Welcome to the CTAP Webinar 11/19/10 12:00pm Central Please dial 1-866-423-8755 for the audio.

1. Welcome to the CTAP Webinar11/19/10 12:00pm CentralPlease dial 1-866-423-8755 for the audio.

2. Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Great Plains Chapter November 19, 2010 When to Involve Local Law Enforcement in Campus Threat Assessment Investigations

3. Law Enforcement, When? • Law enforcement is a key component of any threat assessment effort • All schools have law enforcement resources available • Different agencies are accessible for different reasons

4. Threat Assessment Team • Human Resources • Student Affairs • Academic Affairs • Legal Counsel • Dean of Students • Security • Law Enforcement

5. Discovery • Potential threats are realized by the threat assessment team • Law Enforcement is part of this discovery process as well as a player in the later management of the threat

6. Contained within Campus? • Threat • Target • Location • Collateral Sources of Information

7. Information • Law enforcement has access to a large amount of unique and useful information • Local information • Information from other agencies • Information from other sources

8. Information matters, now • Assessment and management of a threat will be most successful when the assessment team has the most information available at the start of the process • After management begins, information from many sources will guide the direction of how the threat situation is treated

9. Law Enforcement, who? • Local, county and state agencies • Operate under predetermined allocations of services • Your local agency may call on other agencies for investigative resources • Jurisdiction/venue

10. Law Enforcement, how? • Contact your local police department • Ask to meet about threat assessment • Determine who to contact when a threat assessment issue emerges • Establish a common understanding of the purpose of a request for help in this area • Create a two way flow of information between both entities • Formalize membership of team members

11. Did I say, “ Two Way?”

12. Black Hole Solutions • Form relationships with law enforcement • Expect a threat case to materialize • Know your first step • Join ATAP