What a great start to the summer!

In July, Central Oregon Community College (COCC) hosted national ATAP Board Member and FBI’s Unit Chief Andre Simons addressing Threats in Institutions of Higher

Education. More than 50 members and guests attended our first meeting held in central Oregon. To kick off the fast-paced day, Seth Elliott opened the meeting with an overview of

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ISSUE:

President’s

Corner

Chapter

Election

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September

Meeting

4

News Worth

Sharing

TMC and

Pictures

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June

Meeting

Bend

Pictures!

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July

Meeting in

Bend

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Upcoming

Training

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CHAPTER

Booked in Bend

Andre Simons

Unit Chief, FBI BAU

ATAP National VP

COCC’s Threat Assessment and Prevention Team. Noting the varied stages of development of our various teams, he offered encouragement to those who are in the process of forming their own threat teams. Unit Chief Simons followed with a lively presentation that explored the past, future, and present state of targeted violence on campuses. Taking exception to recent media reports, Simons emphasized that while we can’t predict these acts of targeted violence, we can prevent them. Comparing grievances and triggers, Simons looked closely at case studies

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For our November 7th meeting in

Portland, Oregon, we are fortunate to

have guest Dr. Mario Scalora join us

from Nebraska. Dr. Scalora will

discuss recent research and

strategies related to enhancing

reporting behavior of concern.

Dr. Scalora will focus on the

importance of facilitating bystander

and victim reporting, and offer

practical strategies to facilitate

reporting to enhance threat

assessment.

November Meeting: Dr. Mario Scalora Dr. Scalora is Professor of

Psychology at the

University of Nebraska-

Lincoln, where he leads

the Targeted Violence

Research Team.

In addition, Dr. Lynn Van Male and Dr.

Anders Goranson will provide an

overview of Threat Assessment and

Management at the VA.

Thank you to our friends at the

Portland VA for hosting!

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“To catch the reader's attention,

place an interesting sentence or

quote from the story here.”

As noted on the next page, our

chapter will hold elections for

all board positions over the

next six weeks. If you desire

to nominate a chapter

member, or yourself, as a

candidate for a board position,

please prepare to submit those

nominations. As a volunteer

organization, the work required

to keep our chapter operations

and various training/

networking events running as

smooth as possible doesn’t get

done without all of us jumping

in at one point or another. So,

try and contribute when

possible via a board

opportunity, as a chairperson,

or on any committees. I will

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President’s Corner - Scott McArthur Co-Training Chair, Melissa

Muir, have taken the lead on a

chapter development event

that will be held in Spokane on

January 9th. We anticipate a

diverse multi-disciplinary

audience of Spokane and

northern Idaho attendees who

will learn more about ATAP

and a team approach to threat

assessment and case

management. Among the

speakers will be Lt. Dave

Okada and Dr. Rebecca

Bolante. Raymond Bush from

Spokane County and our

friends from CPPS have done

a lot of “on the ground” work to

support this event. We’re very

excited about taking ATAP to

the Inland Empire!

Welcome to our

latest chapter

newsletter. The

Northwest chapter

of ATAP continues

to thrive. As you

will see below,

we’re now 178+

members strong!

While these

numbers comfortably rank us

as the second largest chapter

in the country, we anticipate

our numbers will continue to

grow as we continue our

chapter development efforts.

Similar to our central Oregon

journey this past July, we will

be road tripping to Ellensburg

and Spokane in January.

Chapter VP, Ray Fleck, and

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ATAP National. James is the Regional Managing Director with Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations based out of the Portland area. A special thank you to Larry Kaminer for his outstanding work as Membership Coordinator over the past two years as we experienced incredible growth in membership. New members: we look forward to meeting you at upcoming meetings.

