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GOVERNOR'S REPORT ON CAMPUS SAFETY
TO BE PRESENTED AT UCO'S NATIONAL
CAMPUS SECURITY SUMMIT
March 26, 2008
Contact: Adrienne Nobles, UCO
Director of Marketing and
Communications, (405) 974-2103,
anobles@ucok.edu
The final report of Oklahoma Gov.
Brad Henry's Campus Life and
Security (CLASS) task force will be
presented during the 2008 National
Campus Security Summit, to be held
at the University of Central
Oklahoma April 13-14.
The CLASS task force
was created by Henry to review and
evaluate current campus safety and
security plans, to determine what
modifications, if any, are necessary
to prevent crises, to enhance
response on campuses, and to
research methods for recognizing
students in need and to provide
appropriate services.
Dr. Glen D. Johnson,
Chancellor of the Oklahoma State
System of Higher Education and Dr.
Phil Berkenbile, State Director of
the Oklahoma Department of Career
and Technology Education will
present the recommendations.
"Governor Henry and
the state of Oklahoma are leading
the way nationally in the effort to
create safer and more secure
campuses," said UCO President W.
Roger Webb.
"There is no greater
priority than keeping our university
communities safe, and we must work
together to make that happen."
This will be the
second national campus security
summit hosted by UCO since the
tragedy at Virginia Tech in April
2007 and the first to be held since
the February shooting at Northern
Illinois University (NIU).
The summit will
feature presentations by mental
health experts as well as a closing
keynote address from two members of
the NIU police force who responded
to the shooting there.
Highlighted speakers and topics
include:
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J. Steven Tidwell, Executive
Assistant Director, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, who
will give the opening keynote
address on “Forging Security and
Safety”
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Lt. Darrin Mitchell and
Lt.
Todd Henert, NIU Police
Department, who will give the
closing keynote address on
“Experiences and Key Lessons
Learned from the NIU Tragedy.”
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Brett Sokolow, Founder and
Director of the National Center
for Higher Education Risk
Management, who will present,
“Best Practices for Campus
Behavioral Intervention and
Threat Assessment.”
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Gene Deisinger, commander of
the Special Operations Unit with
the Iowa State University Police
Division, and
Marisa Randazzo,
president of Threat Assessment
Resources International, who
will present “Best Practices in
Threat Assessment”
“This is all about practical
ideas, affordable and attainable
ideas that will improve protection
while maintaining an environment of
openness,” said Webb.
The University of Central
Oklahoma is a public, four-year,
master’s level university.
Founded
in 1890, UCO is the oldest
institution of higher learning in
the state of Oklahoma.
UCO also is home to the
internationally known UCO Forensic
Science Institute, headed by
Dr.
Dwight Adams, former director of the
FBI Laboratory in Quantico,
Virginia.
Deadline for registration is
April 11. For more information, go
to the 2008 National Campus Security
Summit website at
http://campussecuritysummit.ucok.edu
or call (405) 974-6977.
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