Created in 2000, the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety (VCSCS), located within the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, focuses on improving and enhancing safety by addressing topics which affect Virginia law enforcement, schools, and institutions of higher education. The VCSCS is a resource and training center for information and research about national and statewide safety efforts and initiatives in K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. Through the Code of Virginia § 9.1-184, VCSCS is mandated to:
The Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety strives to achieve all of these mandates and to be a one-stop service center to K-12 schools, institutions of higher learning, and law enforcement agencies. On the VCSCS webpages, constituents will find trending topics, resources, trainings, and legislation updates for the fields of:
Donna Michaelis804.371.6506Email Donna
Adam Keene, Active Attack Program Manager804.929.2768Email Adam
Alan Chambers, Active Attack Training Specialist804.510.9799Email Alan
David Fuller, Active Attack Training Specialist804.690.5842Email David
Chris Moore, Active Attack Training Coordinator804.845.7821Email Chris
Clinton Schott, Active Attack Training Specialist804.759.8577Email Clint
Ernie VonReichenbach, Active Attack Training Specialist804.397.5353Email Ernie
Tracy Matthews, Law Enforcement Grants and Programs Manager804.371.0635Email Tracy
Michelle Miles, School Safety Grants Program Coordinator804.225.1846Email Michelle
Nicole Phelps, Law Enforcement Grant Coordinator804.263.3388Email Nicole
Beth Polak, Law Enforcement Grant Specialist804.659.6487Email Beth
Natasha Winfree, Criminal Justice Grant Program Specialist804.659.7593Email Natasha
Gillian Wilson, Online Training and Communication Supervisor804.997.1837Email Gillian
Dannie Anderson, Data and Resource Coordinator804.786.5367Email Dannie
Denae Griffin, Technical Assistance and Information Dissemination Coordinator804.225.3948Email Denae
Marc Dawkins, Law Enforcement and Public Safety Training Manager804.380.9709Email Marc
Joshua Butts, Law Enforcement Training Coordinator804.393.0565Email Joshua
Ronald Coombs, Jr., First Responder Wellness Training and Resource Specialist804.845.0505Email Ronald
Carolyn Dellorso, First Responder Wellness Training Coordinator804.845.1200Email Carolyn
Chris Scuderi, Public Safety and Law Enforcement Training Coordinator804.278.7054Email Chris
Lori Walters, Administrative Training Specialist and CSO Database804.225.2091Email Lori
Steve Witmer, Targeted Violence and Terrorism Grant Program Coordinator804.688.5090Email Steve
James Christian, Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety Manager804.357.0967Email James
Danielle Clark, K-12 School Safety and Security Training Coordinator804.877.6638Email Danielle
Ed Ewing, Crisis Management and Critical Incident Response Coordinator804.370.3755Email Ed
Nikki Wilcox, School Safety Audit and Climate Survey Coordinator804.786.3923Email Nikki
Shellie Evers, Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety Supervisor804.629.7042Email Shellie
Betsy Bell, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs Coordinator804.997.1658Email Betsy
Carol Miller, Administrative Training Specialist804.629.4022Email Carol
Brad Stang, Threat Assessment Program Coordinator804.786.3973Email Brad
Phyllis Vaughan, Grant Compliance and Training Specialist804.340.9754Email Phyllis