Program Director: Dean Angelo, Ed.D.

Faculty: Dean Angelo, Ed.D.; Rick Batrich, M.S.; David Blanco, M.S.; Eloise Carnevale, M.S.; Anthony Carothers, M.S.; John Chojnacki, M.S.; Thomas Cline, MBA; John Cory, Jr., M.S.; Edwin Cruz, M.S.; Delores Deloughery, M.S.; Charles Dulay, M.A.; Margaret Dust, PhD; Michelle Engstrom, Ed.D; Jeffrey Harkin, J.D.; Ernest Hernandez, M.S.; James Higgins, J.D.; Rosemary Higgins, J.D.; John Johnson, M.S; Robert Johnson, M.A.; Joseph Kovach, Psy.D; Steven Kovacik, III, M.S.; Edward Lenti, M.S.; Michael McCafferty, M.S., J.D.; Daniel McDevitt, M.S.; Danny McGuire, M.S.; Thomas McMahon, M.S.; Jill Miller, Psy.D.; Benjamin Moreno M.S.; Joseph Moseley, M.B.A.; James Pastor, Ph.D., J.D.; Steven Regnier, M.S.; Leslie Rittenmeyer, Psy.D.; James Rybolt, M.S.; Steven Scheckel, M.S.; Raymond Schweitzer, M.P.A.; Robert Smith, M.S.; Jerold Swarbrick, B.S.; Linda Trausch, J.D.; Richard Wedgbury, M.S.

The Public Safety Management (PSM) program has an interdisciplinary focus that prepares students to assume supervisory and leadership positions within the broad arena of public safety. The curriculum will emphasize theory and practice while teaching students to think critically about the public safety issues from local through global perspectives. The course work will expose students to the essential elements of public safety: public safety environment and organizations, public safety management, public safety laws and methods, leadership and crisis management, investigative and crime scene management, identity and financial crime management, criminal procedure and constitutional law, and terrorism as concept and tactic. The societal and ethical implications of public safety concerns will be addressed as well. Overall, the curriculum has a strong theoretical focus, providing students with an understanding of the underlying concepts, theories, principles, and laws that affect societal systems, public policy, constitutional rights and human behavior. The multi-disciplinary focus of this program encourages synthesis of theoretical constructs, current research, ethical/legal considerations, and leadership roles, with the goal of educating progressive leaders capable of pursuing a wide variety of career tracts and implementing best practices models of public safety management. The program will be offered beginning in May 2007. It replaces the Law Enforcement Management Program; new students who are interested should enroll in the Public Safety Management Program beginning in May 2007.