Podcasts about university police

Lt. Brock Armstron and Lt. Jeff Wright from University Police about the P.R.O.T.E.C.T. training program. Dr. Matthew Lokant from WVU Medicine about flu activity.

Henry King has a vast amount of law enforcement experience after retiring as the chief of police to a community in North Carolina. But duty soon called on him once more to serve in a leadership role at Winston-Salem State University. Find out more about Lieutenant King's journey in this episode.

Cordell & Cordell – Don't let divorce take more than it has to.MUSICDave Grohl has called the lawyers that he retained in September before announcing that he fathered a child outside of his marriage, according to People magazine. Sean “Diddy” Combs turned 55 yesterday and This year was much different. He jumped on the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) phone for a conference call with his adult children.Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s baby boy officially turned one on Friday (Nov. 1), and in honor of his birthday, Grandma Kris Jenner gifted Rocky with a handwritten letter from Sylvester Stallone, AKA, Rocky Balboa. TVRyan Reynolds and Martha Stewart are having a playful public beef right now and Hugh Jackman is weighing in, siding with Martha. Martha Stewart appeared as a special guest on Bilt Rewards' November Rent Free game show and said that Reynolds is "not so funny in real life." Nate Bargatze is having his moment! He is currently the top-earning standup comedian in the world and now he's finally getting his own movie. Jason Kelce has apologized for spiking a Penn State student's phone on the pavement. The kid and Jason exchanged words that included a gay slur. The school released a statement about Kelce's possible criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, saying, “University Police and Public Safety is the investigating agency for this incident and the process is ongoing.” Kelce is a member of ESPN's Monday Night Football pre-game show. On set, he acted humbled in describing his regret in failing to follow the Golden Rule. Jason said, “I'm not happy with anything that took place. I'm not proud. Within a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate. I don't think that's productive.” AND FINALLYWould your favorite fictional character have voted for the same people you do? Well, Americans were asked in a new poll who various fictional characters would vote for.  The Kamala Harris supporters include: Liz Lemon from "30 Rock". . . Leslie Knope from "Parks & Rec" . . . Phoebe, Monica, and Joey from "Friends" . . . Olivia Benson from "Law & Order" . . .Elaine from "Seinfeld", Peter Parker (slash) Spider-Man . . . Marge Simpson . . . Blanche from "The Golden Girls". . . Elle Woods from "Legally Blonde". . . Barbie and Ken . . . and Cliff Huxtable from "The Cosby Show". The Donald Trump voters include: Tony Stark (slash) Iron Man . . . Archie Bunker . . . Hank Hill from "King of the Hill". . . Don Draper from "Mad Men" . . . Roseanne Conner . . . Tony Soprano . . . Homer Simpson . . .Hannibal Lecter . . . Biff from "Back to the Future" . . . Dwight from "The Office" . . . Ron Swanson from "Parks & Rec" . . . Walter White from "Breaking Bad" . . . Rambo . . . and Maverick from "Top Gun". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cordell & Cordell – Don't let divorce take more than it has to. MUSIC Dave Grohl has called the lawyers that he retained in September before announcing that he fathered a child outside of his marriage, according to People magazine.  Sean “Diddy” Combs turned 55 yesterday and This year was much different. He jumped on the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) phone for a conference call with his adult children. Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s baby boy officially turned one on Friday (Nov. 1), and in honor of his birthday, Grandma Kris Jenner gifted Rocky with a handwritten letter from Sylvester Stallone, AKA, Rocky Balboa.  TV Ryan Reynolds and Martha Stewart are having a playful public beef right now and Hugh Jackman is weighing in, siding with Martha. Martha Stewart appeared as a special guest on Bilt Rewards' November Rent Free game show and said that Reynolds is "not so funny in real life." Nate Bargatze is having his moment! He is currently the top-earning standup comedian in the world and now he's finally getting his own movie. Jason Kelce has apologized for spiking a Penn State student's phone on the pavement. The kid and Jason exchanged words that included a gay slur. The school released a statement about Kelce's possible criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, saying, “University Police and Public Safety is the investigating agency for this incident and the process is ongoing.” Kelce is a member of ESPN's Monday Night Football pre-game show. On set, he acted humbled in describing his regret in failing to follow the Golden Rule. Jason said, “I'm not happy with anything that took place. I'm not proud. Within a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate. I don't think that's productive.” AND FINALLY Would your favorite fictional character have voted for the same people you do? Well, Americans were asked in a new poll who various fictional characters would vote for.   The Kamala Harris supporters include: Liz Lemon from "30 Rock". . . Leslie Knope from "Parks & Rec" . . . Phoebe, Monica, and Joey from "Friends" . . . Olivia Benson from "Law & Order" . . .Elaine from "Seinfeld", Peter Parker (slash) Spider-Man . . . Marge Simpson . . . Blanche from "The Golden Girls". . . Elle Woods from "Legally Blonde". . . Barbie and Ken . . . and Cliff Huxtable from "The Cosby Show".  The Donald Trump voters include: Tony Stark (slash) Iron Man . . . Archie Bunker . . . Hank Hill from "King of the Hill". . . Don Draper from "Mad Men" . . . Roseanne Conner . . . Tony Soprano . . . Homer Simpson . . .Hannibal Lecter . . . Biff from "Back to the Future" . . . Dwight from "The Office" . . . Ron Swanson from "Parks & Rec" . . . Walter White from "Breaking Bad" . . . Rambo . . . and Maverick from "Top Gun". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jovanni and Shiloh are joined by Levi and Rogue to discuss their roles at campus protests in Michigan and the larger student-led protests across the US in the now 268-day-long siege on Gaza. The discussion covers the parallels of student-led protests reminiscent of the Vietnam War era, their demands for divestment from Israeli apartheid, increased Jewish participation in the anti-Zionist struggle, and the responses from university administrations. Levi is a student at the University of Michigan, an Air Force veteran, and a Quaker. Levi is involved with the Divestment Coalition at the university, the TAHRIR Coalition, Levy was a participant at the U.M. encampment from April until the 21st of May.My name is Rogue, I'm a political artist and activist in the city they call Detroit. I'm affiliated with an Anarchist Artist Collective based in Detroit that is focused on queer liberation. I was a participant in the Wayne State University encampment as an autonomous person. On May 30th the University Police launched a raid against the encampment at 5 am. I was off-site at the time and returned to a small protest forming on Anthony Wayne Drive, we witnessed cops hiding badges and numbers, ripping the hijabs off several women when they violently attacked a group of protestors.Main website: https://www.fortressonahill.comLet me guess. You're enjoying the show so much, you'd like to leave us a review?! https://lovethepodcast.com/fortressonahillEmail us at fortressonahill@protonmail.comCheck out our online store on Spreadshirt.com. T-shirts, cell phone covers, mugs, etc.: https://bit.ly/3qD63MWNot a contributor on Patreon? Sign up to be one of our patrons today! – https://www.patreon.com/fortressonahillA special thanks to our Patreon honorary producers – Fahim's Everyone Dream, Eric Phillips, Paul Appel, Julie Dupree, Thomas Benson, Janet Hanson, Ren jacob, and Helge Berg. You all are the engine that helps us power the podcast. Thank you so much!!!Not up for something recurring like Patreon, but want to give a couple bucks?! Visit https://paypal.me/fortressonahill to contribute!!Fortress On A Hill is hosted, written, and produced by Chris ‘Henri' Henrikson, Danny Sjursen, Keagan Miller, Jovanni Reyes, Shiloh Emelein, and Monisha Rios. https://bit.ly/3yeBaB9Intro / outro music “Fortress on a hill” written and performed by Clifton Hicks. Click here for Clifton's Patreon page: https://bit.ly/3h7Ni0ZCover and website art designed by Brian K. Wyatt Jr. of B-EZ Graphix Multimedia Marketing Agency in Tallehassee, FL: https://bit.ly/2U8qMfnNote: The views expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts alone, expressed in an unofficial capacity, and do not reflect the official policy or...

Many Texas universities have their own police departments to help keep students, faculty, and visitors safe.  In this episode, Stuart talks with Lt. Amanda Kennedy with UPD about the services they provide to protect students and to educate them on campus safety, including sexual assault awareness programs.

