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91社区 Jupiter鈥檚 Lifelong Learning Society Presents Ed Davis

91社区鈥檚 Lifelong Learning Society Jupiter will present a lecture by Ed Davis on Thursday, Feb. 2

Commissioner Ed Davis


By na | 1/10/2017

91社区鈥檚 Lifelong Learning Society Jupiter will present a lecture by Ed Davis on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. in the Lifelong Learning Society complex at 91社区鈥檚 John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Dr., in Jupiter.

Davis鈥 lecture, 鈥淩emembering Patriots Day: The Hunt for the Tsarnaev Brothers and the True Meaning of #BostonStrong,鈥 is about his experience as the police commissioner of the Boston Police Department and how he was at the forefront of the emergency response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing and the arrests that followed. His experience during the Boston Marathon bombings will be depicted in the upcoming feature film, 鈥淧atriots Day,鈥 starring John Goodman as Davis, which is scheduled to be released on Friday, Jan. 13.

Davis is a frequent contributor to CNN, FOX News and USA Today, and has appeared on 鈥淢eet the Press鈥 and 鈥60 Minutes.鈥 He is a fellow at Harvard鈥檚 Institute of Politics and has lectured extensively at Harvard and MIT on cyber security and terrorism. Davis鈥 unique approaches to terrorism, cyber security, and policing have been adopted both nationally and internationally in Singapore, London, Northern Ireland, Jordan and Israel.

John Ortiz Smykla, Ph.D., will moderate the question and session following Davis鈥 presentation. Smykla is the director and professor of the 91社区 School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Michael and Janice Barry, long-time members and supporters of 91社区鈥檚 Lifelong Learning Society Jupiter, are sponsoring the event.
Tickets are $55 for members and $65 for non-members. For more information, contact the Lifelong Learning Society at 561-799-8547 or visit www.fau.edu/llsjupiter.

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