Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Matt Anderson is a thirty-year member of the Department of Public Safety. Special Agent in Charge Matt Anderson currently serves as Bureau Chief for the Governor’s School Safety Bureau (GSSB). Prior to this assignment SAC Anderson served as a Special Agent with the Division of Narcotics Enforcement for ten years, the Division of Criminal Investigation for eight years, and the Iowa State Patrol for twelve years.

The GSSSB was established in June of 2022 to assist public, non-public, and independent schools in preventing school violence. This is accomplished through direct communication and training of school employees, law enforcement, and first responders. GSSB has provided emergency radios for installation at school offices which allow direct communication with area law enforcement. In March of 2023 GSSB launched Safe+Sound, a free, anonymous, school threat reporting mobile app, website, and toll-free tip line. Safe+Sound is monitored 24/7/365 by GSSB staff, providing direct contact to school administrators and local law enforcement.

Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Cody Brewington is the Director of the Missouri State University Public Safety Training Center. He has worked at Missouri State University since 2008 and graduated from MSU in 2011, with a Master’s Degree in Criminology and a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Defense.

Cody has served on the Missouri Investigator Association Board since 2013 and assists with the annual conference since 2009. He has served on the Family Violence Taskforce since 2012 and assists with the annual Stop the Violence Conference.

In 2017, Cody was asked to be a board member of the Lake Career and Technical Center Criminal Justice Program in Camdenton to help identify program needs and review the course curriculum.

In 2017, the university launched the MSU Public Safety Training Center, which provides law enforcement, private investigator, jailer and dispatch training throughout the Lake of the Ozarks region. MSU was awarded a grant through the Missouri Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security to offer active shooter training in partnership with the Texas State University ALERRT Program to law enforcement agencies across the state of Missouri.

Cody enjoys spare time with his wife and two boys, traveling, working on projects around the house and garage, and visiting with family.

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Judge Elaine Brown is the judge for Hays County Court at Law #3, Mental Health Court. She has experience as an administrative judge, a municipal prosecutor, an attorney for legal aid and in private practice. Judge Brown practiced law for several years in Victoria, Texas before she returned to school to study psychology. She received a Masters Degree in Psychology and became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2011. After relocating from Victoria, Texas to Dripping Springs, Texas, Judge Brown worked as a mental health professional and an attorney in Hays and Travis Counties. Judge Brown has served as the judge of Hays County Court at Law #3 since January 1 of 2023. Judge Brown is involved with several community organizations. Judge Brown has served on the Board of the Hays County Bar Association for the past 5 years and she has volunteered as a student mentor and served as a judge for the Hays County Dating Violence Mock Trial. Judge Brown has been involved with creating opportunities to increase mental health awareness in the community and has served as the co-chair of the Behavioral Assessment Team in Hays County. Judge Brown frequently speaks at community events around Hays County and has advocated for more education and funding to address mental health in Hays County. She has been married for 31 years and raised 5 children. She is the proud grandmother of twin boys and a baby grandson born in February 2024.

Disaster Medicine During Intentional Events : The Continuum of Care From Field to Hospital Response

Dr. Ciottone is President Emeritus of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Instructor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and the Founding Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, where he has trained over 125 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom are now in leadership positions in the US and around the world. Dr. Ciottone also serves as the Director of Medical Preparedness for the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, a joint program of the HSPH and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and sits on the faculty committee for the Harvard University Scholars at Risk program. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the International Board of Disaster Medicine, and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and has been a Visiting Professor at three international universities.

As a former member of the United States National Disaster Medical System, Dr. Ciottone was Commander of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) Massachusetts-2 when it was one of the first federal teams deployed into Ground Zero responding to the 9/11 attacks. He was a Founding Member of the US Department of Homeland Security and has been a consultant to the White House Medical Unit for the past three administrations. Dr. Ciottone’s clinical and field experience includes 25 years as a practicing emergency physician and over 500 missions as a flight physician on an aeromedical helicopter service. He has conducted educational programs in more than 30 countries around the world and has served as a disaster response fellowship director for the International Atomic Energy Agency. Dr. Ciottone has written over 150 scholarly works on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management, including serving as founding Editor-in-Chief of his textbook Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, now in its 3rd edition and considered the leading textbook in the field. In 2016, Dr Ciottone was recognized by the Physician to the President for “Outstanding Achievement in Support of the White House Medical Unit and the President of the United States”. He is the 2018 recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians Disaster Medical Sciences Award, and the 2020 recipient of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine Distinguished Service Award. In 2024 Dr Ciottone was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa for his work in Disaster Medicine from Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier in France.

