Since its inception, John Jay College has been an institution proud to educate public safety leaders in law enforcement, fire suppression, and emergency medical services. Every day, these brave...

Graduating senior Ifeoma Okeke ’22, couldn’t be more thrilled to be back in the classroom this fall semester. Okeke, a Political Science major and transfer student, thought she would have to delay...

(New York, NY)— As the Twin Towers burned on 9/11, Ronald P. Bucca , a Fire Marshall with the FDNY and graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, made his way up to the 78 th floor of the...

Alumnus Stephen Heavey B.S. ’05 M.S. ’12 grew up wanting to be a firefighter. “My father was in the department. He was a photographer back in the day, or what was called a ‘buff.’ We had a scanner...

On the morning of September 11, 2001, John Jay alumna Carmen Bitar ’18 got up, picked out what she was going to wear—a dainty pair of mules instead of her sturdy hiking sandals—and she headed to her...

Looking back on September 11, 2001, Joseph F. King, Ph.D., a former Supervisory Special Agent with U.S. Customs and former Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal...

Linda M. Reynolds ’80, retired Chief Deputy Sheriff in the New York City Sheriff’s Office, the first African-American woman to be appointed to the role, vividly remembers the chaos in the streets on...

Twenty years ago on September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 lives were cruelly taken away from their family, friends, and colleagues. They senselessly lost fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and even...

In 2012, Erin Coughlin found the best way she could to honor her late father, New York Police Department (NYPD) Sergeant John Coughlin. After graduating from the Police Academy and becoming an NYPD...

The morning of September 11, 2001 began like any other workday for Keith Taylor, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, who at the...