Host Dean Kallenbach welcomes Kelly Bakken, chief of police for the City of Altoona; Colleen Etzbach, program director and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout Criminal Justice Department; Heather Pyka, program director and reentry coordinator at the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office; and Riley McLennan, public information officer for the Eau Claire Police Department.
The Eau Claire Police Department made news last month when it sent out its first all-female patrol shift. Yet nationwide, fewer than 13% of all law enforcement officers are female. The program explores the impact female officers have on their departments and their communities.