BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Chief Larry Satterwhite City of Houston Director of Public Safe ty and Homeland Security   Join us next Thursday\, September 24 for a pre sentation by Chief Larry Satterwhite.  He was Houston’s Interim Police Chief and now is the leader of Houston’s Homeland Security and Public Sa fety department.  He got us through FIFA without a problem and leads our joint efforts with other federal\, state and local departments to reduce t he threats to our City.  Come get an inside look at what’s going on and what didn’t go on because we were prepard.  Chief Satterwhite is perso nal\, knowledgeable and experienced.  He is the key player for the safety and security of America’s fourth largest city.  Please come and invite a guest to join you to  understand our shared responsibility to keep Hou ston safe! Larry J. Satterwhite is a community-oriented public safety exec utive with 34 years in law enforcement in the fourth largest and most dive rse city in the United States. He is the Director of Public Safety and Hom eland Security for the City of Houston. Chief Satterwhite is responsible f or protecting Houston and the surrounding region. He is a lead-from-the fr ont problem solver focused on building trust with those he works with and the public at-large. Chief Satterwhite joined HPD as a cadet on January 22 \, 1990. During his tenure he has served in Patrol\, Investigations\, SWAT \, Criminal Intelligence\, Special Operations\, Homeland Security\, and Fi eld Operations. He retired from HPD as the Interim Chief of Police and imm ediately assumed the role of Director of Public Safety and Homeland Securi ty. Recent accomplishments are overseeing the safety and management of Sup er Bowl 51 and the World Series in both 2017\, 2019\, 2021\, and 2022\, an d the Houston Marathon over the past nine years. He was on the ground for the myriad protests throughout the city since 2013 and had directly overse en the response to the riots following the death of George Floyd. And he s erved as the incident commander in response to one of the worst natural di sasters to ever strike the United States in Hurricane Harvey. He has a BS in Criminal Justice and a Master’s in Strategic Leadership. He is a grad uate of the FBI National Academy Class 264\, Senior Management Institute f or Police (SMIP)\, and the Police Executive Leadership Institute (PELI) Cl ass VII. He has made trips to Washington D.C. to work on police-community relations. In 2014 he traveled to China as a part of a Professional Police Exchange and in 2015 he served as part of a United States Delegation to K azakhstan where he gave a speech on countering homegrown violent extremism . In 2017 he traveled to Istanbul\, Turkey to observe security measures fo r the 22nd World Petroleum Conference as Houston will host in 2021. In 201 8\, he traveled to the Republic of Kosovo as a part of the ICITAP program to instruct their federal law enforcement on large incident management and later traveled to Israel to attend a National Counter-Terrorism Seminar. Chief Satterwhite served in the United States Navy before joining the HPD. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves and attended basic traini ng in 1988 at the NRTC in San Diego\, CA. After boot camp he attended the SEABEE training base at Pt. Hueneme\, California\, as an Equipment Operato r. Upon completion\, he returned to Texas\, finished his bachelor’s degr ee\, and met his military obligation as a reservist. He was Honorably Disc harged in August 1995. As the COVID 19 pandemic emerged across the globe\, Chief Satterwhite served as the department’s incident commander in the management and mitigation of the viral threat. He helped lead the way in b uilding a strong partnership between local\, state\, and federal response agencies as well as our dedicated healthcare workers with all our major ho spitals. He was an architect and helped establish the first federally supp orted Community Based Testing Sites (CBTS) in Houston in March of 2020 and set up some of the first mass vaccination sites in 2021. Chief Satterwhit e is married to his wonderful wife and has two loving\, hardworking young adult kids. His greatest skill is understanding the value of the men and w omen surrounding him and helping them grow into positions where they can b e successful and the organization can flourish. It’s about relationships . DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261023T040242Z DTSTART:20260924T163000Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Protecting Houston: Today and Tomorrow UID:ad3a523a-74de-45e2-a06a-782c44caf410 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Chi ef Larry Satterwhite
\nCity of Houston
\nDirector of Public Safety and Homeland Sec urity

