It’s no secret that times are tense right now, especially in the United States. In the wake of a year that saw a pandemic sweep across the country, along with racial tensions, not to mention a contentious election, tensions are high.

And few places highlight that tension more than the public attitudes towards law enforcement. No matter which side of the discussion you may find yourself drawn towards, we can all agree on at least this one thing: being a law enforcement officer is a difficult job.

On this episode of Pinpoint, we talk with Nick Ashton. Nick is a former member of the Metropolitan Police of London, and is currently the Executive Vice President of Entrical, a communications and security company.

Throughout our discussion, Nick highlighted:

• The evolution of law enforcement over the past fifty years
• Why we need neighborhood and community policing
• How policing will change moving into 2021
• How agencies and departments can use technology to better allow them to serve their communities.
  

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It’s no secret that in most of the country, firefighting is a largely male-dominated occupation. In fact, nationally women compromise only 11% of the volunteer fire service. 

But not so in Frametown, West Virginia. In fact, in Frametown, the volunteer fire service is nearly 60% composed of females. 

This caught the attention of our guest on this episode of Pinpoint, Scotty Dunlap, who is a PhD, and a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. 

Scotty was curious not only about why this fire department was made up of such a high number of women, but wanted to hear their stories, and help other fire departments around the country learn to implement their strategies.

On this episode we talk all about: 

-What drove Scotty to devote his time to producing a documentary about women in firefighting

-What it is that makes the Frametown Fire Department so special

-How other agencies can implement the same model

-His plans for a follow up documentary

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Imagine that you were stopped as a robbery suspect by the police as a teenager. They beat you up, called you the N-word, and took you to jail without booking you.

How likely are you to commit your life to law enforcement? (Actually, 100%, if you’re today’s guest.)

In this episode, I interview Dr. Tommy Tunson, Director of Public Safety Training at Bakersfield College, about his transformational policing model.

What we talked about:

-Change in America comes slowly, but it comes from leadership

-The 2 prongs of the transformational policing model — one involves C4

-What police officers & community leaders discover about each other when they communicate

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

-Dr. Tunson’s book, The C.O.P., is forthcoming soon!

This post was taken from a Pinpoint podcast interview with Dr. Tommy Tunson of Bakersfield College. 

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