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Vernon Herron Featured in Baltimore Sun Story on Campus Emergency Alerts

March 3, 2012
Baltimore Sun

CHHS Senior Policy Analyst Vernon Herron told The Baltimore Sun issuing college campus-wide alerts is never a bad thing. The 27-year veteran of the Maryland State Police went on to say, "it's easy to come back and say, 'All's clear.' If you have to think about sending an alert, you should send an alert."

Maryland Commission on Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence meeting

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 1:30pm
House Office Building Room 150
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD

CHHS Founder and Director Michael Greenberger was appointed to the Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence in October. Members will meet with state lawmakers at the State House in Annapolis March 13. The Commission's goal is to set policies, standards and best practices for ensuring the security of computer systems used by educational institutions and state government.

7th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute

Thursday, March 22, 2012 (All day) - Friday, March 23, 2012 (All day)
Capitol Hilton, Washington, D.C.

CHHS Founder and Director Michael Greenberger is proud to participate in the American Bar Association's 7th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute in Washington, D.C. March 22-23, 2012. Greenberger will be a panelist on Day 2 to talk about careers in homeland security and national security.

Congress as Internet Police May Handcuff the Freedoms of Information

Did you visit Google or Wikipedia on January 18, 2012?  If so, you were greeted with a black box over Google’s logo, and you were unable to access Wikipedia’s resources.  Are you wondering what that was all about? Well, you could call it the internet’s version of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Vernon Herron Appears in National and Local Media to Analyze Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on GPS Usage by Police Officers

January 24, 2012

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled the use of GPS technology by police officers to track the vehicular movements of suspected criminals without a warrant violates the 4th Amendment. Vernon Herron spoke to the New York Times,

2012 MARCE Conference Coverage

January 9, 2012
WBAL

Public Health Program Manager Earl Stoddard spoke to WBAL-TV and WBAL-AM 1090 about the running theme of the 2012 MARCE Conference: the lack of federal funding for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S. and the mid-Atlantic region.

Military Leaders Honor CHHS Staff Members

Congratulations to CHHS Senior Law & Policy Analyst Megan Timmins, Exercise and Training Program Director Christina Crue and Senior Law & Policy Analyst Ulka Ghanta. Each of them received a Certificate of Commendation from U.S. Navy Vice Admiral John M.

Public Health Program Manager Earl Stoddard Talks to WTOP Radio About HIV Infections, Prevention

December 1, 2011
WTOP, 103.5 FM

On World AIDS Day, Dr. Earl Stoddard, CHHS public health program manager, talked live on WTOP about the status of HIV infections in the U.S., the scientific progress made in keeping patients healthy longer and why new cases of HIV in the U.S. are not dropping. Stoddard also discusses the social stigmas that may be leading to heightened infection rates among African Americans.

CHHS Offers Perspective on ATF Raid that Injured an Agent in Baltimore

November 15, 2011
WJZ-TV

Utilizing his many years of law enforcement experience, CHHS Senior Policy Analyst Vernon Herron tells WJZ-TV in Baltimore about the unpredictability of police raids like the one that ended with a car chase and an injury to an ATF agent in Baltimore November 14.

First Responder Fatigue Can Be the Difference Between Life and Death

By Clark Lee, JD CHHS Senior Law & Policy Analyst

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