/news-archive/tag/gary-mcgee/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:10:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/11/21/community-liaison-officer-program/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:10:20 +0000 /news/?p=72718 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock police department starts community liaison officer program]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Police Department is hoping to make long-lasting connections with the campus community and surrounding neighborhoods with the start of a community liaison officer program.聽 The community liaison officers will provide safety and security programming, answer questions about law enforcement, anticipate community concerns, and address safety issues. This is a volunteer program that will be run by Assistant Police Chief Benjamin Rommel. Patrolmen Gavin Hurst and Roy Mayo will serve as community liaison officers, while Corp. Gary McGee will serve as the campus housing liaison officer. 鈥淭he goal of the program is for the community to see the police officers and for the officers to explain campus law enforcement practices and to see to the community鈥檚 concerns,鈥� Rommel said. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department is actively involved in the community by participating in the National Drug Take Back program and by providing self-defense, Rape Aggression Defense (RAD), and active-shooter training. 鈥淐hief Regina Wade-Carter has wanted the department to do more community outreach for a while,鈥� Rommel said. 鈥淚t takes a special person to put their life on the line. We are hoping by us actively stepping out there and meeting people, it will convince them that we are here to help. We do have knowledge of the university and know about the university鈥檚 resources.鈥� Hurst, a former sheriff鈥檚 deputy, said he was inspired to volunteer for the community liaison officer program after seeing how well community outreach worked when he was at the Marion County Sheriff鈥檚 Office. 聽 鈥淟aw enforcement needs to be more proactive in the community that it is involved in,鈥� Hurst said. 鈥淚 think it would be good for the community and good for students to know why we are here. We are here to help them and protect them. Even if they are down about their classes, they can always call us to ask for help.鈥� Hurst said he would like to start programs that allow community members more opportunities to get to know the campus police officers and what they do, such as Coffee with a Cop and police ride-alongs. McGee, who has worked as the community housing officer, enjoys being a source of knowledge to students who have questions about law enforcement. 鈥淚 am connected with this community in numerous ways,鈥� McGee said. 鈥淚 used to live in University Village, so I had a unique perspective living with the students. It鈥檚 become second nature to me to be able to give what knowledge I have in different subjects. 鈥淟aw enforcement is mostly reactive. This community liaison program will bring more of a proactive approach. There is a lot of mistrust with law enforcement. We don鈥檛 have that big of an issue on campus, but we still want to earn trust in the community.鈥� For more information on the community liaison officer program, contact Rommel at rsbenjamin@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo, a聽new 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Police community liaison officer program is headed up by Assistant Police Chief Benjamin Rommel, center. Patrolmen Gavin Hurst, left, will serve as a community liaison officer, while Corp. Gary McGee, right, will serve as the campus housing liaison officer. Photo by Ben Krain.]]> /news-archive/2018/02/08/police-officers-ua-little-rock/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:54:10 +0000 /news/?p=69311 ... Five 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock police officers honored for saving man鈥檚 life]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock honored five police officers during a Feb. 2 ceremony for their part in saving the life of a man found unresponsive in his vehicle.聽 鈥淚 am proud to say I belong to the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department,鈥� Police Chief Regina Wade-Carter said. 鈥淲e have a great group of police officers.鈥� On Jan. 2, Cpl. Gary McGee and Officer John Claunch responded to a call that a man was found slumped over in his vehicle in East Hall Loop, just off Fair Park Boulevard. 鈥淭he man was unresponsive, and the vehicle was still in drive,鈥� Claunch said. 鈥淲e put the car in park, got the man out, and immediately started CPR until MEMS (Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services) arrived approximately 20 minutes later. I saw the man turn three different colors over the course of CPR. To hear that he survived was great.鈥� While Claunch was happy to do his role in saving the man鈥檚 life, he called his partner, McGee, the 鈥渞eal hero of the day鈥� for performing CPR on the man for at least 15 minutes until Det. Tonya Carter took over. 鈥淚 just wanted him to breathe,鈥� McGee said. 鈥淓ven though there was no pulse, I never looked at him as being dead. I needed to help him come back to the living.鈥� McGee, who had been taken back to the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Public Safety to rest after performing CPR, did not learn of the victim鈥檚 fate until he received a phone call from Assistant Chief John Smith. 鈥淚 watched the young man come back to life. I heard one of the MEMS people say that, 鈥榃hoever worked on him, that is why this young man is still alive,'” Smith said. “I called McGee and said, 鈥楬e is not dead. You saved his life. I am so proud of you.'” McGee recalls crying after receiving the happy news. 鈥淚 was very happy,鈥� McGee said. 鈥淚 thanked God. I am glad that the man was okay, and I am grateful for my shift and the other people I work with. I鈥檝e got a good team.鈥� In addition to McGee and Claunch, Det. Tonya Carter, Sgt. Marilyn Thompson, and Officer Deshalay Hubbard also received commendations for helping save the man鈥檚 life. Thompson took command of the scene while Carter took over CPR for McGee, and Hubbard used a defibrillator on the man. 鈥淢ost people probably would have given up, but today we recognize the men and women who go beyond the call of duty, who put themselves at risk to save another鈥檚 life,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淲e honor you because you give us hope.鈥� In the upper right photo,聽糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock police officers receive a commendation during a Feb. 2 ceremony for their heroic efforts to save a man鈥檚 life during a Jan. 2 call. Back row (L to R) include Lt. Jerome Bailey, Officer John Claunch, Cpl. Gary McGee, Lt. Aaron Birmingham, Chief Regina Wade-Carter, and Assistant Chief Johnny Smith. Front row (L to R) include Det. Tonya Carter, Sgt. Marilyn Thompson, and Officer Deshalay Hubbard. Photo by Marisa Perry.]]>