attorney,
author, educator, expert, advocate.
Katherine Schweit
Katherine Schweit worked as an FBI Special Agent executive, a prosecutor, and a journalist before settling down as a full-time writer, professor, and security consultant. She lives in a home in Virginia that is too big for her, just west of Washington D.C.
Overview
Katherine Schweit is an author, attorney, former Chicago prosecutor, and career Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent who helped jail bank robbers, kidnappers, and domestic terrorists, while working daily with local police investigating and responding to mass casualty and active shooter incidents.
A native of Detroit, Ms. Schweit earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University. She earned a law degree at DePaul University and joined the Cook County prosecutor’s office as an assistant state’s attorney.
Author
She is the author of, Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis, 2nd Edition, as well as How to Talk About Guns with Anyone. She has published extensively, including opinion pieces in The New York Times and Chicago’s Daily Herald.
As a journalist she earned state and national writing recognition, including a Peter Lisagor Award for her 1990 analysis of discipline meted to judges and attorneys by the Illinois Supreme Court after one of the largest FBI public corruption investigations ever conducted.
Policy and Security Consultant
Ms. Schweit runs Schweit Consulting LLC, providing leadership counseling, security advice, and safety training to hospitals, businesses, religious organizations, educators, and government clients. She brings to clients her legal and law enforcment background, as well as knowledge and experience gained as the director of security training at a Fortune 300 company.
She is security policy expert and a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional who has guided small and large organzations alike to develop best policies, practices, and procedures.
Professor
She is a member of DePaul University College of Law’s adjunct faculty, teaching courses in the culture of the Second Amendment and the rules of evidence. At Webster University, Ms. Schweit teaches courses in business and cyber law and policy.
Leader
A former executive with the FBI, she currently is a member of the team operating the federally-funded National Center for School Safety, her expertise in law enforcement and school safety supports the University of Michigan led effort to provide extensive, free resources to school administrators, teachers, parents, school resource officers, and law enforcement.
Law Enforcement and other Professional Organizations
She is a member of the International Association of Chief of Police and the invitation-only Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, as well as the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety, each a clearinghouse that allow experts to work together toward common goals.
Researcher
She authored the FBI’s seminal research, A Study of 160 Active Shooter Incident in the United States, 2000 – 2013, and was part of the crisis team responding to incidents, including the shootings at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Pentagon, and the Washington Navy Yard in the Washington D.C. area.
Training to The Coming Storm
She is the executive producer for the award-winning film, The Coming Storm, widely used in security and law enforcement training in the United States and relied on by the Department of State worldwide. The filmand her research and work combating the active shooter threat earned her a second U.S. Attorney General Award.
Expert
She is a recognized expert in crisis response, workplace violence, and corporate security policies, and often provides on-air television and radio commentary after mass casualty and complex attacks. She is regularly invited to speak to at universities and before professional, government, and private organizations about her insight into the challenges in preventing and managing mass shootings and complex terrorist attacks.