The August 17, 2013 episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation with retired US Army officer
Stephen P. Tryon, the author of Accountability Citizenship.
Program Date: August
17, 2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: Accountability
Citizenship
About the Guest
Stephen P. Tryon “holds a B.S.
from West Point and an M.A. in philosophy from Stanford University. Raised with seven siblings in a family where
public service is a core value, he served as a soldier in the United States army
for 21 years. At the end of his army career,
he served as a legislative fellow for Senator Max Cleland, as well as a
legislative assistant to the senior general at army headquarters in the
Pentagon.
More recently, Tryon has worked as
a Senior Vice President of Human Resources and International Business at
Overstock.com for nine years. He has
spent four years managing logistics and five years managing human resources and
international business. A current
resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, Tryon has one son Jake, and a dog
Peanut. Fluent in English and able to
converse in Spanish, Tryon also enjoys spending time with his family,
traveling, outdoor recreation, exercising, reading, and writing.” Stephen P.
Tryon is the author of Accountability Citizenship.
According to the book description
of Accountability
Citizenship, it “explains how we can restore accountability in
government by accepting our personal accountability for some simple tasks we
must do as individual citizens living in the age of information. The book is
non-partisan. Readers are asked only to agree on the very basics—that the
government of the United States is supposed to represent the people of the
United States.
The author makes a compelling case
that changes in our information distribution technologies and business models
discourage effective political participation by citizens. In the early days of
our republic, information distribution was based on
newspapers—subscription-based and geographically aligned with the
representative structure of Congress. Over the past forty years, deregulation
of television and radio along with the information technology revolution have
disrupted this alignment. But we can restore accountability through the three
steps of accountability citizenship: being appropriately positive,
appropriately informed and appropriately engaged.”
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police slang
for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and
life. Sometimes funny; sometimes
serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a
sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union
Institute and University in Criminal Justice Management and a Master’s Degree
in Public Financial Management from California State University, Fullerton;
and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond E. Foster has been a
part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and Fresno; and is
currently a Criminal Justice Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer
with the Union Institute and University.
He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement,
public policy, law enforcement technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has
published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such
as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine,
and Police One. He has appeared on the
History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject
matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
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Program Contact Information
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD
(ret.), MPA
909.599.7530
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