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Security Threat Assessment Conference

 

Iona College to Present
Second Conference On Security Threat Assessment
May 17, 2012

Law Enforcement Experts to Address Domestic Terrorism and Other Security Threats at Day-Long Session for Practitioners

New Rochelle, NY (April 2012) Top local, state and federal law enforcement experts will participate in Iona College's Second Annual Conference on Security Threat Assessment from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Thursday, May 17th at the college's Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Among the topics that will be addressed are:

  • Security Threat Assessment and Its Significance Today
  • Fraud & Money Laundering: Detecting the Links in the Criminal Cycle
  • Strategies for Crisis Management
  • Threat Assessment Issues for Campuses, including Clery Compliance & Dating Violence
  • Cyber-crime and Terrorism
  • Community-wide Approaches to Crisis Management and Preparedness

Cathryn Lavery, PhD, Conference Coordinator and Chair of Iona's Criminal Justice Department, which is presenting the conference, said: "This will be the most comprehensive overview of security threat presented by experts who are actively working in the field." She also noted that the conference is designed for terrorism experts and consultants, educators, court officials, school and private security representatives, hospital administrators, social workers and other practitioners and students majoring in education, criminal justice and political science.

David T. Mulcahy, Conference Coordinator, is a 19-year veteran of the probation & parole fields on both the state and federal level. Currently, Mr. Mulcahy is a United States Probation Officer for the Southern District of New York assigned to the Special Offender Unit, where he supervises organized crime, violent gangs and terrorist offenders. In addition, he is a liaison to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) under the Intelligence Division of NYPD assigned to the Field Investigations Unit. An undergraduate of University of Lowell in Massachusetts and holding a Master of Arts from Seton Hall University, Mr. Mulcahy serves as an adjunct professor at Iona College and Pace University in Manhattan.

Conference Outline

8:00 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast/registration

8:45 - 9:00 am: Introductions/Welcome

9:00 - 10:15 am: General Plenary Presentation: Security Threat Assessment - Present Issues

10:15 - 10:30am - Coffee break

10:30 - 11:30 am: Fraud and Money Laundering: Detecting the Links in the Criminal Cycle

11:45 am - 12:45 pm: Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 pm: Breakout Groups A

Topics:
  • Emergency response & Preparedness: Community-wide approaches
  • Security Threats for Administrators at K-12 Schools
  • Domestic & Dating Issues for Educators and Medical Practitioners
  • First Response Measures and Special Issues for Campus Security
  • Threat Assessment and Correctional Issues
  • Media Issues and Security Threat for Public & Private Infrastructures

2:15 - 3:15 pm: Breakout Groups B

Topics:
  • Campus Security Issues: The Importance of Clery Compliance
  • Security Threat Issues and Gangs
  • Radicalization of Youth in the United States
  • Teacher Preparedness for Security Threat Issues in the Classroom
  • Money Laundering and the Impact on Terrorist Financing
  • Cybercrime and Public Safety Threats

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Coffee break

3:30 - 4:30 pm: "Acts of Madness" and "Acts of Nature" - Strategies for Crisis Management

4:30 - 4:45 pm: Closing Remarks

4:45 pm: Pick-up Certificates

All sessions, including break-out groups will be taught by leaders in the field of security threat assessment and crisis management.

To sign up for break-out groups, please email your top two choices for each Group section A & B to Dr. Cathryn Lavery after registering.

 

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