April 4th Weekly Update: Emergency Communications Month; There's Still Time to Register for Effective Communcation Principles Class, Other Upcoming Classes

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This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program shares information for Emergency Communications Month, and promotes the upcoming Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment™, Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations, and Effective Communication Principles classes.

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Laura Black

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Program Coordinator

Illinois School and Campus Safety Program

Emergency Communications Month

April is Emergency Communications Month. Effective communication during a school incident is crucial for minimizing risks, ensuring everyone's safety, and facilitating a swift and successful recovery. The Illinois School and Campus Safety Resource Center shares information about emergency communications on the Crisis Communications Plans page; we also have a session of Effective Communication Principles coming up later this month in Fairview Heights, IL.

There's Still Time to Register!

Effective Communication Principles Before, During, and After Critical Incidents in Fairview Heights on April 25th

There's still time to register for the Effective Communication Principles Before, During, and After Critical Incidents class on April 25th in Fairview Heights, IL.

This training provides attendees comprehensive education on the subject of communications. Throughout the training, attendees will learn about the importance of building relationships with the media and the community through routine communications. The training will also provide guidance on how to prepare for a crisis communications event and what to do should that day happen. Finally, instruction will wrap up with discussion on how to effectively communicate after a critical incident.

For more information and to register, click here.

Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations in Oglesby April 25-26th

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations class on April 25-26, 2024, in Oglesby, IL. Class objectives include:

• Why it is important NOT to disregard information given to LEO or school officials.

• What the term "Leakage" means and how we can interpret the information.

• Learn free and open source online investigative tools into social networks and App generated phone numbers.

• Learn to identify and collect cyber evidence to identify suspects.

• Learn the three-step process in investigating internet crimes.

• Learn the importance of Preservation, Exigent Circumstances, and Search Warrants.

• Learn how to obtain IP's, screen names, screen captures, and email headers.

• State laws: Terrorist Threat, Falsely Making a Terrorist Threat, Swatting, and Causing a Catastrophe.

• Suspect search warrant, arrest, interrogation, and mental health evaluation.

• Examine a successful cyber-crime case study investigation from start to finish.

For more information and to register, click here.

Upcoming Session of Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment™ April 29th in Maywood

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in partnership with Safer Schools Together, is pleased to announce an upcoming session of Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment™ on April 29th being held in Maywood, IL.

BDTA™ integrates Safer Schools Together’s Digital Threat Assessment® training and best practice from the National Threat Assessment Center’s Behavioral Threat Assessment model. BDTA™ includes a 3-step response plan developed to help S/TA teams ensure all worrisome, concerning, and threat-related behaviors are proactively responded to, reducing the potential of violence within your community. The training will examine techniques for identifying and assessing individuals who engage in behaviors consistent with a threat and provide S/TA teams with the tools to ensure a thorough data collection process. Additionally, the training will provide an overview of the assessment process, including best practices for interviewing and progress monitoring. Participants will obtain the tools vital for proactively and effectively identifying, assessing, and responding to worrisome and/or threat-related behavior through a BDTA™ management lens.

For more information and to register, click here.

Upcoming Session of Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment™ May 8th in Springfield

For more information and to register, click here.

Upcoming Session of Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations May 20-21 in Kankakee

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations class will be held May 20-21, 2024, in Kankakee, IL. Class objectives include: