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Erik Hydorn is the Chief of Police for the Killeen ISD Police Department. Hydorn had served as the Lieutenant in the department where he managed the organization’s operational needs, including the K9 unit, budget, equipment, and created operational plans for large district events.
He began his law enforcement career while serving in the United States Army. During his 20 years in the military, he deployed to Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Korea. While in Iraq, he was responsible for the employment, tactical support, and tracking of the US military and Afghan police force, totaling over 13,000 officers across 74 locations in six provinces. Chief Hydorn also served as the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) during Presidential visits to Fort Cavazos and oversaw the Special Reaction Entry Team, participated in counter-narcotic interdiction operations, and planned over 400 joint combat patrols with Iraqi Police.
In 2015, he joined the Killeen Police Department, and for the next four years he served the citizens of Killeen and was part of the emergency response team working with various agencies across the county.
Chief Hydorn is a decorated veteran committed to serving and protecting the students and staff of Killeen ISD. He is a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) instructor and has completed numerous training courses ranging from crisis intervention, active shooter, SWAT, terrorism response, and tactical firearms.
SESSIONS
01:45 PM - 2:30 PM Wed, Oct 25, 2023
KILLEEN ISD - Embracing A Multi-Tiered System of Support for School Safety
Killeen ISD utilizes a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) to approach school safety. This approach includes recruiting and maintaining "top level" safety and mental health personnel, implementing positive behavior programs, focusing on facility safety and audits, and embracing partnerships and practices for emergency response coordination and threat assessments.To give an insight into KISD from a safety and security viewpoint; To share ideas/perspectives regarding safety initiatives;
Learning Objectives
- The elements needed in a multi-tiered system of supports for school safety.
- Utilizing data, including longitudinal feedback from surveys, to improve school safety programs and resources in the K-12 ecosystem.
- Coordinating a compliant, cohesive, and responsive School Safety and Security Committee.
- Inspecting what you are expecting; conducting and documenting internal intruder detection, threat assessments, and access control audits.
- Creating positive school climates and the key components of safe and supportive schools.
Participant Outcomes
- Attendees will be better prepared/equipped to build an effective school safety infrastructure system.
- Attendees will have a better understanding of how to gather and utilize data to improve school safety.
- Attendees will be prepared to create a framework for developing a School Safety and Security Committee.
- Attendees will understand how to conduct and document internal intruder detection, threat assessments and access control audits.
- Attendees will have a better understanding of positive school climates and the key components of safe and supportive schools.