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Summit on Developing Community-Based Strategies to Prevent Targeted Violence and Mass Casualty Attacks
July 22, 2015 @ 8:30 am - July 23, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
The Bipartisan Policy Center, in partnership with Rutgers University and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice, will host a summit entitled Developing Community-Based Strategies to Prevent Targeted Violence and Mass Casualty Attacks from Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 8:30am to Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 5:00pm at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC.
The goal of the summit is to provide an opportunity for practitioners from various disciplines and locations to share knowledge and develop concrete programmatic guidance and an educational curriculum that will enhance the capacity of local authorities to better prevent these types of incidents through community-based, multi-disciplinary intervention activities.
Scheduled speakers currently include James Comey, the director of the FBI and Rob Wainwright, director of Europol. More speakers are being added to the program from the fields of mental health, faith, and law enforcement.
Discussion will focus on the following areas:
- From 9/11 to Copenhagen: The Evolving Nature of the Threat of Extremist and Non-Ideological Mass Casualty Violence
- Defining the Problem/Threat of Targeted Violence and Mass Casualty Attacks: Exploring the Environment, Psychological, and Behavioral Characteristics of those Inspired or Recruited to Carry out Mass Casualty Attacks
- The Role of Social Media and other Emerging Communication Technologies;
- After Action Reports of the Brussels, Paris and Copenhagen Incidents
- Preventing Targeted Violence and Mass Casualty Attacks Through Community-Based, Multi-Disciplinary Intervention Strategies
Attendance is by invitation only. Please register by July 1, 2015. Space is limited, and only those who have RSVPed will be permitted to enter the FBI Building. To RSVP, please click here.
FBI Headquarters
Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20535
Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005