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Brit Weber
Program Director
Brit Weber joined Michigan State University in 2002 and is the program director of Leading from the Front: WMD Awareness for the Law Enforcement Executive and Critical Incident Protocol (CIP)-Community Facilitation programs at the School of Criminal Justice. He manages the daily operations of the CIP-Community Facilitation program, which is a no cost, U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant-funded initiative for communities across the nation that builds public and private sector partnerships in joint critical incident preparedness and weapons of mass destruction planning. Additionally, he is involved in several homeland security, emergency management, and criminal justice directives and partnerships.
Brit served 28 years with the Michigan State Police in the Uniform Division at the Lansing, Detroit, Coldwater, Jackson, and Ypsilanti posts. As a field facilitator, he taught management and other courses, and was a Community Service Officer specializing in juvenile, security, and crime prevention issues. Brit worked on various projects in emergency preparedness, public safety, and community service, in addition to local, state, and federal multi-agency cooperatives. His career included earning bravery and other departmental and community commendations. He retired as a lieutenant, Assistant Commander of the Ypsilanti Post in 1998.
After serving with the Michigan State Police, Brit joined the R.W. Mercer Company as the Manager of Safety and Human Resources. He was responsible for safety, risk management, security, regulatory compliance, HAZMAT and training, as well as employee development programs, employment law, and related human resource functions. He instituted a number of safety and human resource programs and policies, which resulted in reduced employee injuries, increased regulatory compliance, and decreased general liability costs.
In 2001, Brit served with the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Kosovo (formerly Yugoslavia) where he was a project coordinator, instructor, and supervisor with the United Nations Police Force. He was responsible for the development and supervision of various employee training programs for the Kosovo Police Service and the United Nations Police. Further, he instructed management and leadership classes and supervised specialized police training units.
Brit received his Bachelor of Science degree in public safety from Eastern Michigan University. He successfully completed the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, and earned the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. Brit is currently pursuing MSU’s certificate in homeland security, in addition to a master’s degree in security management. He has over twenty-five years experience in providing training and program development in management, criminal justice, homeland security, and employee performance.
Brit may be reached via email: weberbr@msu.edu
Radford W. Jones
Program Facilitator "Founder of the CIP Program"
Radford W. Jones is an Academic
Specialist in the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State
University. He joined MSU in January 1997, and is involved in teaching
and developing outreach training and educational programs for security
and law enforcement. He is director of MSU's Security Management and
Criminal Justice Internet Masters program, the first Internet program
in the country to have entire degree program on line. Rad retired as
the Manager of Security and Fire Protection, Ford Motor Company, where
he was responsible for the development and implementation of a
worldwide asset protection program. During his 14 year career at Ford a
number of advances were made in the use of security and fire
technology, including development of a worldwide communication center,
global card access control system, and bar code fire inspection system.
Risk assessments were conducted on a global basis resulting in the
implementation of a crisis management system, emergency response and
disaster recovery structure. He retired from the U. S. Secret Service
in 1983 as the Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Office. During
his 20-year Secret Service career he was in charge of the Seattle,
Washington and Alaska operations, served as a supervisor in a number of
field offices and headquarters divisions. He was also assigned to
Presidential, Vice Presidential, and foreign dignitary protective
details. He was responsible for security coordination during the 1976
Presidential inauguration and three political conventions.
Rad received several Treasury Department citations, one for the
apprehension of an individual who attempted to burn themselves in front
of the White House and another for advance security arrangements for a
Presidential inauguration and national political conventions. Rad is a
life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
and serves on their International Managers of Police and Academic
Trainers and the Private Sector Liaison Committee, where he chairs the
Emergency Management Subcommittee. He is member of the American Society
for Industrial Security and a life member of the International Security
Managers Association. He is an alumni member of the U.S. State
Department Overseas Security Advisory Council which was create in 1985
by President Reagan to protect corporations and their personnel
overseas. OSAC has published a number of guidelines on travel abroad
security and safety. In June 2000 he published the Critical Incident
Protocol - A Public and Private Partnership, which was developed under
an Office of Justice Program grant. Over 16,000 copies have been
provided to business, police and fire. Rad has provided a number of
presentations on travel security and crisis management throughout the
world and during his career has been involved in a number of critical
incidents involving, workplace violence, kidnapping, assassination,
murder, and assault. Rad is a 1962 graduate of the Michigan State
University School of Criminal Justice and completed graduate studies at
the American University, Washington, DC.
Rad may be reached via email: jonesrad@msu.edu
Richard S. Kos
Program Facilitator
Richard S. Kos, BBA, MBA, PEM joined Michigan State University in September, 2007 as a program facilitator for the Critical Incident Protocol (CIP) – Community Facilitation Program after a 33 year career with General Motors (GM). During his time with GM, his work experience included logistics, customer service, purchasing, and health and safety. He developed his division’s first emergency plan for the newly constructed world headquarters. He also coordinated and directed the facilities emergency medical response and emergency monitor teams.
