Today is the fifth and final episode of our five-episode series on women in law enforcement. Guests include Brenda Dietzman, former colonel and under-sheriff for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, KS; Shannon Paulson, assistant commanding officer of the LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations bureau; Maggie Varela, former Miami-Dade PD lieutenant; and Kristen Ziman, former chief of the Aurora, IL PD. In this last episode, they discuss ways to attract more women to the law enforcement profession, recruitment and retention tactics, and the ways the profession can adapt to a younger generation of law enforcement officers.

Today is the fourth episode of our five-episode series on women in law enforcement. Guests include Brenda Dietzman, former colonel and under-sheriff for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, KS; Shannon Paulson, assistant commanding officer of the LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations bureau; Maggie Varela, former Miami-Dade PD lieutenant; and Kristen Ziman, former chief of the Aurora, IL PD. Today, they discuss the barriers that women in law enforcement still face today, including the stereotypes surrounding women. The final episode in our Women in Law Enforcement series will air Tuesday, Nov. 16.

Today is episode three of our five-episode series on women in law enforcement. Guests include Brenda Dietzman, former colonel and under-sheriff for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, KS; Shannon Paulson, assistant commanding officer of the LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations bureau; Maggie Varela, former Miami-Dade PD lieutenant; and Kristen Ziman, former chief of the Aurora, IL PD. Today’s episode focuses on mentorship and leadership for women in law enforcement. They discuss their experiences with leadership roles within their departments, countering “imposter syndrome”, and how to be a successful mentor to others.

Today is episode two of our five-episode series on women in law enforcement. Guests include Brenda Dietzman, former colonel and under-sheriff for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, KS; Shannon Paulson, assistant commanding officer of the LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations bureau; Maggie Varela, former Miami-Dade PD lieutenant; and Kristen Ziman, former chief of the Aurora, IL PD. In today’s episode, they discuss representation of women in law enforcement, the importance of seeing women in leadership positions and the specific skills women bring to law enforcement.

On today’s episode, we begin a five-episode series on women in law enforcement. Guests include Brenda Dietzman, former colonel and under-sheriff for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, KS; Shannon Paulson, assistant commanding officer of the LAPD’s Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations bureau; Maggie Varela, former Miami-Dade PD lieutenant; and Kristen Ziman, former chief of the Aurora, IL PD. In this first episode, they discuss the decisions that led each of them to begin a career in law enforcement and the changes they have noticed in the profession between when they started their careers and now.

Today, we finish our discussion on hurricane preparedness and sheltering during a pandemic with guests Tim Hatch, Assistant Director of the East Central District of the Alabama Department of Health, and Dwight Graves, LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter expert and former emergency manager. In this episode, Tim and Dwight discuss the changes they are making in shelters to comply with social distancing guidelines, the concerns about staffing these facilities, the role that vaccinations and testing will have in determining sheltering populations, and how they are ensuring their emergency operations plans stay flexible with the changing recommendations surrounding COVID-19.

On this week’s episode, we begin our discussion on hurricane preparedness and sheltering during a pandemic. Guests include Tim Hatch, Assistant Director of the East Central District of the Alabama Department of Health, and Dwight Graves, LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter expert and former emergency manager. In this episode, they discuss concerns around sheltering during a pandemic and the specific ways in which the pandemic is affecting hurricane preparedness for responders. The final episode in this series will air on Tuesday, September 7.

On today’s episode, we finish our conversation on extremism in the United States with LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matters Ray McPartland, Maggie Varela and Bill Wickers. In this episode, they talk about the impact that social media has had on both fueling and fighting extremism, and they discuss strategies law enforcement can use to combat extremism.

On today’s episode, we continue our conversation on extremism in the United States with LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matters Ray McPartland, Maggie Varela and Bill Wickers. In this episode, they discuss the difference between ideology and extremism and they talk about the difficulties that law enforcement and intelligence officers face when an extremist “group” is more of a broad concept or loose affiliation. The final episode in this series will air Tuesday, August 10th.

Today’s episode begins a three-part series on extremism in the United States. Guests for this series include LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matters Ray McPartland, Maggie Varela and Bill Wickers. In this episode, they explain the conditions that may drive individuals to extremist thoughts and behavior, the differences between constitutionally protected behavior and extremism, and the impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the prevalence of social media on domestic extremism.