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ASIS International
Las Vegas Chapter 060
ASIS is the preeminent international organization for
security professionals, with more than 37,000 members
worldwide. ASIS was founded in 1955 and is dedicated to
increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security
professionals by developing educational programs and materials that
address broad security interest, such as the ASIS Annual Seminar and
Exhibits, as well as specific security topics. ASIS also
advocates the role and value of the security management professional
to business, the media, government entities and the public.
The Las Vegas ASIS Chapter # 060 was chartered on August 29, 1976.
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The winner of
the 2010 Las Vegas Chapter William J. Cornelius Memorial Scholarship
is Jhoana Duarte. Jhoana currently attends Eldorado High School and
plans to attend the College of Southern Nevada and take courses in
criminal justice. She has a 3.5 GPA and is ranked 24th in a
graduating class of 529. The scholarship is named after long-time
ASIS International lifetime member, William J. Cornelius, CPP.
Cornelius was an active member of the Las Vegas Chapter and had
previously served in volunteer leadership positions in the National
Capitol Chapter. The annual scholarship is managed by our Foundation
Committee, headed by Art Berry, CPP.
Remember, the membership drive "Reach Out" is in progress!
Every time you recruit a new member, you strengthen ASIS. A vital and
growing membership means greater recognition of the security
profession, improved educational and networking opportunities for
members, and the advancement of security worldwide. Also, referring
members has added benefits for you and your chapter!
If they join and put your name and employer (company) or phone number
on the membership application line marked "Person who introduced
you to ASIS", you get the credit, and we keep track of your
recruitment activity for you. It's that simple.
If you desire to remain a member of ASIS International, please make
sure you pay your dues immediately if you have not done so for 2010.
Board members will be contacting those members who have not yet
renewed, as we want to make sure that anyone who wants to be a member
can stay as one. If you have not renewed your membership, you will
not be receiving the magazine, updates, training notices, chapter
newsletter, or meeting reminders.
I hope to see you this Thursday at our monthly meeting. If I don't
see you, all you dads enjoy your day, congratulations to all the
graduates and everyone enjoy the start of summer.
Be Safe!
William C. Cage
Chapter Chairman .
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Welcome, New Members!
Anthony V.
DiSalvatore, CPP, PCI, PSP
Director of
Security
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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June
Meeting
Topic:
Infrastructure
Survey Tool
Infrastructure
Survey Tool and the Dashboard that results from that survey and is
provided to Critical Infrastructure Owners/Operators
Presenter:
Gonzalo Cordova, CPP
Since 2005
Gonzalo has served as the Protective Security Advisor (PSA), Las
Vegas, Nevada District for the US Department of Homeland Security,
Office of Infrastructure Protection-Protective Security Coordination
Division. Mr. Cordova supports homeland security efforts, serving in
an advising and reach-back capacity to state Homeland Security
Advisors. He contributes to the development of the national risk
picture by assisting with the identification, assessment, monitoring,
and minimizing of risk to critical assets at the local level. As a
PSA, Mr. Cordova facilitates, coordinates, and performs vulnerability
assessments for local critical infrastructure and assets, and acts as
a physical and technical security advisor to Federal, state, and
local law enforcement agencies.
Gonzalo
initiated his Law Enforcement career in 1981 with Ruidoso Police
Department in New Mexico, serving as a patrolman, shift commander,
detective, and law enforcement instructor. In 1991, Mr. Cordova was
appointed as Commander of the White Mountain Task Force by the
Lincoln County Sheriff in New Mexico. In October of 1994, Mr. Cordova
was appointed Commander/Coordinator of the Southwestern New Mexico
Task Force. In this role, Mr. Cordova was responsible for the
reorganization of a multi-jurisdictional task force and for the
establishment of the infrastructure necessary to ensure that the task
force operated successfully under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas (HIDTA) strategy. Mr. Cordova's responsibilities included:
planning, directing, and controlling narcotics investigations through
the HIDTA and BJA programs; training, supervising, and evaluating
personnel; and conducting liaison activities with the public and
Federal, state, and local law enforcement organizations.
Gonzalo holds
a BS Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at El
Paso and a MAOM from the University of Phoenix.
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ASIS Las Vegas
Chapter 060 Meeting Minutes for 05/20/2010:
Chapter Business
and Committee Activities:
The monthly
luncheon meeting was held at Marilyns Cafe at the Tuscany
Hotel/Casino with Bill Cage, Chapter Chair presiding. Meeting began
at 12:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bill started the meeting congratulating the new members and members
transferring in. New members: Richard Casto International Game
Technology. Members transferring in: Deborah M. Jacob, BizJet
Security LLC, Chris G. Carter, Consultant, Matthew Krol, Mandarin
Oriental Las Vegas.
