Week Eight Discussion One Discussion

 From a technological perspective, looking forward PAST ten years.  What challenges do you see for public safety and public safety leaders?  If you could predict the future (>10 years), what trends, challenges or issues do you see as paramount, and how are current leaders going to prepare their organizations for the future?  Describe how public safety leadership must change and adapt to effectively and appropriately address these future challenges.  Potential topics to consider in public safety; exponential technology advancements that benefit criminal activity, common use of police body and street cameras, identity theft, hacking, facial recognition, armed drones, jamming and disabling communications technology, deployed IEDs or dirty bombs, robotic crimes, social media driven public unrest, public concealed and open carry firearms, and personal information accessibility.  Do you believe public safety leaders are positioned to take on the future challenges?.