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The Magazine of the FBI National Academy Associates
“Continuing Growth Through Training and Education”
A S S O C I A T E
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Association President – Joe Gaylord
Protective Services Manager, Central Arizona Project, (AZ),
Past President – Laurie Cahill
Detective Lt. (ret.), Ocean County Sheriff’s Dept. (NJ),
1st Vice President, Section II – Barry Thomas
Chief Deputy/Captain, Story County. Sheriff’s Office (IA),
2nd Vice President, Section III – Joey Reynolds
Police Chief, Bluffton Police Dept. (SC),
3rd Vice President, Section IV – Scott Dumas
Deputy Chief, Rochester Police Dept. (NH),
Representative, Section I – Johnnie Adams
Deputy Chief, Field Operations, USC Department of Public Safety (CA)
Representative, Section II – Kevin Wingerson
Operations, Pasadena Police Dept. (TX),
Representative, Section III – Joe Hellebrand
Chief of Police, Brevard County Sheriff’s Office (FL),
Representative, Section IV – Ken Truver
Chief, Borough of Castle Shannon (PA),
Chaplain – Daniel Bateman
Inspector (retired), Michigan State Police,
Historian – Terrence (Terry) Lucas
Law Enforcement Coordinator (retired), U.S. Attorney - Central District (IL),
FBI Unit Chief – Mike Harrigan
Unit Chief, National Academy Unit (VA)
Executive Director – Greg Cappetta
FBI NAA, Inc., Executive Office (VA),
On the Cover: Reunification centers, once established, will serve a myriad of important
functions: reuniting parents with children, determining which students may have investi-
gative information, aiding in the identification of injured students, providing parents with
official information and assisting with the overall student and staff accountability process.
May/June 2015
Volume 17 • Number 3
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the FBI National Academy Associates, Inc.
Greg Cappetta / Executive Director/Managing Editor
Ashley R. Sutton / Communications Manager
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natural disasters. Verizon Wireless has 43 crisis re-
sponse teams that respond to areas in crisis where
they set up and maintain portable cellular towers
called Cell on Wheels (COWs). These COWS are
mobile towers and are completely autonomous and
independent of their stationary cell towers. In the
event of a power loss, backup batteries and in most
locations permanent generators provide uninter-
rupted service. Where needed, Verizon deploys a
generator on a truck (GOAT) for temporary power
until such time as land power is restored. The re-
sponse time for Verizon is fairly quick because they
monitor impending potential disasters and imme-
diately mobilize their resources.
In addition to the above, Verizon operates
Network Operations Centers (NOC). These cut-
ting edge centers monitor transmissions from their
towers and can identify automatically if a certain
area around the country has a spike in usage. These
centers and other assets are also very valuable to
law enforcement in helping coordinate responses
to natural disasters or some other event that may
need law enforcement intervention.
Verizon recently authored preparedness arti-
cles regarding “Being Ready” for severe weather and
“Virtual Survival Kits”. In these articles, Verizon
suggests using apps to stay informed about weather
and other emergency situations, and having num-
bers stored in your phone and set up under “In
Case of Emergency” (ICE) contacts. These numbers
or groups will be contact numbers for close family
members or friends to let them know you are OK
or if you are need of assistance. Verizon also sug-
gests using text messaging to communicate during
these times because those methods of communica-
tion cause less network congestion and are more
likely to get to the intended recipient. Lastly, Veri-
zon suggests having a secondary battery source or
connections like car chargers or solar chargers that
do not rely on the standard power supply. These
are important communication considerations in a
time of emergency.
Over the past several years, the FBINAA has
worked closely with Verizon Wireless and their
management staff. John Monroe, Jeff Favita, Gabe
Esposito, Guy Johnson, along with many others
have supported both the FBINAA and law en-
forcement. Their efforts and dedication to the law
enforcement profession are greatly appreciated and
the FBINAA would like to thank them for their
contribution.
This issue’s alliance spotlight is Verizon
Wireless. Verizon Wireless is the FBINAA’s
official wireless carrier and has supported the As-
sociation since 2006. They began their alliance on
the chapter level and quickly received overwhelm-
ing support by the entire association due to their
commitment to the law enforcement community.
Some of the areas they support are crisis response,
supporting families in the event of a line of duty
death, and communication during disasters.
Beginning in April 2011, Verizon Wireless
began a partnership with the FBINAA in support
of Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of
duty. In an effort to help the families of law en-
forcement who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the
line of duty, Verizon Wireless provides funds to the
beneficiaries of fallen officers to help with immedi-
ate expenses. The FBINAA is very proud to be a
part of this program and works to ensure that every
Officer’s family knows that both the FBINAA and
Verizon are there in their time of need. The FBI-
NAA utilizes NA members to coordinate the fund
and works to distribute the funds as soon as pos-
sible to help the family with unexpected expenses.
Verizon Wireless also provides benefits to law
enforcement during times of crisis and in times of
AN ALLIANCE SPOTLIGHT:
Greg Cappetta