Preliminary Agenda for 2019 NLSSA ATC

5-7 p.m.

Early Registration
DoubleTree Hotel
 

NLSSA Executive Board Meeting 
DoubleTree Hotel

Presiding: Martin Brock, Chief of Police, North Carolina and NLSSA President

Registration  
DoubleTree Hotel
 

Opening Ceremony
State Capitol—House Chamber

• Invocation
• Presentation of Colors
• Pledge of Allegiance
• National Anthem
• Retire Colors
• Welcome
• Greetings (Senator & Speaker) 
• Special Recognition: Former Presidents
• Organization Overview and Summary of Week's events
• Closing

Guided Tour of Florida's Capitol Complex  
State Capitol 

• Supreme Court
• Plaza Level
• Senate & House Chambers
• 22^nd Floor
• Capitol Police Dispatch and Screening 

Lunch
State Capitol—4^th Floor Rotunda

Special Recognition: New Members

Break
Knott Building
 

Plenary Session—Domestic Terrorism vs Local Threats
Knott Building-Room 412 

Speaker: Patrick Manz

Break
Knott Building
 

Concurrent Sessions:

Security Services - National Network of Fusion Center
Knott Building-Room 412

Speaker: Kristi Gordon

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Tour and Support Services - Best Policies and Procedures (Bring & Brag Format)

Historic Capitol

Attendees have 5 mins to present their best policy. The state voted best policy will get prize and will present their policy to the larger NLSSA group to include a short presentation.

Who has the best policy? Bring some copies of your best policy.  We will engage in a roundtable discussion of each other’s policies to discover who has a real winner. Short Q&A at the end.

Moderators: Virginia Drew, Director, New Hampshire Visitor Center

Tiffany Baker, Museum Director, Florida Historic Capitol Museum

Concurrent Sessions:

Security Services - Over 120 years of Security & Protection Experience
FSU-Turnbull Conference Center
 

Moderator: Chuck Williams, South Carolina Senate Sgt. At Arms

Speakers: Donald Severance (former Florida Senate Sgt. At Arms)

Jim Melton (former South Carolina Senate Sgt. At Arms)

Earnie Sumner (former Florida House Sgt. At Arms)

Russell Hosford, Florida House Sgt. At Arms

Silvester Dawson, Supreme Court Marshal, and Chris Connell, Director of Florida Capitol Police

Tim Hay, Florida Senate Sgt. At Arms

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Tour and Support Services - Volunteer Management 101

Capitol Complex

Have Volunteers? Need Volunteers? How does one go about managing a volunteer force? Let’s talk training, scheduling, recognition and more.  Vita will walk us through Volunteer 101, including the best legal and ethical steps to take to ensure that your volunteers have a rewarding and engaging experience.

Speaker: Vita Woodrich, Director, Volunteer Florida's Volunteer Services

Concurrent Sessions:

Security Services - Federal Protective Services, Department of Homeland Security
FSU-Turnbull Conference Center—Room 108
Will discuss the protests in Portland and agency response when the continuity of government at the ICE facility was lost.

Speaker: Gabe Russell

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Tour and Support Services: Scheduling Systems & Managing Tour Groups

Capitol Complex

Discussion of scheduling events, tours and rooms.  Get an inside look at the scheduling system Washington State is using and learn about some of the built-in practices and steps that WA State coordinators find important and useful.  This discussion will provide time to share ideas and best practices regarding your home state scheduling system.

Speaker: Virginia Drew, Director, New Hampshire Visitor Center

Plenary Session—Managing Generations
FSU-Turnbull 

Managing generations in today’s workplace generational differences between yourself, those you lead, and those you report to are in increasingly important aspect of supervision in the workplace.  The distinct approaches of different generational mindsets can also play out in relationships.  For the first time, we’re seeing four distinct generations working side by side in the workplace.  Each generation comes with its own values, approaches, attitudes, and work ethics, creating a unique challenge for managers and employees alike.  Are you ready for supervising the next generation?

Speaker: Chief Perry

Plenary Session—FSU Active Shooter Awareness
FSU-Turnbull—Room 108

Training to Survive and Active Shooter Event course is led by FSUPD Crime Prevention Officers and a Command Staff Representative.  It is designed to provide an overview of the FSU Police Department as well as recent and past incidents involving active shooter events.  This class will provide important lessons learned so that you can save lives.  The training also incorporates videos and hands on demonstrations with safety in mind, to provide visual examples of the actions one can take to increase their survivability of an active shooter incident.

FSU Lessons Learned from an Active Shooter Event – Before the Shots were Fired. This presentation will be a combination of original images, firsthand accounts, radio transmissions, videos and actual documents from the November 20, 2014, shooting on FSU’s campus, Strozier Library. The presentation will be a dynamic display highlighting the officer’s response to the shooter, the communications officer’s calm demeanor and the preparation for each of the major press conferences to provide timely updates to the swarm of media that descended on the campus of FSU.  The presentation will also highlight previous security enhancements implemented that helped prevent the shooting from becoming an even worse tragedy.

Speaker: FSU Police Department

Plenary Session - PULSE Night Club Presentations

FSU Turnbull - Room 108

Speaker: Danny Warren, Special Agent Supervisor

Plenary Session—Protest Planning

DoubleTree Hotel

Speaker: Sgt. Ted Blazel, Wisconsin Senate Sergeant at Arms

Concurrent Sessions:

Security Services—Screening
DoubleTree Hotel
 

Speakers: CEO Bill Riker and Scott Dingfelder, Project Manager, Liberty Defence

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Tour and Support Services - Managing Spaces

DoubleTree Hotel

This panel discussion features just a few of the stakeholders that manage the special places of the Florida Capitol Complex.  A lively discussion followed by attendee Q&A will explore the communication techniques, policies, and procedures that are crucial to effectively balance construction zones, the needs of visitors, and the potential impact to public sites.

Speakers: Tiffany Baker, Museum Director, Florida Historic Capitol Museum

Kim Vickery, Leasing Support Administration, Division of Real Estate Development and Management, Department of Management Services

Chris Connell, Director of Capitol Police

Lunch on Your Own

Thank you to our sponsor, Liberty Defense

Depart for Tours

Concurrent Sessions/Tours - Managing Security and Communication:

Security Services - Tour Lottery and Capitol Police Mail Screening Facility and EOD Capabilities

Tour Facilitators: Lottery (Larry Bourdeau) and Capitol Police (Mark Glass)

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Tour and Support Services - Behind the Scenes Experience at the Archives, The Grove and The Governor's Mansion

Tour Facilitators: Josh Goodman (Archives), Johnathan Grandage (Grove) and Mary Mica (Mansion)

Concurrent Activities:

Wakulla Springs

• Regions 1 & 2—Region Meetings
• Regions 3 & 4—Boat Tour

Concurrent Activities:

Wakulla Springs

• Regions 1 & 2—Boat Tour
• Regions 3 & 4—Region Meetings

NLSSA Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers
Wakulla Lodge
 

State Dinner and Awards Ceremony
University Center Club—Champions Club
 

Presiding: Martin Brock, Chief of Police, North Carolina and NLSSA President