As of November 1st, we have 178 chapter members within ATAP Northwest! With this increase in membership, we also welcome our new Membership Coordinator, James McClain. James will be responsible for processing membership applications and

collaborating with the chapter Secretary on attendance compliance and reporting on the status of all members each year to

Membership Update

Northwest Chapter Elections In an effort to achieve alignment with ATAP National Board endeavors, the NW Chapter Board recently voted to hold elections earlier than previous years.

ATAP National historically holds its annual Association Board of Directors meeting in late January. As each chapter President is a Director on the ABOD, I desired to ensure that the NW Chapter President was able to represent

our chapter during the ABOD meeting in a meaningful manner and engage in sustained chapter

progress throughout the year as a result of the ABOD meeting.

We have amazing talent and leaders in the Northwest. I encourage and expect competition for each Board position.

A separate email communication will be distributed in early November outlining the schedule, position duties, the nomination process/submittal requirements and voting.

Members: if you desire to serve on the election committee, and do

not intend to run for the Board, please contact me via email at: scott.mcarthur@microsoft.com.

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distribute a separate email the

week of November 10 with

additional information

regarding the election process.

In terms of looking forward, we

intend to leverage our

newsletter, and eventually an

online environment, to provide

enhanced information to our

chapter members. We

anticipate this will include

postings of available

employment positions

involving ATAP related

disciplines and non-ATAP

sponsored training

opportunities that our

members may gain value from.

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Over the past year, we’ve

made great efforts to bring

amazing speakers to the NW

on a variety of topics. While

we’ll continue to schedule

outstanding national experts

for presentations, we’ll also be

seeking to tap the significant

knowledge base from within

the chapter. If you’re

interesting in presenting to the

chapter, please sync with

Melissa Muir and Bryan

Flannery. We will also be

distributing a new survey to

capture various inputs from the

membership on your feedback

and desires.

Thank you for all the difficult

and important work you

engage with on a daily basis in

an effort to keep our

communities safe! As this will

be our last newsletter for 2014,

I wish you a happy holiday

season!

Scott R. McArthur, CPP

President

ATAP Northwest Chapter

Important Dates

November 10 Open nominations begin for all NW Board positions

November 26 Last day for nominations for all NW Board position

December 1-12 Voting

December 15 Winners announced

January 1, 2015 New Board terms commence

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September: John Lane On September 19, we were pleased to host John Lane, retired LAPD Lt. and ATAP Founder, at the NOAA Western Region in Seattle. Focusing on stalking typologies, response options, and the importance of a focused approach to managing stalking cases, Mr. Lane shared context for the stalking laws we now have in every state. Mr. Lane created LAPD’s Threat Management Unit to focus on stalking and was a key participant in developing the nation’s first stalking law, in California, less than 25 years ago.

He discussed stalking typologies, and the significant differences in the risk associated with each. Mr. Lane shared general strategies and interview tips and emphasized the importance of knowing the research. As he pointed out, plaintiff attorneys are guaranteed to know it. John Lane founded ATAP and has served as President of the National ATAP Board and Los Angeles Chapter. He founded the national Threat Management Conference that recently celebrated its 24th year. Mr. Lane is the VP of Crisis & Security Consulting at Control Risks.

justice.

Beyond the adoption of the case,

the knowledge of threat

assessment played a role at trial.

Just hours before our September

meeting, the former law

enforcement officer was found

guilty on 10 of 12 counts. He has

since been sentenced to an

exceptional sentence of nearly 20

years.

Raymond Fleck is the Acting

Assistant Chief with the United

States Marshals Service for the

Western District of Washington.

He is also Vice President of the

Northwest Chapter of ATAP.

How does the fact that a stalking

subject is former law enforcement

affect how to approach the case?

Acting Assistant Chief Deputy U.S.

Marshal Raymond Fleck presented

a case study highlighting some of

these concerns, and how an

understanding of targeted violence

played a role.

With a chilling audio tape that

domestic violence experts in the

audience called “typical”, Fleck told

the story of a former law

enforcement officer intent on

terrorizing his estranged wife.

Based on threat knowledge and

escalating behavior, the U.S.

