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During Scott's 30-year policing career with a major police service, he served in a number of operational and supervisory positions. In addition to frontline policing, he spent 6 years as a member of the Emergency Response Unit, served in the Criminal Investigation Division, Headquarters Detention Unit, a street patrol supervisor and the supervisor in the Planning & Research Unit. His final position before retiring was with the Human Resources Branch.
Scott has over 25 years of experience in developing and teaching courses at the college and university level. As a Certified Master Police Coach through the Dalhousie University Police Leadership Program, Scott has facilitated numerous Managing Police Performance - Certified Police Coach workshops, and also taught several courses within the same program for over 13 years. Scott spent 6 years as the Academic Coordinator for the Athabasca University, Bachelor of Professional Arts - Criminal Justice program and taught numerous courses; in addition, he wrote two senior level courses in police management and civil rights.
Upon retiring from policing, Scott was the Dean, School of Fire Sciences & Public Safety for Lambton College in Ontario overseeing all fire and public safety programs, and was responsible for developing several new college programs. Scott left that position to be a Professor at the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business (Fanshawe College) teaching in the HR Diploma and Graduate Certificate programs, as well as the new Bachelor of Commerce (Human Resource Management) degree program, with a focus on training & development, and performance management.
As a life-long learner, over a 22 year period Scott has completed a Fanshawe College Management Studies certificate, a Dalhousie University Certificate in Police Leadership; is a graduate of the Bachelor of Professional Arts (Criminal Justice major) program at Athabasca University, and has completed a Diploma in Public Administration and Master of Public Administration degree at the University of Western Ontario. Scott completed his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree at Columbia Southern University, with a research focus on the nexus between performance management and competency-based hiring practices in Canadian police services. A significant piece of this research focused on entry-level education levels for police officers.
In 2017, Scott joined the Laurier Policing and Public Safety programs and has served as the Program Coordinator for all undergraduate programs, and as the Graduate Officer for the Master of Public Safety program.
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Blandford, S. (2004). The Impacts of Adequacy Standards Upon Police Services. The Canadian Review of Policing Research, Issue 2004: ISSN 1710-6915.
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Blandford S., Eason, A. (2021). A comparative study of prior learning for serving police officers in Canada and England and Wales, UK: Bridging the academic gap. SALUS Journal Issue, Volume 9, Number 2, 2021: ISSN 2202-5677.
Blandford, S. (2021). Hired with competence: An examination of police hiring standards in Canada. In J. Eterno, B. Stickle, D. Scharf Peterson, D. Das (Eds.), Police Behaviour, Hiring and Crime Prevention: An International View. Routledge. ISBN 9780367491000 Blandford, S. (1997). Tactical Communication for Police Officers. The Law Enforcement Trainer, Volume 12, Number 2, March/April 1997.
Instructor and Program Coordinator for the Undergraduate public safety programs
- Bachelor of Arts – Policing degree
- Bachelor of Arts - Policing & Criminology (dual major)
- Bachelor of Arts - Policing and Other (dual major) degree
- Bachelor of Arts -Public Safety degree
Instructor and Graduate Program coordinator for the Graduate public safety programs
- Master of Arts - Public Safety
- Graduate Diploma - Public Safety (Countering Crime)
- Graduate Diploma - Public Safety (Emergency Management)
- Graduate Diploma - Public Safety (National Security)
- Graduate Diploma - Public Safety (Border Strategies)
- Graduate Diploma - Public Safety (GIS & Data Analytics)
Program Developments include:
- Master of Public Safety and Public Safety Graduate Diplomas
- Bachelor of Arts - Policing
- Bachelor of Arts - Public Safety
Course Developments include:
- PD306 Ethics, Corruption, and Police Accountability
- PD401 Civil Unrest: The State's Use of Force Against its Citizen
- SAFE601 Issues in Contemporary Public Safety
- SAFE602 Public Safety Administration
Courses taught:
- PD202 Leadership and Career Development in Law Enforcement
- PD401 Civil Unrest: The State's Use of Force Against its Citizen
- SAFE601 Issues in Contemporary Public Safety
- SAFE602 Public Safety Administration
- SAFE612 Interagency Disaster Management
Canadian Association of Police Educators (CAPE), 2017 Conference, Summerside, Prince Edward Island;
presented research on police education and professionalization; and served as a panelist for breakout
sessions.
International Police Executive Symposium, 2018 (August), United Nations HQ, Vienna, Austria. Presentedmy research on police performance management and chaired a roundtable with police executives to discuss future challenges in policing.
University of Worcester (March 2019), guest lecturer for criminology/policing students. Presented on policing in the Canadian context.
Innovations in Law Enforcement Leadership Conference (June 2019), Chicago; presented Competency Based Leadership and Discipline & Documenting Performance.
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), 2019 (October) Conference, Chicago. Co-presented with Dr. Anne Eason, Prior Learning as an Alternative Admission Route for Serving Police into Degree
Programs.
Brantford Police Service, November 29, 2019, Presented High-Performance Work Environments to senior leaders.
Ontario Provincial Police, November 30, 2020. Presented to senior police Public Order Unit commanders, Understanding Crowd Psychology.
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), 2021(September) Conference, New Orleans. Presented remotely (due to COVID) Crowd Psychology and the Use of Social Media.
Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, Blue Mountain Ontario, 2021 (October). Presented Academic Partnerships.
1st Annual Coalition for Police Reform Conference (virtual), 2022 (June). Presented The Path Police to Professionalization.
Stanhope Conference – Canadian Police Knowledge Network, 2022 (Sept.), Charlottetown PEI. 2022 (Sept.). Presented EDI Competency Development.
Ontario Association Chiefs of Police/Blue Line Expo, 2022 (October), Vaughan Ontario. Invited panellist – presented The Path to Police Professionalization.
Coalition for Canadian Police Reform Webinar, 2023 (Sept.) The Benefits of Higher Education for Police Officers: A Pracademic Point of View. Invited panelist.
Coalition for Canadian Police Reform Webinar, 2023 (Dec.) Three Notable Canadians and One Pracademic Professor. Webinar Moderator.