Attendees

John Giduck – Author of “Shooter Down: the dramatic, untold story of the police response to the Virginia Tech Massacre”, “Terror at Beslan” and “The Green Beret in You”

John Giduck is considered the best presenter, bar none in US law enforcement training. His presentations have been attended by thousands of members of different agencies. For this year’s conference, Giduck’s presentation will provide in-depth training on the dramatic differences between U.S. law enforcement hostage negotiation techniques and terrorist mass-hostage negotiations. This presentation is based upon decades of experience from Russia, the Middle East, the United States, and other locations.

“Abe” Ashabi is well known to law enforcement as a former member of the Long Beach Police Department and an electrifying speaker that has presented all over the country. As a Muslim, and raised in that faith, he understands that Radical Islam poses special challenges to our way of life in the USA and is a complete corruption of Islam by radical elements. Having escaped Iran, and near certain death by avoiding the Basenji – the tyrant Khomeini’s force of children raised to do things like cross mine fields to find out where the mines were during the Iran-Iraq War. Ashabi has lived first-hand the horror of Radical Islam’s aims and intentions. He has completed a one year tour in Afghanistan and is returning just in time for this year’s conference.

Dr. Mauricio Lynn – World-renowned specialist in disaster medicine and internationally recognized expert on mass casualty incidents. 

For this year’s conference, Dr. Lynn will speak about disasters and the proper response to save lives. He will share details of his visit in Haiti, the Turkish Earthquake, Nairobi embassy bombing, and more. This is a must attend class for anyone in any agency concerned with Homeland Security and natural or man-made disasters.

Dr. Lynn is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Israeli military where he served for 18 years. His main positions were as Flight Surgeon with the Israeli Air Force Special Forces, Medical Director of the Israeli Air Rescue and Medical Evacuation Unit and Chief of Trauma for the Israeli Military.

Currently, Dr. Lynn is an Associate Professor of Surgery and practices as a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Specialist at Jackson Memorial Medical Center affiliated with the University of Miami. He is Director of the Trauma Resuscitation Unit at the Ryder Trauma Center, Medical Director of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Medical Director of the Mass Casualty Program and recently became the Medical Director of the Jackson Memorial International Medical Services program.

Dr. Lynn serves as Disaster consultant for the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and disaster consultant for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. He is a member of the Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine and Pan American Trauma Society. He chairs the Disaster Committee of the Florida Department of Health and he is a Board Member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM).

Mordechai Dijansky – Author of “Terrorist Cop”

Dijansky will be coming especially for this conference all the way from Israel to share his unique experience as the NYPD representative in Israel. Charged with responding to all Suicide Terror attacks and other terror attacks in Israel, and relaying this experience back to the USA to prevent further attacks like 9/11, he will share his unique experience – unparalleled in the world; making this a must-attend class.

A policeman from 1982 (at a time when only two Orthodox Jews were members of the NYPD) until 2008, Dzikansky outlines his 25 years on the force in his first book. Despite wearing a yarmulke on the job and not being able to work from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning, Dzikansky never let his religion hamper his position on the force. Instead, thanks to his knowledge of Hebrew and dedicated work on the well-publicized Torah theft cases in the early '90s, Dzikansky quickly moved up the NYPD's ranks and earned the complimentary nickname the "Jewish Detective" from his peers. Readers get a true glimpse at the officer in his book as he describes his reaction to 9/11 as a cop. And it is this tragic event that leads to Dzikansky's most dramatic role, learning firsthand about terror attacks and how to prevent them as an NYPD operative working and living in Israel.

Henry Morgenstern – Author of “Suicide Terror: understanding and confronting the threat”

Henry Morgenstern is the President of SSI and co-founded the company in 2004. Since then, Morgenstern pioneered SSI’s Global Security Workshop in Tel Aviv, a program that has taken more than 400 Homeland Security Professionals to Israel. Morgenstern as also helped to develop the company’s various other training programs and media division.

An internationally recognized consultant on issues related to counter-terrorism training for law enforcement officials and First Response teams, he has briefed NorthCom and many law enforcement agencies on terror threats. His book was praised by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Ophir Falk and Henry Morgenstern have compiled a book that should be read by anyone who is serious about winning the War on Terror. By painstakingly analyzing the data, they help us understand the nature of our enemies and why they employ these barbaric tactics. Most crucially, they offer important insights into how terrorism can be effectively confronted and ultimately defeated. In doing so, they have performed an invaluable service for those that are committed to winning this crucial battle”.

Morgenstern has recently dedicated his time to establishing and developing the nation’s first homeland security network at Homeland Security Network LLC, which is already reaching thousands of agents with an innovative, secure communication option.

Steve Haley

Steve Haley has 30 + years of Military and Law Enforcement experience. Rising from the rank of private to major in the USMC, Steve has commanded units from fire teams to Company level and is the plank holding Commander for units assigned overseas in conflict zones. In Law Enforcement, Steve has 14 years’ experience as a patrol deputy and detective including 10+ years as a SWAT Operator. He has taught numerous courses of instruction to a wide audience both in and out of law enforcement including gang enforcement classes at the state academy.

SPECIAL CLOSING PROGRAM: OFFICER DOWN RESCUE OPERATIONS, by Steve Haley

Officer down Rescue covers the following topics: the importance of crisis rehearsal and the OODA loop; resources and equipment, both individual and agency owned; assessing “life threatening” injuries; concepts of tactical first aid and “self-rescue”; roles and responsibilities of rescue team members; tactical mindset and tactical breathing; and more.