Two leading area law enforcement officials, Ann Burns, chief of University Police, and FBI Special Agent Brent Isaacson, will speak at the campus’ next Brown Bag Lecture on Wednesday, May 1, at noon, in Williams Center Room S204.
Their presentation, “Policing in the 21st Century,” will examine the latest research and findings on preventing violence on campuses, with a focus on detecting and reporting people who may be planning an act of targeted violence.
The pair will also give a thorough explanation of the meaning of “something,” as in the context of “see something, say something,” as well as discuss what campus law enforcement and its partners do to safely resolve reports indicating a pending campus attack. A new countywide team, of which the campus is a member, that assists colleges and K-12 schools in the investigation, assessment and mitigation of threats to schools, will be introduced.
Chief Burns’ career in law enforcement spans 46 years, all at the university level, and is in her 37th year in the top position at Fredonia. She previously served eight years at the University of Missouri at Columbia. At Fredonia, she supervises a 15-member staff.
Burns is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and a member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police and the Chautauqua County Chiefs of Police Association. She has a B.A. in History from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.
Special Agent Isaacson, a 22-year veteran of the FBI, investigates violent crime, the sexual exploitation of children, public corruption and complex financial records. He is the primary coordinator in western New York for the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, a program that brings to bear the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit’s expertise to support state and local law enforcement investigations of especially heinous or violent crimes.
Based in Jamestown, Isaacson has served as a member of the FBI Buffalo Division SWAT team, the FBI's Hazardous Materials Response Team, and as a firearms and tactical instructor. He has an undergraduate degree in Engineering and a graduate degree in Psychology.
The talk concludes this year’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences lecture series theme, “Conflicts: Causes and Consequences.” The series is supported by the Carnahan Jackson Fund of the Fredonia College Foundation.
Brown Bag talks are free and open to the public. Food, provided by the Faculty Student Association (FSA), will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.
