2015 Idaho Threat Assessment Conference Agenda
Monday, June 1, 2015 – Keynote Speaker Dr. Steve Albrecht
Hatch Ballroom (2nd Floor), Student Union Building
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8:00am – 8:30am Conference Registration
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8:30am – 8:40am Welcome and Opening Remarks
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8:40am – 10:00am Lessons Learned from National Workplace and School
Violence Cases – Dr. Steve Albrecht
- What can other workplace and campus-based violence incidents tell us about prevention?
What does the US Secret Service say about violence and how do we apply those conclusions
in our campus environment? How do we effectively and assertively manage threatening
student or employee behaviors?
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10:00am – 10:15am Break
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10:15am – 11:45am The Hunters vs. Howlers Threat Assessment Model –
Dr. Steve Albrecht
- How do we define “Hunters” and “Howlers” and are there ever crossovers? How do we
identify Howlers who may be on a path to become Hunters? How do we use counter-intuitive
thinking to use the Calhoun-Weston model for dealing with Hunters or Howlers? How do we
use the model to assess bomb threats, cyber threats, or other anonymous threats? How do
we work in teams to problem-solve employee or outsider threat cases, using existing
technologies, social media, good interviewing skills, threat assessment pen and paper tools,
and outside-the-box thinking?
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11:45am – 12:45pm Lunch (Provided)
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12:45pm – 2:00pm Threat Assessment Team Policies and Responses for
Student, Employee, or Outsider Threats – Dr. Steve Albrecht
- How do we make the best use of the TAT protocols for current or former student threats,
employee threats, domestic violence crossover, or outsider threats? How do we work with
law enforcement, EAP, clinicians, and other safety and security stakeholders? How do we use
Threat Assessment Team checklists to manage cases?
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2:00pm – 2:15pm Break
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2:15pm – 3:30 Case Studies and Small Group Work – Dr. Steve Albrecht
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3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
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3:45pm – 4:30pm Conclusions, the Future of School Violence Prevention,
and Next Steps – Dr. Steve Albrecht
- What challenges do we face going forward, including copycats, a violence-obsessed media
culture, and a growing increase in disturbed students, returning veterans, employees, or
strangers, who bring the totality of their mental health, behavioral, or security problems to
our campus facilities?
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 – Presentations by Members of the FBI’s
Behavioral Analysis Unit, Field Intelligence Group, and Joint
Terrorism Task Force
Hatch Ballroom (2nd Floor), Student Union Building
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8:30am – 12:00pm How to Operationalize Threat Assessment and Threat
Management – Special Agent Matthew Bowlin
- Special Agent Bowlin will guide participants through a discussion and presentation of
threat assessment principles, with an emphasis on operationalizing the concepts learned
during the first day of the conference. This presentation will offer insight to FBI and USCP's
strategy to deal with persons of concern and threatening situations. Topics covered in the
half day presentation include basics of conducting the actual threat assessment process,
establishing threat assessment teams, acquiring and applying knowledge of pre-attack
indicators and risk factors to potential mass attackers and other targeted violence offenders,
and finally comparing this body of knowledge to anonymized case examples that illustrate
the varying threat management strategies.
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12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch (Provided)
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1:00pm – 2:15pm Resources of the FBI for Threat Mitigation and
Management Within the Education Arena – Special Agents Joseph Hess and
Kyle Wright
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2:15pm – 3:00pm Case Studies – Special Agents Joseph Hess and Kyle Wright
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3:00pm – 3:15pm Break
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3:15pm – 4:15pm Threat Assessment Team Presentations and Panel –
Boise State University and Boise Independent School District Threat Assessment
Teams
2015 Idaho Threat Assessment Conference Presenter Bios
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Steve Albrecht, PHR, CPP, BCC. In 1994, Dr. Steve Albrecht,
PHR, CPP, BCC, co-wrote Ticking Bombs, one of the first books on workplace
violence. He is internationally known for his related books, articles, speeches, and
training. He is board certified in HR, security, and coaching, and holds a Doctorate in
Business Administration, an M.A. in Security Management, a B.S. in Psychology, and
a B.A. in English. He worked for the San Diego Police Department for 15 years and
has written 17 books on business and criminal justice topics.
Featured Speaker – Special Agent Matthew Bowlin. Special Agent Bowlin is a U.S.
Capitol Police Special Agent assigned to the FBI’s Behavioral Threat Assessment
Center (BTAC), Behavioral Analysis Unit II (BAU-2) at the National Center for the
Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC), Quantico, Virginia since February 2011. At the
NCAVC, he is responsible for providing behaviorally based operational support and
training to federal, state, local, tribal and international law enforcement agencies.
Special Agent Bowlin’s support primarily encompasses threat assessments, threat
management strategies, interview and interrogation strategies, media strategies,
and unknown offender profiles. Previous to his career with the U.S. Capitol Police
and FBI, Special Agent Bowlin worked as a patrol officer for the Sanford, Florida
Police Department.
While working with the U.S. Capitol Police as a uniformed police officer, Special
Agent Bowlin has worked in the Capitol Division, directly ensuring the protection of
the Legislative process, Members of Congress, staff, and visitors, as well as the
Senate Chambers Section and the First Responders Unit, leading to additional
training and collateral assignments to an Investigations Division Task Force
conducting counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and counter-surveillance
operations in Washington D.C. In 2006, Special Agent Bowlin transferred to the
Investigation Division of the USCP, Threat Assessment Section, where he remained
assigned until his assignment to the BAU. Special Agent Bowlin holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Administration of Criminal Justice from Mountain State University.
He is the Agency President for the Federal Law Enforcement Officer’s Association
(FLEOA), and is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, DC
Chapter.
Featured Speaker – Special Agent Joseph Hess. Special Agent Hess is an 18-year
veteran with the FBI in Idaho. He is currently assigned to the FBI Salt Lake City
Division's Field Intelligence Group and is a past member of the Southern Idaho Joint
Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). Special Agent Hess is also the FBI's Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) Co-coordinator for Idaho.
Featured Speaker – Special Agent Kyle Wright. Special Agent Wright has been with
the FBI for16 years. He is assigned to the Southern Idaho JTTF and also serves as
the Airport Liaison Agent and a College Campus Liaison Agent for southwest Idaho.