Hunter Panning is a police officer and newly appointed School Resource Officer in a suburb city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hunter sparked an interest in police culture and leadership while studying for his Master of Public Administration – Organizational Leadership & Change Management degree. Hunter has interests in multiple areas of policing, including improving the role of the Public Information Officer and examining the relationship between strategic public information release and a community’s sense of trust, as well as peer support and officer wellness programs, improving the role of the School Resource Officer, and the implementation of drone use in public safety. Hunter believes that the police profession brings challenging and complex human dynamics to organizations and only the brightest leaders should be charged with influencing the cultures and leading the organizations.
