News

2025

2024

• Fall

  • Nick Merritt balances duty, family and academics to earn Laurier Master of Public Safety degree
  • Scott Blandford, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Public Safety, was interviewed about the challenges of hiring police officers

2023

• Summer

  • Updating RCMP 'militaristic' training is long overdue, says Scott Blandford, Laurier Public Safety Program Coordinator
  • Scott Blandford, Program Coordinator of Laurier's Public Safety Programs, comments on factors affecting police recruitment
  • Laurier Public Safety Lecturer Peter Shadgett discusses why a recent massive drug bust in Toronto did not lead to any convictions