Community Safety Web Podcast

Darrel Stephens & Brian Stephens
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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.

  1. JUL 1

    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 industry for many years.Although reliable statistics is a challenge, there are indications the problem has increased in recent years. The results of a 2023 National Retail Federation national survey of 63 retailers showed that losses from shrink w...

    29 min

  2. FEB 26

    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 operate 24/7 to provide information support to patrol officers and detectives in real time – as they were responding to and investigating events on the street. The concept has evolved over the past 18 years to take advantage of a wide range of techn...

    29 min

  3. JAN 31

    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 countries. Some of the key findings in the 54-page report include:· 88% of the CSOs report that company leaders are more concerned with cyber security than physical security.· 80% of the CSOs believe that recruitm...

    26 min

  4. 11/01/2023

    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 innocent motorists and pedestrians not involved in the chase. The US Department of Transportation’s Center for Statistics and Analysis reports that pursuits ending in death increased 41% from 2001 to 2021 – 36% of the deaths were innocent bystanders.&n...

    26 min

  5. 07/31/2023

    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 robotics in policing and private security. Over the years, science fiction has tantalized our imaginations with visions of robotic law enforcement and security systems. From the cybernetic police officers of "RoboCop" to the AI-driven sentin...

    27 min

  6. 03/18/2023

    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 ways to strengthen the system or process and prevent future negative outcomes. A sentinel event review is an examination involving all stakeholders of the system in which the error occurred. It aims to prevent similar errors in the future rather th...

    27 min

  7. 01/30/2023

    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 noted that the Institute and hosts of this podcast are not endorsing these technologies or the companies who have created them. Rather we see this is an opportunity to explore technology solutions that can have significant impact on ongoing security ...

    30 min

  8. 12/20/2022

    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 significant declines in staffing, higher levels of mistrust in the community, spikes in homicides, a pandemic and widespread protests directed at the police themselves. Chiefs from the largest cities in the US turnover in less than five years, and in many...

    30 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Darrel Stephens & Brian Stephens
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Community Safety Web Podcast
  • Show Website
    Community Safety Web Podcast

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