News Release
June 2001
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) -- Moravian College’s
Department of Campus Safety will host the 48th annual Northeast Colleges
& Universities Security Association (NECUSA) Conference from June
10-13 at the Holiday Inn in Bethlehem. The program is being coordinated
by Moravian College in conjunction with Lafayette College and Muhlenberg
College. Other campus safety departments from area institutions participating
in the conference will include Cedar Crest College, DeSales University,
and Lehigh University.
Sean Tallarico, director of campus safety at Moravian
College, will serve as moderator, introducing each of the six speakers
and their special topics on Monday. Tallarico has been a NECUSA Conference
member for 18 years, 16 of those years representing Moravian College.
He has served on the NECUSA board for 12 years and is a past president
Major Ben Brooks, retired Pennsylvania state police officer,
will present, "Cultural Diversity Issues Involving Crime Victimization,"
during the morning session. He will discuss the importance of understanding
the ramifications of cultural differences among students.
Lydia Perry, Center for Humanistic Change, will focus
on "Dealing with Conflict". She will demonstrate how officers
should deal with situations in a controlled manor by using professional
language, body language, and other techniques to deescalate problems.
The last topic on Monday, "The Jean Cleary Act One
Year Later," will focus on the impact of releasing campus crime
statistics to the public. The act was founded in 1987 and became a federal
law in 1990.
On Tuesday, June 12, Captain Houck, Bethlehem Township
Police Department, will moderate the day’s main topic "Active
Shooter, Threat Assessment," focusing on what campus safety officers
should do if faced with a situation similar to Columbine. New theories
of not waiting for officials to arrive on the scene of an active shooter,
but to become involved immediately will be discussed.
Wednesday’s topics, "Domestic Violence"
and "Total Wellness for the Security Administrator," will
end the conference. The first presentation will discuss roommate and
boyfriend/girlfriend fights on campus and how to deal with them.
The security issue will be led by Mike McCarthy, Director
of Security at St. John Fisher College, to teach officers how to take
care of themselves. McCarthy will talk about physical fitness and stress
management for the campus law enforcement officer.
The conference will then commence with a Cracker Barrel
free forum in which attendees can ask questions to several officials.
Ken Lupole, Hugh Harris and Ed Shupp with monitor.
The NECUSA is the oldest campus law enforcement association
in the country, with 300 colleges affiliated. One hundred and ninety-seven
colleges will attend the June conference. The association membership
extends as far northeast as Maine, southeast to Maryland and west as
Ohio.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its
founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.
Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.
