This Week in School and Campus Safety

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This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program highlights Hazardous Materials Preparedness Month and promotes the upcoming classes on Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations, Developing Emergency Operations Plans, and the Advanced Digital Threat Assessment.

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Laura Black
Program Coordinator
Illinois School and Campus Safety Program
Hazardous Materials Preparedness Month

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency monthly theme for April is Hazardous Materials Preparedness Month. For schools and campuses, it is important to know what hazardous materials are in the the area and plan for the potential for leaks and spills. It is equally important to acknowledge that hazardous materials are transported through communities, whether by train, semi, etc., and plan for those potential spills as well. One need only see the news about the recent train derailments, including the ones in Ohio and Illinois, to realize the potential for hazardous materials to effect schools and campuses.
Having an annex regarding hazardous materials in your emergency operations plan can save valuable response time should a spill or leak occur. The Illinois School and Campus Safety Resource Center website links to various resources and tools to help K-12 schools and institutions of higher education with developing, updating, and evaluating emergency operations plans.
Upcoming Session of Developing Emergency Operations Plans K-12 Train-the-Trainer
April 21st in Edwardsville

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in collaboration with the REMS TA Center, is pleased to announce the class Developing Emergency Operations Plans K-12 101 Train-the-Trainer is being held in Edwardsville, Il on April 21st. This class presents Federal guidance on school emergency management planning, including the recommended six step planning process to create a high-quality school EOP. This planning process is designed to help develop a plan, conduct a comprehensive review of the entire plan, or conduct periodic & incremental reviews of plan components.
 
For more information and to register, click here.
Upcoming Session of Advanced Digital Threat Assessment via Zoom on April 19th

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Advanced Digital Threat Assessment will be held on April 19th from 9:30 am-4:00 pm 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 Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations
April 26-27th in Macomb

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Preventing Targeted Violence Through Leakage and Cyber Investigations will be held April 26-27th in Macomb, 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.
Illinois School and Campus Safety Program www.ilschoolsafety.org