Westchester Insider: Westchester County Police: School Safety Symposium to be Held Friday in Westchester.

 

LATEST SCHOOL SAFETY SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD FRIDAY AT WCC.

Ongoing collaboration between law enforcement and school communities.

 

(Valhalla, NY) -- Law enforcement officials and educators will gather in Westchester on Friday for another dynamic day-long symposium to explore best practices for keeping schools safe.

 

The Regional School Safety Symposium is the latest in an ongoing series of training seminars organized by the Westchester County Department of Public Safety and Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES in conjunction with multiple partners and sponsors. The event will be held Friday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westchester Community College in Valhalla.

 

The symposiums feature presentations from subject matter experts on a variety of school security and student safety topics. Presenters also address legal issues and review available research and analysis of incidents of school violence and averted threats across the country.

 

The program, known as Police Allied with Communities and Schools, brings police administrators, school resource officers, security professionals, school administrators and teachers together to encourage collaboration and information sharing.

“Police officers and educators share a common goal: to keep our schools and their students, faculty and staff safe from the threat of violence,” Acting Commissioner Terrance Raynor said. “This ongoing partnership enables us to learn together, and to learn from each other, as we explore best practices and practical solutions to school safety and security.”

 

Friday’s symposium will feature presentations on:

·         Regional School Safety Benchmarks;

·         Pre-Attack Behavioral Indicators of Active Shooters;

·         Hates Crimes and Bias Incidents;

·         Critical Incident Response, including the use of school mapping technology and emergency alert technology.

 

The afternoon will feature a keynote address, “The Uvalde Debrief – Lessons Learned from the Lives Lost,” by Thomas Czyz, a school security consultant, trainer and retired law enforcement officer.

 

Presenters on Friday include the Westchester County Police, PNW BOCES, FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force, Yorktown Central School District, Yorktown Police Department, Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, Critical Response Group, ASR Alert Systems and Armored One.

 

Sponsors include ASR Alert Systems, Care Security Systems, CRG, SUNY Westchester Community College and the Westchester County Office of Drug Abuse Prevention and STOP-DWI.

 

Westchester Community College is located at 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY 10595. The symposium will be held in the Classroom Building. Attendees should use parking Lot 4.