Rob McConnell Interviews - DR HENRY T PETREE - Why Are Our Kids Killing Kids

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Dr. Henry Petree is the Critical Incident Officer for the Muskogee County Sheriff s office in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he has been a Deputy since he responded to the I-40 bridge collapse in June of 2002. His duties include: directing the Oklahoma Education Critical Incident Network; responding to critical incidents on school campuses throughout the state of Oklahoma; and training school counselors, school psychologists, law enforcement personnel, and other key persons to respond in the aftermath of school crisis as well as responding to nonschool incidents in Muskogee County. He also directs The Law Enforcement Critical Incident Network, and the Fort Gibson Critical Incident Response Team. Six months prior to the school shooting on December 6, 1999, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Dr. Petree had facilitated a Critical Incident Response Training in that very city. Several employees from the Fort Gibson school district attended that training session, and as certified responders, were immediately called to assist Dr. Petree when that crisis occurred. Since that time, Dr. Petree and his network have been called to scores of other school incidents throughout the state. Dr. Petree has many years of experience in helping people in times of crisis. He was involved in providing aid to the victims and families of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and the explosion at the Yaffe Metals Company in Muskogee. Additionally, he has responded to hundreds of homicides, suicides, fires, and auto accidents for over three decades. Dr. Petree has been instrumental in assisting fire departments, police departments, sheriffs offices, EMS, 151 petree-killing.qxp 7/12/2007 12:12 AM Page 151 as well as the private sector, in the aftermath of critical incidents. He is the Author of the book, Why Are Our Kids Killing Kids? and speaks regularly on a variety of topics that pertain to school safety and preparedness. He has spoken at state conferences for school superintendents, school board members, and school counselors. He is scheduled to speak at the national level in the fall of 2007 to school administrators from around the country. Dr. Petree regularly speaks on topics related to school violence and the aftermath of critical Incidents. Dr. Petree has made hundreds of presentations for school in-service programs, churches, and civic organizations, and has been a guest on several radio talk shows. Since the Oklahoma Education Critical Incident Network was formed in the fall of 2004, there have been over 400 critical incident counselors trained in Oklahoma. WHY ARE OUR KIDS KILLING KIDS? For Your Listening Pleasure all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network with our compliments, visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. The ‘X’ Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv The ‘X’ Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - for more information visit http://www.simultv.com The ‘X’ Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com