Public Safety Advisor
West Palm Beach, Florida Area
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- Public Safety Advisor at ADT Security Services
- Educational Webinars at ADT Security Services
- Media Coverage - Television/Radio at ADT Security Services
- Media Coverage - Newspapers/Magazines at ADT Security Services
- Past
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- Executive Director School Security at Washington DC School District
- Military Police at United States Military Police
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Patrick Fiel Sr.’s Summary
Patrick V. Fiel Sr. is the public safety advisor for ADT Security Services, providing security advice to schools, government agencies and private industry. He brings more than 30 years of security and law enforcement experience to the position. During his time with ADT, Fiel has conducted more than 100 television, radio, newspaper and magazine interviews as a public and school safety expert.
Prior to joining ADT in 2004, Fiel served six years as the executive director of school security for the Washington, D.C., public school system. There he managed 163 school campuses and its more than 70,000 students, in addition to managing a staff of 365 security officers. While in Washington, Fiel developed and implemented a proactive comprehensive safety and security program that helped reduce security incidences by 45 percent overall and by 50 to 90 percent where security technology was implemented. He also served as the emergency preparedness coordinator between the school district and the city government and briefed members of the school board of education, city council and the control board who answered to Congress on budget and security issues for the school system.
Fiel was instrumental as a resource to media as well as school security personnel during the Columbine school shooting, the 9/11 incident that involved New York and the Washington, D.C., area, and the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Fiel is retired from the United States Army, where he was highly decorated with numerous awards and commendations. During his 22-year tenure with the United States Army Military Police Corps, Fiel maintained operational and management oversight roles with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and at NATO/SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium.
He and his wife, Kookie, reside in North Carolina. They have three adult children and four grandchildren.
Patrick Fiel Sr.’s Specialties:
- Consulting expertise concerning security topics, specializing in educational institutions.
Patrick Fiel Sr.’s Experience
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Public Safety Advisor
ADT Security Services
(Public Company; TYC; Security and Investigations industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Patrick V. Fiel Sr. is the public safety advisor for ADT Security Services, providing security advice to schools, government agencies and private industry. He brings more than 30 years of security and law enforcement experience to the position. During his time with ADT, Fiel has conducted more than 100 television, radio, newspaper and magazine interviews as a public and school safety expert.
Works to help secure 15,000 K-12 schools and more than 1,300 colleges and universities across North America to implement effective security and safety plans that work, yet do not lock down campuses like a prison. -
Educational Webinars
ADT Security Services
(Public Company; TYC; Security and Investigations industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Proactively Planning for School Security: Higher Education
American School and University Magazine
Proactively Planning for School Security: K-12
American School and University Magazine
School Security in 2007
Securityinfowatch.com
Crisis Communications Strategies for Enhancing Campus Safety
American School and University Magazine
Managing Crisis Communications with Mass Notification Systems
Access Control and Security Systems Magazine
There are better ways to secure your facility
HR.com
Taking Control of School Safety Through Innovative Technologies
American School and University Magazine
Security InfoWatch Podcast featuring Patrick Fiel: http://www.securityinfowatch.com/podcasts/1301163 -
Media Coverage - Television/Radio
ADT Security Services
(Public Company; TYC; Security and Investigations industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Television
- Family Net, CBL (National)
- WLOS, CBL (Washington D.C.)
- WJLA-TV, ABC (Washington D.C.)
- WUSA, CBS (Washington D.C.)
- WTTG, FOX (Washington D.C.)
