THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, NASA TAKES ITS NEXT STEP FOR A RETURN TO THE MOON WE VENTURE TO FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH OF THE ARTEMIS 2 ROCKET.

REPRESENTING MORE THAN A BADGE.

MEET THE WOMEN WHO ARE SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING BY MAKING AN IMPACT AND THE MALE DOMINATED WORLD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

CHANGING THE WORLD OF MEDICINE, ONE PRODUCT AT A TIME.

HOW A CONSTANT APPROACH TO INNOVATION HAS LED TO THE NAPLES BASED ARTHREX BECOMING A LEADER AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

IT MIGHT BE APRIL FOOLS, BUT THIS IS NO JOKE.

NASA IS SENDING MEN AND WOMEN BACK TO THE MOON.

IT'S BEEN OVER 50 YEARS SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS VENTURE TO THE LUNAR SURFACE AND NOW ARTEMIS 2 WILL BREAK THAT STREAK THE 10 DAY MISSION WILL CREW OF 4, INCLUDING THE FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT AND FIRST PERSON OF COLOR FROM CAPE CANAVERAL FOR IN ORBIT OF THE MOON.

THE FOCUS OF THE SPACE WORLD IS ON FLORIDA WITH EXCITEMENT EMANATING EMANATING FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.

BRENDAN BYRNE FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA, PUBLIC MEDIA JOINS US NOW FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.

BRENDAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.

THANKS FOR THE INVITE PAY.

YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE LAUNCH SITE ALL DAY AS NASA FEELS UP THE ROCKET.

>> MAKING FINAL PREPS FOR THIS HISTORIC LAUNCH.

WHAT IS THE MOOD LIKE THERE TODAY?

>> CERTAINLY EXCITEMENT HERE.

THERE ARE A TON OF JOURNALISTS HERE AT THE PRESS SITE.

I THINK AROUND 800 WERE CREDENTIAL TO BE OUT HERE.

TV CREWS, RADIO CREWS, A PRINT JOURNALISTS.

IT'S IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF OF OF INTEREST HERE FROM THE MEDIA SIDE.

MY WAY IN I WAS SEEING LINES TO GET INTO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX.

WE'RE SEEING REPORTS THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE THE LAUNCH VIEWING SITES AROUND THE SPACE COAST HERE.

THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

>> DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY SPECTATORS THERE ARE?

>> LOCAL OFFICIALS ANTICIPATED SOMETHING LIKE 400,000 PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE VISITING AND WATCHING THIS LAUNCH.

SO THAT IS THAT THAT'S A LOT.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 4 CREW MEMBERS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TODAY TO GET READY FOR THIS?

>> SURE, THEY THEY ACTUALLY WOKE UP A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN ME, WHICH WAS NICE TO GET TO SLEEP IN TODAY.

BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE 3 NASA ASTRONAUTS AND ONE FOR THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY.

3 NASA ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN TO SPACE BEFORE.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT.

SO A HECK OF A FIRST MISSION FOR HIM.

THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS MISSION FOR FOR MONTHS.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS QUARANTINING AND BEFORE BEFORE THEY GOT IN THEIR SUITS AND HEADED INTO INTO THEIR SPACECRAFT.

>> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 10 DAY MISSION AND WHAT THE CREW EXPECTS TO DO?

WELL, THEY ARE IN SPACE.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS A A CRITICAL TEST FLIGHT OF THE ORION SPACECRAFT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE CAPSULE THAT THEY ARE LAUNCHING IN AND PERFORMING THEIR MISSION.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TEST THE CONTROLS OF THE VEHICLE ONCE THEY GET INTO ORBIT, THEY WILL SEPARATE FROM THEIR SERVICE SPOTS WILL ACTUALLY FLY AROUND IT.

AND THIS IS TO SEE JUST HOW THE SPACECRAFT HANDLES DRIVING IN SPACE FROM THERE.

