Address:       
241 Main Street, 4th Floor
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone:    860-522-2217
Fax:                 860-724-1274

Viola Heath
Public Safety Assistant
Telephone Extension: 26

Follow the links below to connect to current public safety programs.

• Public Safety Council
  (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org)
• CAPTAIN Mobile Data Communications System
  (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org or Kristin Dean, ext. 21 or kdean@crcog.org)
• Physical Ability Testing Program
  (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org)
• Capitol Region Chiefs of Police Association
  (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org)

Follow the links below to connect to current homeland security programs.

• CREPC RED Plan
  (Contact Kristin Dean, ext. 21 or kdean@crcog.org)
• CREPC Info
  (Contact Kristin Dean, ext. 21 or kdean@crcog.org)
• Animal Rescue
  (Contact Dr. Arnold Goldman, ctsart@ctvet.org)
  
• CR-MMRS
  (Contact Dr. John Shaw, jjsmmrs@aol.com)
• CR-MRC
  (Contact Katherine McCormack, kmccormack@hartford.gov
  
• Citizens Corps
  (Contact Viola Heath, ext. 34 or vheath@crcog.org)
  
• Training
  (Contact Dan Scace, ext. 23 or daniel.scace@sbcglobal.net)
• UASI - Urban Area Security Initiative
  (Contact Carmine Centrella, ext 25 or ccentrella@preparednessplanners.com)

Municipal officials develop policy and set the public safety/homeland security agenda through their participation on the following working committees. These committees provide guidance to the CRCOG Policy Board:

• Public Safety Council. Chaired by Lee Erdmann, City of Hartford Chief Operating Officer (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org) 
  Meeting Notice/Agendas and Minutes for the Public Safety Committee are available on the Public Safety Meetings Page.
• Capitol Region Emergency Planning Committee (CREPC). Chaired by William Austin, West Hartford Fire Chief
  (Contact Kristin Dean, ext. 21 or kdean@crcog.org)
  Meeting Notice/Agendas, and Minutes for CREPC are available on the CREPC Meetings Page.
  
• Capitol Region Citizen Corps Council.  Chaired by Craig Hancock, CREPC ESF-15 Chair (Contact Viola Heath, ext. 34 or vheath@crcog.org)
  
• Capitol Region Chief of Police Association (CRCPA). Chaired by Richard Mulhall, Newington Police Chief
  (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org)
  
• CAPTAIN Technical Review Committee. Chaired by Rudolf Rossmy, Vernon Police Chief (Contact Cheryl Assis, ext. 36 or cassis@crcog.org)

• CAPTAIN Fire Committee.  Chaired by William Perez, East Hartford Assistant Fire Chief (Contact Kristin Dean, ext. 21 or kdean@crcog.org)