Many private institutions of higher education hire contract security officers or nonsworn public safety officers to protect their campuses.
According to Stan Skipworth, who California College and University Police Chiefs Association (CCUPCA) legislative liason and Chapman University Consortium’s director of campus safety, there are some best practices or promising practices that campuses should adopt so their security programs will be successful.
In this video with Campus Safety magazine at Campus Safety Conference West 2016 in Long Beach, Calif., Skipworth discusses recruitment, community-oriented policing, training and standardization.
He also discusses policies and the collaboration required among other, non-security stakeholders on campus, such as residence life, student services, the Title IX coordinator, college president and others.