Bill discussed the "On Hold" list from National headquarters.
If you have not renewed your dues for 2010 with ASIS International by
now, your membership will be placed on hold for 30 days. If your
membership is not renewed, you will be dropped from membership at
National and with the Chapter. The best way to renew with ASIS
International is to visit ASISonline.org. There is also a link in our
newsletter and Chapter website.
Bill asked for volunteers for the Education Committee. The Chapter
would like to do some training this year but we have not received a
lot of input from members. The Chapter needs this committee so we can
work towards providing training this year. Bill discussed the Reach
Out Program membership drive and encouraged all members to
participate. The information on this program can be found on the
Chapter website. ASIS National has also been sending emails to
members regarding the membership drive.
Bill announced
current training and webinars available and encouraged members to
check out the newsletter and website for more information. Bill also
discussed the International Gaming Institute and upcoming courses.
Tommy Burns, CPP discussed IGI and mentioned the training should
resume in July 2010. More information on IGI will be included in
future newsletters and on the Chapter website. Walt Quering,
Committee Chair for Newsletter/Webmaster, submitted an executive
summary of the website, newsletter and social networking sites.
Please contact Bill if you would like to read the summary. Walt
discussed social media and informed the members that LinkedIn is the
most popular site. He mentioned that Twitter is a very simple and
fast way to get information to the members. He encouraged members to
subscribe to Twitter and Facebook in order to receive up-to-date
information regarding jobs. Jobs are filled rather quickly and
opportunities may be missed if members are only checking the
newsletter and website. All social working sites can be accessed
through the Chapter website and newsletter.
C.T. Seidl,
CPP, Committee Chair for Membership, announced that a member cannot
change his chapter affiliation online. ASIS National must be
contacted by USPS, phone or email that the member is relocating and
wishes to change chapters. Art Berry, CPP, Committee Chair for ASIS
Foundation, discussed the scholarship program. There was only one
applicant this year for the $1000 scholarship, Jhoana Duarte, who
currently attends Eldorado High School and plans to attend the
Community College and take courses in criminal justice, she has a 3.5
GPA and is ranked 24 in a graduating class of 529. The chapter board
members will evaluate the application and make a decision within the
next two weeks.
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A Note from the Webmaster:
We may also
announce training via our Twitter, Facebook or Linked-In accounts, so it may be
of benefit to subscribe to those services also.
Our Website is updated several times a month. At the
bottom of each page is the date on which that page was last changed.
We are using analytics on our Web site and have found
that readership has gone up steadily over the last few months.
The last three months saw an increase in site visits
of 22% over the previous three months. The percentage of those visits
which were new rose from 56.5% to 61.13% during the same periods. Not
only are we attracting more visitors, but a larger percentage of them
are first time visitors. Pages per visit were up 23% for the periods
involved, and total pageviews were up 50%
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UNLV Institute for Security Studies
presents
Counter-Terrorism Preparedness Forum:
Building Communities of Trust
Monday June 21, 2010
UNLV campus
(Stan Fulton Building)
Representatives from the Department of Justice,
Washington, DC are also scheduled to attend to answer any questions.
Click here for more
information.
Nevada
Anti-Terrorism Conference
June 29-30,
2010
The
United States Attorney's Office and Las Vegas FBI are co-hosting the Nevada Anti-Terrorism
Conference at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, June 29-30.
ASIS Nevada chapters members are invited.
ASIS members can register at the www.neonn.org dissemination
website.
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APC III: Functional Management
June 14 - 17,
2010
The
Westin La Paloma
Tucson, AZ
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Corporate
Investigations: How to Conduct Proper and Effective Internal
Investigations
07/12/2010 -
07/13/2010
Millenium
Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, IL
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Physical Security:
Advanced Applications & Technology
07/12/2010 - 07/14/2010
Millenium
Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, IL
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Organizational
Resilience: Implementing and Auditing the ASIS American National
Standard
07/14/2010 -
07/16/2010
Millenium
Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, IL
Cloud Computing and
Software-as-a-Service: An Overview for Security Professionals June
23, 2010 @ 12pm Eastern U.S.
About the program:
This
webinar is for every security professional who plans to remain one
for the foreseeable future. It will provide a foundation to
understand cloud computing and Software as a Service, particularly as
it relates to physical and electronic security solutions, then
progress to what it is that customers are looking for when they
evaluate a SaaS option, and why they do so at all.
Click for more
information and to register.
