Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools: Educators participate in threat assessment seminar

April 30, 2013 Submitted article

School safety is on the forefront of everyone’s mind and is a top priority for school and public safety officials.

John Rossi, Jr., Acting Chief of the New York State University Police at Oswego (left) and Michael Sterio, Oswego County BOCES Director of Security and Emergency Management (second from left) are pictured with the following panel of multi-disciplinary experts that presented information at the recent threat assessment seminar: Agent Timothy Kirk, United States Secret Service; Randy Griffin, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Planner; Sergeant Thomas Rogers, New York State Police; and Colonel Paul Walter, United States Army.
John Rossi, Jr., Acting Chief of the New York State University Police at Oswego (left) and Michael Sterio, Oswego County BOCES Director of Security and Emergency Management (second from left) are pictured with the following panel of multi-disciplinary experts that presented information at the recent threat assessment seminar: Agent Timothy Kirk, United States Secret Service; Randy Griffin, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Planner; Sergeant Thomas Rogers, New York State Police; and Colonel Paul Walter, United States Army.

Being able to effectively identify the threat of violence and intervene before an attack occurs is one of the single most important aspects of school safety and was the focus of two recent seminars coordinated by the Security Department at Oswego County BOCES and the State University Police at Oswego.

Regional K-12 & post-secondary educators, administrators, counselors, and school resource officers participated in the seminars that featured multi-disciplinary professionals from Oswego County BOCES, the New York State Police, United States Secret Service, and United States Army.

The presenters discussed how to effectively assess and manage a potential threat and a dialogue about actively engaging the entire school community in this process. missing or outdated ad config

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