Security Today Conference Overview GovSec West is growing into Security Today! We live in a dangerous world where challenges to our security come from home and abroad. Whether from government, law enforcement, education or private industry you need the strategies, tools, and technology to protect your communities, businesses, and the homeland. Security Today combines training, tools, and technologies for meeting those challenges head-on. Atten...

The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program will be held August 14-15, 2014 in Hagerstown, Maryland. This program is based on the book, SWAT Operations and Critical Incidents: Why People Die written by Stuart A. Meyers, and includes his Harvard University prize-winning research on the complexities of critical incident management. Law enforcement administrators, executive officers, incident and tactical commanders, and...

The Eastern Law Enforcement Training Expo is a new concept to the Southeastern United States and has been a sold-out show for the past two years. This is the leading event for local, state and federal law enforcement, corrections and executive staff by providing a networking and training venue for hundreds of dedicated professionals from across the country. ELETE provides an exceptional, concentrated forum for learning, collaborating and exper...

Senior government representatives share their agencies priorities, plans and capabilities to accelerate the medical countermeasures development pipeline and build the manufacturing infrastructure to combat emerging infectious diseases and other bioterror threats Get an update on: Plans for 2014 and beyond Combating drug resistance with broad-spectrum antimicrobials and antibiotics Developing MCMs against Rad/Chem/Nuc emergencies Role of adjuva...

GovSec is the nation’s premier event for Government, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement professionals looking for proven strategies and cost effective technology so they can achieve their mission of protecting our critical infrastructures, key assets, communities and the nation. This year's conference tracks include: Counter & Anti-Terrorism Critical Infrastructure & Secured Cities Cybercrime & Cyberterrorism Campus Secur...

The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program is based on the soon to be released book, SWAT Operations and Critical Incidents: Why People Die written by Stuart A. Meyers, and includes his Harvard University award-winning research on the complexities of critical incident management. Law enforcement administrators, executive officers, incident and tactical commanders, and SWAT team personnel will benefit from an improved...

An effective law enforcement response to critical incidents involving armed suspects can determine whether someone lives or dies. OpTac International presents the latest research and practical applications for SWAT and Critical Incident Management. Incident management skills combined with organizational conditions contribute to the likelihood of successful outcomes on these extreme events. Law enforcement administrators, executive officers, in...

The OpTac International Tactical Command Program provides attendees with realistic guidelines and practical exercises to prepare for and enhance their command of Special Weapons and Tactics teams. Classroom presentations and tabletop exercises provide a detailed understanding of raid planning and execution, command post operations, legal and ethical decision-making, critical incident management, SWAT fitness, and tactical applications on emerg...

Many regions in the world will be in persistent conflict for generations and the adaptive IED challenge will remain a potential threat across the full range of Alliance operations. We must contain the spread of IEDs as a global weapon of choice by making them too costly to produce and too risky to employ by Attacking the Network that emplace IEDs, and by training our forces on effective CIED operations. As the war in Afghanistan winds down U.S...

The 2013 Emergency Preparedness & Hazmat Response Conference is being held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace from October 13th to the 17th. Sponsored by the City of Baltimore in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Infrastructure Protection and other Federal agencies and organizations, this national conference continues to bring the highest quality training and education to all involved in emergency management a...