Marshals Service adopted the case

and worked with local law

enforcement to bring this stalker to

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News Worth Sharing

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“The upside,” school

psychologist John Van Dreal

says, “is not just that you stop

a school shooting. The

upside is that you get

involved in someone's life."

http://www.esquire.com/

features/mass-shooters-1014

Esquire Magazine’s

October issue features an

article entitled Everything

We Think We Know About

Mass Shooter is Wrong.

The article attacks myths,

and mentions a number of

fellow ATAP members,

including our own John

VanDreal and the Salem-

Keizer team.

Everything We Think We Know About Mass Shooters is Wrong

FBI Study on Active Shooter Incident

Source: FBI

The FBI recently released

an informative study on

active shooter incidents

between the years 2000

and 2013:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/

stories/2014/september/fbi

-releases-study-on-active-

shooter-incidents/fbi-

releases-study-on-active-

shooter-incidents

The Salem-Keizer school

district, in Oregon’s

Willamette Valley, is

considered perhaps the

foremost example of what

an emphasis on threat

assessment can accomplish

in a local setting.

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From Calgary to Chemeketa, and many points inbetween

Threat Management Conference! A big thank you to all of the

NW Chapter members who

participated in this year’s 24th

Annual Threat Management

Conference. We offered door

help, Hospitality Suite

volunteers, and great

presenters!

Special thanks to Jenni Diaz,

Bryan Flannery, Raymond

Fleck, Jeff Fletcher, Mark

Jones, Scott McArthur,

Melissa Muir, Rick Shell,

Sierra Walker, Bob

McCormick and his team!

Assessment in Higher

Education: A National

Survey of Threat

Assessment Practices

in the U.S. and

Application of Threat

Assessment,

Management and

Legal Issues Within the

College Environment.

We ended Wednesday

with Seattle Police

Detective Rande

Christiansen’s

Domestic Violence in

the Workplace: A Case

Study of a Thwarted

Attack.

Up Thursday was

Christina Holbrook of

Boeing on Threat

Management Case

Categories and How

Metrics Can Tell Your

Story: What Gets

Measured, Gets

Funded.

Next was Lynn

Fairweather with The

Winding Path: An

Interactive Group

Threat Assessment

Exercise.

And, last but certainly not least, we closed out TMC Friday with a fascinating presentation by our own Dr. Rudy Lorber on Using Neuropsychological Data as an Aid in Conducting Threat Assessments. Congratulations to all of our Chapter Member presenters!

NW Chapter

Members were

well represented

throughout the 24th

annual TMC.

On Wednesday, the

NW Chapter covered

all of the tracks. We

started the day with

Calgary Police Senior

Constables Nathan

Ford and Christopher

Kirby (pictured above).

They presented “I’m

Just Trying to Meet a

Girl:” A Case Study In

Managing a Stalker.

The next track featured

our Chemeketa

Community College

team (Rebecca Hilyer,

Rebecca Bolante, and

Bill Kohlmeyer,

pictured on the next

page) on Threat

Presenters Chris Kirby and Nathan Ford

help out at the Hospitality Suite

N W C H A P T E R N E W S L E T T E R

24th Annual Threat Management Conference

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A great turnout at this year’s Threat Management Conference in Anaheim. Nearly 50 members of the Northwest Chapter

joined the 700+ professionals attending.

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Mr. Abu-Hamid

presented an award

-winning level of

enthusiastic

understanding of the

field. He provided

practical tips that a

high school student

could easily

understand and

implement.

-Gordon Mitchell

Mr. Abu-Hamid

presented active

shooter scenarios

that everyone could

benefit from,

whether they are

armed or unarmed.

He reaches the

audience in a way

that motivates them

to act accordingly

and, most

importantly, to train

family and

colleagues how to

be a part of the

solution to save

lives in such a

situation.

-Jodie Ryan

within the community. By conducting

exercises within their area high

schools, Officers Lott and Hovenden

are making it personal in encouraging

students to fight back.

