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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.” We need to empower these agencies to be able to fulfill their missions of serving the public,” said Polega.

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

From 2014-2016, he was a Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In that role, Adam helped provide strategic direction, policy advice, management oversight, and operational coordination for eleven agencies with an overall budget of more than $3.1B and 30,000 employees.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Public safety: Without a safe place to deposit their money, unbanked people are more likely to be victims of crime because they often carry large sums of cash with them or keep cash in their homes. She holds a master’s in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. CRA Today and the CRA Hub.

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Is the public safety department model the future of municipal emergency service?

American City & Country

One innovative option that stakeholders and municipalities have available to them is the adoption of the public safety department model. Wherein, a municipality’s police department, fire department and EMS agency is consolidated into a singular public safety department.

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Harry P. Hatry, Leader and Performance Management Pioneer, dies at 92

Barrett & Greene

He was a valuable and inspiring mentor to me,” said Kathryn Newcomer, professor at The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University. For over thirty years I looked to him for guidance and practical advice. He was always encouraging and looking to learn from others.