This Week in School and Campus Safety

Good morning,

This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program links to information on the Lake County Safety Conference, provides information on upcoming threat assessment training through ROE 48 & 53, and promotes upcoming classes on Digital Threat Assessment®, Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®, Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations, and Campus Threat Assessment and Management.

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Laura Black
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Program Coordinator
Illinois School and Campus Safety Program
Lake County Safety Conference March 4, 2024

The Lake County Regional Office of Education, Sheriff's Department, and State's Attorney's Office are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the annual Lake County School Safety Conference and Expo! The conference will be held in-person at Warren Township High School- Almond Campus and it is FREE to all participants. PD hours and CEU hours are available. For more information and to register, click here.
ROEs 48 and 53 to Host Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Training

Regional Offices of Education 48 and 53 are partnering with Dr. Gene Deisinger to offer a two-day foundational behavioral threat assessment team training February 27-28, 2024, from 8:30 to 4:30. The training, meals, drinks, and afternoon snacks are FREE. The location is being finalized but will be in Peoria County. For more information and to register, click here.
Upcoming Session of Digital Threat Assessment® March 15th via Zoom

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in partnership with Safer Schools Together, is pleased to announce an upcoming session of Digital Threat Assessment® on March 15th being held via Zoom.

The Digital Threat Assessment® training will enable participants to establish a framework to better assess all threats by constructing and considering the digital baseline of a threat maker by locating, documenting, and evaluating social media data through a threat assessment lens. A significant portion of the day will be spent engaging in hands-on exercises on the most prevalent social media platforms and associated search applications.

For more information and to register, click here.
Upcoming Session of Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® on April 3rd via Zoom

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in partnership with Safer Schools Together, is pleased to announce an upcoming session of Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® on April 3rd being held via Zoom.
Building upon the Digital Threat Assessment® class by Safer Schools Together, Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® advances participants' understanding of finding and curating relevant digital information consistent with real-life digital threat assessment data gathering scenarios. Significant engagement and hands-on practice will take place as participants are assembled into investigative teams and given a true-to-life mock scenario.

For more information and to register, click here.
Upcoming Session of Campus Threat Assessment and Management Feb. 29-March 1st in Normal

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Campus Threat Assessment and Management will be held Feb. 29-March 1, 2024, in Normal, IL. This two-day workshop for institutions of higher education featuring Gene Deisinger, Ph.D will help participants to better understand the dynamics of targeted violence and to develop and enhance strategies for early identification, assessment, and intervention with concerning situations.

For more information and to register, click here.
Upcoming Session of Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations March 4-5th in Plainfield

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 March 4-5, 2024, in Plainfield, 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.
DuPage ROE to Host I Love U Guys Foundation's Reunification Training Feb. 9th & June 11th

The DuPage County Regional Office of Education is hosting the I Love U Guys Foundation for the Standard Reunification Method Train-the-Trainer on February 9, 2024, and June 11, 2024. For more information and to register, click here.
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