An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, June 14, 2023.
Swatting is making prank calls to bring armed responders to a specific location, usually a SWAT team. As such, responders need to be aware of this challenge and develop policies and procedures locally to address these calls.
Narrated by MacGregor Stephenson.
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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 College. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Army veteran who served stateside during the September 11th attacks and has over two decades of experience in homeland security and operations.
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.
