VCU Hosts Fourth Annual Governor’s Campus Preparedness Conference

Campus leaders, government representatives, law enforcement officers and emergency personnel from across Virginia participated in the fourth annual Governor’s Campus Preparedness Conference on Aug. 3 at the University Student Commons.

Gov. Bob McDonnell welcomed participants in opening remarks.

“Campus security isn’t only important to me because I’m governor,” McDonnell said. “I’m personally vested. As a dad, I’ve got three young people going off to college.”

Nearly 450 people attended the daylong conference, which focused on legal and policy considerations of Virginia’s emergency and disaster laws; college threat assessment teams and tools; communications, alerts and social media; restoring balance after a critical event; and information sharing and multi-jurisdictional collaboration.

The conference also included demonstrations of the latest products and services to improve campus security from 19 vendors.