Community Safety Web Podcast
The Community Safety Web Podcast is about creating safe communities through collaboration between the police, private security, criminologists, and the public to develop and evaluate evidence-based policy to guide safety decisions.
Episodes
16 episodes
Organized Retail Crime
Today we will be talking about Organized Retail Crime. It is not just shoplifting; it is a large-scale effort to steal retail merchandise and resell it for financial gain. It is not a new topic; it has been a problem for the retail ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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29:05
Capital Region Real Time Crime Center - Tallahassee
Today, we will be talking about Capital Region Real Time Crime Center in Tallahassee, Florida that was launched in February 2023. The first real time crime center was established by the NYPD in 2005. It was originally designed to op...
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Episode 15
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28:36
World Security Report – 2023
In this Episode we discus the Allied Universal World Security Report published in September 2023. The report – Allied’s first - is based on a survey of 1,775 Chief Security Officers from large global companies in 30 different countr...
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26:15
Police Vehicle Pursuits
Today we will be talking about Police Vehicle Pursuits. Police pursuits have been the subject of controversy for many years because they often end with crashes that result in serious injury or death to those involved, and frequently...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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26:20
Evolving Security Technology: Robotics in Security and Policing
This episode of the Community Safety Web Podcast continues our series highlighting emerging security technologies that are dynamically addressing community safety issues and problems. In this episode, we embark on an exciting journey into...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:08
Sentinel Event Reviews
Today we will be discussing Sentinel Event Reviews in policing. Sentinel events are incidents with undesirable outcomes that may signify underlying systemic weaknesses, likely the result of multiple contributing factors and may identify w...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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27:14
Emerging Security & Safety Technologies that are Solving Problems & Reducing Risk – Weapons Detection
Today we are excited to bring you the first in a series of episodes focused on specific innovative and evolving security and safety technology solutions that are solving problems and reducing risk. As we begin this series it should be not...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:09
Understanding Stress and Burnout in Police Chiefs
Today we will be talking about stress and burnout among police chiefs. Serving as a police chief has always been a demanding and stressful job. The past several years has been even more challenging as chiefs have dealt with signific...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:59
Strategic Communications for Police Executives
Today we will be discussing strategic communications for police executives. The police continue to wrestle with significant challenges in their effort to serve their communities effectively. Increases in violent crime, loss o...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:51
Making the Transition from Policing to Private Security
We will be discussing law enforcement leaders making a career transition to corporate security. Typically, a career in law enforcement is 20 to 30 years depending on the retirement program. A young man or woman that begins their career in...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:32
Mass Shootings and Gun Violence
Mass shootings have increased across America in the past few years to the point where we seemingly can’t go a couple of days without one occurring. Although they represent a small portion of overall gun violence, they have an enormous impact on...
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Episode 6
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25:16
Charles Ramsey: Co-Chair President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Police Reform has been the topic of passionate debate across America since the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer. Over the years other incidents such as the horrific killing of George Floyd by a Minnea...
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24:19
Police and Security Technology
Technology is transforming policing and security in America. Technology has been a fixture policing for many years – CAD/RMS, crime labs, and radio communication have made important contributions to improving efficiency. Over the past 25 ...
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35:02
Translational Criminology - Dr. Thomas Blomberg
In this episode we talk with Dr. Thomas Blomberg, Dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology at the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He has been a national leader in the field of criminology and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:51
Police and Private Security Recruiting Challenges
Police and Private Security face enormous challenges in filling vacant positions. This episode outlines the problem and presents approaches that seem to be making getting better results. Special guest Drew Levine, Chief Operating Of...
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Episode 2
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29:11
FSU Policing, Security Technology and Private Security Research Policy Institute
This is the first episode of the Community Safety Web. Co-hosts Darrel Stephens and Brian Stephens describe the newly created Policing, Security Technology and Private Security Research Policy Institute in the College of Criminology and C...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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12:13