Securing Your Place Of Worship: Firearms Awareness

Presented by: Simon Osamoh, Kingswood Security Consulting

Tuesday, June 11, 2019-  6:30 PM – 9 PM

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COURSE OVERALL LEARNING GOAL:

As believers, we place faith in God for protection, but we must also take personal responsibility to keep our communities and families safe. One person, intent on doing harm, can destroy countless lives. It can happen in a flash. Sadly, we live in a time where violence knows no boundaries. It’s in our schools, our places of work, and even our places of worship!

Join us for Securing your Place of Worship: Firearms Awareness class and hear from three experts in the field of worship safety, litigation law and risk management. This 2 ½ -hour class is designed to expand your knowledge about your right to carry a deadly force weapon in a church environment.

Why is this course different? If your church has decided to have armed security or is in the process of deciding to arm, then this class is for you and your leadership team. You will hear about church case studies on deadly force incidents, learn your rights from an expert attorney, advance your situational awareness through interactive learning and receive insight as to how to manage your risk carrying a firearm in a church.

This class is orientated towards those that want to conceal and carry in houses of worship or church leaders overseeing safety programs. This is also a great course for any small business owner, community member or those considering applying for their state permit to carry.

Session 1: Church Crime Trends

(Simon Osamoh, Director, Kingswood Security Consulting)

Session 2: Knowing your Rights

(Ginny Cronin, Non-Profit Attorney at Law, Henningson & Snoxell)

Session 3: Risk Management

(Marc Bullis, Risk Manager, Bullis Insurance)

Session 4: Situational Awareness

(Simon Osamoh)

• Participants in the class must be 18 years or over

** This class is a pre-requisite for Core Security’s Guardian Training**

Currently scheduled class: July 12 & 13

Presenters Biography’s:

Simon Osamoh is director and founder of Kingswood Security Consulting, a Minneapolis based security risk management firm that specializes in protecting houses of religious worship. He is a recognized organized crime, counter terrorism and faith security specialist. He spent 14 years as a Detective in England investigating serious and organized crime. Simon is a former Security Manager at Mall of America, Minnesota. Where he oversaw counterterrorism and the internationally-recognized behavior detection program. Simon is the author of 7 Steps to Protect Your Faith Community, which focuses on securing houses of religious worship. He is a former Vice President for the FBI Minneapolis Citizens Academy Alumni Association, former program chair of InfraGard Minnesota and holds an Individualized B.A focused on British American criminal justice. He holds a permit to carry permit for the State of Minnesota. He is the security advisor to Westwood Community Church in Excelsior.

Virginia (Ginny) Cronin, is an attorney at the firm of Henningson & Snoxell, Ltd. located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, practicing in the area of nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining Henningson & Snoxell firm in 2018, Ginny was the Executive Director of a local nonprofit organization that served more than 400 women and families each month. She was also a legal consultant working with law firms in Minnesota and across the U.S. on process improvement, change management and legal practice tools.

As a former nonprofit leader, Ginny understands the many demands and realities of nonprofits and uses her experience to provide practical and legal advice to clients. She views her role as a trusted advisor to clients, providing advice on a variety of topics and issues they encounter every day from incorporation to employment/human resources issues and everything in-between. This allows her clients to stay focused on their missions and callings, while she handles the legal and business issues for them.

Ginny provides advice and legal counsel to nonprofit organizations such as faith-based organizations and private schools. Clients rely on Ginny to represent their interests in matters such as Employment law, Nonprofit consulting, training and best practices, Government compliance and regulatory issues; state agency approvals, Crisis management, Religious organizations and Litigation. She attended Iowa State University where she received her B.S. degree. Ginny also received a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa. She attended William Mitchell College of Law where she received her J.D. She is admitted to practice law in Minnesota state courts.

Grant “Marc” Bullis is the owner of Bullis Insurance Agency, who specialize in supporting places of religious worship and educational facilities in risk management. His passion is serving churches, helping them to protect them from the danger that jeopardizes their existence. Generally, churches cannot afford to hire a full time Risk Manager, so Marc serves as their outsourced risk manager, and has been doing so for the last 43 years. He has a BA from the University of Illinois in Finance and the owner of Bullis Insurance Agency Wayzata since 1976. He has two children, both of whom work in the family business and enjoys being the grandfather to four grandchildren. Marc attends EagleBrook Church of Minnesota.