This Week in School and Campus Safety

Good morning,

This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program shares information on the DuPage Regional Office of Education's upcoming school safety classes on Feb. 28th, links to information on the upcoming ILSROA Conference, and promotes upcoming sessions of Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations, Digital Threat Assessment®, Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®, Campus Threat Assessment and Management, and Threat Assessment Team Training.

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Laura Black

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Program Coordinator

Illinois School and Campus Safety Program

DuPage ROE Holding School Safety Classes on February 28th

The DuPage Regional Office of Education is holding two school safety classes on Feb. 28th as part of their County-Wide Institute Day, including a Threat Assessment Training and a School Safety Training for Support and Front Office Staff. Click here or on the flyer to learn more!

Last Chance to Register!

Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations February 25-26th in Woodstock

This is the last chance to register for the Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations class February 25-26, 2025, in Woodstock, 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.

There's Still Time to Register!

Campus Threat Assessment and Management

March 4-5th in Springfield, IL

There's still time to register for the Campus Threat Assessment and Management class March 4-5, 2025, in Springfield, IL.

This two-day workshop for institutions of higher education 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 Sessions of Digital Threat Assessment® and Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in partnership with Safer Schools Together, is pleased to announce 3 upcoming sessions of the Digital Threat Assessment® class and 1 upcoming session of the Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® class 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 the corresponding link for the session you would like to attend.

March 6, 2025 - Digital Threat Assessment®

April 3, 2025 - Digital Threat Assessment®

May 1, 2025 - Digital Threat Assessment®

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. 

May 29, 2025 - Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®

Threat Assessment Team Training in

Algonquin, IL March 24-25h

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Threat Assessment Team Training class is being held in Algonquin, IL March 24-25, 2025.

This comprehensive 2-day K-12 training on multidisciplinary, community-based threat assessment teams provides a history and background of threat assessment, targeted violence, threat assessment research, risk factors, and behavioral indicators of those who are intending to commit targeted violence against others. It also provides training on the concept and advantages of a community-based, multidisciplinary threat assessment system, team dynamics, threat assessment process, and management principles.

For more information and to register, click here.

Campus Threat Assessment and Management

March 27-28th in Centralia, IL

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Campus Threat Assessment and Management will be held March 27-28, 2025, in Centralia, IL.

This two-day workshop for K-12 and higher education 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.

Threat Assessment Team Training in

Galesburg, IL April 1-2

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Threat Assessment Team Training class is being held in Galesburg, IL April 1-2, 2025.

This comprehensive 2-day K-12 training on multidisciplinary, community-based threat assessment teams provides a history and background of threat assessment, targeted violence, threat assessment research, risk factors, and behavioral indicators of those who are intending to commit targeted violence against others. It also provides training on the concept and advantages of a community-based, multidisciplinary threat assessment system, team dynamics, threat assessment process, and management principles.

For more information and to register, click here.

2025 ILSROA School Safety Conference June 18-20, 2025

The 2025 ILSROA School Safety Conference is being held June 18-20th in Normal, IL. The registration fee for the 3-day conference is $275, which includes all training materials, daily breakfast, and a 1-year ILSROA membership. There is also a 1-Day Only Pass option for $100 for school administrators and school district personnel who are unable to attend all 3 days. For more information and to register, click here.