THEY WILL GO A FIRE, THEIR ENGINES ON A TRANSLATOR INJECTION, WHICH WILL SEND THEM AROUND OR SEND THEM ON A PATH AROUND THE MOON AND BACK AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS PATH FOR THEM IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FARTHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE HAS EVER GONE INTO DEEP SPACE TO BE ABOUT 5,000 MILES AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON AND REALLY SCIENTISTS AND GEOLOGISTS ARE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT BECAUSE NO HUMAN EYES HAVE EVER SEEN THE MOON FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.

SO THEY WILL BE TAKING GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL LANDING SITES FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THEN THEY WILL HEAD BACK HOME.

THEIR HEAT SHIELD WILL PROTECT THEM AS THEY SMASHED THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND PARACHUTES WILL SLOW THEM DOWN AND THEY WILL SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT?

EVERYONE IS JUST SO MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WISE IS GARNERING THIS MUCH ATTENTION.

>> YOU KNOW, ANY TIME PEOPLE LEAVE THE PLANET, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION.

THE FIRST MISSION THAT SENT HUMANS INTO SPACE AFTER THE END OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM WAS IN 2011, THE FIRST MISSION BACK WAS IN 2020 WITH A SPACE X CREW OF 2.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE LEAVE.

BUT THIS THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT WILL SAY A LOT BIT DIFFERENT.

AND THIS IS WE'RE SENDING HUMANS TO THE MOON.

THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS THE THE FINAL LITTER APOLLO MISSION IN 1972.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS.

AND IN OVER 50 >> AND TO REITERATE AND CLARIFY, THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY LANDING ON THE MOON.

>> NO, THEY THEY ARE GOING TO BE A WHIPPING AROUND THE MOON AND COMING BACK THIS THIS LOWERS THE RISK AND IT USES A LOT LESS FUEL.

BUT IT DOES GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TEST THE SPACECRAFT IN DEEP SPACE.

SO WHILE THEY ARE IN DEEP SPACE ON THIS ON THIS LUNAR FLYBY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING READINGS ON TEMPERATURE, RADIATION EXPOSURE, HOW THE ASTRONAUTS ARE HANDLING BEING IN DEEP SPACE IS, AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE BEFORE.

SO EVERYTHING WE LEARN FROM THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE NEXT MISSIONS.

BOTH PREPARE THE SPACECRAFT IN THE ASTRONAUTS WERE PERFORMING IT.

>> CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHAT SOME OF THE FUTURE ARTEMIS MISSIONS LOOK LIKE?

>> SURE, THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE ARTEMIS.

3 WILL PERFORM A DOCKING IN ORBIT, WHICH IS THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN ORDER TO GO TO THE MOON AND IT WILL.

IT WILL SHOW THAT IT CAN TALK TO A LUNAR LANDER.

IT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY 2 DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO DIFFERENT LENDERS TO DIFFERENT COMPANIES, SPACEX AND BLUE ORIGIN.

IT WEREN'T SURE WHICH ONE THAT WILL BE OR BOTH OF THEM MAYBE UP IN IN SPACE FOR THAT ONE.

AN ORDINANCE FOR IS GOING TO TAKE THOSE ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO HAS REALLY THE EXCITING MISSION.

AND FROM THERE NASA MISSION OR JARED ISAACMAN HAS LAID OUT A PLAN THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE LOTS MORE OF THESE HUMAN MISSIONS.

AND EVEN WANTS TO SET UP A LUNAR SCIENCE BASED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

SO WE COULD BE SEEING A LOT MORE OFTEN.

>> AND THIS IS ALL GREAT AS WELL FOR PEOPLE TO TUNE IN TO YOUR PODCAST.

ARE WE THERE YET TO KEEP UPDATED?

CORRECT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE ARTEMIS TO SCIENTISTS ABOUT WHAT THOSE ASTRONAUTS WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT.

ONE UNDER ON THE FAR SIDE, THE MOOD IS A FASCINATING WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS MISSION AFTER IT LAUNCHES ALL THE WAY UNTIL TOUCHDOWN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT LAUNCH TODAY.

>> LIKEWISE, LOOK EAST.

>> WE WILL DO.

>> AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING UP TO DATE WITH THE ARTEMIS 2 MISSION AND ALL OTHER INTERGALACTIC HAPPENINGS BY HEADING TO OUR WEB SITE W GCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP, BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS.

