Is your church or ministry prepared to protect your People, Property, and Confidential Information?

Church Security Conference

March 26, 2010
Saddleback Church
1 Saddleback Parkway
Lake Forest, California

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Time available for informal discussions and individual questions.

Individuals $30
(Registration includes lunch.)

Presenters:

Dr. John Nicoletti
When Violence Comes to Church

John Casey
New Life Church Case Study

Adam Weitzel
Protecting Our Congregations: Local Issues & Concerns

Strategy - Responding to the following situations at your church requires a trained safety/security team:

• Domestic violence
  
• Trespassers and intruders
  
• Violent or disruptive members
  
• Vandalism
  
• Theft

Although not all acts of violence or emergencies are preventable, every church can take steps to be prepared.

Tools - Develop necessary resources.
At the conference, experts will share their knowledge, resources, and experience with you so you can bring practical tools back to your church or ministry.

Training - Get help from the experts.
At the conference, you will be trained on how to:
Protect your people, property, and ministry
Limit your exposure to liability
Develop policies and procedures that are tactically and legally sound

Questions
Phone: 909-307-8500 Email: charlie@cutlerinsurance.com

Sponsored by Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company

Conference Information

“When Violence Comes to Church”
Dr. John Nicoletti
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nicoletti is a police psychologist, known nationally as an expert in violence prevention. He will present an overview of church, school, and workplace violence. In his presentation he covers: How to identify, recognize, and counter the insider threat; as well as: Identifying the majority of the broadcasting done by insider threats.

Dr. John Nicoletti is a co-founder of Nicoletti-Flater Associates with his spouse Lottie Flater, and has been a police psychologist in the Denver-metro area for more than 25 years. Over the last ten years, the Nicoletti-Flater private practice has expanded into the field of violence and violence prevention. After years of work with national corporations and government agencies, such as the United Postal Service, United Airlines, NASA, Johns Manville, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Nicoletti has established himself as a national expert in workplace violence. He was an invited speaker at the 10th World Conference in Disaster Management (June 25-28, 2000; Ontario, Canada) and was a keynote speaker at the 2001 National Students Assistance Conference (April 2001, Florida). Dr. Nicoletti was also asked by the Columbine Review Commission to testify numerous times and was cited many times in The Report of Governor Bill Owens.

“The New Life Church Case Study”
John Casey
President, Paragon Training Group

John Casey will discuss the tragic shooting that took place at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in December of 2007. The incident that killed two people, wounded three others, and terrified thousands in the aftermath. Casey was director of security at New Life at the time, and this incident not only stirred public discussion about violence in churches, but led to Casey founding the National Association of Church Security (NACS). Casey will also talk about the need for every church to have a safety/security plan and team.

Casey served as a State of California Police Officer and as a Federal Officer in Colorado and Florida. He is currently the President of Paragon Training Group and serves as an Air Force Reserve Anti-Terrorism Officer.

“Protecting Our Congregations: Legal Issues and Concerns”
Adam Weitzel
Attorney, Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP

Adam Weitzel’s presentation will cover:

• Identifying legal and moral duties to protect our congregations
  
• Understanding the general rules of legal liability
  
• How to avoid creating liability through your security team
  
• How to deal with concealed weapons and parishioners with CCWs
  
• The legal issues of conducting a vulnerability/threat assessment and preparing an emergency plan

Adam is an Attorney with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP and represents churches and private schools in a variety of corporate, governance, and security matters. He served for over 10 years in the Army National Guard and is a former combat officer and is currently a JAC attorney providing advice to commanders on domestic operations, use of force, intelligence gathering, and other legal matters.