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Peter Beering - Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator
Mr. Beering is the principal of the Indianapolis Terrorism Response Group, a consulting firm that delivers strategic risk management, threat assessment, emergency response planning, crisis communications, and training services. An internationally recognized terrorism expert, Mr. Beering continues his government service as the Indianapolis Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator. Involved in antiterrorism efforts for more than a decade, Mr. Beering has served on numerous advisory panels including the Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a joint initiative of Harvard University and the Department of Justice. This appointment placed him among the twenty leading experts on terrorism in the United States who studied the topic and published various policy recommendations to industry, government, and the public. Mr. Beering is the lead author of, "Winning Plays: Essential Guidance From the Terrorism Line of Scrimmage" which was publicly released March 11, 2002 by the Executive Session. Used extensively by the Department of Homeland Security, "Winning Plays" has been entered into the Congressional Record three times since its release. Beering also wrote a chapter on Infrastructure Vulnerability in First To Arrive: The State and Local Response To Terrorism published by MIT Press November 2003. Mr. Beering is one of ten experts who trained mayors and senior city officials throughout the United States in terrorism preparation and response on behalf of the Department of Defense. The author of the Indiana Omnibus Anti-terrorism act of 2000 (enacted before the September 11 attacks), Mr. Beering has testified before the Indiana General Assembly and before the United States Congress. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Homeland First Response, a journal specializing in homeland security.
Mr. Beering is the former General Counsel and Deputy Director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety, where he was a senior executive charged with oversight of the Indianapolis Police and Fire Departments, the Emergency Management Planning Division, the Animal Control Division, and the Division of Weights and Measures, which comprise 58% of city employees and which has an annual operating budget of $200,000,000. Mr. Beering also served as the Director of Emergency Management for Indianapolis. In that capacity he oversaw dramatic changes in emergency response and planning for special events including the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, NCAA Final Four, and for natural and man-made disasters. Mr. Beering wrote and published the nation's first checklist-based metropolitan emergency plan. Mr. Beering Continues to oversee emergency planning for the racing events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and for many special events in the region. He has also advised NASCAR, Formula One, the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) concerning terrorism and emergency preparedness.
Mr. Beering continues his fifteen-year relationship with the Indianapolis/Marion County Prosecutor's Office where he is Special Prosecuting Attorney for Arson and Bombings. As the Chief Arson Prosecutor, his average conviction rate was 85%, one of the hi ghest in the country. Mr. Beering was an Officer, Investigator, and Emergency Medical Technician with the Washington Township Fire Department in Indianapolis for twenty years. He is a Master Fire fighter, a Certified Fire Investigator, and is the only Arson Prosecutor in the United States who is also a Certified Fire Investigator. Mr. Beering has published extensively in trade publications and his comprehensive guidebook for the prosecution of arson is now in its second printing. A faculty member for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives National Academy, he is the primary author of the world's only advanced fire investigation course. Mr. Beering has delivered keynote and seminar presentations in 45 states, Australia, Canada, and Samoa. He teaches Criminal Law, Evidence Law, and Terrorism Strategy and Response Policy at Indiana University, and Legal Issues in Emergency Response at George Washington University.
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