MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2023 – For the twond 12 months in a row, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) School of Justice will host the Annual Symposium on (*28*) and Recovery for Critical Incidents, an occasion for first responders, CSI personnel, medicolegal investigators and members from state and federal businesses. The symposium is a chance to reinforce their information and expertise for managing mass casualty incidents utilizing the applying of a system supported by the speculation of a unified command. The occasion will happen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at MDC North Campus.
Attendees can have the chance to community with different professionals within the area, be taught issues exterior their space of experience, take part in real-time Q&A with presenters, and be taught in regards to the newest applied sciences and methodologies. They can even view dwell demonstrations, similar to Ok-9 search and restoration, speedy DNA evaluation and ground-penetrating radar.
“Our world is quite complex, an environment comprised of largely uncontrollable, unpredictable situations,” mentioned Fermin Vazquez, MDC North Campus President. “That is why It brings me great joy that MDC North Campus will once again host this symposium, the only place in Florida where highly skilled, well-trained, seasoned individuals in the response and recovery professions gather to share their knowledge, connect with peers, and offer solutions to transform the way they execute their jobs during mass casualty incidents.”
Mass casualty incidents happen worldwide in areas ranging in dimension from single-story constructions to scenes comprising a number of buildings overlaying giant geographic areas. Law enforcement businesses and their Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) models should be ready to reply. Minimizing the lack of life, growing the velocity of sufferer restoration, and maximizing confirmed sufferer identifications require essentially the most rigorous, complete and up-to-date coaching obtainable.
“I am thrilled that our Criminal Justice faculty, under the leadership of the renown CSI expert, educator and author Dr. Sharon Plotkin, created this symposium to address an untapped need that serves not only the professionals in the field but also our students and the next generation of CSI professionals,” mentioned Dr. Efrain Venezuela, Dean of Faculty at MDC North Campus. “This is the only place in Florida where you will find this caliber of subject matter experts sharing their expertise and resources under one roof.”
For greater than 40 years, the School of Justice, Public Safety and Law Studies (SOJ) at MDC has been coaching and educating public security professionals domestically and internationally, together with instructing greater than 80 % of all public security professionals in Miami-Dade County. SOJ provides affiliate levels in legal justice and cybercrimes, in addition to a bachelor’s diploma in public security administration with 10 specialised tracks, and certificates in homeland safety and crime scene know-how. In addition, SOJ offers certification and licensing in varied areas of public security, together with firefighter, police, corrections, personal safety and specialised government management coaching. For extra information, please go to https://www.mdc.edu/justice/.
WHAT: 2nd Annual Symposium on (*28*) and Recovery for Critical Incidents
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE: MDC North Campus Conference Center, 11380 NW twenty seventh Ave.
For extra information in regards to the symposium, contact Dr. Sharon Plotkin, [email protected].