WELL ON THE BEAT, WE TAKE A LOOK AT A LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MAKING GAINS IN HIRING MORE FEMALE OFFICERS THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS AS WOMEN MAKE UP LESS THAN 14% OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTS ARE FIRST TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP.

AND THAT'S THE CASE IN GLADES COUNTY WGCU REPORTER YOUN JOO PARK SPOKE TO ONE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING.

>> STACIE MORAY HAS DEEP ROOTS IN GLADES COUNTY.

5 GENERATIONS DEEP.

>> I WAS GRATEFUL THAT SHERIFF GORDON HIRED ME.

I WANTED TO WORK HERE.

YOU KNOW, I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE.

HAVE FAMILY HERE.

I RAISE MY KIDS HERE.

HAVE FRIENDS HERE.

SO THIS IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AND WORK.

>> THAT INSIGHT OR KNOWLEDGE HELPS WHEN SHE STEPS INTO HER PATROL CAR.

FOR ME TO THE SCENE.

THING SHE HAS DONE WITH THE GLADES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 9 YEARS.

>> THE JOB IS IS PRETTY DEMANDING SOMETIMES YOU MISSED BIRTHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THIS LINE OF WORK.

BUT I THINK IT'S A SACRIFICE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE CHOICES.

AND WHEN YOU CHOOSE THIS TIME FOR CAREER, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE SACRIFICES THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.

>> THE CAREER IS REWARDING.

EVEN IF THEY'RE A PROFESSIONAL DIFFICULTIES PATROLLING 1000 SQUARE MILE REGION THAT SPARSELY POPULATED.

>> IN THIS AREA, IT IT'S A LITTLE WORRISOME BECAUSE MY BACKUP COULD BE 30 MINUTES AWAY FOR 45 MINUTES AWAY.

IN BIGGER CITIES.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A PARTNER THAT'S BUT MINUTES FROM YOU ARE JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM YOU.

AND HERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

>> ACCORDING TO LIEUTENANT PATRICK WILLIS, IF THE GLADES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE ROLE OF POLICE HAS EXPANDED THROUGH THE YEARS TO GO BEYOND BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A RURAL COMMUNITY.

>> SOCIAL WORK WAS BECAUSE YOU KNEW THE PERSON WE KNEW THE FAMILY.

>> SO THAT WAS THAT INTERACTION.

CAN YOU KNOW NOW?

>> AND I SAY THIS, BUT WHENEVER THERE'S FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING TO GET CUT IS THE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> AS COMMUNITY SOCIAL NATS GETS SMALLER AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES RISE IN SOCIETY.

POLICE OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN SITUATIONS REQUIRING A SOFTER APPROACH.

MAYOR RAY SAYS SHE FEELS FORTUNATE.

NOW POLICING HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.

SHE RECENTLY TOOK PART IN THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS, WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

WE'RE FEMALE VETERANS OF THE INDUSTRY DISCUSSED HISTORIC CHALLENGES AND THE POLICE PROFESSION.

ONE TOPIC WAS ABOUT DEVELOPING DE-ESCALATION SKILLS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN PROBLEMS MIGHT BE WRAPPED.

>> IT ALL GOES BACK TO HOW YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IF I IF I CAN SIT HERE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND THINGS ARE DONE COM.

AND THINGS ARE DE-ESCALATING, THAT GIVES MY PARTNER TIME TO GET HERE.

BUT IF I IF I SHOW UP AND I'M I'M GOING TO GRAB YOU AND GO HANDS ON WITH IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS.

THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

IT ESCALATED SO GENERALLY IT TRIED TO TALK TO PEOPLE, KEEP THEM CALM.

FIND YOURSELF TIME.

AND SO YOUR PARTNER CAN GET WITH YOU.

AND THEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO AT LEAST OUT YOUR PARTNER WITH.

>> THE TENANT WILL AS EXPRESSED FULL CONFIDENCE IN HOW MORAY CARRIES HERSELF IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> SHE DID IT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE PEOPLE HERE.

