/news-archive/tag/lrpd/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:12:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/09/28/university-district-national-night-out/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:12:07 +0000 /news/?p=72014 ... University District to host National Night Out celebration Oct. 2]]> The University District Neighborhood Association will host its annual National Night Out celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 2.聽 National Night Out will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Saint Mark Baptist Church, 5722 W. 12th St., Little Rock. National Night Out is a community-building initiative that promotes safety through neighborhood camaraderie and police-community partnerships. The National Association of Town Watch, a nonprofit crime prevention organization, started the campaign. The goal of the event is to enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available, and local musicians will provide entertainment. An awards ceremony will be held to honor local law enforcement officers and first responders from the Little Rock Police Department, Little Rock Fire Department, and MEMS. In the upper right photo, children enjoy some food during the 2015 National Night Out observance on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus.]]> /news-archive/2018/03/07/criminal-justice-career-fair/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:39:06 +0000 /news/?p=69704 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host criminal justice career fair]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a 鈥淐areers in Criminal Justice鈥� event on Wednesday, March 14.聽 鈥淭he purpose of the event is to provide students and community members with information about the different types of careers they can pursue with a degree in criminal justice,鈥� said Molly Smith, assistant professor of criminal justice. The two-part event will include a panel discussion on popular careers in criminal justice from 10 a.m. to noon in Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter A, followed by a job fair from noon to 3 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Upper Concourse. 鈥淧anelists will be discussing what students can be doing now at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in order to increase their chances of being successfully hired by each of their departments,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淭his is a great opportunity for students to see how their hard work now can pay off in the long term and lead to a fulfilling career in the field of criminal justice.鈥� Job seekers can discuss career opportunities with the following agencies: Department of Housing and Urban Development鈥檚 Office of Inspector General in Fort Worth, Texas; United States Attorney鈥檚 Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Arkansas Department of Correction; Arkansas Community Correction; Arkansas Game and Fish Commission; Arkansas State Police (SWAT); Pulaski County Sheriff鈥檚 Office; and the North Little Rock, Little Rock, and Fort Smith police departments. The event is sponsored by the Criminal Justice Society and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Criminal Justice. For more information, contact Smith at 501-569-3461 or mesmith8@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2018/02/28/doctoral-student-assist-researching-crime-little-rock/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:00:20 +0000 /news/?p=69508 ... Doctoral student to assist in researching crime in Little Rock]]> Brooke Cooley, a second year doctoral student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, jumped at the opportunity to conduct real-world research in conjunction with the Little Rock Police Department. The LRPD recently received nearly $500,000 from a federal grant that will assist in its ability to have crime scene evidence analyzed in-house, and improve the investigations of gun-related crimes in Little Rock through a Gun Crimes Intelligence Unit. 鈥淟ittle Rock has seen an increase in gun violence, and at this point, people want to know is this a trend we need to be worried about or is it just a little blimp,鈥� Cooley said. 鈥淔or academics and criminologists, it鈥檚 really hard to tell.鈥� After receiving the grant, the LRPD joined forces with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Criminal Justice Department, and awarded $62,800 in funding to help analyze the effectiveness of the new intelligence unit and evaluate areas for improvement. 鈥淭he police department did a great job of getting this grant, and when they applied for it, they asked us to come on to do the research because [they] really needed that third party help,鈥� Cooley recalled. Cooley recently transferred to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock from the University of Nebraska Omaha, to work exclusively on this project. While attending a research conference last year, she was introduced to Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, graduate coordinator in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Criminal Justice, who informed her about the unique experience provided by the grant. Cooley鈥檚 advisor, Dr. Lisa Sample, seconded ten Bensel鈥檚 proposal, and Cooley, in turn, hit the ground running. 鈥溙切腣log传媒 Little Rock had better research opportunities for me, which is the goal for Ph.D. students; to be well rounded in everything that they do,鈥� she said. During this two-year project, Cooley will work alongside Criminal Justice Department Chair Mary Parker, faculty members Trisha Rhodes and Jim Golden, and fellow peer, Steven McCain, who is also a doctoral student. Her responsibility will be to work with the intelligence unit, conducting interviews and noting their processes, as well as working closely with crime analysts. 鈥淭his is a major project,鈥� Cooley said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing reading books and doing papers, but actually working with agencies and their employees is two different things.鈥� While at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Cooley was able to conduct research at the Douglas County Jail, but she has never worked on an assignment of this magnitude. 