Description

The Erie County Law Enforcement Foundation


                                                          Safe Spaces Seminar

Preventing Targeted Violence and other Threats in Public Spaces 

Businesses/Workplaces, Schools, Houses of Worship, Military Bases,  

Nonprofit Service Agencies, Public Transportation and Open Spaces

In this seminar you will learn that targeted violence is preventable when communities are equipped with the appropriate tools, training, and resources to intervene before violence occurs.  Adopting a community level behavioral threat assessment approach to be able to observe and pro-actively respond to concerning behaviors can prevent tragedies.  A review of safety reporting programs will be conducted which will empower those working in organizations to respond appropriately to abnormal and aberrant behaviors exhibited by persons in their spaces. 

You will also learn about how you can partner with safety stakeholders in government and the public & private sectors to help increase your security and resilience across a number of other vulnerable fronts.

Public-facing businesses and organizations will be especially encouraged to facilitate bystander reporting and be prepared to respond when reports of concern are received, not waiting for direct or specific threats to be made before taking action.

Buffalo Niagara Marriott

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023

8:30am – 1:00pm

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Schedule 

7:45 - 8:30am        Sign-in & Registration 

8:30 - 8:50am         Welcoming Remarks:

                                               Kim Beaty – Chair, ECLEF

                                               Trini Ross, US Attorney, Western District of NY

                                               John Flynn, Erie County District Attorney

                                1^st Person Testimonials

                                             Mike Bryant, Corporate Security Manager at M&T Bank

                                             Chris Clark, Head of Security for the Buffalo Bills

                                             Small Business/House of Worship

                                Sponsor Recognition

                                             Bill Regan, Vice Chair, ECLEF

                                           Program & Speaker Introductions
                                                     Jeffrey Burr, Special Agent in Charge, Buffalo Field Office, USSS

8:50 - 10:30am      Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020

This presentation will pull from a 25-year history of targeted violence research by the USSS National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) to provide a proactive Behavioral Threat Assessment approach that reveals how mass attackers display a range of observable concerning behaviors across a variety of community systems as they escalate toward violence.  NTAC’s examination of these attacks indicate that targeted violence is preventable when communities are equipped with the appropriate tools, training, and resources to intervene before violence occurs.

10:30 - 11:15am    Vendor Fair with Coffee Service

Businesses and organizations who provide goods and services to enhance safety from violence, cyber attacks and other forms of threat will be available to provide information about their respective capabilities, services and proficiencies.

11:15 - 12:30pm    Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

CISA leads the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to our cyber and physical infrastructure. CISA works with partners including small and medium businesses to defend against today’s threats and collaborates to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future. CISA security advisors will explain the types of assistance CISA lends to small and medium businesses to protect their people, their assets, and their information systems.

12:30 - 1:00pm    Vendor Fair, cont.

1:00pm                Event Concludes