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Right of Bang – Preparing for the next critical incident with Gene Deisinger Ph.D.
How often have we heard organisations tell us they will learn the lessons from an incident? If, like me, you have been involved in these post-incident reviews, you may also have shared my frustration with how rarely the lessons are implemented and, therefore, lack confidence in preventing the challenges from being repeated.
When a traumatic incident occurs, its impact is far wider than those immediately involved. Organisations, communities, health services, law enforcement, and others can become overwhelmed and surprised by the response to a critical incident.
Dr. Deisinger discusses his experience in conducting root cause analysis to understand what happened leading up to the event and how to prevent this from happening again whilst identifying the likely issues to anticipate post-event that may create challenges such as;
- The hypervigilance created by an event that causes an increase in reporting
- The management of funeral and memorial services and the associated pressures of dignitaries attending, distribution of gifts and money being contributed
- The costs of absenteeism and trauma to staff
- The over-reliance on the response capability and the need for proactive creation of teams.
- Outsiders seek to exploit the opportunities they identify for their benefit.
- The destabilization of the wider vulnerable community.
Bio:
Dr. Gene Deisinger is President of Deisinger Consulting, LLC, which specializes in operational psychology, protective intelligence, and behavioural threat assessment and management for an international base of clients in business, education, healthcare, government, military, law enforcement, non-profit organizations, and security and protective operations.
Dr. Deisinger helps clients develop, implement, and operate comprehensive, holistic & collaborative programs to prevent & mitigate harm, sustain continuity of operations, and enhance the safety & well-being of the organization and its members.
In June 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed Dr. Deisinger to serve as a subject matter expert on the Critical Incident Review Team regarding the mass casualty incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.
Since 2021, Dr. Deisinger has served as a founding member and subject matter expert for the Mass Violence Advisory Initiative, a joint project of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Since February 2015, Dr. Deisinger has been retained as the Virginia Center for School & Campus Safety Threat Management Consultant. Dr. Deisinger provides threat management training and consultation for schools, campuses, and government & law enforcement agencies across Virginia.
Until his retirement in December 2014, Dr. Deisinger served as Deputy Chief of Police & Director of Threat Management Services for Virginia Tech, positions to which he had been recruited following the 2007 mass casualty incident at that campus.
As executive officer for the Virginia Tech Police Department, Dr. Deisinger provided leadership for law enforcement operations to support a safe and secure campus environment and directed the university’s multi-disciplinary threat management functions across its global facilities.
Dr. Deisinger earned his doctorate in psychology from Iowa State University. He is a licensed psychologist, a certified health service provider in psychology, and, until his retirement, a certified law enforcement officer.
https://deisingerconsulting.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gene-deisinger-02045612
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