Finding
Franchise Fraud: Developing a Best Practice Review
June 30, 2010
@ 12pm Eastern US
About the program:
Imagine that your company acquires a corporate entity that includes
franchise holders and they approach your loss prevention or auditing
department to create a franchise audit function. Would you know how
to do the following?
- Create
an audit.
- Address
the immediate adversarial relationship the audit team might face
when it approaches the franchisee.
- Gain
access to sales and banking data.
- Verify
the accuracy of the sales reported to the corporate franchisor.
- Explore
what action should be taken if sales reporting errors are
uncovered.
- Educate
the franchise owner on business efficiency, waste reduction,
risk avoidance, and mitigation.
- Leave
the franchisee feeling good about the audit and what they
learned.
Join us on the 30th and get tips on how to make the
audit a win-win for all parties involved.
Click for more information and to register.
About the program:
Do you want to advance your career as a leader in the
security field? Effective leadership today demands dynamic
communication. Words and actions are enormously powerful when they
demonstrate who you are, where you're going, and what you stand for.
Discover new ways to inspire teamwork and achieve goals through
special techniques that build bridges to others and find out what it
takes to enroll others to buy-into your vision during this highly
interactive session. Join us to learn simple communication strategies
that remove obstacles, influence outcomes, and produce results while
enhancing relationships all at the same time. You don't want to miss
this opportunity to grow as a Dynamic Leader.
Click for more
information and to register.
Developing a
Strategic Mindset: How to Become a Trusted Strategic Advisor
July 28, 2010 @ 12pm Eastern US (90 Minutes)
About the program:
Getting
the boss to listen is a goal of most security managers and leaders.
Through powerful stories and examples, learn how to get the boss'
attention, focus on what matters, and understand what bosses expect
of advisors, as well as how to understand strategy, gain a management
perspective, give advice powerfully on the spot, and develop a
strategic mindset. Discover what you have to learn or change to
become more trusted and more strategic.
Click for more
information and to register.
August 18,
2010 @ 12pm Eastern US (90 Minutes)
About the program:
Join
us for an introduction to the tools, techniques, coordination, and
best practices needed for an effective response to explosives-related
threats and events. Review the many facets necessary for developing a
comprehensive bomb threat response program: risk-based processes,
threat definition, explosive forces, counter-surveillance, incident
command, business continuity, search procedures, use of K9's, medical
considerations, and current physical security and detection systems.
Click for more
information and to register.
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IGI
Gaming Security Courses
Guest Protection and Liability
for Supervisors and Managers
July 13, 2010
- 8:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Seminar topics:
- Introduction
to liability for gaming operations
- Intentional
tort liability: False arrest, false imprisonment, assault,
battery and defamation claims
- Negligent
tort liability: Inadequate security, supervision and
retention
- Litigation
avoidance techniques
- Casino
and hotel patrol techniques for guest protection
- Standards
of care and common practices in security and gaming
operations
- Economic
conditions: Dealing with mandatory staff reductions and
maintaining reasonable security measures
- Documentation:
How much is enough and what is appropriate. Reports, logs and
other security related documents
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Use of Force for
Security Personnel
July 13, 2010
- 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Seminar topics:
- Review
of various use-of-force models and continuums
- Defining
force, use-of-force, reasonable force and excessive force
- Review
of ability, opportunity, jeopardy, and preclusion
- Discussion
of various types of force and force devices to include physical,
restraint, pepper spray, baton, TASER, and firearms
- Discussion
on officer response to various threats (empty hand, knife,
impact
weapon, OC, or firearm)
- Documenting
and justifying your use-of-force
- Legal
issues, case law and review, Civilian vs. Law Enforcement force
issues
- Policy
development for use-of-force
View Brochure / Register
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Report Writing and
Evidence Collection Techniques
July 14, 2010
- 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Seminar topics:
- When reports
should be completed in gaming environments, types of reports
- What
incidents will prompt an investigation
- Investigation
process: information gathering, analysis, scene protection,
evidence collection
- Interviewing
of principals, witnesses and independent witnesses
- Written
statements, formats and content
- Physical
evidence collection techniques
- Specialized
databases and public sources of information
- Use of
hotlines and dealing with informants
- Use of
notes and support materials
- Completing
a professional report: Characteristics of a well-written report
- Techniques
in writing a narrative
- Use of
written reports in criminal and civil trials
View Brochure / Register
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Active Shooter: Developing a Formal
Plan
July 14, 2010
- 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Seminar topics:
- Active
shooter and terrorism
- Phases
of the Active Shooter
- Facility
planning
- Security
function: Prevention, deterrence, expectations
- Responses
to Active Shooter
- Law
Enforcement response
- Security
and surveillance response
- Training
of the workforce
- Post
incident response and crime scene protection
- Evidence
collection
- Reporting
and documentation
- Model
written policy and procedures
View
brochure / Register
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Online Certificate in
Security Management:
Cal State Fullerton
Certificate in Corporate Security Management
This program
consists of six required courses totaling 70 hours of lecture and
discussion. 7.0 Continuing Education Units will be awarded to the
certificate graduate. Most, if not all, of the classes can be
taken online.
