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Julie Gall, PhD Criminology, Law and Society ’14, has used her training at George Mason to build a career preparing the region’s emergency response systems for the unexpected. Today, she serves as manager of public safety programs for Northern Virginia Emergency Response System (NVERS).

The Citizen’s Police Academy at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ brings law enforcement and community members together to make the university a safe place to learn, live, and work.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police Department recently installed a soft interview room on campus to support survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. With support from Project Beloved: The Molly Jane Mission, a nonprofit organization, the soft interview room provides a critical component of trauma informed care to the campus community.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) teams supported the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) deployment to Appalachian Power in Ivanhoe, Virginia, over the weekend. The primary mission at Ivanhoe—between Carroll and Wythe counties—was to inspect two dams, built in 1912 and 1913, as well as the power distribution lines affiliated with them.

Ashanti Mumin joined ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police and Public Safety in February 2022. He worked for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office for four years and has a background in responding to mental health crises.

Five of Mason Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Teams were assigned to provide provide aerial security overwatch for Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon and launched multiple drones into the airspace above Arlington County.

On June 8, 2022, officers from the Mason’s Police and Public Safety Department and the City of Fairfax Police Department ran a two-mile loop on Mason’s Fairfax Campus as a part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Virginia.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police Department is lending its aerial assets to efforts to free the large container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay after running aground more than a month ago.