SO WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS, USUALLY SHE'S INVOLVED.

FACT IS THAT SHE DOES, SHE CARES BECAUSE HOW WILL SHE TRIES TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE IF SHE STANDS UP FOR?

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A A. THAT'S A TRAIT THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE HIM.

AND I SEE IT.

>> THE POLICE FORCE NATIONALLY IS AROUND 15% FEMALE, ACCORDING TO WILLIS, THE GLADES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH 30%.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING A DIVERSE POLICE WORK FORCE IS IMPORTANT TO SERVING A COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TRAINING EVENTS LIKE THE ONE THAT MURRAY ATTENDANT CAN ALSO LEAD TO GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN.

>> I FEEL LIKE I WAS TREATED THE SAME FROM MY SUPERVISOR IN AND PASSED SUPERVISORS.

I THINK THEY TREATED ME FAIRLY AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO.

I DON'T WANT TO BE TREATED DIFFERENT BECAUSE I WAS A FEMALE.

AND IN THE BEGINNING.

MY SUPERVISOR IN THE MUCH IF THEY WANTED TO LOOK OUT FOR ME.

BUT I AND I PROVED TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I PROVE THAT I COULD WORK RIGHT ALONG WITH HIM AND I WASN'T SCARED.

AND AND I I HAD WHAT IT.

WHAT IT TOOK TO.

TO DO MY JOB AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> MAINTAINING HIGH EXPECTATIONS IS A DAILY ENDEAVOR FOR MORAY AND SHE KEEPS GLADES COUNTY SAFE.

FOR WGCU NEWS IM YOUN JOO PARK.

>> ONE WOMAN WHO KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO BREAK GENDER BARRIERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE IN AURORA, ILLINOIS.

KRISTEN ZIMAN.

WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION FROM OUR LAST EPISODE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HER THOUGHTS ON WOMEN ENTERING THE MALE DOMINATED PROFESSION.

WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO GO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT?

>> I WOULD, IN FACT, MY DAUGHTER'S MILITARY AND I THOUGHT FOR SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE SHE HAS SUCH A DRIVE TO SERVICE.

BUT I WOULD IT WAS A PROFESSION THAT I I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND IT'S BROUGHT OUT THE BEST AND THE WORST IN ME.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE WITH OUR MILITARY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DO THIS JOB AND IT'S DANGEROUS.

AND AT TIMES IT IS THANKLESS AND ESPECIALLY ONCE AGAIN WHEN PEOPLE PAINT US ALL WITH A BROAD BRUSH.

BUT I WOULD STILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN MY BELOVED PROFESSION.

NOW, THE LATEST STUDIES SAY THAT ABOUT 20% OF RECRUITS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WOMEN JUST 20%?

AND WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE SO UNDERREPRESENTED?

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE PART OF IT HAS TO DO SOME OF OUR MARKETING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IF YOU PULL UP SOME RECRUITMENT VIDEOS, YOU MIGHT SEE THE LONGINES ATTACKED JUMPING OVER FENCES CHASING AFTER PEOPLE AND THAT'S GREAT.

BUT THAT'S TRULY A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE DO.

IF YOU JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF THAT'S WHY YOU JOINED BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS PROBLEM SOLVING SHOWING UP AT A LABOR DISPUTE AND DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.

A LOT OF IT IS COMMUNITY.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, SADLY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SAID ABOUT POLICE IN TRYING TO TOUGHEN THEM IS WE ARE THE ONES THAT HANDLE, YOU KNOW, UNHOUSED.

WE'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLE DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

SO SO MUCH OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PROBLEM SOLVING AND AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND CRITICAL THINKING AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CERTAIN THAT THAT A CERTAIN WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO THIS PROFESSION THAT THEY SEE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FACE PAINT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SMASH IN THE DOOR AND THAT'S, AGAIN, A SMALL PART OF IT.

AND IT IT IS STILL A CRUCIAL PART.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS KIND OF PUSH AND PULL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS.

DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE GUARDIANS OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE WARRIORS AND THE ANSWER IS WE NEED BOTH.

WE CAUGHT A WE NEED BOTH.

