/news-archive/tag/ua-little-rock-police-department/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/02/08/sports-event-risk-training/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:20:07 +0000 /news/?p=73372 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Emergency Management office host sports event risk management training Feb. 12-13]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Police Department, in partnership with the City of Little Rock Office of Emergency Management, will host the Sports Event Risk Management workshop Feb. 12-13.聽 The training is free to participants and will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Little Rock Fire Department Training Facility on 7000 Murray St., Little Rock. The course is geared toward owners and operators of large arenas and venues, event management and operations staff, athletic departments, public safety agencies, and local government representatives, as well as community response, risk management, and emergency management personnel. Taught through the University of Southern Mississippi National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security, the course is designed to build sport and special event risk management capabilities for community-wide collaboration. Through activity-based training modules, safety and security teams will learn planning, risk assessment, training, and continuous improvement practices. Participants will return to their respective sport venues with the skills needed to coordinate the development or enhancement of a sport event security management system and can earn 1.6 continuing education unit credits. The course is funded by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Participants can, but must create a free account to sign up. ]]> /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/2018/09/28/active-shooter-training/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:41:20 +0000 /news/?p=72030 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock police offering Active Shooter training]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Police Department offers a course in Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events – or CRASE training – to all interested faculty, staff, and students. The course is built on an avoid-deny-defend strategy and emphasizes the survivability of victims in an active shooter event. Civilians learn pre-planned responses they can easily remember and initiate under stress. 鈥淓veryone should take this course for it teaches personal safety,鈥� said Assistant Chief Rommel Benjamin with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department. The course will be taught by a certified CRASE instructor and consists of 1-2 hours of training, including 30-45 minutes of classroom lectures and videos and 30-45 minutes of hands-on training. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Sgt. Tyrone Barrow will be the primary instructor for the course, but some of the other officers are also certified to teach the course. Classes are open to anyone. For more information or to schedule a training session for a group, contact Sgt. Barrow at 501-569-3400 or txbarrow@ualr.edu]]> /news-archive/2018/02/14/assistant-chief-smith-becomes-first-ua-little-rock-officer-complete-fbi-national-academy/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:49:32 +0000 /news/?p=69411 ... Assistant Chief Smith becomes first 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock officer to complete FBI National Academy]]> After 23 years on the job, Assistant Chief Johnny Smith, 52, of Little Rock, has become a familiar presence on campus, earning the moniker of 鈥淥fficer Friendly鈥� for his upbeat, polite attitude while protecting the university community.聽 鈥淚 love the environment, the community, and the students, faculty, and staff at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 have students that have come back after 20 years and ask if I am still here. The students sometimes call me Officer Friendly because that is how we treat everybody. The place has become home.鈥� Smith has become the first police officer from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to complete the prestigious , a professional course of study for U.S. and international law enforcement managers nominated by their agency heads because of demonstrated leadership qualities. President Donald Trump gave the commencement speech at his Dec. 15, 2017, graduation ceremony at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. The 11-week program鈥攚hich provides coursework in intelligence theory, terrorism and terrorist mindsets, management science, law, behavioral science, law enforcement communication, and forensic science鈥攕erves to improve the administration of justice in police departments and agencies at home and abroad and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide. 鈥淚t was a privilege and honor for me to nominate Assistant Chief Johnny Smith to attend the FBI National Academy,鈥� Chief Regina Carter said. 鈥淢y goal when I was appointed as chief was to make sure our department gets the recognition it deserves and to make sure my officers achieve the level of success that I know they have within them. Smith is bringing back strong leadership skills that he learned at the academy and some new training that we can implement at the organizational level.鈥� Smith is thankful to Carter for the opportunity to attend the FBI National Academy. “Chief Carter is dedicated to making sure the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department is up to date with the latest training,” Smith said. “She is always supportive of officers being trained to the best of their abilities and encourages us to bring that training back to share with the community. She herself has attended the Arkansas Leader Training Program, which is the prerequisite to going to the FBI National Academy. Chief Carter and I have known each other for more than 20 years, and I couldn’t ask for a better chief.” Smith has served with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department since 1994, and he is currently pursuing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice as well. Smith is married and the father of two sons. He began his career in law enforcement as a cadet with the Little Rock Police Department in 1984 and 1985 and later worked as an officer with the Wrightsville Police Department from 1990 to 1994. 鈥淭he FBI Academy is one of the biggest accomplishments that any law enforcement supervisor can receive,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淚 have been on the waiting list for four years. Only two people from Arkansas get selected out of the entire state to attend the academy.鈥� Smith earned 17 college credits at the academy and learned skills in leadership, public speaking, media relations, leading at-risk employees, and fitness in law enforcement, even developing a physical fitness and nutrition program for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Police Department.聽 Smith鈥檚 fondest memories come from completion of the final test of the academy. Known as the 鈥淵ellow Brick Road,鈥� the fitness test is a grueling 6.1-mile run through a hilly, wooded trail built by the Marines. Along the way, the participants must climb over walls, run through creeks, jump through simulated windows, scale rock faces with ropes, crawl under barbed wire in muddy water, and maneuver across a cargo net. When (and if) the students complete this difficult test, they receive an actual yellow brick to memorialize their achievement. 鈥淭he week before the challenge, I hurt my knee playing water polo,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淚t had swollen to a huge size, but nobody was going to stop me from running the Yellow Brick Road. I was in a lot of pain, but I was determined to do it. One guy broke his ankle but still completed the course. It鈥檚 just that important.鈥� The greatest asset Smith received from his time at the FBI National Academy is the friendships he built with his graduating class. 鈥淭he academy had 224 men and women from the U.S. and 24 men and women from other countries,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey are like brothers and sisters for life. There were 17 university police chiefs there that I can ask for advice. I now have friends in different states and agencies. It鈥檚 a great tool.鈥� Following graduation, each officer has the opportunity to join the FBI National Academy Associates, Inc., a dynamic organization of more than 16,000 law enforcement professionals who actively work to continue developing higher levels of competency, cooperation, and integrity across the law enforcement community. Now back in Little Rock, Smith is looking forward to implementing the skills he learned at the FBI National Academy to better serve the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock community. 鈥淭his is what it is all about, to take all the leadership skills and training we learned and to bring it back,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t makes you a better leader and gives you better training so you can train your supervisors to be better. It gives you tools you can use to be a better law enforcement provider. I鈥檓 proud to be a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock police officer,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淚 enjoy being out here. I will continue to serve, and I look forward to making our police department and community better and safer.鈥� ]]>