Margolis, Healy & Associates Managing Partner to Moderate Bureau of Justice Assistance Workshop at 2010 National Conference

Steven J. Healy to Moderate Discussion on "Campus-Community Partnerships: Making Campuses and Surrounding Neighborhoods Safer"

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Nov 29, 2010, 01:05 ET

RICHMOND, Vt., Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Margolis, Healy & Associates (MH&A), a leading professional services firm specializing in higher education safety and security, today announced that its Managing Partner, Steven J. Healy, will moderate a workshop entitled, "Campus-Community Partnerships: Making Campuses and Surrounding Neighborhoods Safer" at the 2010 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Conference on Tuesday, December 7th in Washington, DC. Panel participants include Maureen S. Rush, Vice President for Public Safety at the University of Pennsylvania, and David B. Mitchell, Chief of Police at the University of Maryland.

BJA's National Conference, Advancing Justice through Evidence and Innovation, will be held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, December 6 - 8. According to BJA, the conference will emphasize how evidence and innovation can be leveraged to improve the nation's justice systems and to ensure community safety. The conference will also focus on how BJA funding is supporting this approach throughout the United States. To register or learn more about the conference, visit http://www.esi-bethesda.com/bja2010/.

BJA recently announced that it would provide MH&A with $399,800 in funding through its 2010 Enhancing Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention Competitive Grant Program. MH&A will use the funding to implement the firm's project entitled, "Best Practices for Campus Crime Prevention: Developing Evidence Based Modern Crime Prevention Strategies for Institutions of Higher Education." MH&A will use an inclusive, research-focused strategy to identify, evaluate, refine and replicate best and promising practices in modern evidence-based and age-appropriate crime prevention programming at institutions of higher education. Healy's participation on the panel is a precursor to MH&A's work on the Campus Crime Prevention grant.

About Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC:

Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC, is a professional services firm specializing in higher education safety and security. With more than 15 years each of providing consulting services to clients in the education, public and private sectors, Dr. Gary J. Margolis and Mr. Steven J. Healy have positioned MH&A as a leading professional services firm for safety and security needs at universities and colleges. MH&A provides a range of services to help keep campuses safe and secure, prepare for natural or man-made disasters and violent incidents, or respond to crises. The firm's services include: