Volume XIII Issue VII PAGE 1 The Informant

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The Informant
Volume XIII Issue VII
2012 Chapter Officers
Greg McLain, CPP
Chapter Chairman
Chairman’s Comments
August 2012
Greg McLain, CPP
ASIS Atlanta Chapter Chairman
(404)-614-5000 Office
(404)-614-5409 Fax
[email protected]
Monique Wilkerson, CPP
Chapter Vice Chair
(404)-308-0015 Phone
[email protected]
The Hot Summer is slowly coming to a close. Family vacations are ending and the school
year has begun from kindergarten to college for many families. It’s time to get back to
business and the continuation of a successful 2012 year. The calendar of chapter meeting
and events has been set for the remaining year. This month’s meeting is on August 15,
2012, from 11:15 -1:00pm, will be held at the GTRI Conference Center 250 14th Street,
NW Atlanta, Ga. 30318. Our speaker will be Jim Hardy, PSA, and Protective Security
Advisor of the Department of Homeland Security. The topic will be Regional Resiliency
(Infrastructure Impact and Preparation). Jim Hardy Bio can be read on pg. 2 of the Informant. RSVP for this month’s meeting to Tom Boyette, CPP, PSP (Chapter Treasurer)
ASAP at [email protected] cost will be $25 per person (participants can pay online via
PayPal) or at the door. Your attendance for this month’s meeting will be greatly appreciated. Here is the remaining chapter meeting locations and events for the year.
James Sellers, CPP
Chapter Secretary
(404)-375-3520 Phone
[email protected]
Tom Boyette, CPP, PSP
Chapter Treasurer
(404)-694-0373 Phone
[email protected]
Ken LaChance, PSP
Past Chairman
(678)-205-2105 Office
(770)-840-7072 Fax
 September 10 - 13 – ASIS 56th Annual Seminar & Exhibits - Location, Philadelphia,
[email protected]
Pa.
 September 27th - Law Enforcement Business Continuity Summit - Location
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Home Depot HQ
September – WIS (Women In Security) Event (Resume Writing Workshop) Date
and Location TBD
October 17th - Chapter Meeting – Location, Microsoft Technology Center, Alpharetta, GA.
November 21st – Chapter Meeting – Location, Fiserv, Norcross, GA.
December 19th – Chapter Meeting (SORD) – Location TBD
We look forward to your participation in the remaining months of this year’s meetings and
events.
As always it is a pleasure and privilege to serve you as your Chapter Chair for 2012.
Inside This Issue
Note from the Chair
1
Speaker’s Bio
2
Certification News
4
Treasurer’s Report
5
August Meeting
6
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August Speaker!
James E. Hardy
Jim Hardy is the Department of Homeland Security’s Protective Security Advisor (PSA) for the State of Georgia. As the PSA, Jim is the Department’s liaison to federal, state and local agencies and the private sector for
protection of critical infrastructure. Jim brings over 40 years of law enforcement, security and management
experience with the US Air Force, municipal police and private industry to the position.
Jim served for over 20 years as a Special Investigations and Counterintelligence Officer with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. His worldwide assignments included unit and regional staff positions, command
of four separate AFOSI units, and direction of a major USAF security program. In the latter position, he was
responsible for design, implementation and direction of a radical new security program which protected research and development of critical USAF weapons systems. That program was so successful; it was copied by
most other federal agencies. In all his command assignments, Jim led resource protection, counterterrorism
and counterintelligence efforts. Security awareness programs he started led to over 100% increase in threat
reporting in each of those assignments.
After retirement from the USAF, Jim served as Chief of Detectives in Perry, Georgia; as Regional Membership and Training Director for the National Insurance Crime Bureau in Atlanta, GA; and as Senior Instructor
and Team Leader with International Training, Incorporated, West Point, VA. As Team Leader, Jim led the
very successful training of Greek Police who provided security for the 2004 Olympics. He also designed and
delivered training on surveillance, countersurveillance, vulnerability analyses, personal and facility security
and other courses for many US government and corporate clients.
Jim has a Bachelors Degree from the University of Alabama, and Masters work in Criminal Justice from
George Washington University, University of Virginia, and University of Alabama/Birmingham. He is a
graduate of U.S. Air Force Squadron Officers School, Air Command and Staff College and an Outstanding
Graduate of Air War College.
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Identification badges for
ASIS members and guests
provided by IDenticard.
Please contact Ms. Loughner
regarding your credentialing
needs.
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Certification News
Congratulations!
Tonta Draper, PCI with the City of Atlanta (DWM) Investigator Internal earned his PCI recently! PSP Study Group
The ASIS Greater Atlanta Chapter will host a 2012 PSP Study Group this fall. The facilitator of the study group will be Chapter
Member Bob Rapien, PSP.
The Study Group will start on September 13, 2012 and end on Nov. 8, 2012. We will meet every Thursday from 6 pm to 9pm. We
will need at least 10 active participants to hold the Study Group.
The Study Group will be held at the SunTrust Plaza Garden Offices at 303 Peachtree Center Ave. Atlanta Ga. 30303 5th Floor, Suite
575 Conference Room. Parking will be validated.
This is a great way to prepare for the PSP Examination. Over the past several years study group participants have had great success
with passing the exam.
Group members will be required to pick a topic and complete a small presentation on that topic to share with the group.
Please email Bob Rapien, PSP with full contact information if you would like to participate or if you have any questions regarding
the study group.
Thanks
Captain Bob Rapien, PSP
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
Cell (404) 925-7415
Office (770) 619-6536
[email protected]
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Treasurer’s Report
ASIS Greater Atlanta Chapter
July Report
7/1/2012 – 7/31/2012
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Beginning Balance: $ 3,750.97
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Deposits:
$
0.00
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Total Expenses:
$
45.96
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Ending Balance:
$ 3705.01
Reported by Tom Boyette, CPP, PSP 2012 Chapter Treasurer
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Chapter Meeting Information
This month’s meeting is on August 15, 2012, from 11:15 -1:00pm, will be held at
the GTRI Conference Center 250 14th Street, NW Atlanta, Ga. 30318.
Our speaker will be Jim Hardy, PSA, and Protective Security Advisor of the
Department of Homeland Security.