Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
Created in 2000, the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety (VCSCS), located within the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Service, 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 Virginia Code § 9.1-184, the VCSCS is mandated to:
- Provide training for stakeholders,
- Develop, review, and disseminate resources and legislation,
- Facilitate the annual school safety audit,
- Provide technical assistance, and
- Develop partnerships to promote school safety and campus in Virginia.
The VCSCS 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:
Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety Staff
Director
Donna Michaelis
804.371.6506
Email Donna
Staff
| Betsy Bell, K-12 Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Coordinator 804.418.4629 Email Betsy | Tracy Matthews, Law Enforcement Training and Grants Supervisor 804.371.0635 Email Tracy | Brad Stang, Threat Assessment Program Coordinator 804.786.3973 Email Brad |
| James Christian, K-12 School Safety and Threat Assessment Supervisor 804.357.0967 Email James | Carol Miller, Administrative Training Specialist 804.225.4111 Email Carol | Karen D. Thomas, Threat Assessment Grant Compliance Specialist 804.586.1743 Email Karen |
| Marc Dawkins, Campus Safety Supervisor 804.380.9709 Email Marc | Nicole Phelps, Criminal Justice Grant Program Specialist | Lori Walters, Administrative Training Specialist 804.225.2091 Email Lori |
| Shellie Evers, School Safety Training and Conference Coordinator 804.629.7042 Email Shellie | Chris Scuderi, Public Safety Law Enforcement Training Coordinator | Nikki Wilcox, School Safety Audit and Climate Survey Coordinator 804.786.3923 Email Nicole |
| Kristina Fawcett, Technical Assistance and Information Dissemination Coordinator 804.225.3948 Email Kristina | Kim Simon, SRO/SSO Training and Program Coordinator 804.205.3803 Email Kim | Gillian Wilson, Resource Development and Online Training Coordinator |
| Patrick Harris, Crime Prevention Coordinator 804.786.5367 Email Patrick | Scott Smith, Crisis Management and Critical Incident Response Coordinator 804.482.8785 Email Scott |
