Public Safety Signals

Hello everyone, I just returned from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) technology conference in San Diego. There were thousands of chiefs, commanders and law enforcement professionals from the U.S. and abroad. After my own 32 years in the field it is very encouraging seeing the high tech, information sharing and intelligence systems [...]

I’m pleased to announce that we will be conducting a series of webinars on Online Higher Education, hosted by Dr. Jeff Green.
Please join us for the Online Higher Education webinar which is based on the book Graduate Savvy, by Dr. Jeff Green, Adjunct Faculty, Capella University and Director of Leadership Training, FBI Academy. The [...]

All too often our public safety first responders are in harm’s way during an emergent event. Hurricane Ike was no exception with public safety first responders helping with rescue and recovery operations. While this is the nature of the job please allow me to say thank you to all of the first responders for [...]

I would like to welcome several public safety practitioner learners as they join as new authors of Public Safety Signals. These practitioners represent the first set of learners to join as authors on the blog. Melissa Beasley is a Police Captain from the Florence, AL Police Department, Darryl Jones Chief of the Pittsburg Bureau of [...]

Greetings - the following comment is from Dr. Marian Mosser. She is the newest member of our blog team.
Tropical Storm Fay Gone but Not Forgotten
On August 16, 2008, the State of Florida was declared to be under the threat of Tropical Storm Fay by the National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida. The Hurricane Center projected that [...]

As a military veteran I was very pleased to learn that Capella University has just released the results of a study entitled Joining Forces America that explored post-combat mental health and reentry issues of returning service members. The military is a major component of our country’s public safety infrastructure and this is a very [...]

I am proud to announce that Dr. Marian Mosser has joined the Capella public safety faculty team. Marian retired from the U.S. Army in 1997 at the rank of lieutenant colonel and during her career in the military she coordinated with FBI, CIA, NSA officials and foreign intelligence and security officials to investigate and deter [...]

Last month at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, VA, Capella University was honored to offer learners and faculty an overview of the Fulbright Program. This session was presented by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) during one of our doctoral colloquia.
The Fulbright Program is one of the world’s most recognized and [...]

Hello! Welcome to Public Safety Signals! I’m delighted that we have a forum in which to discuss critical public safety issues of the day. I hope that this blog can serve to facilitate discussion about important public safety issues, and perhaps also help us as educators, students and citizens of the world gain new insights [...]