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Episode #002 – Welcome Dr. Lina Alathari, Chief of the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) under the Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division (PID) for the Secret Service.

In this episode, we discuss enhancing school safety. The United States Secret Service (USSS) released their National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) Operational Guide for Preventing School Violence on July 12, 2018.

Dr. Alathari talks with us about ensuring safe learning environments for elementary and secondary school students, educators, administrators, and others. We discuss training the Secret Service personnel provides across the country free of charge to help aid in this pursuit.

NTAC’S recent releases include Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model, Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model Brief, USSS Report on Mass Attacks in Public Spaces. Along with a quick reference guide titled, "Making Schools Safer."

NTAC’s latest study examined 43 attacks directed toward federal facilities and officials in the United States from 2001 – 2013. Please visit www.secretservice.gov/protectio/ntac/ to access all information.

For more information on training for school safety, please contact your local Secret Service Field Office at www.secretservice.gov

Special Thanks to Dr. Lina Alathari for her time and support. Special thanks to FSD for their time and support. Special thanks to the executive leadership of the Secret Service and the Office of Communication and Media Relations for their continued time and support of this podcast.

Hosted and Edited by: Cody Starken, Associate Producer and assistant editor: Starr Vazquez

This episode is sponsored by the United States Secret Service. www.secretservice.gov

Music is “Nova Police” by Hermelin, found here: www.hermelin.bandcamp.com/track/nova-police

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Ep. #001 - Welcome, thank you for taking the time to listen to our very first episode of the new Podcast, "Standing Post." In this first episode, we introduce you to the Deputy Assistant Director, Ronald Layton. With Ron’s help, we will take you through a brief history of the agency, his personal journey on becoming a Secret Service Special Agent, what it’s like behind the scenes, and some interesting facts you may not know about the people, mission, and our historic organization that was created by President, Abraham Lincoln hours before he was assassinated.

Hosted by Cody Starken, he delves into the iconic United States Secret Service; an organization usually kept very private by its workforce. Wherein, he takes the listener on a journey with him to discover the unique people who champion the agency every day and make up the extraordinary, 153-year-old federal law enforcement institution it has become.

Special thanks to our guest Ron Layton for his time and support.

Special thanks to James Morrison and Gary Byrne for their subject matter expertise.

Special thanks to the executive leadership of the U. S. Secret Service and the Office of Communication and Media Relations for their encouragement and dedication to this endeavor.

Hosted, and Edited by: Cody Starken

Associate Producer, and assistant editor: Starr Vazquez

This episode is sponsored by the United States Secret Service. www.secretservice.gov

Music is “Nova Police” by Hermelin, found here: hermelin.bandcamp.com/track/nova-police. The music used in the podcast was altered from the original soundtrack by cutting specific sections of the music to create the intro and outro of the podcast.

This work is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US), which the license definition is located here: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-….0/us/legalcode

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The United States Secret service is proud to introduce to you the very first episode of our the new Podcast, "Standing Post: Inside Stories of the Secret Service." I’m your host, Cody Starken, and I’ll take you on a learning adventure about what the U.S. Secret Service has to offer. On July 5th, 2018, we introduce to you the Deputy Assistant Director of Protective Operations Mr. Ronald Layton. With Ron’s help, we will take you through a brief history of the agency and provide insight into the culture of this great organization. Mr. Layton will talk about his journey on becoming a Secret Service Special Agent, what it’s like behind the scenes and some interesting facts you may not know about the people, mission, and the organization.

Music is “Nova Police” by Hermelin, found here: https://hermelin.bandcamp.com/track/nova-police. The music used in the podcast was altered from the original soundtrack by cutting specific sections of the music to fit the theme of the podcast.

This work is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US), which the license definition is located here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode