State and Local

This category contains information on homeland security issues and practices affecting state and local governments and regional governmental organizations.

March 18, 2008 - Leadership (Public Engagement)

Steve Recca, Director, Center for Homeland Security, University of Colorado (Time Mark: 39.25)

November 20, 2007 - Emergency Management Training, National Incident Management System

Mark Stanford, Fire Operations Chief, Texas Forest Service (Time Mark: 44.18)

November 6, 2007 - Local Government, Local Law Enforcement

Chris Kirk, President, Sheriff's Association of Texas (SAT), (Time Mark: 44.57)

August 21, 2007 - State Government, Local Government, Terrorism (WMD)

Brian Smith, Training Coordinator, WMD Task Forces, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), (Time Mark: 29.39)

August 7, 2007 - Business Security

Terri Langford, Staff Writer, Houston Chronicle (Time Mark: 1.47)

August 7, 2007 - Emergency Management Training, Homeland Security Education

Al Davis, Director, Grants and Training, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), and Mark Hartman, Deputy Director, Grants and Training, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), (Time Mark: 34.39)

July 31, 2007 - Emergency Management Training

Bill May, Associate Agency Director, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), (Time Mark: 29.31)

July 31, 2007 - Emergency Management Training

Dennis Hunter, Training Program Manager, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Time Mark: 34.53)

July 17, 2007 - Emergency Preparedness

Lt. Gary Scheibe, Police Officer, Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, City of Houston, Texas (Time Mark: 29.37)

May 22, 2007 - Border Security, Immigration

Steve McCraw, Director of Homeland Security, State of Texas (Time Mark: 19.14)

February 27, 2007 - The Role of the State Guard in Homeland Security

Christopher Howlett, General Contractor and member of Virgina State Guard (time mark: 14.21)

January 23, 2007 - Success in Interoperability: San Diego

Jill Olen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Public Safety, Homeland Security Department (time mark: 14.16)

November 9, 2006 - Local Law Enforcement, Intelligence Affairs, Counterterrorism (Tactics)

Terry Maketa, Sheriff, El Paso County, Colorado (Time Mark: 10.24)

October 26, 2006 - DHS Culture (Organization), Emergency Preparedness

George Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security (time mark: 1.36)

October 26, 2006 - Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Management Training at the State Level

Lt. Gov. Jane E. Norton of Colorado, Colorado Homeland Security and All-Hazard Senior Advisory Team (time mark: 11.26)

August 24, 2006 - Crisis Leadership during Natural Disasters

Jim Gerringer, Former Va. Governor, Environmental Systems Research Institute (time mark: 10.04)

July 27, 2006 - Border Protection and State Responsibilities

Steve McCraw, Texas Director of Homeland Security (time mark: 10.46)

June 1, 2006 - Emergency Preparedness at the State Level

Steve McCraw, Texas Director of Homeland Security (time mark: 11.49)

May 25, 2006 - Prevention of Disasters

Major Gen. Jerry Humble USMC (Ret), Director, Tennessee Homeland Security (time mark: 9.56)

May 18, 2006 - Homeland Security and County Law Enforcement

Sheriff Don Sowell, Grimes County, Texas (time mark: 11.34)

May 4, 2006 - Counterterrorism, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Command System

Howard Safir, former police commissioner/fire commission of New York City (time mark: 10.37)

April 20, 2006 - Lessons from Hurricane Katrina in Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Management Training

Michael Wermuth, Director, RAND Homeland Security Program (time mark: 1.25)

March 30, 2006 - Councils of Governments

Linda McGuill, Brazos Valley (Texas) Council of Governments (time mark: 10.14)

March 23, 2006 - Training First Responders

Jason Cook, communications director, Texas Engineering Experiment Service (time mark: 10.18)