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The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

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What's U.P. at Wake‪?‬ WFU University Police

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The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

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Reach out to us with your thoughts and feedback on upsocial@wfu.edu

    Episode 8 - Activities & Outreach

    Episode 8 - Activities & Outreach

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.



    The University Police prides itself on outreach programs and making connections with members of the community. On this episode, we spoke to some folks who attended the department's recent Halloween themed event on the lower quad. People told us about their thoughts on the event, what else they would like to see from UPD and so much more! We also have our Officer Spotlight, where we spoke to Sergeant McClure, who shared some insights from his work as a day shift patrol officer for UP.







    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.







    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD







    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.







    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 10 min
    Ep. 7 - Properties and Evidence

    Ep. 7 - Properties and Evidence

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.



    One of the most important aspects of UP's job is managing lost and found evidence and property on campus. On this episode, we sat down with Dawn Watkins, who manages this aspect of the department's work. She told us about the procedures with any evidence or property that comes her way, how she goes about discarding things and so much more! We also have our Officer Spotlight, where we spoke to Officer Myers, who shared some insights from his work as a patrol officer for UP.



    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.



    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD



    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.



    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 11 min
    Ep. 6 - Getting Familiar With Wake Safe

    Ep. 6 - Getting Familiar With Wake Safe

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.







    As students make their way back to campus, Wake Forest University Police has partnered with a brand-new application, Wake Safe to keep students safe. To tell us more about the application we caught up with Chief Regina Lawson who told us more about the various features that the application is equipped with. We also spoke to some first-year students to hear their thoughts about UP and what some of their expectations are.







    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.







    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD







    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.







    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 11 min
    Ep. 5 - Communicating About Commencement

    Ep. 5 - Communicating About Commencement

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.



    The commencement ceremony for the Class of 2023 is scheduled for Monday, May 15th. And, to give us some insight on the extent to which University Police is involved in planning this event, we caught up with the Chief of WFU PD, Regina Lawson. Chief describes the day as the Wake Forest 'Super Bowl' and told us a little how planning begins almost a year in advance. On our Officer Spotlight, we spoke to Mrs. Dennette Lily, a supervisor in the Communications team.



    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.



    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD



    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.



    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 15 min
    Ep. 4 - Riding Along

    Ep. 4 - Riding Along

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.



    Wake Forest University Police as vehicles patrolling the campus 24/7. And, along with conducting routine checks of buildings they also cover all of Wake Forest property always on the look out for anything out of the ordinary.



    On this episode of What's U.P. at Wake? our podcast producer, Vir, rode along with Corporal Schwartz on a Friday evening. He observed some of the things that officers do on patrol and learned more about what a patrol officer's job entails. In our Officer Spotlight, we caught up with Major Jamie Herring, a UP staff member who supervises the communication and patrol services among many things. He told us about who told us about how he ended up at Wake, gave us insight into some of the inner workings of the department and more.



    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.



    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD



    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.



    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 12 min
    Ep. 3 - Learning and Appreciating

    Ep. 3 - Learning and Appreciating

    You're listening to Wake Forest University Police Department's What's U.P. at Wake podcast.



    Every year, members of the Wake Forest community graduate from the Citizen’s Police Academy. This initiative from WFU PD offers citizens insights into how police officers perform their duties and how the department as a whole serves the community. And, recently, WFU PD hosted the graduation ceremony for the latest group of graduates.



    On this episode of What's U.P. at Wake? we stopped by the graduation ceremony of UP's Citizen Police Academy and we talked with some of the academy's graduates present there to hear their thought on the program. In our Officer Spotlight, we caught up with Christian Sides, a security day watch officer who told us about who told us about how he ended up at Wake, what the community here means to him and what's next for him in the department.



    Reach out to us on upsocial@wfu.edu with your thoughts, comments, queries and what you'd like to hear next from us.



    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @WFUPD



    This episode was voiced by Marcus Mathis and Mary-Anna Bailey, produced by Vir Gupta and supported by the Wake Forest University Police.



    The Wake Forest University Police Department is an essential part of the WFU community. On What's U.P. at Wake podcast, we pull back the curtain for you to get to know more about the faces behind the badges. From our Officer Spotlight to Campus Advisories, we have it all for you on this podcast. Tune in to find out more about these everyday faces that each have stories.

    • 11 min

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This podcast is something else I tell you. It’s not often you hear the police of a campus connecting with the students they’re busting (and keeping safe) but they did this with style. Kudos to the guests, host, and everyone else involved!

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