Workgroups
Campus Best Practices
Issue Monitoring, Advocacy and Research
Training and Plan Development
Priorities
- Confirm continued National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance.
- Encourage Title IX compliance, including standards presented in the:
- Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act.
- University of Montana resolution agreement (U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Department of Education).
- Encourage Clery Act compliance.
- Encourage creation of an active threat-assessment task force on every campus.
- Advocate increased drug and alcohol and mental health counseling.
- Identify/develop web and print resources.
- Others set by the Task Force, as needed.
Assigned Members
- Chair: President Steve Turner, Northeastern State University
- President John deSteiguer, Oklahoma Christian University
- Jessica Hawkins, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Carrie Slatton-Hodges, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- President Kent Smith, Langston University
OSRHE Staff Liaisons
- Dr. Robert Placido, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
- Angela Caddell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications
Issue Monitoring, Advocacy and Research
Priorities
- Mobilize public advocacy for campus safety and security measures.
- Maintain current law regarding guns on college campuses.
- Review existing federal and state laws and policies pertinent to the purposes of the Task Force.
- Others set by the Task Force, as needed.
Assigned Members
- Chair: President Larry Rice, Rogers State University
- President Jack Bryant, Redlands Community College
- John DeBoard, Director of Public Safety, Cameron University
OSRHE Staff Liaisons
- Angela Caddell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications
Priorities
- Identify training opportunities for campus personnel and encourage campus drill calendars to include:
- Behavioral threat-assessment training and response.
- Notification planning.
- Emergency response plans.
- Intruder response.
- Continuity of operations.
- Mental health first aid training.
- SBIRT (Screening, Brief, Intervention, Referral, Treatment) training.
- Help institutional personnel identify and submit grants to support a campus safety program.
- Others set by the Task Force, as needed.
Assigned Members
- Chair: Jeff Harp, Executive Director, Safety/Transportation, University of Central Oklahoma
- Kendra Brown, Director of Public Safety, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Joshua Busby, Dean of Students, Langston University
- Kevin Leach, Director, Department of Campus Safety, University of Oklahoma
- President Chad Wiginton, Western Oklahoma State College
OSRHE Staff Liaisons
- Sarah Kimball, Safety, Health and Environmental Manager
- Angela Caddell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications
