Mentoring Power

Mentoring Power

Engagement and disengagement are two of the most important factors in an employee’s success. Gallup research found that 83% of professionals would like to be involved in a mentoring program. But just 29% of workplaces offer mentoring programs. Mentoring programs...
Credit Checks and Public Safety

Credit Checks and Public Safety

Credit scores, what do they matter when it comes to public safety?  In 2021 the FICO score in America was 711.  Experian charted the average credit scores by state with Minnesota at the highest average score of 742 and Mississippi with the lowest average of 681. Over...
Superstitions and Myths in Public Safety

Superstitions and Myths in Public Safety

Earlier this year, my young teenage daughter broke her foot and ended up in a walking cast.   A performer in dance, vocal, and theater for many years, she was familiar with the phrase, “Break a leg!” but she didn’t really know where it came from.  After two weeks of...
Honoring Public Safety Week 2023

Honoring Public Safety Week 2023

April, in most states, represents the first true burst of newness.  The showers that bring the May flowers are gaining warmth.  Vegetation begins to turn green and new growth occurs. It is said to be a season of new life and optimism.  April and May in the United...
Run, Hide, Fight

Run, Hide, Fight

April 20, 1999 – some of you reading this may not have been born yet, others still small children, the rest of us remember this day as the day of the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado. This incident was a catalyst for new response training by law...