(DEP) Drills & Exercise Planning and Development – Geared for those who must evaluate training plans, drills and other operational factors during extreme conditions. For three days, a series of table-top and field evaluations are designed by the students and tested. Students are exposed to armed forces style combat training type stress. Upon completion students will be able to design, development and conduct “live, virtual and...

(SLS) Crime Prevention: Security Lighting Systems Design - This workshop examines the relationships between theory, energy conservation, and social and environmental factors for man-made and natural light applications. Two full days focus on the effective use of lighting the environment to augment other forms of security technology. The effects of light on human physiological and psychological behavior are discussed in detail.

(DBT) Using Building Design to Hinder Acts of Terrorism – Based on the assumption that preventive measures must be in place to be effective, students learn 25 mitigation strategies that when successfully applied reduce the impact of terrorist attack. We examine the current state of terrorism in the United States, its evolving nature and the future use of weapons of mass destruction. A variety of options are explored for addressing the mo...

Based on the assumption that preventive measures must be in place to be effective, students learn 25 mitigation strategies that when successfully applied reduce the impact of terrorist attack. We examine the current state of terrorism in the United States, its evolving nature and the future use of weapons of mass destruction. A variety of options are explored for addressing the most common manmade threats we face today and for the foreseeable...

This 2-day course explores principles developed over the last twenty years in the “social behavior” arena. The same concepts that effect positive social engineering are duplicated in designing inhabited spaces to cause people to do what you want them to do. Students will learn to design “from the curb inward” and incorporate overlapping threat prevention principles. We also look at crime and terrorist activity and their...

Safe-room, panic rooms, evacuation shelters, tornado cellars and collective shelters all provide protection from man-made or natural threats, for both short and long periods of time. They usually serves as a place to repair to during emergency situations; a fall back position in case of emergencies, if you will. Effective design components; i.e., air requirements and waste management, capacity limits, use of electronic media and other technolo...

Homeland Security Conference 2016: "Securing the Nation - Solving Technology and Human Capital Challenges: People, Partners, Priorities"More than any other operations, homeland security missions call for coordinated and end-to-end collaboration. Success depends on preparing for the unknowable, preventing the unthinkable and planning recovery from the unimaginable.To assist in the process, AFCEA International brings together the people in charg...

This webinar will take an in-depth look at how government agencies with mission critical security needs can successfully deploy simple, scalable and secure IP Video Surveillance solutions. Video surveillance has become indispensable in protecting citizens, preventing loss and minimizing risk. However, many Government agencies and military bases are struggling to realize the full potential of their video surveillance technology. Too often they...

Luzerne County Community College will host a train-the-trainer program on suicide prevention, “QPR Gatekeeper Trainer Certification Course,” through which participants become certified trainers of the industry-leading QPR (Question Persuade Refer) approach to suicide prevention. The training will include an overview of research that led to development of this program, new and promising approaches to suicide prevention, national and...

The course will teach participants what to expect in the days immediately following an aviation accident or incident and how they can prepare for their role with the media.