Lt. Rhonda Swindle, Sgt. Brad Moore, and Officers Ben Majors and Ronda Young recently attended a three-day university and college crime prevention program development course in Nashville, Tenn. The course, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Crime Prevention Institute National Network, brought together participants from a number of institutions to discuss successful crime prevention initiatives in use throughout the campus and to discuss the role of university police agencies in the community, state, and national emergency response system.
Capt. John Merguie, patrol services commander for the UCA Police Department, has been selected by the Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute to attend the Rural Law Enforcement Management Institute course in San Antonio, TX in February. This prestigious, intensive four-day course is presented only a few times a year at different locations throughout the United States and is funded in its entirety through a federal grant. Capt. Merguie was selected along with about 30 other police executives from around the country to participate in the institute. It addresses a variety of management issues confronting executives and command staff of small municipal, county, tribal and university police departments. It also provides the participants a forum to discuss common problems and explore workable solutions. To date, only 500 executives representing 49 states have attended the management institute.
Jim Guinee, adjunct professor and director of training at the UCA Counseling Center, made presentations called “Enhancing communication skills” and “Facebook Update: Bigger Blessing, Bigger Curse” at the 11th Annual Conference for Arkansas Parent Educators Network in Hot Springs. Guinee also has a chapter in an upcoming therapy book entitled “Voices from the Field” due out this year.