HOMELAND SECURITY COMMISSION MEETING
In preparation for this morning's quarterly meeting of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security, the Commission's Finance Committee met five days ago to review the prospective programs for the FFY 2011 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP). The intent was to frame a recommendation on where funding should be allocated. This recommendation will be presented to the full Commission later this morning. Adam Sandler, Vice-President of the NBA serves on the Commission's Finance Committe.
This morning's meeting begins at 9:30 AM. Governor Brian Sandoval will be chairing the meeting in Las Vegas at the Nevada Highway Patrol, Southern Command and will be carried by video conference at the Division of Emergency Management in Carson City. Other agenda items include reports from the Critical Infrastructure and Communications Steering Committees; and there will be a briefing on Cyber-Security.
Bob Fisher, Chairman of the Legislative and By-Laws Committee will report on AB 549. On June 3rd, the Assembly concurred on the Senate's amendment to AB 549, thus bringing a successful conclusion to a year long process. The Homeland Security Commission bill now becomes law.
SILVER ALERT MEETING
The first planning meeting for Silver Alert -- for Missing Endangered Older Persons will be held this coming Monday, June 13th at 2:00 PM. The Nevada Department of Public Safety has secured a video conference line between the DEM building in Carson City and the Nevada Highway Patrol building in Las Vegas. Governor Brian Sandoval signed SB 245 into law on May 31, 2011. The purpose of this meeting will be to:
1. Read through and understand the statute, in order to have everyone all together on the same page.
2. Commit to provide support to DPS in any and all ways.
3. Begin to outline policy and procedure time line as to role and responsibilities of all stakeholders.
4. Marketing Silver Alert to the public, targeting community leaders most involved, i.e., Senior residences.
5. Marketing AlertID sign-up for Silver Alert.
6. Notification and communication process through DPS of role and responsibility of each local law enforcement agencies.
7. Wording of activation criteria.
8. New Business
The meeting will be chaired by Bob Fisher, who helped to steer the legislation.
AMBER ALERT MEETING
The next meeting of the Committee of the Statewide AMBER Alert System will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2011. The meeting will be teleconferenced between the Nevada Department of Transportation (Room 217) in Carson City and the Nevada Department of Transportation (Bldg. C) in Las Vegas. The meeting begins at 12 Noon and lunch will be served.
The agenda includes a review of the March 26, 2011 activation on the AMBER Alert system A discussion will follow on recent law enforcement cases which could be classified as "Almost AMBER." Information will be distributed on the Missing and Endangered Children program established by the Department of Justice. Adrienne Abbott, NBA Consultant Engineer will speak about the mechanism of the CAP Protocal -- and the impact that CAP will have on future AMBER and Silver Alerts.