Multiple deaths, including the shooter, in a mass shooting in the Czech Republic. AP correspondent Mike Hempen reports. (watch for dating)

AP correspondent Ed Donahue on Campus Shooting Las Vegas

Violence on College Campuses. Police Officer Shot and Other Violent Crimes. The Often Forgotten Heroes That Are University Police Officers.  Violent Crime can happen anywhere, even on College Campuses. One of his O.D.U. Police Officers was shot, he tells the story. From M.I.T. Police Officer Sean Collier, who was murdered, to his own officer being shot. The untold police work and heroics of Campus Cops.  The Show is brought to you in Part by 4 Patriots. Check out the new Patriot Power Generator 2000X, you get a solar generator that doesn't install into your house. Because it's portable. You can take it with you. Even use it inside. But it's powerful enough for your phones, medical devices, or even your fridge. And right now, you can go to 4Patriots.com and use code LET to get 10% off your first purchase on anything in the store.  Retired O.D.U. Police Sergeant Marc Huckless is our guest. He talks about his experience of being a law enforcement officer and supervisor at a large state urban university for 27 years. From the unique needs of University Police, to backing up Norfolk Police, and the incident where one of his Old Dominion University Police Officers was shot during a car stop. We also talk about the murder of M.I.T. University Police Officer Sean Collier and the misperceptions that most have about violent crime and College - University Police Officers. Marc also discusses his book Campus Cop. Follow us on the MeWe social media platform. We are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. In the Clubhouse app look for and follow @LetRadioShow. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to leave an honest rating and, or, review it would be appreciated. Interested in being a guest, sponsorship or advertising opportunities send an email to the host and producer of the show jay@lawenforcementtoday.com. Be sure to check out our website. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Saturday night, Temple University police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was shot to death while responding to a robbery at 17th Street and West Montgomery Avenue, according to 6ABC News. Chad Pradelli and Sharifa Jackson report that the alleged shooter “stood over [Officer Fitzgerald] and shot him several more times in the head while he was on the ground.” The alleged shooter is being held without bail—he was arrested in 2021 for making a terroristic bomb threat.

Today on the Brett Winterble Show today we're joined by WBT host and reporter Brett Jensen to disucss a tragic mass shooting at the University of Virginia in which three football players we're killed, including Devin Chandler from Hough High School.  Brett shares what Chandler's former teammates and coaches had to say about the kind of player and person he was before discussing what is and isn't known so far about the shooting.  The University of Virginia released the following statement in response to the tragedy, as well as cancelling classes for Tuesday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  "University Police will continue to work with their partners in law enforcement to investigate this shooting, and we will provide additional information about those efforts as we are able," the school said in a statement. "Our hearts remain broken as the senseless loss of three members of our university community, Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr and D'Sean Perry."  For more information on this developing story tune into WBT from 6-7 tonight as Brett Jensen fills in for Mark Garrison on Charlotte at Six. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Early voting in Champaign, University Police increase presence on Green Street, Chicago Symphony Orchestra to come to Krannert, updates on bike and scooter thefts on campus and more. Hosted by Josie Alameda Stories by Ben Fader, Lillie Salas, Tara Mobasher, Bekah Douglas and Kaitlyn Devitt Music by Boxout

Victor Clay was a long tenured law enforcement veteran in Los Angeles.  When he retired, he brought his talents to the realm of university-based policing.  Find out how Chief Clay made his way from the mean streets of LA to the most prestigious university in the land.

Lincoln University's Law Enforcement Training Academy (LULETA) in Jefferson City is the the first one in the nation at a Historically black college/university (HBCU). The facility is located on Leslie, and has been featured nationally on NBC's "Today" program. Lincoln police chief Gary Hill, the academy's director, joined us live on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mid-Missouri":

Show Liner Notes:   In this latest episode, Host Tom “TheBombDotCom” Haubold and co-host Becky speak with Chris Halstead Sergeant at Yale University Police Department   Our guest this week is Sergeant Chris Halstead. He served in the U.S. Army, completing two tours in Iraq, and finished his military career as an Artillery Captain. Chris has been with the Yale Police Department since 2009 and has a passion for serving his community allowing others to see beyond his uniform. He is a true hero and humanitarian. Upon hearing of an urgent need for a kidney donation, Chris took the life saving action of donating his! Tune in to hear the story.  Welcome to Fight in Progress!   Description: Fight in Progress with Susan Simons aims to discuss problems and difficulties our officers face every day from sleep deprivation, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and adrenal fatigue, to depression, isolation, physical illnesses, emotional distress, divorce and all too often suicide. Fight in Progress looks to cover these topics and discuss their solutions to help these warriors navigate these threats through education and preparation. We speak to experts, officers and their families from around the country to have hard discussions on what challenges this community faces, and what we can do to strengthen our men and women in law enforcement.   About the Host- Susan, President and founder of Under the Shield, is a leading subject matter expert in First Responder Stress/PTSI, and has been an instructor for 26 years in many major military and law enforcement installations around the country including, FBI Academy Quantico VA, US Marine Corps 3rd Battalion 23 Marines Lima Company, US Air Force Europe, consulting clinician NYPD/FDNY post 9-11, National Tactical Operators Association, and Luke AFB in Arizona (current). In these trainings she provides resilience training for all first responders and takes a head on approach to the issues of suicide, divorce, and Post traumatic stress, with solutions to the real issues affecting those in the first responder community. Through her non-profit, Under the Shield Inc., she has created the only Stress Coach Certification in the United States specifically for law enforcement, first responders, military and their families. Susan holds a M.S. in Counseling and Human Development from Troy University and is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress as well as a Fellow with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.    Contact a stress coach near you at Under The Shield: (855)889-2348   You can also reach out to the hosts directly for help at    Susan Simmons (334) 324-3570 or susan.simons@undertheshield.com   Tom The-Bomb-Dot-Com (480) 861-6574 or Thaubold@undertheshield.com   Spousal Dress Coach (480) 518-3775 Tracy “Mrs. The-Bomb-Dot-Com”     Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Media/Fight-In-Progress-100743441735923/   Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2tadjn3I4OC75lGmqZL7sc   THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US!

Humboldt State Police Chief Anthony Morgan is a transplant into California from Maryland.  And though he is new to California, things like leadership skills and integrity translate to policing agencies everywhere.  Check out how Chief Morgan plans to transform this small department into an elite law enforcement agency.

On this week's 51%, we stop by the swearing in ceremony for Mary Ritayik, the first female police commissioner of the State University of New York. We also check in with Chelly Hegan of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood following the Supreme Court's hearing on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. (more…)

On this week's 51%, we stop by the swearing in ceremony for Mary Ritayik, the first female police commissioner of the State University of New York. We also check in with Chelly Hegan of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood following the Supreme Court's hearing on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Guests: Mary Ritayik, Commissioner of SUNY University Police Department Commissioner; Chelly Hegan, president and CEO of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King. This week was a big week in terms of women's issues — we'll discuss the Supreme Court's hearing on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization later on in the show. But first, we're stopping by the Albany offices of the State University of New York, or SUNY, which recently swore in its first female police commissioner. SUNY has roughly 500 police officers across 64 colleges and universities. Mary Ritayik started out as a campus police officer at SUNY Purchase, and later became the first female police chief at SUNY New Paltz in 2019 — so the milestone is not exactly new to her.  Ritayik was particularly recognized at SUNY New Paltz for her efforts on community policing and “bridging the gap” between college students and law enforcement. It should come as no surprise that, just as police departments across the country have faced outcry and debates over police brutality, racial bias, defunding, and labor shortages, so have campus police. At the time of Ritayik's swearing in, SUNY Plattsburgh was in the process of facilitating discussions between the student body and law enforcement amid fallout from a Black student's arrest at what started as a routine traffic stop. At New Paltz, Ritayik was no stranger to these discussions through the creation of her University Police Department Advisory Committee, which brought together students, faculty, alumni, and officers to discuss police interactions with Black communities and other minority groups. Following her ceremony, I got the chance to sit down with Ritayik to get an idea of what students can expect, learn about her career so far, and ask about her goals for the university system as a whole. What does your job look like on a day to day basis? When do you get called to deal with a situation? Usually it's any issue on a specific campus. But it's also the good – I know [at the ceremony] they talked about [how] usually when you get called, there's a negative thing going on. But it's any kind of high-priority issue, or a staffing issue or something going on within that specific UPD that could affect everybody else, too. And I'm also the point of contact for if they need something, and they're trying to do something, you know, policy wise, in Oneonta [for example]. I need to know what that looks like, and have the best practices in place for them. But also, [if] another campus [is] doing what they're trying to get done at Oneonta, [I] point them in that right direction to kind of, “Hey, talk to this person. This is what they rolled out for like, a UPD Committee. We all kind of talked about our different ones and what's working, what's not working, kind of the best practice as well.” But I'm kind of that that liaison here at SUNY that manages all the different things going on. One of the things that they were talking about during the ceremony is how policing on campus is different than policing in a municipality. What are some of the differences? What are some of the similarities? What are the kind of issues that you guys are dealing with on a day-to-day basis? I mean, it's a different group of individuals on campus. So you really have your focus on that educational foundation. You have your employees, who work with students or work for the college; you have your students, who are there to get their education. And then also, it's like a little microcosm of society where you have things that do occur on campus – where you have, you know, 10,000 individuals living on campus -= you do have some crime or areas of safety concerns where you need a police department to help assist in that. What's unique also is the fact that it's a group of individuals that are just learning, or just becoming responsible adults. So they're kind of just getting out of living at home and experiencing life events. And it also lends itself to community: you have your residence hall communities, you have your student groups, your organizations, your fraternity, your Greek life. So there's a lot of different communities. It lends itself to those great opportunities, where [in a municipality] you really have to really work hard to meet with community groups, and establish that relationship. So it lends itself to a very good opportunity for relationships to occur. What are your priorities as commissioner? It really is to go back to that backbone of community policing – we've done it forever, and we did it before they even dubbed it “community policing” – and really connect with the community. I think there is that mistrust between the police and community as an institution overall. Our role is, yes, we're police officers. So individuals see us as an NYPD officer, or a Minneapolis police officer. And we really have to go back to what our foundation is – [that] we're different. We're university police officers. Yes, we will handle those situations where it's a safety risk or concern, but what we're doing is different here. And we're really building that community trust and coming to the table with this as the community: “This is your police department, we need to hear the feedback. Is there an issue? Is there a problem? What can we do to make it better?” When I first saw that you had gotten the position, the release said that you are focused on a student-focused approach. Can you go into a little bit about what that means? It's really what the students needs are: do they want to feel safe? Do they want to be able to go to class and feel comfortable, and feel that they can see a police car and have a good feeling about that? You know, not like, “Oh my gosh, the police. It's a negative thing.” So really looking at how we can better that relationship with students and that younger generation as it comes, as they go through their years of college, to really build a better student approach. What the students feel is a safety need we police officers may not realize that's a concern. So really getting that feedback from students is really important. I know [in New York] municipalities were tasked with looking at their police departments and seeing how they could reimagine policing. Is that something that happened in SUNY? It was the executive order that Governor [Andrew] Cuomo did, where he put it on municipalities and towns and villages to really look at their police departments and how to better improve and reform what their policies were, and how to make it better. The actual executive order didn't apply to state agencies. So technically, no, we didn't have to finish something by April 1 and have it delivered to the governor's office – but you can't just sit back and say, “Well, that doesn't apply to us.” And you know, it's such a bad image when you think of that. So really, it's doing something parallel – but keeping it consistent and keep it ongoing. You know, some departments, some sheriffs or [counties/municipalities], they had to have that report, and then it was given, and then they say they're going to do that. But like, is it reviewed all the time? I wanted something consistent. I wanted our department to consistently look at our policies, what we're doing, and are we doing the best practices that are out there. So for that reason, we did something parallel to it, to make everyone understand that we're not going to just shut down and say, “Well, that doesn't apply to us.” And this was while you're at SUNY New Paltz. Yes. The University Police Department Advisory Committee, was that a part of it? Yeah. And, you know, we were finding that individuals, whether they were students, or staff, or visitors that were on campus – they didn't have an outlet to go to if there was an issue that they had with an interaction with an officer. They didn't feel comfortable going to the police department, and saying, “Officer, so-and-so pulled me over, I have an issue with how he treated me.” So it really was a group of individuals who were experienced in law enforcement in some way, or they were studying it (students who were studying it), or they had a role on campus that they were a voice for students. So it was a group of individuals that we put together to say, “Hey, look at UPD, look at what we're doing. Are we doing a good job?” It also was an avenue for me to use saying, “This is why we do these things. You know, it's not to persecute an individual or group of people. This is the safety concern we have. And this is why we do it.” So it was a good platform to have, like a neutral platform for us to give our feedback on policies, use of force, things like that – where they can then know it's coming from this group of people, to explain it like, “This is why the police did A, B, C, and D on that traffic stop.” [To] kind of have a more neutral voice explain what we do. And they also then do the opposite [for us] with incoming feedback from the community. Do you see something like that happening on a broader, SUNY-wide scope? Perhaps? I know each individual campus has some form, or they're in the process of doing it, and some campuses have had it for years. And it's a little different, it's come together when there's major issues going on, and then the group also changes as well. You know, you have different individuals that retire, or they go to a different campus for their employment. So the group of people kind of fluctuates as well, I suppose, especially with students. Just looking at some of the other issues that people deal with on campus. I went to SUNY Oneonta, personally, and a lot of things that you would see campus police called for would be either like on-campus parties or marijuana use, stuff like that. With the state's new stance on marijuana, how does that impact things at campuses? Or does it impact the way you guys have to deal with things at all? It does a little bit, because campuses still have to adhere to federal law. Cannabis is still illegal federally, so for any kind of higher ed institution, it's still not allowed, it's prohibited. So the use, having it, the paraphernalia – it's still not allowed on campus. It's a different role of who handles it now on campus. There's no criminal component anymore to it. So the roles of UPD have changed, and the roles of other professional staff or paraprofessional staff in the residence halls, their rules are now looking at it differently as well. It's still prohibited. It's just not criminalized anymore. Another thing that has been a pretty big topic in colleges across the country is how schools are responding to reports of sexual assault or sexual harassment, and Title IX issues. Is there anything you'd like to see changed in New York state on that front? I mean, I think we're on a great path for dealing with sexual harassment and sexual assault. You know, in my career, I've seen a definite change of how it's viewed from students, and how they deal with it, and from staff and Title IX. I mean, when I first started, there was really no Title IX investigator or office, so the transition going across my career is really putting that at the forefront of what can happen on campus. And you have the “Enough's Enough” legislation…you need to address sexual assaults on any campus, whether it's SUNY, or any private institution. So it's headed in the right direction, but unfortunately, it still occurs on campuses. Now, I know some police departments have had either staffing shortages or trouble recruiting during the past few years. Is that something that's been happening in SUNY? It's difficult. We have to go through New York State Civil Service to hire our officers, and the way that system is set up, it's testing, and if you want to be a police officer, you wait for the test to happen. And sometimes they only happen [every] three or four years. So you have to hit at the right time, when you're interested. And then score well, and then wait for a campus to canvass you, interview and go through that process. So there's a lot of steps. It would be nice to see it a little bit easier, and reach out to more communities that can take the test and be qualified candidates for it. But right now, we struggle with that, and that's a big hurdle with trying to get hiring. And it's also a field that is evolving into…you know, those who wanted to be police officers are now kind of going away from the field just because of where we currently are with the focus on law enforcement. So people's career choices aren't geared towards law enforcement. For the past year and a half, going on two years now, what has it been like working in campus law enforcement, when classes have either been completely disrupted, or things have been very unstable? It's been interesting. For us, we are dedicated to the actual campus proper, so when you pick up your total on-campus population and you send them all home, we're left with an empty campus. You still need to be here, you still have to make sure there's nothing going on on-campus that involves criminality, but the population is gone. And it's not only students, but all your community members and your staffers are gone as well. So for the everyday UPD officer, they still came to work, and they still had to adhere by the COVID regulations. So there was a little bit of juggling with making sure our officers were in a safe environment when they were approaching or doing their day-to-day things like you know, just walking through a residence hall was something they did.  