Disruptive Patients & Violence in the Healthcare Setting Webinar

Ed Howard currently is a JLL Vice President and the Corporate Director of Healthcare Security for the Adventist Healthcare System-West account. Mr. Howard resides both in Honolulu, Hawaii and Novato, Marin County, CA. and has been employed in this position for 6 years. Mr. Howard has responsibility for the management and oversight of the healthcare system’s corporate security program. Adventist Health-West consists of 21 hospitals, 300 clinics, 3,000 licensed beds and over 30,000 employees in California, Oregon, and Hawaii.

With 26 years of law enforcement, combined with 15 years of healthcare security, healthcare environmental safety and security management experience, Mr. Howard brings a wealth of knowledge in the law enforcement, private security and investigative fields. In 2009, Mr. Howard retired as a police officer and supervisory criminal investigator with the Honolulu Police Department and the State of Hawaii, Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Enforcement Division. During his law enforcement career, Mr. Howard spent 22 of his 26 years as a narcotics investigator, supervised narcotics enforcement operations and investigations, managed a 12 man State-wide narcotics enforcement team and had oversight of narcotics cases initiated by State Deputy Sheriffs. Mr. Howard also was an instructor for the State of Hawaii Law Enforcement Sheriff’s Training Academy, teaching academy classes on laws of arrest, use of force, search and seizure, report writing, narcotics investigations, search warrant preparation, drug identification and courtroom testimony. Mr. Howard was also a deputized Federal DEA Task Force agent working on a Federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in Honolulu, Hawaii targeting drug trafficking organizations for illegally smuggling and distribution of narcotics into the State for 6 years.

Mr. Howard’s healthcare security and safety management experience includes holding the position of Security and Safety Director at Adventist Health Castle located in Kailua, Hawaii for 9 years. Mr. Howard is a known expert in the field of healthcare security, healthcare workplace violence and security use of force. Mr. Howard has represented the healthcare security sector on a State advisory committee creating the licensing and training standards for security officers.

Mr. Howard works part time as an educator and lecturer with the University of Hawaii System, Honolulu Community College’s Justice Administration degree program teaching courses in criminal law, rules of evidence, law enforcement ethics and drug abuse in society.

Mr. Howard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Justice Administration from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu, Hawaii and is the current Hawaii Chapter Chairman for the International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS).

Mr. Howard holds security certifications as a Certified Healthcare Security Supervisor (CHSS), Certified Protection Officer (CPO) and Certified Homeland Protection Professional (CHPP) and memberships with the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), IAHSS, International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO), Private Officer International (POI) and the National Domestic Preparedness Coalition.