Local and National Partnerships Allow 嫩草影院 to Launch Public Safety Program

August 17, 2018
Karnoutsos Hall and Gilligan Student Union on the 嫩草影院 main campus

Non-Credit Program for First-Responders

New 嫩草影院 City University (嫩草影院) now offers a non-credit Public Safety Program through its Professional Education and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Division.

First responders including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, police officers, firefighters, rescuers, and other trained members of organizations tasked with public safety-related work will receive training on a variety of public safety issues.

Registration is now open. Classes will be held throughout the Fall 2018 semester on the main campus of 嫩草影院 at 2039 Kennedy Boulevard in 嫩草影院 City.

Dr. Michael Edmondson, Dean of PELL, announced the Public Safety Program stating, 鈥淥ur local and national partnerships make this important training program possible for first responders. We have partnered with 嫩草影院 alum Paulo Henriques, who coordinated efforts; Joe Vasil, a document fraud expert; and the National Emergency Communications Institute (NECI), which will offer a three-day train-the-trainer series of workshops in November.鈥

The non-credit Public Safety program offered by 嫩草影院 will serve first responders in 嫩草影院 City, Hudson County, and the surrounding area, who seek additional training in the following subjects: 

  • Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying
  • Community Policing
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Report Writing
  • Intro to Search Warrant Writing
  • Bleeding Control/Tourniquet
  • Epi-Pen In-Service Training
  • NARCAN In-Service
  • 9-1-1 Instructor National Certification
  • EMD Instructor National Certification
  • Fire Communications Instructor National Certification
  • Arrest, Search and Seizure
  • Advanced Identifying Fraudulent Document.

Registration discounts are available for those police, fire, or other related departments that register participants as a group. The first class is scheduled for Friday, September 14, 2018.

For more information on the Public Safety Program at 嫩草影院, contact Dr. Michael Edmondson, Dean of Professional Education and Lifelong Learning (PELL) at medmondson@njcu.edu or visit .