Public Safety Signals

A Veteran’s Day salute to all military veterans! Thank you very much for your service to our country!
As a veteran myself, I understand your service and sacrifice. I’m proud to say that Capella University has recently been recognized as a military friendly school and has the Yellow Ribbon designation as well.
Stay safe and well.

A new certificate (non-degree option) just announced by Capella University helps support forensic education and practitioners
From the Business Wire: Capella’s Interdisciplinary Forensics certificate offers a perspective not often found in forensics studies. While many offerings focus on a single forensic discipline, Capella’s certificate provides a broad overview of forensics and its foundations in physical [...]

The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA are hosting a National Dialogue on Preparedness.
Please join the conversation at:
http://preparedness.ideascale.com/

New and exciting Capella University public safety degree options:
Joint degree in Public Safety
A new joint degree—the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Science (MS) in Public Safety—enables learners to earn 2 complementary master’s degrees in less time and at less cost than pursuing the 2 degree programs separately. The joint degree program emphasizes [...]

Capella University’s School of Public Service Leadership has announced a new degree offering with the DrPH. Capella has one of the few online DrPH programs and will have specializations in Health Advocacy and Leadership, and Epidemiology. Public health represents a critical area of study and research for scholar practitioners and I look forward to seeing [...]

Many of us join the public service field to do our part to make our community or our part of the world a better place – I know that motivated me on many different levels during my extensive career in the public service field. Likewise, I know that there are countless brilliant stories of service [...]

Capella University is the first online university to receive The Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s Award for Outstanding Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes. Capella is one of only four institutions in the U.S. that will be recognized with this award in 2010.

According to The National Criminal Justice Reference Center, January 2010 has been designated as the seventh observance of Stalking Awareness month. Stalking is often not recognized for its seriousness and potentiality. The NCJRC site also highlights; an NIJ Report, Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, a Bureau of Justice Statistics [...]

It was a brutal triple murder. Two young men and a woman in a house in a rural community. All three had multiple stab wounds, multiple injuries signifying a violent struggle…surely the perpetrator or perpetrators could have been injured during the assault leaving blood or other physical evidence at the scene…but nothing was found by [...]

I had a conversation with a colleague last week concerning her interest in helping provide more robust support for law enforcement officers and their families. Most realize that our officers, and solders, are on the front lines, in harms way and often at risk physically and psychologically. They are working for us 24/7 – 365.
As [...]