An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, November 02, 2022.
How the war in Ukraine will end is unclear. However, research shows that there is the potential for devastating effects on a global scale. As such, it is important for emergency planners to reassess their all-hazards plans to ensure their communities identify the threats and ensure their planning processes include procedures and resources to respond to these threats.
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Richard Schoeberl
Richard Schoeberl, Ph.D., has over 30 years of law enforcement experience, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). He has served in a variety of positions throughout his career, ranging from a supervisory special agent at the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to unit chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section at the NCTC’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Before these organizations, he worked as a special agent investigating violent crime, human trafficking, international terrorism, and organized crime. Additionally, he has authored numerous scholarly articles, serves as a peer mentor with the Police Executive Research Forum, is currently the chair of the criminal justice and homeland security graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Tennessee Southern, and works with Hope for Justice—a global nonprofit combating human trafficking. He has served as an advisor withDomestic Preparedness Journalfor two decades.
Tanya M. Scherr
Tanya Scherr holds a Ph.D. in public policy administration with a healthcare and emergency preparedness focus. She is an associate professor in healthcare administration for the University of Arizona and has three decades of healthcare experience. Along with being a certified fraud examiner since 2011, she is also a former firefighter–emergency medical technician (EMT), previously licensed in several states, and held national certification. She has held several executive and board of director positions for community nonprofits that focus on women’s equality, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
Dan Scherr
Dan Scherr holds a Ph.D. in public policy administration with a terrorism, mediation, and peace focus. He is an assistant professor in criminal justice and homeland security at the University of Tennessee Southern and program coordinator for the cybersecurity program. He is also a co-director of the honors program. He is a certified fraud examiner and Army veteran who served stateside during the September 11 attacks and has over two decades of experience in homeland security and operations.
