Attorney General Press Release
April 19, 2005
EAST LANSING – Attorney General Mike
Cox welcomed to Michigan today Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, Delaware
Attorney General Jane Brady, and experts from the Centers for Disease Control
and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for a first-of-its-kind national
homeland security conference.
Attorney General Cox, Chairman of the National Association of Attorneys General
Homeland Security Committee, welcomed more than 80 law enforcement officials
from around the country for training on preparation and responses to
bioterrorist or public health emergencies.
"As lawyers and advisors to other State office holders, the Attorneys
General play a critical role in our nation’s homeland security and in the
national emergency response plan," Cox said. "We have created an
informative and ambitious agenda to make sure that every State Attorney General’s
office will be prepared to respond to an emergency in an efficient and
deliberate manner."
The agenda includes workshops on the Role of the Attorney General in a Public
Health Emergency and Legal Lessons Learned from 9/11, in addition to simulated
exercises.
Titled "Building Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies,"
the two-day conference is being held today and Wednesday at Michigan State
University’s Kellogg Conference Center. The conference is a presentation of
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, the National Association of Attorneys
General, the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, The Public
Health Law Program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with
the support of The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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