RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
ANTICIPATED DURATION: 60 MINUTES

This session covers steps to prepare employees and managers to respond appropriately to an active shooter incident. It covers concepts endorsed by the US Department of Homeland Security and what to expect when law enforcement responds.

Including:

• What actions to take to prevent active shooter incidents
• What actions to take to prepare for an active shooter incident
• What action to take when confronted with an active shooter
• What action to take to assist responding law enforcement officials
• How to recognize potential workplace violence indicators
• How to managing the consequences of an active shooter incident

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT:

Branch Walton is an Associate Dean of Student Services at Henley Putnam University, an on-line university specializing in intelligence, protection management, terrorism and counter-terrorism studies.  He is also currently active in training program development, management, and/or instruction for: the Miami Police Academy (Florida), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, University of Findley, Eastern Kentucky University, South American Theft Group Intelligence Network, Miami Dade College, Broward County TRIAD, and South Florida INFRAGARD.

Branch has more than 40 years of experience in federal law enforcement, private security, and instruction.  He retired from the United States Secret Service after a 21-year career.  Assignments included Special Agent-in-Charge of a field office; instructor and Assistant Agent-in-Charge of the Office of Training; investigative and protective assignments at three field offices; and security details for Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Reagan.  Criminal investigative experience includes threat assessments as well as the investigation of and supervision of counterfeit cases. Prior to his USSS service, Branch was a commissioned officer in the U. S. Marine Corps and a special agent with the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Following his career with the Secret Service, Branch served as a Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee representative with a U.S. Attorney’s Office,  Director of Corporate Security for Cummins Engine Company, Chief of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Management Institute, as a criminal justice instructor at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, and as President of the National Association for Bank Security-Profit Protection, LLC, a company specializing in security and compliance training for the banking industry.

Working through Thompson Consulting Group, LLC, Branch is a well-known speaker and author on workplace violence, executive protection, identity theft, school safety, and other security topics.  He continues to instruct at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Counter Terrorism Division and the Department of Homeland Security in the fields of physical and operations security.  He is a past or current adjunct faculty member of the criminal justice department of six universities.  Branch has authored numerous articles, two books, book chapters, and has consulted on several workplace violence training videos.

Thompson Consulting Group, LLC provides consultative training services for financial institutions that are looking for experts with actual industry experience. With our firm, you learn to handle real-world issues using methods based on practical solutions for the community institution — unlike security firms or computer penetration companies, which only know our industry from the outside. We provide training, risk management advisory services, banking expos, community programs, and physical risk assessments.

Delivery Method: This training is available as an on-demand webinar, organized into chapters. Learners can choose to watch individual chapters or complete the entire program. Unlimited testing is provided as the last chapter.
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RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
ANTICIPATED DURATION: 60 MINUTES

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) and Military Lending Act (MLA) provide critical protection for members of the military and their families.  As lenders, it’s imperative that credit unions understand how to properly comply with the SCRA and MLA in order to avoid potential legal penalties and mitigate reputational risk.

This session will cover:

• Understanding SCRA and MLA
• Determining eligibility
• Which loans are covered by SCRA and MLA
• Operational considerations

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT:

Jamin Carlisle has 15 years of experience in banking and credit union compliance as well as the Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE) and BSA Compliance Specialist (BSACS) certifications. His primary areas of expertise include BSA/AML, vendor management, disaster recovery, and staff training. In addition to in-house credit union compliance experience, he has served on planning committees for fraud awareness and elder abuse conferences and given presentations to local community colleges, high schools, and community groups.

Aux is a CUSO (Credit Union Service Organization) located in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver. Our company has been around since 1992, originally founded to assist credit unions with shared branching and service centers. Although we have evolved over the past two decades into something much more complex and diverse, one thing remains the same: our core reason for existence. We are here to help the people “who help the people,” as the old credit union saying goes – to help credit unions help their members.

Delivery Method: This is an on-demand e-learning program requiring learners to interact and actively engage throughout the training.

Expiry note: eTrain reserves the right to expire program links that may include information no longer valid such as regulation and rule changes. In most cases, we will expire a program no more than 4 weeks prior to an updated version being released. Expired programs will still appear in your My Account details area with EXPIRED and the year of the release in the title field. However, you will not be able to view the training or access the handouts.