鈥淚鈥檝e had some experiences working with agencies with Dr. Sample, but never, honestly, at a grant this large,鈥� she explained, 鈥渂ut, I have full confidence because I鈥檓 also working with Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Golden, who do have the experience working on these types of grants. I鈥檓 really excited to learn from them.鈥� As a student with a passion for research and discovery, Cooley understands the importance of working on a project of such grave importance. 鈥淚 think right now we don鈥檛 do the best as a field incorporating research and the applied part together,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 think there鈥檚 a gap there. Sometimes we research things, and us as academics, we don鈥檛 put that information out there for practitioners to know what works and what doesn鈥檛.鈥� Cooley believes that maybe she was destined to be in the field of criminal justice. Her dad is now a retired police officer. Even as a child, she always felt connected to this line of work. 鈥淲hen I was an undergraduate, I decided between pursuing criminal justice or sports management and therapy,鈥� she said. 鈥淚鈥檇 played soccer and enjoyed sports and athletics, but criminal justice just seemed to keep my interest a little more.鈥� As a result, Cooley is happy about her future and the future of this project. After obtaining her doctorate, she plans to remain in the world of academia, conducting research for a university or government agency. ]]> /news-archive/2018/01/24/ua-little-rock-partners-lrpd-investigate-violent-crime/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:31:46 +0000 /news/?p=69101 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock partners with LRPD to investigate violent crime]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is helping take a bite out of crime by partnering with the to combat the rise of violent crime in the city over the past two years.聽 LRPD recently received a nearly $500,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 Technology Innovation for Public Safety program. The grant will allow the police department to purchase a ballistics identification system, which will allow crime scene evidence to be analyzed more quickly than sending evidence to the state crime lab, and create a Gun Crimes Intelligence Unit to better investigate gun-related crimes in the Little Rock area. 鈥淭he Little Rock Police Department is excited to have the opportunity to work with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Criminal Justice Department in a collaborative effort to investigate and reduce gun-related crimes in the city, through resources provided in the U.S. Department of Justice Technology Innovation for Public Safety grant,鈥� said Capt. Ken Temple, commander of the LRPD Special Investigations Division. Faculty members of the Criminal Justice department 鈥� Chair Mary Parker, Trisha Rhodes, and Jim Golden 鈥� along with graduate students Brooke Cooley and Steven McCain 鈥� will receive $62,800 from the grant over the next two years to analyze the effectiveness of this new unit and evaluate areas for improvement. Findings from the study may also show whether Little Rock鈥檚 increase in violent crime over the past two years is a short-term anomaly or a rising pattern of increased crime. 鈥淲e鈥檝e had a wonderful relationship with LRPD over the years, and this is a tremendous opportunity for their department and ours to have a positive impact on gun violence in the City of Little Rock,鈥� Department Chair Mary Parker said. 鈥淲e are happy to be part of this endeavor with the Little Rock Police Department.鈥� Little Rock had 44 homicides in 2014 followed by 31 in 2015, a 35-year low in overall crime, including violent crime. This was followed by two years of increasing crime rates with 42 homicides in 2016 and 54 in 2017. 鈥淎s a researcher, my personal opinion is that it鈥檚 hard to tell if this is a true uptick in crime,鈥� Rhodes said. 鈥淚t takes several years to see if there is a true pattern of increasing or decreasing crime. For the most part, crime is still at its lowest across the country since the 1960s. In Little Rock, the slight uptick is alarming, and LRPD is working hard to collect scientific data and focus their efforts on finding the people who are most likely to be the victim of a crime or the perpetrator of a violent crime.鈥� Members of the Criminal Justice department look forward to assisting the Little Rock Police Department. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very important to form these collaborative partnerships, and it makes my work more meaningful when I do research out in the field that has an impact on day-to-day life,鈥� Rhodes said. 鈥淚 want my work to be useful and meaningful in the real world.鈥�]]> /news-archive/2017/10/06/mock-crime-scene/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:23:50 +0000 /news/?p=68160 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and LRPD to host mock crime scene Oct. 18]]> Department of Criminal Justice and the Little Rock Police Department are teaming up to give budding investigators a chance to see what it takes to solve a crime.聽 The 鈥淐SI: 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥� event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, on the first floor of Ross Hall on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. The Little Rock Police Department Crime Scene Search Unit will demonstrate hands-on skills used to process crime scenes, including collecting fingerprints, making castings, and analyzing blood spatter patterns. Participants can try out their investigative skills to analyze the crime scene, identify suspects, and solve the mystery of who committed the crime. Pizza will be available, and all participants will be entered in a drawing to win prizes. The event is open to the public. The cost to attend is $3 per person or $10 per teams of 3-5 people. The money raised from the event will support scholarships for criminal justice students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Register for the event by contacting Trisha Rhodes at tnrhodes@ualr.edu by Friday, Oct. 13.]]>