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2008 National Campus Security Summit
Speaker Profiles
Todd
Henert
Northern Illinois University
Department of Public Safety
 Lieutenant
Todd Henert joined the Northern
Illinois University Department of
Public Safety as a patrol officer in
1989. During his nineteen year
tenure with the department he has
served as an instructor in a number
of areas including field training,
criminal investigations, firearms,
chemical weapons, and rapid
deployment for active shooter. He
has supervised a variety of
department functions including
Patrol, Investigations, Critical
Incident Response and Emergency
Management & Planning.
Promoted to the rank of Corporal in
1997 and Sergeant in 1998, he served
eight years as the supervisor of the
department's Investigations
Division. During that time he also
served as a member of the DeKalb
County Major Case Squad and received
advanced training in homicide
investigation and major case
management. Promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant in February of 2007, he
served as Interim Chief of Police
for a period while current Chief
Donald Grady was on special
assignment in Iraq.
Lt. Henert is a member of the
Department's Critical Incident
Response Team, trained in special
weapons and tactics. He is a
certified Hazardous Materials
Technician and Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT). He is a graduate
of Northwestern University's School
of Police Staff and Command. As a
member of the region's nationally
recognized "Communiversity" Type 4
Incident Management Team, he has
completed emergency management
courses provided by the Department
of Homeland Security, National Fire
Academy and Emergency Management
Institute including "All Hazards
Incident Management Team." He is a
member of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police and
the DeKalb County Law Enforcement
Administrator's Association.
Lt. Todd Henert currently serves as
the Director of Police Operations,
responsible for managing the
Department's Patrol and Event
Security functions. The patrol
operation is part of an integrated
policing model which includes
traditional forms of patrol and
progressive community based efforts
like the residence hall officer
program, which operates out of
Community Safety Centers located in
each of the university's six
residential housing facilities. He
also plans and coordinates security
for over one-hundred academic,
athletic, and entertainment events
held on campus annually.
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