Director of School Safety and Security
Charles County Public Schools (MD)
Jason Stoddard is the Director of School Safety and Security for the Charles County Public Schools (MD) and chair of the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD). He is responsible for sustaining a safe learning and work environment for over 27,000 students and nearly 4,000 staff members. Since coming to the public schools in April 2018, he has created the Office of School Safety and Security, been awarded millions of dollars in grant money, implemented major evolutions such as revolving backgrounds for all employees, options-based active shooter response, the “I love u guys” Foundation Standard Response Protocols, a state of art radio communication system with public safety interoperability, first its kind intelligence unit, drone program and most recently install Gun Detect, an artificial intelligence driven solution for surveillance cameras in all the system schools. Mr. Stoddard came to the Washington, DC area while serving as a Security Police Officer in the United States Air Force. After completing his service obligation, he joined civilian law enforcement, and spent over 20 years with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office rising to the rank of Lieutenant. His assignments include tours within the Patrol Division, Special Operations Section, and Homeland Security and Intelligence Sections. He has a master’s degree in organizational leadership. He graduated from Northwestern University, School of Police Staff and Command, and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Program. He also serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, teaches executive-level leadership for the Maryland Police Training Commission, has authored several articles for magazines on topics from school safety to organizational leadership, serves as a consultant for the Department of Justice and National Institutes of Justice, sits on several advisory boards, and has traveled the country teaching school safety, active assailant response, leadership, data/evidence-based decision making, and crisis communications, and incident management.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM