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Life Safety Summit in Dallas, Texas. The event was extremely success- ful, welcoming over 100 attendees to listen to campus security experts like Dallas Independent School District Chief of Police Craig R. Miller, and Joseph Perks, the executive director of security and security at Plano Independent School District, speak on topics such as the state of public education school safety on campuses, tips and tactics for event security, emergency communication and incident response.
Attendees were given the chance to visit with campus security solu- tions manufacturers, providers and integrators and talk one-on-one with knowledgeable experts about their unique security challenges, as well as inquire about potential solutions for their campus based on the information they learned in the sessions from that day.
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CSLS has grown the Summits by three events in 2018, the first located in Austin, Texas. The keynote, breakout sessions and networking time was specifically tailored for the attendees of the Austin Summit, touch- ing on topics such as compliance with The Clery Act, preparation for an active shooter, gangs on campuses and more.
Attendees of the Austin Campus Security & Life Safety Summit will receive vital information from guest speakers such as Roxanne King, Clery Program Manager in University Compliance Services at The University of Texas at Austin, Patrick V. Fiel, Sr., a campus security consultant and founder of PVF Security Consulting, Joe Curiel, Chief of Police at San Antonio Independent School District and Samuel F. Martinez, Detective in the Intelligence Unit at San Antonio Indepen- dent School District Police Department.
Keynote. Attendees will receive the unique opportunity to hear first-hand stories from The University of Texas Police Department Chief of Police David Carter as he speaks on the unique perspectives of campus safety and security in a challenging political era. Chief Cart- er will touch on the distinct challenges the past election cycle brought to UT Austin and how he and his team stayed up-to-date on happen- ings around campus, created timely and effective security solutions in a fast paced environment and brought security to an open campus while respecting the rights of students as citizens.
Gangs on School Campuses. Chief Curiel will introduce the discus- sion on gangs in schools from the administrative and leadership per- spective of a campus police department. Detective Martinez will be available to discuss his experiences working with gangs in an intercity school environment and will share ideas that will help attendees have a better understanding when dealing with gang members. The session will touch on how to spot the signs of gang membership and help to promote a safe school environment when dealing with these groups on your campus. Chief Curiel and Detective Martinez are prepared to use their own experiences with gangs to answer questions and teach attendees how to be prepared when dealing with gang activity.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David Carter, Chief of Police
The University of Texas Police Department
The University of Texas at Austin has a main campus with over 350 acres, 18 colleges and schools, over 24,000 faculty and staff and more than 50,000 students. David Carter was appoint-
ed Chief of Police of the university in 2013 and manages more than 171 University of Texas Police Department (UTPD) employ- ees consisting of 99 peace officers, 13 communication opera- tors, 49 guards and nine administrative positions.
Chief Carter has worked rapidly on the expansion of UTPD organizational structure to meet the growing demands of the uni- versity. With the implementation of Dell Medical School and Trau- ma Center, the department grew by a third, to insure that the policing needs were covered. There were also new contractual obligations that affected the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, which created 14 more police officer positions.
Chief Carter strongly believes in community policing strategies, making the department more approachable and visible to the community. With the creation of the bike unit, foot patrol was expanded to the west campus area, bordering the university’s jurisdiction.
UTPD partnered with neighboring agencies, such as the Austin Police Department (APD) in a West Campus Initiative to deal with the safety concerns and crime involving business owners, stu- dents and faculty/staff of the university. Chief Carter’s strategies have been successful in crime reduction and getting the commu- nity more involved. The relationship between the community and the department has formed stronger bonds and increased trust resulting in department transparency.
Intelligence led policing strategies have been pursued since Chief Carter’s appointment. He has been aggressively pursuing the expansion of the department’s analytical and information sharing capability by hiring the department’s first Intelligence Ana- lyst and CompStat program focusing on increasing efficiency, effectiveness and crime reduction results.
Chief Carter began his career as a patrol officer with the Bryan Police Department in 1983. He was hired by APD in 1985, pro- moting to positions with increasing responsibility until being selected to serve as an Assistant Chief and then Chief of Staff in August 2007. His career has included many specialized assign- ments and a range of unique professional experiences. His previ- ous assignments have included senior leadership roles over Patrol, Major Investigations, Organized Crime investigations, as well the Special Operations Division.
As the APD’s first Assistant Chief, David Carter served as sec- ond in command and was responsible for all day-to-day operations of the APD including the oversight of approximately 2,300 employ- ees and a total annual budget of over $300 million. APD Execu- tive Staff, which includes five additional Assistant Chiefs and one Assistant Director, reported directly to Chief Carter.
Chief Carter was one of APD’s most decorated officers and earned many distinguished awards, including the Austin Police Department’s: Distinguished Service Cross “Medal of Valor,” the Distinguished Command Medal, the Life Saving Medal, and three Meritorious Service Medals, and was awarded Combat spurs by the US Army 1st Cavalry Division, in recognition of being engaged by enemy insurgents while in Iraq.
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