Public Safety Signals

I had the pleasure of attending the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) conference in Cincinnati last week. Faculty members Drs. Joe Pascarella and Howard Henderson attended as well. Joe presented on the interdisciplinary approach to public safety that serves as the foundation to our online public safety program. Howard presented on the influence of [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday, during an apparent Robbery at a shopping mall in Tinley Park, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), five persons were murdered in a robbery that went bad. Additionally, the alleged offender has not yet been apprehended. Accoring to the early investigations, up to 37 persons in one store were held hostage during [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday a serious motor vehicle accident occurred on Interstate 4 in Florida yesterday that resulted in 70 vehicle accidents and four (4) persons killed. The apparent cause of the accident was a combination of fog and smoke from a nearby controlled burn.
Imagine driving along at 70 MPH on a clear highway at [...]

Yesterday we were witness to yet another tragic mass shooting in the United States! At least nine people are confirmed dead at an Omaha mall.
Earlier in the year, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) held a summit to discuss gun violence in our country and have just released their report.
http://www.theiacp.org/documents/pdfs/Publications/ACF1875.pdf
This report states [...]