Everybody has dealt with COVID in some way or another, it was difficult, but we're getting through it. You mentioned something during your speech that I thought was interesting, too, about the focus on both officer health but also mental health. I mean, people are burned out in fields across the U.S. But is there burnout in policing? Yes,it was even before COVID. It's an ongoing thing [with the] taboo of mental health, and it applies to officers as well. You're that strong individual that needs to approach a scene, no matter how gruesome or how horrifying or upsetting it is, and you have to be that person that's level-headed, and gets it squared away. And you have to take in what you're looking at, and shove it back to the back of your head and deal with it and process it later. That catches up to officers. It's like, how do you cope? And we need to do a better job with getting our officers to decompress in a healthy manner. Not, you know, going home and having a drink or, you know, doing something else or just tuning it out. Because you really you have to deal with that to move on. And that's why you'll see there's a lot of suicides in law enforcement, and it's really [about] taking care of our own. We expect them to go through all these things, see all these horrible things at times, or deal with like a victim and hearing that story, and trying to get them help – and sometimes you can't help them, and then having that rest on you. We're doing a disservice to officers if we're not getting that mental health that they need. And it's also, you know, a cultural change in law enforcement, where officers didn't want to say, “I need help, I'm struggling.” It made them look weak, like they can't handle the job. And then some officers quit, but you have really good officers that, if they can recognize that they need help, you want to keep those officers, because they're trying to deal with what they're going through. You're the first female police commissioner here at SUNY, and you were the first female chief of police at SUNY New Paltz as well. What do those milestones mean to you? I mean, it's different for me. I kind of downplay it, when people say, “Oh, you should be up-playing it.” But when I think back and look at it, I'm very proud that I was able to make my way through this group of individuals and kind of rise up that way, amongst mostly male peers, and that they saw something in me. I continued to push through each promotion and realized it's my merit. It's not my you know, [my gender]. After a while, I felt like, as an officer and an investigator, my gender, or how I was a female versus male – that got lost. You were just investigator at the time, or you were an officer. The group of individuals I was able to work with were really welcoming in that, and they did not really give me much issues with the fact that I was female. But there is a different way you actually have to…unfortunately have to prove yourself, whereas your male counterpart and officer doesn't necessarily have to do that. Whereas a female will come in and they're going to judge that female and see how well they perform, and then accept the fact that they're a female officer and one of one of the group. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. Is there anything that I'm missing that you'd like me to know? You know, I think I want to get a more standardized policies and the way we do things across SUNY – which is difficult, because there's so many different ways people are doing things. Not that they're the wrong ways. It's just kind of getting us on a level playing [field], where you have an officer from one place can go to another SUNY and everything's done the same way. So it's really kind of getting the group of departments on the same level, standardize policies and practices, and doing those best practices in the best way we can. Now to perhaps the biggest story this week: on December 1, a divided Supreme Court discussed the future of Roe v. Wade as it appeared ready to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the state of Mississippi is asking the Court to overturn Roe, the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy, and return the issue to the states. While New York codified abortion rights into state law in 2019, the case has had local providers concerned. Back in August, I spoke with Chelly Hegan, the president and CEO of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, about a different (and more restrictive) abortion ban in Texas — but she says she's been dreading the Dobbs case for months. I checked back in with Hegan briefly after the hearing for her reaction.  What did you make of today's hearing? I think it's a really sad day for the Court and for the country. I think it was Justice Kagan who pointed out that making politics out of Roe is playing right into the hands of saying that the Court is a political body. You know, we had other cases that were essentially identical cases (to Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization) that the Court did not hear because of the precedent of Roe v. Wade. This case was taken up with the sole purpose of a direct assault on Roe, so that feels pretty sad. The state of Mississippi in this case is essentially asking to overturn Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and return the issue of abortion to states. What would that mean for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers across the country? I think it means two things, in a broad sense. For starters, we have 16 states that have trigger laws on the books right now. Boom, those states will have no access to abortion for people who live there. Which means, depending upon your ability to pay to get out of there, your freedoms are going to be limited if you live in those states. And 24 states in total are really poised to severely limit access to abortion. So we're looking at half of our country having no access, or very little access, to basic health care. And that is discriminatory at its core. There is always a way for a wealthy white woman to get an abortion if she needs one. It is not always possible for an immigrant person, or a Black or brown person, or a person who's living paycheck to paycheck to be able to access abortion if they want to. So that's one thing. But I think it's also important to know that these are all places where abortion has been under attack for decades. And so we do have rights in some states, but it doesn't mean that we have access in other states. Mississippi is talking about closing its only abortion clinic. It's hard for us in New York to imagine what that's like — there is no abortion access in several states in the country right now. Many more have one, maybe two providers. Here in the northeast, we have this experience of more dense populations, we have more access and more freedom. And we all live in the same country. And it doesn't seem right to me that we have more freedoms than our brothers or sisters in Texas or in Nebraska. Today, there was a lot of discussion around fetal viability, and that mark where a law might say abortion is no longer allowed. Like, "Why shouldn't Mississippi put that line at 15 weeks?" Or, "Why is the current line at like 22 to 24 weeks set by Roe more appropriate?" What do you make of the conversation around that? I think that's been a problem with Roe since Roe was written. Roe says that the state has a vested interest in the pregnancy after the point of viability. Viability has always been a sort of quasi-science, quasi-religious conversation. Some religions see conception as the moment there's a life. Other religions say it's at birth — there is no real line. It's an artificial conversation, and science has a different approach to it. So Roe's always been sort of faulty on that point. And so that's part of what has continued to cause this churning fight. It's, "Well, what do you mean by viability?" I think one of the arguments today was that science has changed so much, so viability is earlier than it ever was. But the reality is, viability is not 15 weeks. And so even if you want to make a purely viability argument, could this pregnancy exist outside of the parent's body as well as inside? That's not 15 weeks. Aside from the conversation about viability, there's the matter of whether it's possible to seek care and an abortion in 15 weeks. I mean, that is always a conversation. I think, for people who have struggled with their fertility, so really worked hard to become pregnant, they probably have a hard time understanding that. Or people who who have never been [pregnant] or could never become pregnant, like Justice Kavanaugh, for example. 15 weeks seems like, "Oh, of course, you're gonna know long before then." But for young people who may not yet have regular periods, for people with certain BMIs whose periods may be non-regular, you're really only talking about three periods. So the first one may have come, you know, you're eight weeks before you know it, and you can get to 12 weeks and still maybe have spotting. So it's entirely possible that people who are not seeking pregnancy, who are on contraception, find themselves pregnant and don't know it. It is not typical, but it is certainly not impossible. In New York state, abortion rights are pretty well protected by the laws here. But what are you hearing from abortion providers in other areas of the country? People are really brokenhearted about what this means for our patients. And I think it's so easy to have politicized this discussion. Our country's always been very good at demonizing women and judging women for the choices that they're making. And for providers in states across the country where they're going to have their hands tied and be unable to provide their patients with the care that they're coming to them for, is absolutely heartbreaking. A decision on the case isn't expected until the summer, but what do you see as being next? Are there any steps that abortion providers can take in the meantime? I think that's a fantastic question, Jesse, because I am asking myself, like, "What can I do?" Really quick, to remind anybody who will listen: if you're in the Capital Region and you need services, our doors are open, and they're not closing. And yet, my heart is just broken for people across the country who are looking at this dramatic limitation on people's basic right to freedom. I think all we can do is raise our voices. All we can do is keep the gas pedal down and say, "This is not OK." Be loud, be aggressive about it. At any turn, vote in your primaries, hold politicians accountable for what's happened. Be prepared and start preparing. How are we going to get medication, abortion drugs to people who need them? There are not-for-profit organizations that have been working with countries that have severe access issues for people in those countries. We can do that here in this country. We're going to have to treat part of our nation as a third-world health care access space. I just want to call out one of the things Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor said. She said, "Will this institution survive the stench that it creates in public perception that the Constitution, and its reading, are just political acts? I don't see how we survive that." You know, and then you think about our institutions across the board — we've got people who are still debating whether or not the election was won. We have people who are debating basic facts. And now we have the Court being thrown into this very political space. So do we, collectively as Americans, believe that the Supreme Court speaks for us, and that we need to be held to the standard that they hold up for us, if it is so clearly politicized? I think those are incredibly dangerous things for our democracy. You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by me, Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks to Commissioner Mary Ritayik, Chelly Hegan, and you for participating in this week's episode. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. 

