EMERGENCY!!
Public Safety in Lincoln

Hot Topics opens the 2016-2017 year with a conversation about Public Safety in Lincoln. The city has new police and fire chiefs who took over duties earlier this year; the position of public safety director became contentious during the biennial budget negotiations. Topics for this conversation may include the philosophy of policing in Lincoln; changes in the types of calls that Fire and Rescue personnel answer; staffing concerns; how new officers/responders are recruited and trained; concerns about the changing nature of safety; police as front-line mental health responders; statistics about Lincoln’s crime rates.

Among the benefits of Leadership Lincoln is access to city leaders. Here’s a chance for alumni to meet our new safety officials. We also may be able to answer the question asked in Hot Topics session in July about the types of equipment firefighters take to various calls.

Speakers:
Jeff Bliemeister, Lincoln Police Department, Chief (Fellows XXIX)
Tom Casady, City of Lincoln, Public Safety Director (Lincoln Executive Series VII)
Mike Despain, Lincoln Fire and Rescue, Chief (Lincoln Executive Series XXIX)

11:30pm Lunch and Gathering
11:45am Program
1:00pm Adjourn

Cost:
Admission is free for Leadership Lincoln alumni (Fellows, Executive Series, Project ALL and YLL)
$10.00 admission fee for guests of alumni

Lunch:
Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch on their own
$10.00 for Leadership Lincoln to provide your lunch

Union Bank and Trust Company
The bank is on the northwest corner of 48th and Calvert Sts. (next to a Kwik Shop).
Parking available on the west side of the bank or across Calvert St. to the south.
We will meet in the lower level conference room.