University of Wisconsin-Madison officials announced last week the university hired an expert to work with different levels of campus on assessing violent threats, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Chris Cole, who currently heads the Madison field office of the FBI, was chosen as the Director of Threat Intervention Services, a newly instituted position.
According to the job description, the director will coordinate with students, staff and campus offices and departments to evaluate perceived threats and mitigate them. The description warns that in some situations, the job may entail over twenty hours of work with limited breaks and the director could be at risk of becoming the target of a threatening person.
Campus officials have wanted to create the job since the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois shootings in 2007 and 2008, but due to budget constraints it was not created until now, the State Journal reported.
The salary is listed in the description as between $68,000 and $81,470 per year, depending on qualifications.
According to the State Journal, Cole will begin the new position Nov. 4.
