Plan, Prepare, React: Active Shooter Response Options for Students, Faculty and Staff Class

(Oct 1, 2012 - 3:42:53 PM)

An active shooter is defined as an armed person who has used deadly force on people and continues to do so while having unrestricted access to additional victims. Active shooter situations can occur anywhere, even on college and university campuses. A link to an Active Shooter video is provided below.

The “Plan, Prepare, React: Active Shooter Response Options for Students, Faculty and Staff” is a training program developed for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia by the University of Georgia and by several other University System of Georgia institutions. The Plan, Prepare, React training program's intended audience is students, staff and faculty associated with the State of Georgia's 35 colleges and universities. This comprehensive training program includes a ten-minute video, a PowerPoint presentation, a training activity and resource materials.


Terrorism Prevention and Prosecution

(Sep 24, 2012 - 9:19:05 AM)

Academic-Professional Security Series

Terrorism Prevention and Prosecution

Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 PM

UGA Tate Center – Reception Hall

Presenters:

Michael Moore – the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia responsible for the prosecution of all federal criminal cases in Georgia’s middle district which includes Athens. Mr. Moore is a member of the Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.

Dr. Dan Silk – Fulbright Scholar and Criminal Justice Instructor at UGA. His forthcoming book, Preventing Ideological Violence: Communities, Police and Case Studies of Success builds on his research concerning domestic anti-terrorism methods.


Upcoming OSEP Classes & Programs Offered

(Sep 17, 2012 - 11:30:25 AM)


  • Conflict De-escalation -Thursday, May 23, from 9-11 AM at Training and Development. This class will focus on techniques to keep a confrontation from becoming violent and how to de-escalate a heated exchange. The goal of the class will be to provide the participants with the ability to obtain voluntary compliance from an individual who does not want to comply. Register.
  • Emergency Preparedness for New Employees -Monday, June 3, from 10:30 AM - Noon at Training and Development. Individual preparedness is the responsibility of all faculty, staff and students on the UGA campus. Everyone should know how to prepare, respond to and recover from an emergency or disaster both at home and in the workplace. This class will help prepare members of the UGA community to respond to various building level emergencies and campus emergencies. Register.

  • BSSR Orientation for Off-Campus BSSRs - video-click here
  • List of Training Classes offered by OSEP

  • ACADEMIC-PROFESSIONAL SECURITY SERIES

    (Sep 21, 2011 - 8:19:04 AM)

    The Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness and the UGA Center for International Trade and Security will host periodic seminars designed to bring together professionals and academics working in the areas of security to increase collaboration between the two groups. The seminars are part of the Academic-Professional Security Series.

    Information about upcoming seminars will be posted on this Web site. To view past seminars, click here.

    For further information or questions about the Academic-Professional Security Series, contact the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness at (706)542-2778 or E-mail John Newton at jmnewton@uga.edu.


    NIMS Training Plan

    (Aug 30, 2011 - 4:28:52 PM)

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    The University of Georgia's 2010 NIMS Training Plan (a 15 page document available for downloading in .pdf) was created to formalize OSEP's approach to address NIMS compliance in a consistent manner on campus. Furthermore, the plan will provide details on how OSEP will notify, train and maintain the records of the thousands of identified campus personnel who will need NIMS training in support of our campus compliance efforts.

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