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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 [...]

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 [...]

A few months ago, we posted here that the United States Supreme Court was adjudicating a very important decision regarding firearms control policy in the case of Washington, D.C. v. Heller.
According to legal analysts, this ruling will have little effect on existing policies and laws.
The case centers around a local law in Washington, [...]

Two preeminent and respected scholars in the United States, Dr. Bruce Hoffman and Dr. Marc Sageman are apparently in disagreement regarding the structure and development of terror cells and terror organizations. Both scholars have diverse and expert backgrounds and have conducted significant research on terrorists, terror cells, and terror organizations.

This blog has reiterated through several posts the importance of personnel issues in public safety. The human element in public safety, albeit domestic public safety or international public safety cannot be emphasized enough.
The type of stress and pressure can be overwhelming and have long-term detrimental effects. The United States Department of Veteran’s [...]

The unfortunate murder-suicide in which 6 persons were murdered on the campus of Northern Illinois University less than a year after the tragic incident at Virginia Tech University stokes the debate about campus security. College campuses, particularly those in suburban areas that are relatively open in terms of physical security.
The ideal is [...]

Tragically, a Los Angeles Police Department LAPD officer, Officer Randal Simmons, was murdered in the Line of Duty this past week while attempting to apprehend a man who was barricaded in his home after the man had murdered three family members.
Officer Randal Simmons was assigned to the elite SWAT Team of the [...]

The latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics highlights that there were 35 school associated violent deaths between July 2005 - June 2006 and that during this same period 78% of schools experienced one or more violent incidents of crime. School safety must be a priority in every school district, [...]

Jose Padilla, who was arrested for conspiring to detonate a radioactive “Dirty Bomb” as part of an al-Quaida terror attack was sentenced yesterday to 17 years and 4 months in prison . Mr. Padilla was convicted in August with two other defendants for conspiring to support worldwide al-Quaida initiatives.
This case, a primary [...]

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently presented a translation technology device known as the “Phraselator” that the LAPD has been using since the end of last summer. The Phraselator is a device in which a police officer can choose from a menu of of languages, input a voice command in English, and [...]