The United State Attorney’s Office, along with the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the Department of Justice offers a forum of learning regarding Public Safety for Houses of Worship and Faith Communities. Several sessions will be held across the Commonwealth, with the session in Western Massachusetts being held on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
PURPOSE OF THE TRAINING
- To increase the participant’s understanding regarding the various public safety concerns and government roles and responses. Issues like vandilism, arson, internet scams, cyber threats, bomb threats, active shooter and hate crimes will be covered.
- To increase the participant’s knowledge about planning and preparing for an active threat.
- To provide participants with tools to build an emergency operations plan
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Faith leaders, administrators, board members
- Individuals responsible for emergency management at houses of worship
- University faith leaders
A informational flyer about the training can be found here.
Registration is required. Please follow this link to register.