On this week's 51%, we stop by the swearing in ceremony for Mary Ritayik, the first female police commissioner of the State University of New York. We also check in with Chelly Hegan of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood following the Supreme Court's hearing on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. (more…)

Also in the news: there's been a shake-up of top brass with the Chicago Blackhawks organization after the findings of an internal investigation were revealed on Tuesday; the drive to repeal Illinois' "parental notification law" has passed the Senate; DuPage County voters are going to be using new election equipment...with paper ballots; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Also in the news: there's been a shake-up of top brass with the Chicago Blackhawks organization after the findings of an internal investigation were revealed on Tuesday; the drive to repeal Illinois' "parental notification law" has passed the Senate; DuPage County voters are going to be using new election equipment...with paper ballots; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Also in the news: there's been a shake-up of top brass with the Chicago Blackhawks organization after the findings of an internal investigation were revealed on Tuesday; the drive to repeal Illinois' "parental notification law" has passed the Senate; DuPage County voters are going to be using new election equipment...with paper ballots; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagining Community continues our coverage of defunding university police with breaking news from California State University Fullerton, as reported by the school's student newspaper the Daily Titan, along with a follow-up interview with Melys Bonifacio-Jerez, co-intern of Students for a Quality Education (SQE) on the campus of California State University, Chico.  Students for Quality Education was formed in 2007-2008 by California State University students to build a student movement for educational rights in public higher education, with assistance by the California Faculty Association. Today SQE has an active presence on all 23 California State University Campuses providing a student body led voice for change, including organizing statewide actions such as the Northern California Defund the University Police Car Caravan protest held in the parking lot of the University Police Department at California State University, Sacramento on Saturday May 1st. As aired on KZFR 90.1FM Chico News and Review on the radio, Thursday, May 6, 2021.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imagining-community/message

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Episode 3 brings you an enlightening interview with Dr. Clarence Green (@NW_UPD) who serves both as the University Police Chief & Vice President of Culture at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Dr. Green shares insights related to the learning (technical and relational) for being a police officer. Dr. Green discusses the importance of lifelong learning and a growth mindset as well as the concept of reverse mentoring and failing forward. Dr. Green shares what he learned from being a doctoral candidate, a boxing instructor, and a breeder of beagle hunting dogs in his spare time. "You never fail, you always learn."--Dr. Clarence Green

