The Penn Police Department received national accreditation March 24, making it the first university police department in the state of Pennsylvania to achieve this distinction, said Chief of Police Maureen Rush.
The accreditation, awarded by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, caps a four-year process which required on-site visits, interviews and written documentation. The CALEA assessors analyzed all aspects of the UPPD’s policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, Rush said.
“By obtaining accredited status, the UPPD is now among an elite group of professional law enforcement agencies that have demonstrated excellence and professionalism in the delivery of law enforcement services to the communities they serve,” Rush said.
Only 28 other campus police agencies across the United States are also currently accredited by CALEA and only a handful of regular police departments in the state have received the accreditation.
The accreditation must be renewed every three years. Deputy Chief Michael Fink and Sgt. Gary Heller were instrumental in ushering the process along.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
