Articles Tagged with ''University security''

Shawn Ellies Appointed Director of Security and Emergency Management at University of Pittsburgh

Shawn Ellies appointed University of Pittsburgh's director of security and emergency management

December 23, 2020

Commander Shawn Ellies was appointed Director of Security and Emergency Management at the University of Pittsburgh. He has served at the University for the past 23 years in public safety roles.

The City of Columbus has named Chance Corbett as the new Emergency Management Director.

City of Columbus names Chance Corbett as emergency management director

December 11, 2020

The City of Columbus has named Chance Corbett as the new Emergency Management Director.

LSU Police awarded national law enforcement accreditation by CALEA

December 1, 2020

The LSU Police Department was awarded accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., or CALEA, in the Law Enforcement program on Friday, Nov. 13, following a vote of CALEA’s 21-member board. CALEA Accreditation serves as the International Gold Standard for Public Safety Agencies.

Tim Wiseman, UW's chief risk officer, elected to National Higher Education Risk Management Association board

November 24, 2020

Tim Wiseman, the University of Wyoming’s chief risk officer, has been elected to the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA) Board of Directors. Wiseman is one of two new board members selected for a three-year term.

Saint John's University in Minnesota ends 10-hour lockdown after suspect arrested

November 20, 2020

Saint John's University campus in Collegeville, Minnesota went into a lockdown on Thursday for close to 10 hours while law enforcement searched for the suspect.

Security 500 Thought Leader Profiles

Luke Manuel: Doing Good in Healthcare

Security Director

Diane Ritchey

November 5, 2020

Working in healthcare was never on my radar,” says Luke Manuel, Security Director for Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center in Mount Vernon, Ky. He spent 8 ½ years in the U.S. Marine Corps, before earning his bachelor’s degree in Assets Protection and Security with a focus on critical infrastructure.

Security 500 Thought Leader Profiles

Joey Hunter: Securing Banning

Director of Security, Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Diane Ritchey

November 5, 2020

After serving our country for 10 years in the Marine Corps, Joey Hunter was ready to be a prison guard. The career path appealed to him and the job interview was set.

DHS awards $2M to University of Illinois-led consortium to create national network of cybersecurity institutes

November 4, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), a DHS Center of Excellence (COE) led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes.

Cesar Gracia named campus police chief in Tennessee

Cesar Gracia named ETSU Chief of Police

November 3, 2020

East Tennessee State University names Cesar Gracia as chief of police and director of Public Safety.

Portland University will remain committed to unarmed police officers on campus

Portland State University will not meet goal of transitioning to unarmed police officers this fall, but remain committed to goal

October 28, 2020

Portland State University will be unable to meet its fall goal of transitioning to unarmed sworn officers on campus due to a number of issues, however, the University says it remains committed to this eventual goal.

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