Program

2008 Campus Safety Conference Seminar Recap

Critical Incident Response at Schools and Universities
(for armed officers, unarmed officers, administrators and teachers).
Phil Mullendore, Institute for Campus Safety and Art Ruditsky, P.T.S.C.
This session will cover how armed officers, unarmed officers, administrators and teachers can most effectively respond to active shooters on campus. It will explain the roles of local law enforcement, campus law enforcement, nonsworn security guards and campus stakeholders in general, as well as how each can work together during these emergencies to achieve the best outcome.

Selecting the Right Mass Notification Solution for Your Campus
Presented by Ken Camarco, Cooper Notification; Mike Dougherty, Roam Secure; David Lindstrom, Pennsylvania State University
Leading experts will discuss how campuses can determine which mass notification solutions can deliver the right message to the right people at the right time during an emergency.

Achieving Campus Communications Interoperability
Presented by Bart Peluso, Motorola
Communications experts will discuss how campuses can ensure their two-way radios will be able to send signals to and receive signals from outside agencies during and after a disaster.

Working With the Media
This panel, which will consist of campus officials and members of the consumer and trade media, will discuss how campuses can effectively deal with the press before, during and after an incident.
Panelists: Larry Altman, Daily Breeze; David Carlisle, Department of Public Safety, USC; Lawrence Manion, Los Angeles School Police Dept.; Robin Gray, Campus Safety Magazine.

Keynote Presentation: Beslan Terrorist School Siege
John Giduck, Archangel Group
Archangel Group's President, John Giduck, arrived at Beslan Middle School No. 1 in North Ossetia, Russia, at the conclusion of the battle by Russian Special Forces to retake the school. Drawing on 17 years experience traveling, working, attending university and training with the Russian Special Forces, he spent months investigating all aspects of this attack, including many interviews with Russian Special Forces, government officials, and Beslan townspeople, with three trips to Russia for this purpose alone.  In the seminar he covers the terrorist planning process, terrorist intelligence collection for the assault, defenses deployed, and how negotiations ultimately failed and why. The result was over 300 dead in a ten hour battle. Further, this seminar will cover the government's plan in handling the crisis, what went wrong and what was done right. Vulnerabilities of U.S. schools to this same type of assault and necessary changes in security to protect our children are presented in detail. Mr. Giduck presents diagrams, video, and never before seen photos of the siege. Archangel Group was the only American entity that conducted an on scene investigation of this tragedy. Mr. Giduck authored his book, "Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America's Schools," to completely detail the history leading up to this terrorist event, as well as aspects of the siege and the aftermath.

Incident Command and Management on Campus
Presented by Art Ruditsky, P.T.S.C.
Learn how campus police can properly administer their command posts when responding to a natural catastrophe, major criminal activity or other type of significant disturbance.

Enhancing Physical Safety with Networked Services
Presented by Phylis Miquel,Cisco Systems and Dean Zanone, Cisco Systems
Traditional physical safety systems on campuses have minimal interconnectivity with conventional safety and communication systems. This session explores the convergence of physical safety system and IT, explains why, discusses ITs role in campus safety. The program also covers how IT can provide more value with services that overcome the limitations of physical safety systems.