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In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, Senior Consultant Jenn Otremba, and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: The continuing protests in Hong Kong - where, at the time of our recording of this episode, protestors had taken over Hong Kong's Legislative Assembly Building. They were later dispersed by police - but not before more than 500,000 protestors had taken to the streets. Recent aviation incidents in Minnesota and Texas - heightening the importance of ensuring your organization has an effective Aviation Response Plan. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a homicide victim in Utah who made multiple reports with University Police and other officials about a man who ultimately was charged with her homicide. The incident highlights the importance of taking threats of violence seriously and the need for a robust, documented threat management process for companies and educational institutions. //static.leadpages.net/leadboxes/current/embed.js Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Hello, and welcome to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. This is Bryan Strawser, Principal and CEO at Bryghtpath. And with me today is ... Jenn Otremba: Hi there, this is Jenn Otremba, Senior Consultant Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: Hi, this is Bray Wheeler, Consultant at Bryghtpath. Bryan Strawser: And this is our BryghtCast news episode for the week of July 1st, 2019. We're recording this on the morning of July 1st, though you won't hear it until a bit later this week. Bryan Strawser: So, what do we got to start off with on our three major events for the week? Bray Wheeler: This morning we're going to kick it off unfortunately with some aviation events that happened, book-ending the weekend here. Bray Wheeler: On Friday, here locally in Minnesota, a medevac helicopter crashed early in the morning on Friday on the Brainerd area of Minnesota, which is about two hours north of the Twin Cities. In that crash, both the pilots and the medevac nurse were killed. The medic on board sustained injuries and is expected to make a full recovery. That occurred over the weekend. Fortunate no patients were on board, but there was foggy weather. It was late in the morning. Bray Wheeler: Jenn, you have expertise on that one here as kind of an expert. But then the other incident that happened over the weekend was a plane crash in Dallas that killed all 10 on board. It sounded like it occurred on takeoff, veered into a hangar, and then unfortunately that caused the loss of life. Bray Wheeler: I think really where our focus is this morning is just on that aviation safety, companies having a plan, even if it's just, you're a small company and you travel via commercial flight, but those things are real and they're happening. Bryan Strawser: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Jenn Otremba: Yeah. Jenn Otremba: So first of all, I mean this is heartbreaking for the aviation community. Specifically, rotary wing, because this really hits close to home here since it was one of our own here in North Memorial. And we don't know the cause of either of these accidents. And generally, we won't know until it could be a year from now before accident investigations come out. So it's absolutely heartbreaking. And I always think of, "Well, I wonder what happened? What would I have done in ... ?" Jenn Otremba: For those that don't know, I'm also a helicopter pilot for the Army National Guard, and I always think, "What happened?" What the pilot could have done or couldn't have done, or what they were going through, especially in those last moments before the crash. Like Bray said, in that particular instance, I know that the weather was really bad and it was early in the morning, and all of those things lead to, in my mind, a potentially bad situation. Jenn Otremba: Really, really heartbreaking for everyone involved with that. And the Dallas incident, of course that's not as local for us, but also obviously very heartbreaking. And as Bray said, the biggest thing for us here at Bryghtpath is what kind of plans are in place for these companies that own these aircraft? And what that looks like now, moving forward, and what it looked like beforehand. Bryan Strawser: There were a couple of things that came to mind for me about the North Memorial crash, the medical transport helicopter that crashed here in Minnesota, is that North Memorial had a previous crash, fortunately not fatal, three years ago in Alexandria, Minnesota. The pilots and the paramedic, and I believe there was a nurse on board, all survived. The medic though, in particular, had significant injuries in his ... I think he considers himself very lucky to have survived the accident. I think that came back as pilot error in the NTSB investigation, but it'll be months before we know anything about what happened in the north, or in this Bemidji ... Oh, I'm sorry, it wasn't Bemidji. It was Brainerd. Jenn Otremba: Brainerd. Bray Wheeler: Brainerd. Bryan Strawser: Brainerd accident that occurred. Bryan Strawser: The other thing that came to mind, and this applies to both, it's just, the three of us have been in roles where we've had some responsibility for aviation and response in the private sector. And we had to write some pretty extensive plans around how we would respond to an aviation incident, because our previous employer-owned and operated and leased aircraft. Sometimes with their own pilots and sometimes with contracted pilots, or contracted service to do that. But we still own responsibility for that, and I think as consultants we've seen companies with a lack of aviation planning, or have some really poor plans. Bryan Strawser: So maybe we talk just briefly about what we're really looking for here when we talk about aviation planning for a company. Bray Wheeler: When I think it's even one of those things where depending on the size of the company and what kind of flight operations you have, because of even smaller companies, we have a client that's not giant, but they still have pretty extensive air travel capabilities within their company. Bray Wheeler: I think it's really about, no matter the size of that, it's really having something in place or using existing plans. You have a place for loss of life, for a tragic situation, how are you communicating with families? How are you communicating with employees? Things like that are already in place, and then you just add on depending on what the size of your company is and what your capabilities are. What other plans do you need to put into place around decision making and notification? And just being able to kind of manage through it. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, family support is a big part of this, particularly if you're operating your own aircraft, I think. Bryan Strawser: Having a process in place to be able to notify family members of your employees or others that were on board the aircraft, that there had been an incident and that there were injuries or fatalities that occurred, I think is a critically important part of the plan. And understanding how you're going to maintain contact and support the family members through this. Bryan Strawser: I think there's a reputational aspect, too. And I thought about this with the North Memorial incident just being the second crash that they've had. And certainly there's going to be an investigation, and that investigation will take time to get to an answer. But the questions from the press are not going to stop. Jenn Otremba: And they're not going to wait for an answer that's clear cut either. Bryan Strawser: No, they're not. Why did this happen a second time? Jenn Otremba: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Bryan Strawser: So, anything else on ... ? Jenn Otremba: I guess I would go one step further, and aside from having plans for our own or leased aircraft, we also have some experience with travel monitoring. Jenn Otremba: So, even if they're flying a commercial aircraft or another aircraft ... Bryan Strawser: Or traveling on a commercial aircraft. Jenn Otremba: Exactly. Yup. We have all experienced, specifically around executive monitoring and knowing where they're flying to, and where they're going. So we always knew where they were at. So if something were to happen, we could keep track of that as well. Bray Wheeler: When I think you mean to your point, just having the awareness to where your employees are going so that you're not just running your day-to-day operations, and all of a sudden there's a crash and it's like, "Oh, that's too bad." Bray Wheeler: We had two employees on that plane. And you're not reacting in real time to the knowledge that you're supposed to have and be able to make those decisions and jump on it early. Bray Wheeler: I mean, reputation aside, just doing right by the employees and their families. And having that available. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: There's just a whole circle of communication around having things happen to your employees. Not only the communication to the family, which needs to be the paramount thing that happens, but there's also communication to coworkers and perhaps to the company at large. Because if you don't tell that story the way you want the story told, or the way that your employee wants the story told, they're going to get it from the press. Or they're going to get it from the rumor mill. And neither of those is a good look for your organization when you're in a crisis. Bryan Strawser: It needs to come from leadership and be communicated that way. Jenn Otremba: Right. Bryan Strawser: So, the second item of news that we're touching on today actually started early this morning, and that is more protests and disruption in Hong Kong over the extradition bill that has been under consideration there now for several weeks. Bryan Strawser: We didn't plan it this way, but today, July 1st, we released our podcast episode on what was going on in Hong Kong, and it's already out of date because of events that occurred early this morning. But the protestors, and I saw numbers 500 to 600,000, is that? Yeah. Bryan Strawser: So, up to 600,000 protesters, but they've gone a little farther this time. They have surrounded the legislative building, this is where Hong Kong's legislature meets. They got inside the building, they took over the legislative chamber. The last update we saw is that they were standing on top of lawmakers' desks and they were spray painting symbols and art inside the hall. And that's where things stand as of about 30 minutes ago. So it's quite a scene. Bryan Strawser: I mean, there's no way that law enforcement, even modern law enforcement in Hong Kong can contain 600,000 people. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. I was going to say, first of all ... Bryan Strawser: I mean, we couldn't do that here in the U.S. Jenn Otremba: Just think of that amount of ... Five to 600,000 people. I mean, what does that look like? That is unbelievable. Bryan Strawser: Right? Bray Wheeler: Well, I would actually argue that they probably weren't as prepared as they probably should have been for this one. Because what's unique about this protest today, too, is it's July 1st, which is the anniversary of the transition from Britain to China. Bryan Strawser: Oh, you're right. Jenn Otremba: Yes. Bray Wheeler: And so typically there's always peaceful protests that are going on. And for the most part it sounds like these continue to be peaceful, but with all of the protests over the last couple of weeks, probably should've been a little bit more prepared or amped up to know, because it's pretty predictable in terms of what they're doing. The size is pretty unique. Bray Wheeler: I think there was a graphic somebody had that had different estimates from whether you're an organizer, or government official, or media on site. There's only been a couple of other instances where the numbers have reached somewhere in this realm. Otherwise, they've been pretty smaller, but they happen every year. But it's probably one of those things where certain locations, certainly parliament, probably should've been a little bit more isolated than it was. Jenn Otremba: And I think too, thinking of some of the different organizations that we've worked with throughout the years and what that looks like when protesters get into the building and what ... How do you manage through that once they're already in the building? Jenn Otremba: I know for us it's always better to make sure security is doing their job and keeping the protestors peacefully outside of the premises of the building. But what happens when they get into that building? And how do you peacefully remove them from the building? And what that can look like, because that can go south very, very quickly as we've seen in the past, too. Bryan Strawser: So I think the protesters are demanding the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive, right? Carrie ... Bray Wheeler: Carrie Lam. Bryan Strawser: Carrie Lam. They're demanding her resignation. She's been in office for some time, and she spent her whole career in the Hong Kong Civil Service, but no one arises to be the Chief Executive of Hong Kong without the blessing of China. So clearly she has China's support at least going into the position. I'm not sure how confident they're feeling in her leadership at this point. It's hard to say. That's a black box in terms of what we know, or at least from what we understand. Bray Wheeler: She was at least an acceptable choice. Bryan Strawser: At the time. Bray Wheeler: At the time. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. I'm really kind of curious where that goes. Bryan Strawser: So, the questions here for business are kind of the same as what we talk about in our long-form podcast today, which is, if you're in Hong Kong or you travel through Hong Kong and you're not monitoring what's going on, you're behind. They're a pretty significant set of disruption going on there, and I don't see it going away. Bryan Strawser: And if the Chinese government response, it's going to be the fascinating part of this because they've really not meddled in Hong Kong in this way before. I mean we've talked a little bit about that before, that pushing this kind of legislation is a new move for them, but they've never meddled in Hong Kong in terms of using force. Bray Wheeler: Correct. Yeah. I think it's one of those things where this is starting to probably become a little bit more real. And certainly this is, we're saying that in the context of the current situation. Who knows, this might calm down in a couple of months and resolve itself a little bit, but I think there is that simmering tension. And especially with broader relationship discussions between the international community in China and democracy at large, and where that's going globally, the protesters are making a stand and they're using timing of both the legislation and the anniversary of the date to really gain some momentum and push the issue, and push it more international than just the local, "Oh, they're protesting again. It's on July 1st." Bray Wheeler: It's a little bit more this time. Jenn Otremba: Seems to be fairly effective so far, I think. Bray Wheeler: They seem to be getting their point across. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: Definitely have gotten their point across. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. Now what happens with that is going to be the interesting part of it, I think. Bryan Strawser: I suspect we'll see developments later this week. Bray Wheeler: It'll be interesting to see how the international community responds back into this, too. They've been relatively quiet- Bryan Strawser: And when did they start speaking out? Bray Wheeler: ... in the conversation. When do they start speaking out? When do they start pushing some different narratives that hold China back, or perhaps even embolden China with what they're doing? I think it's just a matter of time, and see where that angle takes the conversation. Jenn Otremba: I think we'll be talking about this again next week. Bryan Strawser: No doubt. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. So it appears that it was a smaller group that came into the legislative assembly building, but they broke glass doors, removed metal bars, defaced portraits of previous Chief Executives and Presidents of the chamber. So, interesting. Bryan Strawser: Let's move on then to our last story of the day. Jenn Otremba: Yeah, let's talk about that. Jenn Otremba: The last story of the day, just wanted to bring this up because last week some additional news has come out about university student in Utah who was involved with her ex-boyfriend who had killed her and himself, and why this is extremely tragic and a big deal. The biggest part of the news lately is that the parents have come out and sued the university. Jenn Otremba: Now in the past, many of these things have come out. There have been reputational issues. There are some demands for if something happened to a student that the school would take some kind of responsibility for that. Jenn Otremba: But it's becoming more and more common that that responsibility is turning into a monetary responsibility for universities, for businesses, for corporations, for states to have some major responsibility here with these violent cases. Jenn Otremba: And so I think the latest I saw was this, parents were suing the school for $56 million lawsuits against the school. Bray Wheeler: That's a big chunk of money. Bryan Strawser: So in the lawsuit, the thing that stood out to me, I didn't read the lawsuit, but the news coverage surrounding the lawsuit, she had reported to the university police multiple times about this guy's threatening actions. Was like 20 some times? Jenn Otremba: Yeah, allegedly. I've seen a few different reports as to what they're saying, but allegedly there has been several reports prior to the incident occurring itself where she has brought forth some concerning behavior. Leakage, we call it. And workplace violence. Bryan Strawser: There's always leakage. Jenn Otremba: There's always leakage. Of very threatening behavior, controlling behavior, possessive behavior, manipulative. Very, very concerning behavior that definitely pointed towards some kind of violent behavior that would come out of this. Jenn Otremba: And unfortunately, I don't know specifics around what the school had done or what actions the school had done, but the parents feel that wasn't enough, clearly. And we'll see I guess, where this one goes. When the facts come out. Bryan Strawser: I mean from having read the news coverage, I don't think the university did much at all around this. Jenn Otremba: It does not sound like it. Bryan Strawser: But of course we're getting one side of the story. The university will certainly have its chance in court or elsewhere to explain the case. Suspect this never gets to trial. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. They're saying no investigation at all occurred. No plans developed or implemented for her sake, or her safety, or those around her either, which is also concerning. Bryan Strawser: I'm a little flabbergasted by this one. Bryan Strawser: If we take the parents' story at face value, and I'm not saying that that is the hundred percent of the facts here, but universities have pretty clear regulatory and legal requirements to take action when there is a credible threat, to communicate to the broader campus community. And here I'm speaking about the requirements under the Clery Act, where they have to send this communication, either an imminent, I forget the specific term, but there's the imminent notice, emergency notification that has to go out if there's a credible threat. And then there's a duty to warn requirement that can be done in a less serious situation. But it doesn't appear that either of those were done. Bryan Strawser: Of course we don't know for sure what was communicated. Jenn Otremba: I mean, there's also the general duty clause under OSHA as well. Bryan Strawser: Under OSHA guidelines. Right. Jenn Otremba: So, even if those other things didn't exist, OSHA is always going to be in existence there with that. Bryan Strawser: Right. Bryan Strawser: I mean, I was Chief Security Officer for a university system that operated throughout North America, and in several states. Our internal requirements around this would have dictated that the action be taken and an investigation be conducted and a, if appropriate, a mitigation plan be put into place to ensure her safety and the safety of those around her. And I think that's the lesson here for a business or a university is, you have to take this stuff seriously. You need to believe the alleged victim here in this case and take action. Bray Wheeler: Is it enough to do just a threat assessment? Jenn Otremba: Well, I think it's all going to be dependent on what the facts are that come out of any kind of investigation. But from what I can see, at least what the initial reporting is, that there was no investigation conducted at all. So, in the event of nothing, I mean, I can't tell you if it's going to be enough, because we don't know what would have come out in that investigation. Jenn Otremba: I think you were doing, Bray, a little bit further digging, and didn't you find some concerning information that when they were dating and she found out he was actually lying to her about some pretty significant things? Bray Wheeler: Yeah. Well, according to a couple of the reports, really what precipitated the fall out between the two of them was, she allegedly broke up with him in October of last year after she found out that he had lied about his name, his age, and his status as a sex offender. So it turns out he's, according to some of these reports, he's actually 37 and she was 21 at the time that she was killed. So, it's pretty big. That's a pretty big age gap. Jenn Otremba: Now, I didn't see. Was he a student with her? Bray Wheeler: That I didn't see. Jenn Otremba: I haven't seen that on anywhere either. Bryan Strawser: I don't believe so. Jenn Otremba: And that could be why the university chose to not do any further action, because if he wasn't a student there, they may have been limited what they could have done, but they could have done some information sharing with local law enforcement as well. Jenn Otremba: So, there's always something that can be done, but they may have not taken the action that the parents felt that they should have because he wasn't in fact a student there. If that is the case, I don't know. Bryan Strawser: My understanding is that the university had a university police department. So I think they probably had more jurisdiction than we would typically see. Jenn Otremba: Sure. Bryan Strawser: Right? States treats this differently. Here in Minnesota, private schools don't have law enforcement and really only the University of Minnesota has campus police. But in Massachusetts, where I lived for a decade, everybody's got cops. Bryan Strawser: Private, public. Everyone's got their own department. And I think this was Utah? Jenn Otremba: Yes. Yup. Bray Wheeler: Utah. Bray Wheeler: One, it sounds like, not only did she go to university police, she also went to housing. The university housing- Bryan Strawser: Oh, interesting. Jenn Otremba: Sure. Bray Wheeler: ... and said, "I have this going on." Bryan Strawser: "I don't feel safe here in the dorm." Bray Wheeler: Yep. Bryan Strawser: Her housing unit. Jenn Otremba: I mean, certainly regardless of the investigation, there could've been some actions put in place to help her and those around her feel safe with some safety planning for her. And, or classrooms that she is going in and out of, and the housing area that she's living in. There certainly could have been some safety precautions taken. I don't know if those were taken or not. They obviously didn't meet the standard of what the parents were expecting. Jenn Otremba: I don't know beyond that what was done, but I think like you said Bryan, this is definitely a lesson for all organizations to really take these things seriously and understand. Even if the university police didn't help, there are other information sharing jurisdictions out there that could probably step in, and keep owning your safety. Keep pushing that till you get the help that you need as well. Bryan Strawser: I mean, I feel like this is something we always keep coming back to, and that is that in the moment making the right decision. That when this threat was brought up and her safety concerns were brought up, we should believe her in the things that she's saying, pending investigation. And we should take the right action. Bryan Strawser: I mean, it kind of reminds me of the Leslie Moonves situation at CBS, where people came forward and credibly accused him of all kinds of sexual harassment and some violent-ish behavior. And the board, in the first accusation, the board of CBS just brush it off. They don't conduct a thorough investigation. They kind of half-ass it. And then when more allegations came out, they hired a different law firm to investigate it. And lo and behold, 25 years of crap comes out about the guy, right? Bryan Strawser: So again, I think from a leadership standpoint, it's about making the right decision in the moment when it's happening. And that doesn't appear to have happened here, but we'll find out. Jenn Otremba: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yup, we will. Bray Wheeler: One, and I think, to that point, in your earlier point too, it's not just about the victim, or the accuser, or the student herself. It's about the university. It's about those other students in the classroom. It's about the campus at large and these situations, that it's not just that person. Jenn Otremba: The other residents at the housing. Yeah. Bray Wheeler: Right? It's everybody else around her. And if you're getting accusations like some of these things and you don't know what people's capabilities are, if you're not taking it seriously upfront, you're exposing everybody to it instead of keeping it under control and mitigating it as much as you can. Jenn Otremba: Especially what sounds like here is a very highly volatile situation. I was just reading through some of them, what things were being reported. So, multiple concerning reports of stalking, physical abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination, and other abusive behaviors. Jenn Otremba: So this isn't a one time, "He's being mean to me," kind of situation. These were repeated reports of concerning behavior. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. What was going on at the university that they didn't act? I know, we don't know. And we'll learn. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. It's hard to say. It is really hard to say. Bryan Strawser: So the lesson here is to take action when these issues come up and don't walk away from it until you've investigated what's really going on with that. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: That's it for this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. Tune in later this week for a deep dive, round table discussion between the three of us on crisis leadership. Bryan Strawser: We'll see you then.