Find more
information at:
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Chapter Social Networking
Resources
Take advantage of the other Web-base resources
which the Las Vegas chapter of ASIS now has available:
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Twitter
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LinkedIn
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Facebook
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Chapter Dues
As you
know, the Las Vegas Chapter is solely funded by member dues. Member
dues for 2010 remain at previous years' amount of $30.00. Each
member will be receiving an e-mail from the Chapter Chairman via a
service called Intuit Billing Manager. This free service allows
the chapter to maintain a list of members, invoice and track payments
via a secure online service. We elected not to go with the
additional cost required to process credit card payments. You
will be able to pay the invoice with cash, check or money order in
person at any meeting. You may also remit payment by check or
money order to our mailing address. In either case, the invoice
will contain a second remittance page that contains your invoice
number. Please bring that with you or include it with your
payment so we can insure proper credit. In the past we have had
companies pay for the member dues and have had difficulty determining
which member that payment was for. We will not be billing the
two ASIS Life Members or three student members. We thank you
for your continued support of the Las Vegas Chapter!
Dues
paid by members are not deductible as charitable contributions for
federal income tax purposes. However, membership dues are
deductible for members under Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code
as an ordinary and necessary business expense.
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 Meeting Sponsors
We are
seeking sponsors for our monthly meetings. For $300 you or
your company can sponsor the meeting. For your donation you will
receive notice in the Chainlink, the opportunity to display your
product or service at the meeting, an introduction at the meeting, a
short presentation to the membership and the gratitude of the chapter
treasury. Contact Glenda (702-302-4406 ext: 503) for
additional information.
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Chapter
Telephone Number
The local
chapter number is 702-302-4406.
When called,
callers are asked to press the following numbers for the described
messages;
1.
Information about our monthly meetings
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Information about upcoming events
3. A
"Dial by name" directory of the board members
4. A
"Dial by position" directory of the board members
9.
Information about the Las Vegas Chapter and ASIS International
The Board
members extensions, so far are;
501
Chairman, William Cage
502
Vice-Chairman, Dennis Urban
503
Treasurer, Glenda Gray-Meyer
504
Secretary, Carrie Holmes
505 Webmaster/Newsletter
Editor, Walt Quering
More
extensions will be added in the future and we will also be exploring
the conference calling features which allow for up to 500 callers
involved in the same conference call, at the same time.
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The following is a paid
advertisment
Newsletter advertising.
Space is available in the
Chainlink Newsletter for commercial advertising from Las Vegas
Chapter ASIS members/ members companies.
The Chainlink, now in it's new design, is sent to
approximately 500 security industry professionals each month,
to include the approximately 250 Las Vegas Chapter members.
For further information, contact Walt Quering, Newsletter editor at
webchair@asis-lasvegas.org .
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Chapter Website
The Las Vegas Chapter maintains a website with the
Chapter contact information, list of leadership, latest events and
meetings, a link page for active Chapter members with web pages and
more. We are located at asis-lasvegas.org,
If you have any content for or questions about our site, contact
our Webmaster, Walt Quering.
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Monthly
Meeting
LOCATION:
Tuscany Suites
and Casino
255 E. Flamingo
Rd
Las Vegas,
NV
DATE:
Thursday June
17, 2010
TIME:
11:30 AM
Networking
COST: $15.00
Includes lunch
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Recruit your colleagues to join ASIS!
Every
time you recruit a new member, you strengthen ASIS. A vital and growing
membership means greater recognition of the security profession,
improved educational and networking opportunities for members, and the
advancement of security worldwide. And, referring members has added
benefits for you and your chapter!
If
they join and put your name and employer (company) or phone number on
the membership application line: Person
who introduced you to ASIS, you get the credit. And we keep
track of your recruitment activity for you. It's that simple.
Sometimes,
it may be more convenient or more appropriate for you to provide us
with the contact information for an prospective member, and we take the
next step. Complete the online Referral
Form and ASIS will send the individual(s) information and an
application. However, you won't be considered the "recruiter"
unless the new member provides your name on the application as the
person who introduced him/her to ASIS.
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