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Join us next Thursday\, September 24 for a presentation by Chief Larry S atterwhite. \; He was Houston&rsquo\;s Interim Police Chief a nd now is the leader of Houston&rsquo\;s Homeland Security and Public Safe ty department. \; He got us through FIFA without a problem and leads o ur joint efforts with other federal\, state and local departments to reduc e the threats to our City. \; Come get an inside look at what&rsquo\;s going on and what didn&rsquo\;t go on because we were prepard. \; Chi ef Satterwhite is personal\, knowledgeable and experienced. \; He is t he key player for the safety and security of America&rsquo\;s fourth large st city. \; Please come and invite a guest to join you to \; under stand our shared responsibility to keep Houston safe!

\n\n< p>Larry J. Satterwhite is a community-oriented public safety executive wit h 34 years in law enforcement in the fourth largest and most diverse city in the United States. He is the Director of Public Safety and Homeland Sec urity for the City of Houston. Chief Satterwhite is responsible for protec ting Houston and the surrounding region. He is a lead-from-the front probl em solver focused on building trust with those he works with and the publi c at-large.

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Chief Satterwhite joined HPD as a cadet on January 2 2\, 1990. During his tenure he has served in Patrol\, Investigations\, SWA T\, Criminal Intelligence\, Special Operations\, Homeland Security\, and F ield Operations. He retired from HPD as the Interim Chief of Police and im mediately assumed the role of Director of Public Safety and Homeland Secur ity.

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Recent accomplishments are overseeing the safety and manage ment of Super Bowl 51 and the World Series in both 2017\, 2019\, 2021\, an d 2022\, and the Houston Marathon over the past nine years. He was on the ground for the myriad protests throughout the city since 2013 and had dire ctly overseen the response to the riots following the death of George Floy d. And he served as the incident commander in response to one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike the United States in Hurricane Harvey. H e has a BS in Criminal Justice and a Master&rsquo\;s in Strategic Leadersh ip. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Class 264\, Senior Manage ment Institute for Police (SMIP)\, and the Police Executive Leadership Ins titute (PELI) Class VII. He has made trips to Washington D.C. to work on p olice-community relations. In 2014 he traveled to China as a part of a Pro fessional Police Exchange and in 2015 he served as part of a United States Delegation to Kazakhstan where he gave a speech on countering homegrown v iolent extremism. In 2017 he traveled to Istanbul\, Turkey to observe secu rity measures for the 22nd World Petroleum Conference as Houston will host in 2021. In 2018\, he traveled to the Republic of Kosovo as a part of the ICITAP program to instruct their federal law enforcement on large inciden t management and later traveled to Israel to attend a National Counter-Ter rorism Seminar.

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Chief Satterwhite served in the United States Na vy before joining the HPD. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves and attended basic training in 1988 at the NRTC in San Diego\, CA. After boot camp he attended the SEABEE training base at Pt. Hueneme\, California \, as an Equipment Operator. Upon completion\, he returned to Texas\, fini shed his bachelor&rsquo\;s degree\, and met his military obligation as a r eservist. He was Honorably Discharged in August 1995.

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As the COV ID 19 pandemic emerged across the globe\, Chief Satterwhite served as the department&rsquo\;s incident commander in the management and mitigation of the viral threat. He helped lead the way in building a strong partnership between local\, state\, and federal response agencies as well as our dedi cated healthcare workers with all our major hospitals. He was an architect and helped establish the first federally supported Community Based Testin g Sites (CBTS) in Houston in March of 2020 and set up some of the first ma ss vaccination sites in 2021.

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Chief Satterwhite is married to hi s wonderful wife and has two loving\, hardworking young adult kids. His gr eatest skill is understanding the value of the men and women surrounding h im and helping them grow into positions where they can be successful and t he organization can flourish. It&rsquo\;s about relationships.

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