Ryan Snow, a police officer within a large university police department, is our guest for this month's episode of "Prevention Profiles: Take Five." Ryan talks about how law enforcement is involved with drug prevention, the dangers of marijuana use, how he helped a student struggling with inhalant misuse, and much more.

In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, Senior Consultant Jenn Otremba, and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: The continuing protests in Hong Kong – where, at the time of our recording of this episode, protestors had taken over Hong Kong’s Legislative Assembly Building. They were later dispersed by police – but not before more than 500,000 protestors had taken to the streets. Recent aviation incidents in Minnesota and Texas – heightening the importance of ensuring your organization has an effective Aviation Response Plan. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a homicide victim in Utah who made multiple reports with University Police and other officials about a man who ultimately was charged with her homicide. The incident highlights the importance of taking threats of violence seriously and the need for a robust, documented threat management process for companies and educational institutions. Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Hello, and welcome to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. This is Bryan Strawser, Principal and CEO at Bryghtpath. And with me today is … Jenn Otremba: Hi there, this is Jenn Otremba, Senior Consultant Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: Hi, this is Bray Wheeler, Consultant at Bryghtpath. Bryan Strawser: And this is our BryghtCast news episode for the week of July 1st, 2019. We’re recording this on the morning of July 1st, though you won’t hear it until a bit later this week. Bryan Strawser: So, what do we got to start off with on our three major events for the week? Bray Wheeler: This morning we’re going to kick it off unfortunately with some aviation events that happened, book-ending the weekend here. Bray Wheeler: On Friday, here locally in Minnesota, a medevac helicopter crashed early in the morning on Friday on the Brainerd area of Minnesota, which is about two hours north of the Twin Cities. In that crash, both the pilots and the medevac nurse were killed. The medic on board sustained injuries and is expected to make a full recovery. That occurred over the weekend. Fortunate no patients were on board, but there was foggy weather. It was late in the morning. Bray Wheeler: Jenn, you have expertise on that one here as kind of an expert. But then the other incident that happened over the weekend was a plane crash in Dallas that killed all 10 on board. It sounded like it occurred on takeoff, veered into a hangar, and then unfortunately that caused the loss of life. Bray Wheeler: I think really where our focus is this morning is just on that aviation safety, companies having a plan, even if it’s j

Many of us worry about being safe on campus. Let's talk to the professional - Lt. Rick Montefusco, of the University Police - about safety at WCSU and how you can be safer on campus and around town.

Reporter Erin Corbine tracks the story of Dashawn Walker, a rising sophomore at SUNY Canton. Dashawn thought a pair of flippers and a snorkel had been abandoned, so he told one of his friends, Andre Lynch, that he could take them. When Dashawn found out the gear wasn't abandoned, he and Andre returned the items. But when University Police got involved, Dashawn was made homeless, despite his pleas for a hearing from the administration. Meanwhile, Andre faced a court case.

In this episode of Jim Crow on Campus, reporter Erin Corbine sits down with “Ashley.” Ashley, who’s using an alias out of fear of retaliation from police and the administration, is a senior at SUNY Canton. She sheds light on her experiences involving University Police. In this episode, we gain insight into the officers’ strategic circumvention of the Fourth Amendment - the freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. What does it mean to have these rules not apply? For many students like Ashley, this is a daily reality at SUNY Canton. Before her departure, she reminisces on a warning she left for her family: “I told my parents, I do not feel comfortable. If anything ever happened to me, don’t call University Police.”

With WJBC's Terry James

This week on EOT: Ian Grice brings us an interview with Emel Mathlouthi, the Tunisian singer-songwriter known as the “voice of the Tunisian revolution” a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring. Nick Weaver brings you the Modest Mouth Review; this week he reviews the album “Becky and Debby” by Shark? Jake Winters brings you Snowverated; this week he reviews the film “Bronson,” based on a true story. As always Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines and Peter Svizeny has the community calendar NC State Campus Police released a WolfAlert today. A female student reported to University Police she was sexually assaulted at Watauga Hall during the early morning hours by a male student known to her. We want to remind everyone to be an active bystander; don’t just stand by, do something and stand up. If you see someone in an uncomfortable or unsafe situation, please contact University Police.

This week on EOT: Ian Grice brings us an interview with Emel Mathlouthi, the Tunisian singer-songwriter known as the “voice of the Tunisian revolution” a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring. Nick Weaver brings you the Modest Mouth Review; this week he reviews the album “Becky and Debby” by Shark? Jake Winters brings you Snowverated; this week he reviews the film “Bronson,” based on a true story. As always Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines and Peter Svizeny has the community calendar NC State Campus Police released a WolfAlert today. A female student reported to University Police she was sexually assaulted at Watauga Hall during the early morning hours by a male student known to her. We want to remind everyone to be an active bystander; don’t just stand by, do something and stand up. If you see someone in an uncomfortable or unsafe situation, please contact University Police.

Butler University says the school's assistant police chief is on administrative leave pending an internal investigation of his DUI arrest.

FAA sued over drone restrictions, UAV arrests and confiscations, privacy legislation in California, UCLASS delay, NASA developing ATC for drones, Disney seeks UAS patents. News Lawsuits Assert Broad Economic and Scientific Impact of FAA's Drone Restrictions Three lawsuits have been filed by attorney Brenden Schulman (@dronelaws) over the FAA's Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. These were filed on behalf of: 1. The Academy of Model Aeronautics and its 170,000 members The “no commercial operation” prohibition means no model aircraft public demonstrations or model aircraft training when some payment is involved, as well as competition prizes, and product reviews conducted by employees. 2. Several commercial drone interests, including: Peter Sachs and the Drone Pilots Association, the UAS America Fund (founded to finance the commercial drone industry), Skypan International, an aerial photography firm, and FPV Manuals (sells equipment for model aircraft). No services can be offered with model aircraft that have even an incidental business purpose, and Peter Sachs cannot assist the volunteer fire department. 3. The Council on Governmental Relations, an association of US research universities. Model aircraft for scientific research have long been used without any FAA restrictions. The FAA's interpretation “poses a grave threat to science, research, education, and technological innovation across the United States.” Customs seizes $80k worth of unauthorised drones Australian UAV manufacturer Cyber Technology is being prosecuted for failure to obtain a permit to export drones. The list of “Defence and Strategic Goods” controlled by Australian law includes UAVs that can be controlled outside line of sight. College student arrested for flying drone over football game A University of Texas student allegedly flew a drone over a school football game. University police identified the student and seized the drone. In a statement to a local TV station, University Police said, "Our top priority is the safety our students, employees, fans and visitors.” FAA allows recreational drone demonstrations for first time ever at an air show & it's in Cleveland This year's Cleveland Air Show included demonstrations of fixed-wing and multicopter drones for the attendees. It represented a great opportunity to provide the general public with more awareness of what “drones” are all about. CA State Senate Approves Law Limiting Drone Use by Police To address privacy concerns, the State Senate in California has passed legislation that requires police to obtain surveillance warrants in order to use drones, unless exigent circumstances exist. This seems to be at odds with the 1989 case, Florida v. Riley, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that citizens do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy from the air because airplanes and helicopters fly over private property all the time. U.S. Navy delays start of bidding for unmanned carrier-based drone The U.S. Navy had planned to release this month a final request for proposals for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance Strike (UCLASS) contract. Now they say they'll wait until the Pentagon conducts a broad review of intelligence and surveillance programs this fall. NASA is building an air traffic control system for drones NASA is working with to create technologies for controlling air traffic control for drones operating at low altitudes, around 400 to 500 feet off the ground. Disney Sees Drone-Operated Entertainment Disney has filed three patent applications to use unmanned aerial systems at its theme parks. The patents envision using multiple UASs to support lightweight materials that can be used as projection screens, creating "flixels" or floating pixels, and animating Disney characters in the night sky. Videos of the Week Napa Earthquake 2014 Quadcopter Test Video from Doug. DJI Drone Video: The Arrival of the USCG Eagle in Gloucest...

In today’s interview, Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Barbara Morrell — a licensed psychologist working in the Brigham Young University Counselling and Psychological Services. She divides her time between doing psychotherapy and coordinating the Stress Management and Biofeedback Services. Her interest in and experience with treating childhood sexual abuse began during her masters program in 1985 working as a volunteer counselor with AMACs (Adults Molested as Children). She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from BYU in 1997 and wrote her dissertation on adult men who had been sexually abused as children. Barbara began working in the BYU Counseling Center in 1996 and for many years was the sexual assault liaison between the center and the University Police, county law enforcement, and other agencies. Students who had been sexually assaulted were referred directly to her for immediate help and ongoing therapy. Dr. Morrell has served two LDS missions, one to Taiwan at the normal missionary age, and 10 years later she took a leave of absence from her work as a high school counselor for a second mission to Geneva Switzerland. She loves teaching in the Church and loved working for two years as a temple worker in the Provo temple.

Aaron Pembleton is a police officer with the University Police at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Related LinksUniversity Police