Joint Public Safety Response to the Active Assailant in High Rises and Large Buildings

Mike Clumpner, PhD is the President at Threat Suppression, Incorporated. Mike is currently a full-time fire battalion chief with the Charlotte Fire Department assigned to one of the busiest battalions in the city. He is a 32-year veteran of the fire service, with 29 years’ experience as a firefighter/paramedic serving on inner-city fire companies. Mike has served since 2010 as a deputy sheriff and SWAT operator/tactical paramedic with South Carolina's largest law enforcement agency.

Mike has undergraduate degrees in fire science, paramedicine, and business administration. He has a master’s degree in business administration and a PhD in homeland security policy. Mike’s dissertation research focused on integrated public safety response to active shooter events. Mike has researched active shooter/hostile events since 2005, amassing more than 35,000 hours of research.

Officer Response to an Active Shooter

Michael Adrian Collazo was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Growing up, he spent his entire life in Middle Tennessee. Following high school, he met his wife, Cassie. They married in 2015 and have been blessed with two daughters.

In his early years, he nurtured aspirations to make a meaningful impact on his life. After completing high school, he chose to enlist in the Marine Corps, dedicating a total of 8 years and earning his college degree while actively participating in the Reserves.

Post-college, he embraced the opportunity to attend the Police Academy with the Nashville Police Department. Upon graduation, he initially served as a patrol officer for approximately two years before transitioning to a Flex Tea.

Buffalo Mass Shooting - Tops Friendly Market - 5/14/22

In 2024, FBI Director Christopher Wray named Darren B. Cox as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division Branch I, overseeing the Transnational Organized Crime, Violent Crime, Violent Crimes Against Children and Operational Support Sections at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Mr. Cox served as the Section Chief of the Office of Partner Engagement’s (OPE) Partner Engagement Section. Mr. Cox joined the FBI as a Special Agent in December 2001. He was first assigned to the Phoenix Field Office, where he investigated white collar crime and violent criminal enterprise cases, leading two large-scale takedowns of the Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia. Mr. Cox received awards from the state of Arizona and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for his successful investigative work. In 2009, Mr. Cox served in the Pittsburgh Field Office before relocating to FBIHQ in 2011 as the Supervisory Special Agent in the Investigations Unit of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. In 2012, Mr. Cox returned to the Pittsburgh Field Office to oversee the Safe Streets Task Force based in Huntington, West Virginia and later joined the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Charleston, West Virginia. In March 2017, Mr. Cox was promoted to Chief of Staff for the Finance and Facilities Division at FBIHQ. In December 2018, he served as the Supervisory Special Agent for the Washington Field Office’s Safe Streets Gang Task Force and Asset Forfeiture Squad. He moved to the Buffalo Field Office in 2021 to be the Assistant Special Agent in Charge and was responsible for the criminal and administrative branches, as well as the Rochester, Corning, and Jamestown Resident Agencies. Prior to entering the FBI, Mr. Cox worked in public accounting as a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner.

Debrief of Natalie Building Shooting, Tulsa, OK

Mike Eckert is a Captain with the Tulsa Police Department. He has been with TPD since 1992 and has served in a variety of positions in his 30+year career. These positions include Patrol Officer, Patrol Supervisor and Patrol Shift Commander. Assignments in specialty units include Foot Beat, Street Crimes, Training division Sergeant, Field Training Program Coordinator, and Range Master.

Since 1995 Mike has been a member of the Special Operations Team, serving as the Team Commander since 2014. He holds numerous law enforcement certifications related to the tactical field and regularly coordinates and teaches in a wide variety of topics. His students range from new recruits in the academy to veteran officers with TPD as well as outside agencies. Mike has been teaching active shooter preparation and response to officers as well as civilian audiences for over 20 years, and he was the incident commander at the Natalie Building on June 1, 2022.

