How Appalachian State's Police Officer Development Program is Revolutionizing Policing

Shortly after becoming Appalachian State's director of public safety and chief of police, Andy Stephenson established the school's highly-respected Police Officer Development Program. The 2-year program exceeds North Carolina's minimum training standards by hundreds of hours and students graduate as fully sworn police officers. Stephenson goes in-depth on the structure of the program and the various types of training cadets undergo (2:07).OTHER TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:How the school is able to fund the program and provide participants with hourly wages (12:19)Challenges he faced in establishing the program (14:49)The diversity among program participants (17:02)CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:FacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeCAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Facebook: https://facebook.com/CampusSafetyMagazineX: https://x.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CampusSafetyMagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305YouTube: @Campussafetymagazine