Today’s episode is the first in a three-part series on site protection and preparing for large-scale events. Guests for this series include subject matter experts Todd Short and Eric Vandenburg. In this episode, they discuss different kinds of large-scale events, the ways in which security and protection for events have changed over the years, getting the public involved in security and protection techniques, the importance of establishing a baseline for a site or event, and more. The second episode in this series will air on Tuesday, February 27th

Today’s episode discusses the Run. Hide. Fight. paradigm, active threat response techniques for law enforcement, and what to do if you are in an active threat situation. Guests include NCBRT subject matter experts Bart Thompson, chief of the LSU Police Department, and Jeff Holcomb, former captain at the University of Florida Police Department. More information on LSU NCBRT/ACE’s course, Surviving an Active Threat: Run. Hide. Fight., can be found here: ⁠https://www.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Courses/dhs/PER-375.php

This week’s podcast is the second episode in a two-part series on bias in public safety with guests Mark DuPont and Eric Vandenburg. Today, they discuss ways to recognize and eliminate bias. Topics include conscious versus unconscious bias, personal factors that contribute to bias formation, the importance of understanding your stressors, how bias recognition and elimination contributes to behavioral threat assessment, how to discuss bias with colleagues, and more.

This is the first episode in a two-part series on identifying and eliminating bias in public safety with guests Mark DuPont and Eric Vandenburg. In today’s episode, they talk about what bias is, factors that contribute to bias formation, recognizing signs of bias, different types of bias, why it’s so important to discuss bias in the law enforcement emergency response community, and more. The second and final episode in this series will air Tuesday, February 6.

Today is the final episode in our three-part series on multi-disciplinary recruitment and retention practices in emergency response with subject matter experts Justin Hill and Dr. Ashleigh Wojslawowicz. In this episode, we discuss how agencies can balance transparency with the need to recruit qualified candidates, the importance of humanizing the profession, partnerships between agencies and local communities, and the future of public safety recruitment and retention.

This is the second episode is the first in a three-part series on multi-disciplinary recruitment and retention practices in emergency response with subject matter experts Justin Hill and Dr. Ashleigh Wojslawowicz. In this episode, we discuss research behind recruiting and retention methods, the challenges around recruitment today, the importance of understanding the broader community for successful recruitment, and more. The third and final episode in this series will air Tuesday, January 23rd

Today’s episode is the first in a three-part series on multi-disciplinary recruitment and retention practices in emergency response with subject matter experts Justin Hill and Dr. Ashleigh Wojslawowicz. In this episode, they discuss how recruitment goals and strategies have evolved over time, the professionalization of the law enforcement and emergency response fields, historical events that have affected recruitment efforts, and the role of generational or workplace differences on recruitment and retention. The next episode in this series will air on Tuesday, January 16

In our last episode of 2023, the LSU NCBRT Preparedness Podcast team comes together to reflect on the year and give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at producing the podcast. They discuss how the podcast has evolved since its launch in 2020, their favorite episodes and guests of the year, the series that impacted their own understanding of different emergency response topics, and the exciting plans in store for the podcast in 2024.

This is the third and final episode in our series on de-escalation techniques in law enforcement with subject matter experts Terry Nichols and Courtney Tassin. On today’s episode, they discuss the factors that may lead someone into a behavioral health crisis, different categories of a crisis, the importance of intervention in law enforcement, and key tips for working with individuals in crisis. Many of the topics discussed in this series are explored in depth in LSU NCBRT/ACE’s course, PER-405: De-Escalation Strategies and Professional Policing. More information on that course can be found here. LSU NCBRT/ACE courses are DHS/FEMA-certified and are available at no cost to participants.

This is the second episode in our series on De-Escalation techniques in law enforcement. Guests for this series include subject matter experts Terry Nichols and Courtney Tassin. Today, they dive deeper into what de-escalation looks like in practice. They discuss how and why officers should remain calm and intentional during an escalating situation, the PATROL framework and how it works, and how civilians and those outside of law enforcement can use de-escalation and awareness techinques. Many of the topics discussed in this series are explored in depth in LSU NCBRT/ACE’s course, PER-405: De-Escalation Strategies and Professional Policing. More information on that course can be found here. LSU NCBRT/ACE courses are DHS/FEMA-certified and are available at no cost to participants. The third and final episode in this series will air on Tuesday, November 28th.