Fargo Police Department Ambush 07/14/2023

Special Agent Shelby Franklin North Dakota BCI Shelby Franklin received his Associate of Applied Science Degree in Law Enforcement from Alexandria Technical College in 2002. He began his career after graduation in Hutchinson, MN, for the Hutchinson Police Department and he worked as a patrol officer and also a rotational investigative position while with the Hutchinson Police Department. He moved to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation in 2009, and was stationed in Valley City, ND and Fargo, ND. Shelby has also attended the 10-week National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee and was awarded the 2021 Agent of the Year award by the N.D. Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

After Action Recovery: Mass Shooting & OIS Aftercare For First Responders

Erica Gaines is a Law Enforcement culture and wellness expert having met over 100,000 officers since 2013. After authoring the world’s largest anonymous survey of police stress, she used her straightforward approach to developed several police and first responder training courses that are renowned for being innovative, engaging and just what First Responders have been looking for. As a certified yoga instructor, specializing in yoga therapy to rehabilitate and prevent injuries, Erica combines the science behind stress with practical/proactive recovery techniques that can be applied on or off duty.

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Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Adam Keene, more widely known throughout ALERRT as “Bull” is a native of southwestern Virginia and has been in public service to the Commonwealth of Virginia since 2005. He has worked in various capacities that began with the Department of Corrections, the Department of State Police, and the Department of Criminal Justice Services where he is now the Active Attack Program manager. Serving under the executive branch of state government, he is the liaison to the Officer of the Governor, the Secretary of Public Safety, and the General Assembly. He is charged with overseeing public safety training for first responders and citizens statewide. As well as active attack training for K-12 and Higher Ed through the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety.

Adam completed paramedic training at Virginia Commonwealth University and spent eight years in the Special Operations Division assigned to the Richmond based Tactical Team One. He was a senior breacher and SWAT medic coordinator for the Operational Medical Support Unit of the state police. Adam was later selected to serve in the Executive Protection Division, tasked with maintaining the safety of the Governor and First family. He worked under two administrations as a team leader and unit medic and then chose to transfer into the training division under the Tactical Operations Unit. As a senior trainer, he was responsible for the development and implementation of tactical and specialty training for the Bureau of Field Operations and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. In mid-2020 Adam was selected to stand-up Virginia’s first Active Attack program and has continued to build its capacity into a nationwide means to offer first responder and community focused training to officers and citizens at all levels local, state, and federal.

Adam has obtained numerous instructor credentials over the years from both state and federal entities in a wide array of topics. Among his most valued is the honor of serving as an ALERRT adjunct. For the past decade he has had the opportunity to facilitate ALERRT training in all disciplines nationwide while also helping to contribute to curriculum updates.

Adam currently resides with his family near Richmond, VA, and lives by the moto: “We rarely rise above our level of training … make everyday a training day!”

Buffalo Mass Shooting - Tops Friendly Market - 5/14/22

Chief William Macy is a 16 year veteran of the Buffalo Police Department. During his time with the department he worked as a uniformed patrol officer, a supervisor of both Central Booking and uniformed officers.
Chief Macy was previously assigned to specialty units that include the Crowd Management Team (ERT), Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) and to the Special Investigations and Intelligence Unit.
In additional to his work with the Buffalo Police, Chief Macy retired from the New York Army National Guard after 21 years of service in both the National Guard and Active Army. Chief Macy is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran.

ALERRT Experiential Learning and Active Attack Data

Hunter Martaindale currently serves as ALERRT’s Director of Research, and he is also an Associate Research Professor within the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. Within these roles, Hunter oversees ALERRT’s research efforts including the active attack data, grant writing, program evaluations, and studies to better understand police performance.

Debrief of Natalie Building Shooting, Tulsa, OK

Captain Richard Meulenberg is a 28-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department. He has held a variety of positions during his tenure, including patrol officer, investigator, project manager, and currently the supervisor of the Communications Unit responsible for all official public information correspondence.

In addition to his primary assignments, Captain Meulenberg has also served on the Incident Management Team and the Special Operations Team. He spent 8 years with the Incident Management Team, which is responsible for coordinating the response to large-scale emergencies. He also spent 8 additional years with the Special Operations Team, where he served as the Intel Officer.

Organized Chaos: Tactical Level Command, Control, Communications, and Contingencies in Crisis Response

Captain John Miller is the commander of the Texas DPS SWAT Team and merges evidence-based practices with real-world training and operations to effect safer outcomes for the citizens of Texas. In addition to his current law enforcement role, John is a US Army Special Forces combat veteran and PhD student at Texas State University. John aims to synthesize best practices between academia, law enforcement, and conventional and special operations communities to provide safer and more effective outcomes.

Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Captain Richard Ridlon has been a member of the Massachusetts State Police since 1993 and currently serves as the Operations Officer of Special Operations as well as the Commander of the Crisis Negotiation Team. Captain Ridlon began his law enforcement career as a civilian employee of the Boston Police Department where he served until joining the Massachusetts State Police. Captain Ridlon has previously served as a member of the Special Tactical Operations Team, the Director of Firearms Training, the Director of the Medical Unit, Department Armorer and the Commander of the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team. Captain Ridlon spent several years in Investigative services with assignments to the Attorney General’s Office, U.S. Custom’s Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. Captain Ridlon became a supervisor of a homicide unit in southeastern Massachusetts before transferring to the Division of Standards and Training.

Captain Ridlon holds master’s degrees from Boston University and the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Captain Ridlon has conducted training and presented internationally on the topic of medical care in tactical situations. Captain Ridlon held the position of adjunct professor at Mount Ida College in Newton MA where he was a member of the criminal justice department. Captain Ridlon has deployed to disaster areas and provided training to humanitarian aid workers throughout several countries.

Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Bill Sandel, PhD, is an Associate Professor and the Assistant School Director for Outreach and Partnerships in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Missouri State University. His research focuses on law enforcement tactics, use of force, police training, active shooter events, and conservation criminology. Dr. Sandel works with a number of agencies to provide researchbased active shooter training. He is part of a team that has received over $375,000 in funding for training throughout the state of Missouri. Prior to working at MSU, Dr. Sandel served as the research specialist at the ALERRT Center and still works closely with the research department on a number of projects.

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Chief Standridge currently serves as the Police Chief in San Marcos, TX, where he oversees a civil service municipal agency. He is a member of the elected board of the Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA), where he oversees the Officer Safety Committee for Texas. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including 20 Under 40 Business Leader, Executive Leadership Award, I-CAN Hero, and the TPCA’s Innovation Award.

Chief Standridge began his law enforcement career in 1995 with the Abilene Police Department, where he worked as Patrol Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Assistant Chief. He spent a decade on the SWAT Team, served in Internal Affairs, and was an instructor on several topics including Ethics, Leadership and Active Shooter. On July 9, 2009, Stan was appointed Chief of the Abilene Police Department, serving for eleven years in that role before coming to San Marcos in November 2020.

Statewide ALERRT Programs Panel Discussion

Jim Stover began his law enforcement career in 1989 with the Nebraska State Patrol, initially serving in the Carrier Enforcement Division (DOT/Weights and Measures). In 1991, he transitioned to the Patrol division and was stationed in Minden, where he worked the road and became an instructor in building search, firearms, and defensive tactics.

In 2000, Jim transferred to the State Patrol Training Academy, where he was promoted to Sergeant. During his tenure at the academy, he taught a wide range of subjects, including Emergency Vehicle Operations, Firearms, ALERRT Level 1/Building Search, Defensive Tactics, Physical Training, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, and SWAT Basic. He also served as the camp executive officer until his promotion to Lieutenant in 2012. As a Lieutenant, Jim was the SWAT Liaison in Norfolk.

Jim retired from the Nebraska State Patrol in 2022 when he secured a position as the Training Specialist with the Iowa Governor’s School Safety Bureau. In this role, he continues to work diligently to ensure the safety of children and school staff, embracing the challenges and responsibilities of his new position by coordinating the ALERRT training to school and law enforcement staff.

Jim is blessed to be married to Sharee, and together they have three children: Tawny (26), Cody (24), and Andi (14).

Whole Blood

Visionary and compassionate Board-Certified Emergency Medicine and EMS Physician leading clinical operations, teaching in university setting, and conducting research to ensure optimal patient care. Passionate about community health and emergency response, serving as Deputy Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department/EMS with many years as an EMT and field/rescue Paramedic prior to pursuing medical degree. Currently serve as Assistant Professor at University of Texas San Antonio Emergency Health Sciences and seeking an Associate Professor role in the department.

20+ years of emergency medicine practice and leadership experience focused on translating untapped opportunities that provide access to healthcare for underserved populations and veterans.

Strong interest in emergency services management with extensive experience overseeing regional programs and services.

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Anthony Winn holds a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology and is credentialed as a Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor (LPC-S). Since early 2015, Anthony has dedicated his career to Community Mental Health, gaining extensive experience across various roles within the field. He currently serves as the Director of Clinical Operations for Hill Country MHDD Centers where he oversees the delivery of outpatient mental health services, ensuring quality care for the community.