PETER S. BEERING, ESQ.
P.O. Box 68465
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
Voice: (317)513-4341
Fax: (317)569-7670
E-mail: pbeering@iquest.net
P.O. Box 68465
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
Voice: (317)513-4341
Fax: (317)569-7670
E-mail: pbeering@iquest.net
Mr. Beering is an internationally recognized expert in emergency preparedness, planning, response, counter terrorism, arson,
and bombings. A principal in the Indianapolis Terrorism Response Group, and Organizational Strategic Solutions, he delivers
strategic risk management, threat assessment, emergency response planning, crisis communications, and training services.
Involved in antiterrorism efforts for almost two decades, Mr. Beering has served on numerous advisory panels including the
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a joint initiative of Harvard University and the United States 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 officials throughout the United States in terrorism preparation and response on behalf of the
Department of Defense. Mr. Beering has designed and conducted training exercises across the United States for organizations
ranging from the Washington DC Metropolitan Police, The District of Columbia Department of Health, Indianapolis metropolitan
public safety, public health, and human service agencies, the senior staffs of some of the country’s largest cities, and
numerous utilities, private companies and organizations, including the NCAA, NBA, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the
International Council of Shopping Centers, the Self Storage Association, the Abu Dhabi Water and Electric Authority, and a
number of sensitive facilities that can not be identified.
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 was a member of the Editorial Board
of Homeland First Response, and serves as a member of the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy
Institute. 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, Belgium and Samoa. He taught Criminal Law, Evidence Law, and Terrorism Strategy and
Response Policy at Indiana University, and teaches Legal Issues in Emergency Response at George Washington University
where he is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Medical School.
Prior to September 11, 2001, Mr. Beering was featured in a number of publications and programs and was among those
warning of impending terror attacks. Mr. Beering has been interviewed more than 250 times since the September 11, 2001,
attacks by a wide variety of media including ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, the WallStreet Journal, The New York Times, the
Washington Post, the LA Times, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg News, and foreign media including the BBC and German Public
Radio. He appeared on ABC World News Tonight to discuss security of the nation’s water supply shortly after the September
11, 2001 attacks. Mr. Beering continues his government service as the Indianapolis Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator
where he advises various parties concerning strategic preparedness planning and the Indianapolis regional participation in the
Urban Area Security Initiative.
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 conducted the only two comprehensive evacuations in
the 93 year history of the motor speedway. 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’s law enforcement experience included over fifteen years with the Indianapolis/Marion County Prosecutor's Office as
a Special Prosecuting Attorney for Arson and Bombings. As the first full-time Chief Arson Prosecutor, his average conviction rate
was 85%, one of the highest 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.
As an attorney, Mr. Beering represents several major utilities including Indianapolis Water and Indianapolis Power and Light. A
specialist in easements, he has prepared, negotiated, and secured over 2500 utility easements, in addition to purchase
agreements, cellular tower agreements, and plant site agreements. He was Deputy General Counsel for the Indianapolis Water
Company, one the largest private water utilities in the United States prior to its sale in 2002. Mr. Beering oversaw property rights
acquisition, casualty litigation, corporate compliance, public and media affairs, security and emergency preparedness for the
company.
Mr. Beering is the former National Director of Security Initiatives for Veolia Water North America (Formerly USFilter), one of the
nation's largest water and wastewater management companies. In that capacity he oversaw security and vulnerability
assessment and emergency planning efforts for the company and various clients throughout North America and Europe.
Mr. Beering is the Board President of the Panama Christian Evangelism Medical Mission is Boquete, Panama. He and his wife
founded Mission Coffee, LLC, a retailer of coffee grown by the mission to support its work. (www.missioncoffee.org)
and bombings. A principal in the Indianapolis Terrorism Response Group, and Organizational Strategic Solutions, he delivers
strategic risk management, threat assessment, emergency response planning, crisis communications, and training services.
Involved in antiterrorism efforts for almost two decades, Mr. Beering has served on numerous advisory panels including the
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a joint initiative of Harvard University and the United States 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 officials throughout the United States in terrorism preparation and response on behalf of the
Department of Defense. Mr. Beering has designed and conducted training exercises across the United States for organizations
ranging from the Washington DC Metropolitan Police, The District of Columbia Department of Health, Indianapolis metropolitan
public safety, public health, and human service agencies, the senior staffs of some of the country’s largest cities, and
numerous utilities, private companies and organizations, including the NCAA, NBA, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the
International Council of Shopping Centers, the Self Storage Association, the Abu Dhabi Water and Electric Authority, and a
number of sensitive facilities that can not be identified.
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 was a member of the Editorial Board
of Homeland First Response, and serves as a member of the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy
Institute. 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, Belgium and Samoa. He taught Criminal Law, Evidence Law, and Terrorism Strategy and
Response Policy at Indiana University, and teaches Legal Issues in Emergency Response at George Washington University
where he is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Medical School.
Prior to September 11, 2001, Mr. Beering was featured in a number of publications and programs and was among those
warning of impending terror attacks. Mr. Beering has been interviewed more than 250 times since the September 11, 2001,
attacks by a wide variety of media including ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, the WallStreet Journal, The New York Times, the
Washington Post, the LA Times, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg News, and foreign media including the BBC and German Public
Radio. He appeared on ABC World News Tonight to discuss security of the nation’s water supply shortly after the September
11, 2001 attacks. Mr. Beering continues his government service as the Indianapolis Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator
where he advises various parties concerning strategic preparedness planning and the Indianapolis regional participation in the
Urban Area Security Initiative.
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 conducted the only two comprehensive evacuations in
the 93 year history of the motor speedway. 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’s law enforcement experience included over fifteen years with the Indianapolis/Marion County Prosecutor's Office as
a Special Prosecuting Attorney for Arson and Bombings. As the first full-time Chief Arson Prosecutor, his average conviction rate
was 85%, one of the highest 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.
As an attorney, Mr. Beering represents several major utilities including Indianapolis Water and Indianapolis Power and Light. A
specialist in easements, he has prepared, negotiated, and secured over 2500 utility easements, in addition to purchase
agreements, cellular tower agreements, and plant site agreements. He was Deputy General Counsel for the Indianapolis Water
Company, one the largest private water utilities in the United States prior to its sale in 2002. Mr. Beering oversaw property rights
acquisition, casualty litigation, corporate compliance, public and media affairs, security and emergency preparedness for the
company.
Mr. Beering is the former National Director of Security Initiatives for Veolia Water North America (Formerly USFilter), one of the
nation's largest water and wastewater management companies. In that capacity he oversaw security and vulnerability
assessment and emergency planning efforts for the company and various clients throughout North America and Europe.
Mr. Beering is the Board President of the Panama Christian Evangelism Medical Mission is Boquete, Panama. He and his wife
founded Mission Coffee, LLC, a retailer of coffee grown by the mission to support its work. (www.missioncoffee.org)
