Threat Assessment Emergency Management Coordinator University Police Department

ROLE of the POSITION

The Threat Assessment and Emergency Management Coordinator (TAEMC) reports to the Assistant Director of Threat Assessment and Emergency Management and serves at the direction of the Chief of the University Police Department. The coordinator manages violence prevention and threat management programs including active coordination and participation in institutional Student Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT) monitoring of employees and individuals of concern and their activities and assessing persons who may be a threat to others or themselves. Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Threat Assessment and Emergency Management the individual will assist in triaging investigating and coordinating assigned threat cases. The position is responsible for ensuring that all stakeholders potentially impacted by individuals are aware of the risks best practices and available options. The position reviews assigned cases conducts followup maintains records and closes out active cases. The individual works collaboratively with institutional partners to recommend trespasses conduct assessment and develop safety and contingency plans. The position provides a variety of training programs to address identifying potential threats managing training to employees on behavioral patterns of troubled individuals. The position is subject to oncall and/or must be available afterhours and on weekends. The position must be a subject matter expert in threat assessment case management violence prevention intervention techniques current law statutes ordinances regulations practices court decisions in the area of workplace violence and other applicable topics in order to complete tasks assigned.

This position will serve as a Threat Assessment and Emergency Management Coordinator (TAEMC). Working under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Threat Assessment and Emergency Management the TAEMC manages violence prevention and threat management programs including active coordination and participation in institutional Student Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT) monitoring of employees and individuals of concern and their activities and assessing persons who may be a threat to others or themselves. Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Threat Assessment and Emergency Management the individual will assist in triaging investigating and coordinating assigned threat cases. The position is responsible for ensuring that all stakeholders potentially impacted by individuals are aware of the risks best practices and available options. The position reviews assigned cases conducts followup maintains records and closes out active cases. The individual works collaboratively with institutional partners to recommend trespasses conduct assessment and develop safety and contingency plans. The position provides a variety of training programs to address identifying potential threats managing training to employees on behavioral patterns of troubled individuals. The position is subject to on call and/or must be available afterhours and on weekends. The position must be a subject matter expert in threat assessment case management violence prevention intervention techniques current law statutes ordinances regulations practices court decisions in the area of workplace violence and other applicable topics in order to complete tasks assigned.

The TAEMC will collaborate with all Southern Command institutions to identify analyze prioritize and promote preparedness initiatives and assist in developing and maintaining the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) so that Southern Command institutions able to better respond to natural and manmade disasters. The TAEMC will fulfill vital roles within the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to ensure effective and efficient of emergency planning tasks and responses. The TAEMC will be required to analyze emergent situations to identify potential problems and coordinate response and recovery efforts to maintain life safety to stabilize the incident to protect property and the environment and to maintain critical business functions.

Within both roles solutions frequently require coordination across multiple Southern Command institutions and with local state and federal agencies. The position also assumes a vital role in forming relationships with key constituents. There is a high level of visibility in internal and external relations between this position and law enforcement personnel institutional units and resources mental health organizations courts and the community which requires a high degree of responsiveness initiative and judgment in building and maintaining those relationships. The TAEMCs goal is to enhance Southern Command institutions preparedness response recovery and mitigation capabilities to enable an effective and successful response to threats emergencies or crises. This role involves developing implementing and monitoring Southern Command wide programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal state and local regulations and standards and ensure a safe workplace in the areas of threat management and emergency preparedness. Work requires the completion of training assessments training sessions for institutional partners exercise development and and afteraction reporting. Further this position will serve as an alternate lead expert for threat assessment and emergency management issues for all NSHE institutions within University Police Services jurisdiction including UNLV CSN. NSC DRIs (Southern Nevada campus) and NSHEs Southern Nevada offices.

PROFILE of the DEPARTMENT

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) was established in 1865 and comprises two doctoralgranting universities a state college four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institute. The public system of higher education in Nevada is governed by the Board of Regents serving over 100000 students and 15000 employees.

University Police Department Southern Command is a full service category I law enforcement agency that serves the University of Nevada Las Vegas the College of Southern Nevada the Desert Research Institute and Nevada State College. The department consists of 113 employees and has responsibility for the public safety needs of 80000 students faculty and staff over an 800 square mile service area. Law enforcement operations consists of 80 full and part time sworn peace officers a full service 911 Center K9 operations; emergency management operations with a fully functional EOC and oversight of major special events hosting more than a million visitors a year to various events.

We operate 24 hours a day 365 days a year and are the providers and/or coordinators for all emergency services on campus. The University Police Services Department is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity equity and inclusion throughout the department. Our priority is to create a professional and diverse police department staffed and equipped to serve the community.