Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast: September 2019 Episode
Shooting incidents are becoming a scourge on the American landscape and courthouses are certainly not immune. An incident can last only seconds but the trauma to court staff and the unsuspecting public can live on and on. If a calamity occurs, we face the triple challenge: emergency decisions and communications, dealing with law enforcement and a crime scene, and maintaining or reestablishing ongoing operations. What can your staff and your court do to prepare? What do we keep in mind if it happens? What can we learn from professionals who have dealt with these issues in real time?
Patricia Norwood Foden, Lt. Adam Sibley, Lance Wilson, and Deputy U.S. Marshal Addison Friedman talk about working through tragedy and restoring a degree of normalcy.
This is an intriguing episode for listeners interested in emergencies, active shooter situations, courthouse security, and court administration.
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Patricia Norwood-Foden has been the District Court Administrator for the 15th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, hester County, since 2009. Prior to her current position, she was the Minor Judiciary Administrator and has worked in the judiciary system since 1991. Ms. Norwood-Foden is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, earned a paralegal certification from Penn State University and successfully completed the judicial administration certification program offered by Michigan State University.
She is currently pursuing her Master of Legal Studies degree from West Virginia University. She is an active member of the Pennsylvania Association for Court Management (PACM) and served as President in 2009. She currently serves as Secretary for the Mid-Atlantic Association of Court Management (MAACM) and Co-chairs the Professional Development Committee.
Lance Wilson retired in 2017 after a 35 year career in the field of court administration. A majority of his service was spent as the District Court Executive/Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1995-2017). Lance’s previous federal court experience included holding the position of Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 and as a Chief Deputy/Deputy in Charge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1987 to 1991.
Lance started his career in judicial administration with the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County. During his five years with this court (1982-1987), he served as an Assistant Civil Court Administrator, the Domestic Relations Court Administrator, and the Criminal Court Administrator.
Lance holds a Master of Science Degree in Judicial Administration from the University of Denver College of Law and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice/Minor in Fine Arts, from Alvernia College. He is a current member of the Federal Court Clerks Association (President 1997-1998), the National Association of Court Managers, and the Southern Nevada Bicycle Coalition (Advisory Board Member).
Addison Friedman started with the U.S. Marshals Service in January of 2011. His first duty assignment was in D.C. Superior Court located in Washington, D.C. Deputy Friedman spent three and half years in D.C. before returning back home to Charlotte, NC in March 2015. Deputy Friedman is now assigned to the Western District of North Carolina-Charlotte office. Deputy Friedman has held numerous collateral duties to include Use of Force Instructor, Training Coordinator, and COOP Manager. Since April 2017, Deputy Friedman has been assigned to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
In October 2018, Deputy Friedman coordinated a full scale active shooter exercise at the Charlotte Federal Courthouse, which included all Judges, Clerks, U.S. Marshals, Local Law Enforcement, Fire Department, EMS, and the local hospital. Since then, he’s conducted many active shooter presentations to various court officials, law firms, and paralegal associations. He also coordinated a second full scale active shooter exercise in the Asheville Federal Courthouse
Lieutenant Adam Sibley has served in law enforcement since 2008, and is currently employed with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office in Pennsylvania. Throughout the past ten years, Adam has been involved with the Sheriff’s Office Judicial Security Unit and Protective Intelligence Unit responsible for anticipating, deterring, and investigating threats of violence against court staff and other participants within the Chester County court system. During this time, Adam has also assisted in the development and delivery of active threat response training to several thousand county employees and hundreds of citizens.
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