In addition to his business experience, he has been involved in the emergency management field since 1980. He began his emergency management career with the Village of Brookfield, Illinois and served as their deputy-coordinator until 1988. Upon moving to Michigan in 1988, he began working with the Shiawassee County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EM/HS). As Shiawassee County’s Assistant Director of EM/HS, he has written the county’s emergency action plans, managed the homeland security grant and responded to many emergencies, including three presidential declared disasters within the county. He has served on the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and as chairman of the Local Planning Team and the County Health Department board.
Rich is an instructor in several emergency management and homeland security courses, including the FEMA/DHS incident command system.
He is a former member of the Shiawassee County American Red Cross chapter board and chairman of the disaster team. He is also a paramedic with a rural EMS agency and member of the Shiawassee County Sheriff’s posse.
Rich completed his undergraduate degree at Northwood University and graduate degree at Baker College. He also carries the designation of Professional Emergency Manager from the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division.
David
LaRowe
Consultant
David P. LaRowe,
B.S. & B.M.E., joined the CIP staff as a Consultant in the MSU
School of Criminal Justice in January 2004. Dave joined the staff after
a 25 year career with the Michigan State Police. Most recently he was
the Training and Exercising Section manager of the MSP Emergency
Management Division. He also served as an EMD District Coordinator
covering nine counties in southcentral Michigan. In addition to his
emergency management duties, Dave also served as an assistant post
commander in Brighton, Lansing and Jackson as well as an arson
investigator with the MSP Fire Marshal Division. Dave completed his
undergraduate degrees at Central Michigan University and attended
post-graduate courses at MSU. An avid musician, Dave began his
professional career as a high school band director and has continued to
pursue his musical interests.
Jerome P. Miller
Consultant
Jerome
Miller has eleven years experience as the executive in charge of
International and Special Security Operations for DaimlerChrysler
Corporation. While in this position, his responsibilities included
Business Practices and Internal Investigations, Executive Protection,
Security and Fire Engineering Systems, Crisis Management, and
International Security Operations. Among his accomplishments while at
DaimlerChrysler was the development and implementation of a corporate
wide Crisis Management Plan that represents a benchmark for the private
sector.
He is a former Commander with the Detroit Police Department, where his responsibilities included command of all downtown operations, tactical planning, and the management of department scale emergency operations. During his law enforcement career, he received the Detroit Police Department Medal of Valor and twenty-two other citations and commendations.
Mr. Miller has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University. He was also an instructor in business administration courses for Central Michigan University's off campus program in the Detroit Metropolitan area.
He recently retired from DaimlerChrysler and is now a consultant in
the field of Critical Incident Planning.
Phil
Schertzing
Consultant
Consultant
Phillip D.
Schertzing, Ph.D., joined the outreach program in the MSU School of
Criminal Justice in July 2002. Originally assigned as an academic
specialist on the Critical Incident Protocol project to facilitate
public-private sector partnerships in emergency preparedness and
response, Phil also was appointed by the provost as director of the new
MSU Global Community Security Institute.
Phil retired from the Michigan Department of State Police with the rank
of inspector as the assistant commanding officer of the Emergency
Management Division in June 2002. In that role, he also served as
assistant deputy state director of emergency management and homeland
security. A graduate of the 191st session of the FBI National Academy
in Quantico, Virginia, Phil also holds a doctoral degree in American
History from MSU and a Master of Management degree from Aquinas College
in Grand Rapids. Recognized with several citations and awards for his
work as the department's "unofficial" historian, Phil published a
comprehensive history book in 2002 entitled Preserve, Protect and
Defend: An Illustrated History of the Michigan State Police in the
Twentieth Century. Phil also remains active as a member of the National
Emergency Management Association (NEMA); the FBI National Academy
Associates (FBINAA); and the Michigan State Police Command Officers
Association (MSPCOA). Visit Phil's home page at: http://www.cj.msu.edu/~faculty/schertzingpg.html.
Phil may be reached via email: schertzi@msu.edu
Mike
Morrissey
Consultant
Consultant
Michael
W. Morrissey, B.S., is an Academic Specialist on the Outreach Staff,
assigned to the IACP grant to develop executive level law enforcement
training for command staff law enforcement officers responding to
Weapons of Mass Destruction. Mike joined the Outreach Program in the
MSU School of Criminal Justice in January 2003. Mike retired after
completing nearly 30 years of service with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, U. S. Treasury Department. Most recently he was
the Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Detroit Field Division. In that
position he also served as Division Director for ATF Regulatory and
Criminal Enforcement throughout the State of Michigan. Mike was
assigned to a variety of ATF positions in San Francisco, California;
Washington, D.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; and Birmingham, Alabama. He was also
an instructor in ATF’s school for supervisors and was a certified
instructor with ATF’s explosives training program. He graduated in June
1972 from the School of Criminal Justice at MSU, and has completed some
post-graduate work in Criminal Justice from the University of
Alabama-Birmingham. Mike remains active as a member of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the International
Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) and the
Michigan Association of Chief’s of Police (MACP).
Margaret
Kowalk
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Peg is an administrative assistant for the School of
Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She has been with
Michigan State University since October 1997. Prior to that Peg worked
at Michigan National Bank for 17 years as a Communications Network
Coordinator. She has an Associate Degree in Business Management. In her
capacity as Administrative Assistant for the School Criminal Justice
she coordinates and maintains the on line Criminal Justice Masters program and various other outreach programs.