Byron Blair, Administrative Sergeant for the Chief of Police of Long Beach talks about his experiences with the USC Safe Communities Institute, why the program is so important, and what his key takeaways were. The USC Safe Communities Institute engages research, interdisciplinary education, and collaboration to advance sustainable “whole-of-community” public safety strategies, policies, and programs. The Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the USC Price School of Public Policy continues the more than 60-year tradition of executive education for law enforcement professionals that began with the Delinquency Control Institute (DCI) in 1946. http://priceschool.usc.edu/programs/sci/ Byron Blair Administrative Sergeant for the Chief of Police Long Beach Policy Department