WE NEED THE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND WE NEED ALSO COMPASSIONATE AND AND AND PATHETIC PEOPLE TO TO TALK WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

BUT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE WHEN THE DEFECATION HITS THE OSCILLATION, WE NEED PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR GAME FACE ON AND WHETHER YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMAN, AS LONG AS YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO IN THIS PROFESSION.

BUT I DON'T THINK THE MARKETING IS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN IN WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CHANGE THAT.

THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES BEING PUT FORWARD AND YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THERE IS AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE 30 BY 30, WHICH IS RICK PROVING 30% OF WOMEN INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE YEAR 2030.

AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, WOMEN BRING A DIFFERENT NUANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ONCE AGAIN AS LONG AS THEY CAN CONVERT INTO WARRIORS LIKE SO MANY OF US CAN AND AND DO THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND CAN YOU KNOW THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS YOU CAN HANDLE ALL OF THAT.

AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME OF MEN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN.

THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE VISITOR REQUIREMENT.

AND SO IN.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, IT WOMEN BRING TO SUCH AND A NEW WANTS TO ROLL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO IN TRYING TO TO BRING MORE WOMEN IN.

NOW, THERE ARE SOME CRITICS WHO SAY WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO CHECK A BOX SO THAT ALMOST HAD THAT AS IF IT'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE BRING IN MORE WOMEN WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED.

WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE GET MORE WOMEN WHO ARE QUALIFIED, INTERESTED IN THE PROFESSION.

NOW HERE'S ANOTHER ROB WITH WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LIKE IT OR NOT, FACTUALLY MOST WOMEN ARE THE THE CHILD'S CARRYING PART.

THEY DO MORE OF THE CHILD CARE, ONTARIO.

NOW THAT IS CHANGING AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN WHO HAVE TAKEN ON THAT BALANCE.

BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS OFF AND YOU'RE GOING TO WORK 3 TO 11 SHIFT.

THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO A LOT OF OF PEOPLE, ANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BE HOME WHEN THEIR KIDS GET OFF THE BUS AT 3 O'CLOCK.

SO IT'S A PROFESSION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM YIELD FAMILIAL SACRIFICES AND WHETHER YOU'RE A MAN OR A WOMAN THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR DECISION TO THE LITTLE GIRL THAT'S OUT THERE.

THAT WANTS TO BE A COP WHEN SHE GROWS UP.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE?

I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, AS I SAID, AS I'VE ENCOURAGED MY CHILDREN IS IT IS THE MOST NOBLE PROFESSION.

I THINK.

AND YOU'RE OUT.

THEY'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM BULLIES PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE FROM HARM AND NO DAY IS THE SAME.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW WHEN YOU GET IN THAT SQUAD CAR, ALL THE 9-1-1 CALLS ARE DIFFERENT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE AND TO LOOK AT THE WOMEN WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE PROFESSION AND USE THEM AS VISIBILITY AND ROLE MODEL.

AND THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU ARE.

>> THEY'RE RETIRED RECENTLY.

YOU NOW LIVE IN NAPLES AND YOU'VE AUTHORED A BOOK AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR BOOK WHAT THE MISSION IS AND THE FOCUS OF YOUR OF YOUR NEW BOOK.

SO WHEN I LEFT THE PROFESSION, IT WAS.

>> AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING AFTER THE PANDEMIC AFTER GEORGE FLOYD AND THE CIVIL UNREST, A GOOD LEADER NEVER LEAVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS.

BUT ONCE THE DUST SETTLED, I GOT THE OUT OF THERE.

AND THE WAY THAT I SAT DOWN TO MAKE SENSE OF A 30 YEAR CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS TO JUST WRITE.

I'VE BEEN A WRITER MY WHOLE LIFE AND IT WAS CATHARTIC FOR ME.

AND SO THIS BOOK IS A CULMINATION OF MY EXPERIENCE IS IT'S A MEMOIR, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT GRIT.

IT'S ABOUT RESILIENCE.

AND IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE IN ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IT'S KIND OF ALL WRAPPED INTO WHAT ONE PIECE AND YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY SPEAKING AS WELL, CORRECT?

