2025 ILACP Conference Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Lt. Brian Murphy
Sponsored by Safe Haven Defense

Lt. Brian Murphy's “The Sikh Temple Massacre & Lessons Learned” presentation helps kick off our line up of incredible speakers at the ILACP 2025 training conference. Lt. Brian Murphy will walk you through a “normal day at work on a Sunday as a supervisor.” When nothing is planned to go wrong, everything does. Murphy was called to the Sikh Temple where there were reports of shots fired. Upon his arrival, he immediately observed a gunman who shot at Murphy from a distance and instantly disabled his weapon. The gunman circled back and shot Murphy a total of 15 times before being neutralized by another officer. Murphy walks you through the scene and back story of the shooter with signs to pay attention to in white supremacy. Murphy discusses lessons learned and always plan for the unthinkable.

Training will cover:

  • History of the White Supremacist Movement
  • Department lead up to active shooter events
  • Complete de-brief of the shooting including response from multiple agencies and disciplines
  • Mindset to survive deadly force encounters
  • PTSD and effects of family
  • Preparation for deadly force encounters

 

Plenary Presentation:
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Targeted Violence Prevention

Speakers: Megan Alderden, PhD Dr., Mark Concordia, CTM, James Marley, PhD, Gabriela Peña, MPH

 

Intentional, violent act against a pre-identified target (also known as targeted violence) do not come out of the blue but are preceded by behaviors and communications by the persons of concern which are often evident to the people around them. These persons of concern may even already be involved with various services and agencies, but traditional approaches often do not access or properly assess this information. Fortunately, there is a best practice methodology widely used in Illinois which enables public safety and other practitioners to gather and work with this information to prevent violent attacks before they occur. The best practice is called Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management, and it is being used in Illinois schools, higher education, health care facilities, Veterans Administrations, business, and in communities, through what is called, Community Support Teams (CSTs).

This session introduces attendees to Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) principles and procedures that can be used to identify and intervene with individuals who display concerning behaviors and are on the pathway to violence. It also introduces the Community Safety Team (CST) model, a community-based targeted violence prevention approach being implemented in Illinois that integrates elements of BTAM. The session will include information on why Community Support Teams (CSTs) are an important part of a comprehensive prevention and intervention approach to targeted violence, who participates on those teams, what those teams do, and how those teams carry out their work. It will specifically describe the key roles of law enforcement leadership, direct participation, and indirect support. The course will integrate interactive case studies involving completed targeted violence incidents and lessons learned from Illinois communities and other states.

•What is Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management: Introducing BTAMT basics and principles
•What is a Community Support Team: Explaining why it's needed and how it works
•What are lessons from the field: Updates on achievements, opportunities, and challenges from the Lake and Sangamon CST.

Participants will be able to:

•Identify concerning behaviors and communications for targeted violence
•Define what is BTAM and how it works
•Define the purpose and structure of a CST.
•Discuss how the CST can assist local agencies and entities in identifying and supporting persons of concern.
•Explain the steps for implementing a CST in their communities. 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

*As in years past, ILACP will seek continued education credit hour and mandated training credit approval from ILETSB for all breakout sessions.

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