Joint Meeting at Microsoft

In June, ATAP NW Chapter members

joined ASIS and Eastside Security

Forum for a series of presentations on

Active Shooters. More than 100

people gathered at Microsoft’s

Redmond campus, including 50 NW

ATAP Chapter members. Another 20

attended online.

The day emphasized practical skills and

knowledge to prepare our organizations

to deal with an Active Shooter scenario.

Basim Abu-Hamid, of Pinkerton

Global Security, presented on Active

Shooter for the Unarmed Individual. An

accomplished speaker, Mr. Abu-Hamid

shared a shorter version of materials he

uses with a largely Silicon Valley

audience. He focused on intervention,

disarming techniques, and active

response.

Dr. Frank Colistro ended the day

discussed myths that violence can’t be

predicted or stopped, pointing out:

“we’re living proof that’s not true.”

Redmond Police Department Officers

Kenny Lott and Sam Hovenden

presented on a Law Enforcement

Response to an Active Shooter. They

emphasized the importance of relying

on good training and tactics, not luck.

Focusing on a unified response,

Officers Lott and Hovenden shared the

exercises and training that Redmond

PD conducts with other law

enforcement, with fire departments, and

June: Active Shooter Response

Most incidents of an

active shooter situation

happen within 10 to 15

minutes and are over

before Law Enforcement

arrives on scene. The key

to surviving these types of

situations is mental and

physical preparation.

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In an anonymous

conference room

inside the

anonymous

building, a man sits

at the head of the

conference table.

His name is Andre

Simons. He is trim,

compact, and alert,

with a scalp shaved

to a high shine,

arched eyebrows,

and preternaturally

wide-open eyes.

- Esquire Magazine

shooters rarely have a history of violence or substance abuse issues either. Simons brought out great suggestions from the diverse group in the room, representing higher education, law enforcement, mental health, and legal professionals. After a wonderful lunch and opportunity to network, Simons raised the importance of bringing cyber experts into threat assessment— “get a Latin speaker on your team.” The setting was ideal, the

presentation was engaging, and the packed crowd left with new connections and new ideas for putting these ideas into practice in our own organizations.

Threats in Higher Education

to better understand triggering events. He attacked the myth of someone “just snapping” and instead described much more nuanced situations. For example, Simons pointed out that active

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July: Central Oregon Community College

Hosts from Central Oregon Community College:

Jim Bennett, Seth Elliott, Don Doughy, and Cady-Mae Hunt

NW Chapter President Scott McArthur with Unit Chief Andre Simons

Would you like to contribute to our new NW Chapter

newsletter?

If you want to highlight an area of threat assessment or

have an idea for an article (150-400 words), please e-mail

it to Melissa Muir at Missy1905@outlook.com

Interested in joining ATAP?

Click here for more information Newsletter Ideas?

NW Chapter Training Calendar

Friday, January 9 Spokane, Washington Friday, March 6 Oregon Friday, May 1 Puget Sound August 11-15 National Threat Management Conference Anaheim, California

While it is always best to attend meetings in person, we will offer meetings online when possible. Webinar availability and/or quality is dependent on host venue IT & AV infrastructure, and broadband availability.

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The next meeting will be held in Portland on Friday, November 7, 9 am—1:00 pm Mark your calendar for these upcoming 2015 meetings:

Proactive Resolutions is partnering with

universities throughout Canada to present 5-day

Violence Risk Assessment & Management

Workshops for Higher Education. ATAP

members are eligible for a discount.

The Foundational Workshop focuses on best

practices in assessing and managing violence

risk. The Advanced Workshop teaches mastery

in implementing these skills into practice.

Foundational Workshop

Langley, British Columbia

December 8-12, 2014

Advanced Workshop

Vancouver, British Columbia

February 23-27, 2015

See their website for more information:

http://proactive-resolutions.com/proactive-

events/

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