Check out this Director of the Year finalist's top accomplishments and a photo gallery of her and her department.
Linda Stump-Kernick, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police, University of Florida
Congratulations to University of Florida Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Police Linda Stump Karnick for being named one of the Higher Education and Health Sciences of the Year. Campus Safety Director of the Year Finalist.
Some of her notable accomplishments include:
- Launched a robust employee wellness program that addresses eight aspects of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) health.
- Department recognized as 2023 Crime Prevention Department (Small Agency) of the Year by the Florida Crime Prevention Association.
- We hired two in-house mental health clinicians to accompany executives to respond to mental health calls. As a result, we were able to modify admissions in 48% of calls by developing safety plans and securing alternative resources that accounted for involuntary admissions.
See her photo.
This year's Director of the Year award winners will be announced at this summer's 2024 Campus Safety Conference, to be held July 8-10 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, please visit: CampusSafetyConference.com.
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Robin has covered the security and campus law enforcement industry since 1998 and is an expert in school, university, and hospital security, public safety, emergency management, as well as emerging technology and systems integration. She joined her CS in 2005 and is responsible for campus law enforcement and security funding, police recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, Clery Act, and Title IX compliance. , authored an award-winning editorial on sexual assault. , dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software, and more. Robin has been featured in national and local media, and she previously served as an associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
