Distinguished Chair of Public Safety Partnerships

2007 - 2010

Department of Criminal Justice

College of Health & Human Sciences

Speakers at the reception announcing the Distinguished Chair, hosted by Cox Enterprises, April 12, 2007

L-R: Helen Arbon, Deputy British Consul General in Atlanta; John Killorin, Director, Atlanta HIDTA; Dr. Carl Patton, President, Georgia State University; Nate Harrison, VP - Director of Security, UPS; Dr. Susan Kelley, Dean, College of Health & Human Sciences, GSU; Jay Davis, Chair, GILEE Advisory Board and Chairman & CEO, National Distributing Company; Bob Brand, VP of Corporate Security, Cox Enterprises; Dr. Robert Friedmann, Distinguished Chair of Public Safety Partnerships and Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, GSU; Colonel William "Bill" Hitchens, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Public Safety and Director, Georgia State Patrol; Amb. Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel to the Southeast. Photos by: Stephen Jones.

Mission

The Distinguished Chair of Public Safety Partnerships (PSP) was endowed in February, 2007, with $1,000,000 from numerous supporters. The purpose of the PSP's is to support the long-term viability of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) and the International Law Enforcement Enterprise (ILEE).

Commitment

By supporting GILEE and ILEE the Distinguished Chair of Public Safety Partnerships will help ensure the provision of better public safety in an era of international terrorism and increasing challenges of property and violent crime. The PSP strives to enhance public safety by nurturing existing and new partnerships within and across public agencies and the private sector. The PSP is committed to promote GILEE and ILEE efforts towards a better understanding of the challenges to public safety and how to best address those.

Programs

The Distinguished Chair of Public Safety Partnerships will provide support to and rely on two well established programs that have been operating at Georgia State University:

Faculty

Dr. Robert R. Friedmann is the first Public Safety Partnerships Distinguished Chair (2007 - 2010).

Staff

Nadia Borissova is GILEE and ILEE Assistant Director.

Media Articles

	College of Health and Human Sciences - Web page - April 26, 2007
	Global Atlanta - April 30, 2007
	College of Health and Human Sciences - Newsletter - April/May, 2007 (see p. 2)
	Atlanta Jewish Times - August 31, 2007
	The Jewish Georgian - September/October, 2007
	Georgia State Magazine - Fall, 2007