- WGCL-TV, CBS (Atlanta)
- KTVU, FOX (San Francisco)
- XETV, FOX (San Diego)
- WEWS, ABC (Cleveland)
- WXIX-TV, FOX (Cincinnati)
- WLWT-TV, NBC (Cincinnati)
- WKRC- TV, CBS (Cincinnati)
- WCPO-TV, ABC (Cincinnati)
- KCTV, CBS (Kansas City)
- KTXL, FOX (Sacramento)
- KVBC, NBC (Las Vegas)
- KLAS, CBS (Las Vegas)
- KRNV, NBC (Las Vegas)
- WCSC, CBS (Charleston)
- WGNO, ABC (New Orleans)
- WWL, CBS (New Orleans)
- WPTY, ABC (Memphis)
- KOKH-TV, FOX (Oklahoma City)
- WHEC, NBC (Rochester)
- KIMT, CBS (Rochester)
- WRAZ, FOX (Raleigh)
- WVLA, NBC (Baton Rouge)
- WGMB, FOX (Baton Rouge)
- WGHP, FOX (Greensboro)
- KBCI, CBS (Boise)
- KTBS, ABC (Shreveport)
- KRXI, FOX (Reno)
- WTVW, FOX (Evansville)
- WEAU, NBC (La Crosse)
- WLOS, ABC (Greenville)
- WDTN, NBC (Dayton)
- WNEM, CBS (Flint)
- WTOL, CBS (Toledo)
- WYAM, IND (Huntsville)
- KGAN, CBS (Cedar Rapids)
- KCEN, NBC (Waco)
- WCBD, NBC (Charleston)
- KBAK, CBS (Bakersfield)
Radio
- Family Net Radio
- FOX News Radio
- Security InfoWatch Radio/Podcast
- Pennsylvania Radio Network
- Tennessee Radio Network
- South Carolina Radio Network
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- American Urban Radio Network
- Arkansas Radio News Network
- North Carolina Radio News Network
- Tennessee Radio Network
- Texas State Network
- Philadelphia Metro News
- Washington, D.C. Metro News
- Seattle Metro News Network
- Minneapolis Metro News
- Tampa Metro News
- Baltimore Metro News
- KNUU K-News Radio (Las Vegas)
- WDRC (Hartford)
- KFWB, CBS (Los Angeles)
- WCOJ (Philadelphia)
- WURD (Philadelphia)
- KLFT (Minneapolis)
- KXKL (Denver)
- KDKA, CBS (Pittsburgh)
- WREC (Memphis)
- WFED (Washington)
- WAKR (Akron)
- WBYY (Boston)
- WDIS (Boston)
- WDBL (Nashville)
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Media Coverage - Newspapers/Magazines
ADT Security Services
(Public Company; TYC; Security and Investigations industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Newspapers
- Arizona Republic
- Charlotte Observer
- Dallas Morning News
- Fresno Bee
- Friendswood Journal (Pearland, Texas)
- Gulf Breeze (Fla.) News
- Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Metro West Daily News (Framingham, Mass.)
- News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
- Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Seattle Times
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Tennessean (Nashville)
- Toronto Star
- UPI
- USA Today
- Wall Street & Technology (Online)
- Washington Post
- Washington City Paper
- Washington Examiner
Magazine
- Access Control
- American City and County
- American School and University
- American School Board Journal
- Athletic Business
- Buildings
- Campus Safety
- Education Week Digital
- Entrepreneur
- eSchool News
- Government Security News
- HS Today
- Individual.com
- Metro
- Oklahoma School Board Journal
- Red Orbit
- School Construction News
- Security
- Security Beat
- School Business Affairs
- Security Dealer and Integrator
- Security Distributing and Marketing
- SecurityInfoWatch
- Security Director News
- Security Products
- Security Technology and Design
- T.H.E. Journal
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Executive Director School Security
Washington DC School District
(Security and Investigations industry)
January 1996 — 2002 (6 years )
Fiel served six years as the executive director of school security for the Washington, D.C., public school system. There he managed 163 school campuses and its more than 70,000 students, in addition to managing a staff of 365 security officers. While in Washington, Fiel developed and implemented a proactive comprehensive safety and security program that helped reduce security incidences by 45 percent overall and by 50 to 90 percent where security technology was implemented. He also served as the emergency preparedness coordinator between the school district and the city government and briefed members of the school board of education, city council and the control board who answered to Congress on budget and security issues for the school system.
Fiel was instrumental as a resource to media as well as school security personnel during the Columbine school shooting, the 9/11 incident that involved New York and the Washington, D.C., area, and the most recent incident at Virginia Tech. -
Military Police
United States Military Police
(Security and Investigations industry)
January 1974 — January 1996 (22 years 1 month)
Fiel is retired from the United States Army, where he was highly decorated with numerous awards and commendations. During his 22-year tenure with the United States Army Military Police Corps, Fiel maintained operational and management oversight roles with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and at NATO/SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium.
He also served as the senior law enforcement adviser at the West Point Military Academy in New York, overseeing day-to-day security operations servicing a military and civilian population of 30,000.
He assumed command for all special events, including presidential and foreign dignitary protection and planned and executed traffic/crowd control for 27 NCAA sports programs, a 45,000-seat football stadium and four major sports complexes. He was responsible for the safety of spectators, athletes, and 3 million annual visitors to West Point, and provided security at four Army-Navy football games in Philadelphia, PA.
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