-terrorism training. "While the strategies and resources being developed by IACLEA under the grant are meant to enhance campus preparedness to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorist incidents, they will also serve to develop critical relationships that will enhance all-hazard planning efforts that include campus public safety agencies and their state, local and federal counterparts," Goodwin said. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. IACLEA is led by a Board of Directors and managed by a professional staff with headquarters in West Hartford. CT. ###