Jenna Curren, Ed.D, is an associate professor for criminal justice. Prior to working in higher education, Jenna held various custody and treatment positions with the CT Department of Correction, finishing her final years at the rank of Lieutenant. Throughout her tenure, she worked at several facilities where she supervised different types of offender populations including, women, the youth, and offenders with mental health issues. A C.E.R.T and honor guard member, as well as a training officer, Jenna has 15 years of experience in the field and in academics.
A proposed Michigan bill would expand mental health crisis and de-escalation training for police officers while also addressing the mental health needs of the officers responding to those calls. Read More.
Kids love building forts out of big boxes from their parents' purchases, but now the hunt is on for an El Paso man who provided his innovative take on the concept by refusing to wait until the boxes made it home first. Read More.
Memphis police say Tyronne Brazille fatally shot his wife and then drove across several states with her corpse in the passenger seat until officers discovered the body during a traffic stop. Read More.
Georgia authorities allege that they have Frederick Hammonds on tape in the midst of a violent road rage incident that culminated in him pistol-whipping a man repeatedly. Read More.
Kannapolis authorities say that responding officers fatally shot an armed suspect when he refused to comply with their commands after being caught mid-hijack attempt. Read More.
Authorities say that Marcos Iriarte-Valdez, an illegal immigrant with a history of burglarizing homes, murdered his 68-year-old neighbor just one day after an activist judge ordered his early release in defiance of a prior ICE detainer. Read More.
Louisiana lawmakers are weighing a $54 million, 10-year no-bid contract that would make Motorola the state’s primary provider of police body cameras, dashboard cameras, communications systems and other public safety technology. Read More.
Daycare worker accused of dropping a crying 2-year-old on his head and allegedly swinging him by the wrist after becoming frustrated with the toddler. Read More.
Dallas is weighing a nearly $1 billion bond package that would direct hundreds of millions toward public safety, including a long-delayed new police training academy. Read More.
A Kentucky man is accused of subjecting a one-year-old boy to horrific living conditions before the child allegedly choked on a feces-contaminated diaper and died. Read More.
A disturbing hospital investigation ended with an Ohio mother pleading guilty after police accused her of repeatedly injecting fecal matter into her hospitalized child’s IV line. Read More.
A routine ride turned deadly when an apparent road rage confrontation ended with a Delaware motorcyclist being shot at a busy intersection in broad daylight. Read More.