Comprehensive Security Programs in Higher Education
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and execute non-traditional community-facing safety and security services.
- Leverage technology to support the mission of a safe and secure.
- Manage high-profile events and visitors to campus settings.
- Extend and reinvigorate mature existing public safety and security programs.
Credits:
Training may qualify for related continuing education for recertification activity through NICET. Students may claim one (1) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) point per hour of instruction towards their NICET recertification requirement for any sessions that expand their knowledge of the subject matter pertaining to the certifications they hold.
Participants completing this course may be eligible to receive Continuing Professional Education credit or CPEs toward ASIS re-certification.
Georgetown University, a major international research university with nine schools, an affiliated hospital, and many highly-ranked academic programs, has a mature, layered security program. The university has more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students taking classes at five locations, including Washington, D.C., and Georgetown’s Qatar campus. Georgetown’s Public Safety team has developed innovative community support programs, which include a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Crisis Intervention Trained (CIT) Officers, and a campus-wide Active Shooter Response training program. Jay Gruber, Associate Vice-President for Public Safety and Chief Public Safety Officer at Georgetown University will — through his own experiences and storytelling — teach security leaders how to identify areas where campuses can build comprehensive, community-focused programs that limit risk, leverage technology and allow educational institutions to offer students and staff a safe place to learn and work.

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Jay Gruber, has been the Chief of Police and Associate Vice-President for Public Safety at Georgetown University since July 2012. He oversees the Police Department, Emergency Management and International Safety and Security. During his tenure at Georgetown, he has developed innovative community support programs which include a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Crisis Intervention Trained (CIT) Officers, and a campus-wide Active Shooter Response training program. In the first half of 2012, Chief Gruber served as an FBI Police Executive Fellow assigned to the National Joint Terrorism Task Force supporting the Campus Liaison Program. Chief Gruber previously spent 26 years with the University of Maryland, College Park Police Department where he served as an Assistant Chief of Police before retiring in 2012. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Law Enforcement from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Master’s Degree in Applied Management from University of Maryland University College and a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security Management. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) accredited through ASIS International. |