I AM.

YES, I AM A KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR CONFERENCES NOT JUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT A MASS VIOLENCE EXPERT.

I ALSO WORKED WITH THE DOJ ON THE YOU'VE ALL DAY A MASSACRE AND INTEREST.

AND SO I GO AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE RECKONING ZAHN, OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND PREVENTION AND PREPARATION AND CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP.

SO I SPEAK AT CONFERENCES.

I TRAVEL ALL THE TIME.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY IN STUDIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

>> YOU CAN SEE BOTH PARTS OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH KRISTEN ZIMAN BY HEADING TO WGCU DOT ORG OR BY HEADING TO THE WGCU YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

INNOVATIONS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME FOR NAPLES BASED ARTHREX THE COMPANY BEING RECOGNIZED ONCE AGAIN FOR DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS AIMED AT ASSISTING SURGEONS.

EVERY YEAR.

THE GLOBAL MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY ARTHREX HEADQUARTERED IN NAPLES INTRODUCES OVER 1000 NEW PRODUCTS AND PROCEDURES.

NOW TO ARTHREX TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR THE 2026 PRESTIGIOUS EDISON AWARDS.

WGCUS EMMA RODRIGUEZ REPORTS.

>> ARTHREX IS MISSION IS SIMPLE TO HELP SURGEONS TREAT THEIR PATIENTS BETTER.

THE COMPANY CREATES AND MANUFACTURES MEDICAL DEVICE IS MAINLY USED TO TREAT ORTHOPEDIC OR MUSCULAR SKELETAL INJURIES.

2 ARTHREX PRODUCTS ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR AN EDISON AWARD WITH ONE BEING THE PERKY TANIA'S PARS FRACTURE, COMPRESSION.

SCREW IN SIMPLER TERMS.

IT'S INSERTED INTO THE SPINE TO REPAIR FRACTURES TO THE PARS INTO ARTICULAR US WHICH CONNECTS THE FACET JOINTS OF THE SPINE.

THIS INJURY IS COMMON BUT STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS ARTHREX PINE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.

SENIOR ENGINEER NIKHIL BORN EXPLAINS.

>> HYPEREXTENSION IS A COMMON WAY.

YOU CAN CAUSE THE PARS FRACTURE.

SAY IMAGINE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS, MAYBE EVEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS WIDE RECEIVERS THAT ARE REACHING BACK AND EXTENDING JIM, THIS VERY COMMON SAYS, ESPECIALLY IN TEENAGERS WHERE YOUR GROWTH PLATES AND FULLY FEES OR YOUR BONES ARE STILL GROWING.

>> WITH THIS CREW IN PLACE, FRACTURES ARE COMPRESSED BACK TOGETHER WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR FOR HEALING COMPLICATIONS.

HILBURN SHARED THAT THE PRODUCT IS THE FIRST SURGICAL SOLUTION FOR PARKS FRACTURES, MAKING IT A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD IN THE REALM OF SPINAL INJURY, RECOVERY.

>> RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT TREATMENT PLAN IS NO SURGERY AT ALL.

CONSERVATIVE BRACING WHICH HAS INCONCLUSIVE STUDIES SHOWING THE HEALING MIGHT NOT BE FULLY THERE.

A LOT OF THEM HIGH-PERFORMING ATHLETES THAT ARE PURSUING THIS SURGERY AND ALLOWING THEM TO REGAIN THEIR WHAT THEIR LOVE AND JOY IS AND IN THEIR LIFE AND GOING BACK TO PURSUING THAT SCHOLARSHIP FOR JANICE CAREER PURSUING THAT SCHOLARSHIP FOR FOOTBALL CAREER AND NOT DEALING WITH THE INSIDE LINE FROM THAT.

>> THE OTHER ARTHREX PRODUCT IN CONTENTION FOR AN EDISON AWARD.

IS THERE SYNERGY POWER SYSTEM?

IT'S A HANDHELD BATTERY.

POWERED DEVICE SHAPED LIKE A DRILL, BUT ITS VERSATILITY COMES FROM ITS ATTACHMENTS.

