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Homeland Security Lecture Series Oct. 14, 21 and 26

October 12, 2015

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MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (SLEJA) will host the annual Homeland Security Research Program lecture series in October.

Three speakers will discuss a wide-range of homeland security issues, including the FBI Joint-Terrorism Task Force; money laundering, bulk cash smuggling and organized criminal syndicates; and countering violent extremism. Speakers will include:

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force representatives from Springfield (IL) and Chicago: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 in Morgan Hall, room 234.

Galesburg (IL) police officer Lane Miggs: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Stipes Hall, room 121.

Illinois criminal justice information authority and common good advocate Junaid Afeef: 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 in Stipes Hall, room 121.

All events are open free to the public.

For more information, contact Dean Alexander, director of the Homeland Security Research Program and LEJA professor, at (309) 298-2120 or DC-Alexander@wiu.edu.

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