Join the leading women in public safety communications in an environment dedicated to exploring the unique challenges women face in this industry.
Over two days, the Symposium will help women at senior, supervisory and managerial levels grow their careers and balance their work and personal lives.
Learn from dynamic speakers presenting the latest knowledge on the public safety communications industry, important leadership topics and women’s career development.
Connect with like-minded professionals, share your experiences and learn about approaches to common situations during valuable networking opportunities.
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Featured Speaker
Dorothy Moses Schulz, Ph.D.
Schulz is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), where she teaches courses in criminal justice, police history, police administration, and women in policing. She is a retired captain with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Police Department and its predecessor railroad, Conrail. She was the first woman to hold a management rank in both departments.
Dr. Schulz is the author of Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and their Paths to the Top (Praeger, 2004). Based on interviews and questionnaires completed by many of the more than 200 women police chiefs and 30 sheriffs in the U.S., the book describes the challenges the women faced as they rose to the top. She also highlights the first women chiefs and sheriffs. Her presentation is based on her findings.Her earlier book, From Social Worker to Crimefighter: Women in United States Municipal Policing (Praeger, 1995), traces more than 100 years of women in policing. . It describes how feminism helped pioneer policewomen but how by the 1960s women were forced to reject their early roles to seek a wider presence in law enforcement.
Dr. Schulz received a BA in Journalism from New York University, an MA in Criminal Justice from the John Jay College, and a doctorate in American Studies from New York University. She is a life member of both the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the International Association of Women Police. She speaks frequently at police gatherings and has published on a variety of historical and current police topics