IT CAN BE USED AS A DRILL.

A BONE SAW AND IN OTHER WAYS DURING ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, SENIOR GROUP PRODUCT MANAGER JORDAN TURNER SAYS THE SYNERGY POWER SYSTEM WAS A WAY FOR ARTHREX TO FILL A GAP IN THE MARKET AND PRIORITIZE CERTAIN COMFORT FOR BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES.

>> WE WANTED TO IMPROVE UPON THOSE PRODUCTS BY ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE AND THE RELIABILITY AND PUTTING IN A MUCH SMALLER, LIGHTER PACKAGE.

WE SAW THIS PRODUCT INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL.

SO WE LOOK AT OUR ASIAN MARKETS TO WHEN WE LOOK AT PROPER HAND SIZE AND REALLY THE ORGAN ONYX, WHERE IT TAKES TO HOLD THIS CAMP.

HE'S PROPERLY IN THE HAND AND HOW THAT WELL BALANCED.

>> THE NEXT STEP FOR THE SYNERGY POWER TEAM.

IT'S FINDING A LIGHTER AND MORE EFFICIENT BATTERY, TOO ATTACHED TO THE SYSTEM.

BUT FOR NOW, THEY'RE PROUD TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR AN EDISON AWARD AND EXCITED TO SEE THE PRODUCTS FINANCIAL IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

IT'S NOT JUST HOSPITALS.

AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS ARE ASKED TO INCREASE THEIR OR EFFICIENT SAYS ALL THE TIME.

THE COST OF HEALTH CARE.

>> OBVIOUSLY IS GOING UP AND THEY NEED TO DO MORE WITH LAST.

SO THIS REALLY DOES HELP THEM REDUCE THAT AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND REDUCE THOSE OPERATING EXPENSES.

>> FOR WGCU NEWS IM EMMA RODRIGUEZ IN NAPLES.

>> THE EDISON AWARDS WILL TAKE PLACE IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS COMING UP ON APRIL, 15TH AND 16TH FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE EVENT YOU CAN HEAD TO EDISON AWARDS DOT COM.

>> LAUGHTER IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR US.

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES MORE MUSCLES TO FROWN THAN AUGUSTA SMILE.

SO WE SMILE EVEN IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT USUALLY SHOWN JUST HOW WE FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING SO LOCKERS CURRENT.

SO IF YOU CAN GET A GOOD AT BUSTING IT BORCHERS, WHICH FEEL-GOOD HORMONE, WHICH MAKES US FEEL LIGHTER, HAPPIER AND CALMER.

>> TODAY IS APRIL FOOLS DAY.

>> SOME FOLKS GO ALL OUT WITH PRANKS AND MAKING JOKES.

THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT NONSENSICAL FUND MIGHT BE GREAT FOR YOUR HEALTH.

>> EXPERTS SAY LAUGHTER IS NOT JUST A STRESS RELIEVER.

IT CAN ALSO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, REDUCE PAIN AND EVEN BURN CALORIES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT LAUGHTER DOES NOT HAVE TO COME FROM A PRANK.

YOU COULD GET YOUR KICKS BY WATCHING A FUNNY MOVIE COMEDY SHOW OR JUST SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

MOST OF THOSE MOMENTS ARE MEMORABLE ENOUGH.

>> WE THINK ABOUT LAUGHTER AND HOW IT REALLY IS A IT'S ALSO A FAMILY.

WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT IS FULL OF COMMUNITY, LEARNED THAT WE HAVE A FAVOR OF COLOR ON C THAT MAKES US SMILE AND LAUGH.

LAUGHTER BECOMES PART OF OUR MEMORIES.

SO SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR MEMORIES OVER.

REMEMBER THIS THING THAT MADE US LAUGH SO HARD THAT CAN STILL MAKE YOU LAUGH TO GO AFTER YOU RECALL THE MEMORY AND SERVE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

SO LAUGHTER IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES.

>> WELL, LAUGHING AND MAKING JOKES CAN BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

BE SURE TO KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, NOT EVERYONE MAY FIND THE SAME THINGS.

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