Raised by strong women with long careers in professional healthcare, Dawn Smallwood seemed destined to become a doctor.
She even went to college to study biology – but fate had other ideas. In January, after decades in the service of the FBI, the NCIS and CUNY Public Safety, the veteran law-enforcement officer became chief of the Stony Brook University Police Department, a massive public-safety responsibility atop a 190-member department, with 26,000 students, staffers and visitors under her watchful eye every day.
In today’s episode, the chief joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss the immense logistical challenge of being SBU’s top cop – and the powerful maternal influences that gave her the strength to accomplish both her mission and her dreams.
