Public Safety Signals

Beginning in January, we will begin offering a new Homeland Security doctoral level concentration. The discussions should be robust around cyber terrorism, bio-terrorism, intelligence analysis and terrorism. The concentration will be available to current MS or PhD learners in any public service leadership program.

Capella University has signed an alliance agreement with FLEOA that provides tuition discounts for all federal law enforcement officers. This is exciting news and complements our existing participation in the FBI’s University Education Program.
Charles

The National Institute of Justice has just released a report on the state of forensic science and recommendations to help further strengthen the field.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdf
In the near future, we will be exploring forensic issues in more depth here on the blog.
What are some of the best forensic practices that you have seen?
Thanks
Charles

In honor of this Veteran’s Day, 2009, Capella University is pleased to provide a new Facebook page dedicated to all of our military and veteran learners, alumni, and their families and friends.
Please feel free to use this page to connect with your fellow Capella learners and alumni who are affiliated with the military, share your [...]

I was quite honored to have had the opportunity to meet General Colin Powell after he delivered a dynamic and inspiring keynote speech at Capella’s Virginia colloquium earlier this month.
While the General spoke of his vast and varied experiences in leadership, government and public service, I was particularly moved to personally witness the great [...]

I just returned from a keynote address visit to the Washington state public safety trainers group in Shelton, Washington. I was quite impressed with the group in that they are focusing their statewide public safety training on the problem based learning philosophy supported by assessment, evaluations and rubrics. We had a nice discussion concerning the [...]

This new page provides interesting insight into the various awards and recognitions that Capella University has with organizations and groups across the country, such as the Department of Homeland Security, FBI University Education Program, FBI NAA and Quality Matters.

Today marks four years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans. While we have learned many lessons from that catastrophic disaster, there is always more work to do as a community and country, as we can never predict the nature or extent of the next emergent situation heading our way.
In fact, the new [...]

Ever have a “duh” moment? It seems to me the older I get, the more of those moments I have. I thought I would share my most recent “duh” moment with you, because it truly relates to public safety. If I do my part of acting on it, and you [...]

Our doctoral level first course PSF8002 has been awarded Blackboard’s Exemplary course award for 2009.
Joe Pascarella led the faculty subject matter experts on this course development project. He was supported by several of our expert faculty and by a number of individuals and teams who regularly work to ensure the quality of our education, educational [...]