Let’s Get Real About Police Reform
If your campus has a good program that effectively addresses law enforcement’s race relations and use-of-force issues, I want to hear from you.
If your campus has a good program that effectively addresses law enforcement’s race relations and use-of-force issues, I want to hear from you.
The two new committees will be comprised of students, faculty and staff from across the institution.
After reviewing cases from the 2019-2020 academic year, VCU police found the department had its lowest use-of-force rate in 10 years.
Additionally, major reforms are being implemented in the hiring and training of SROs.
Nearly nine in 10 Black Americans who had interacted with police in the past year and felt they were treated with courtesy and respect wanted police presence to remain the same or increase.
Sharing this type of data will enable college campuses to be transparent about incident response and law enforcement’s interactions with subjects.
At this time, because the agencies submitting use-of-force data represent more than 40% of the officers in the nation, participation data may be released. When 60% of the total officer population is represented, ratios and percentages, as well as the most frequently reported responses to questions may be published. When 80% of officers are represented by submitted data, aggregate use-of-force data may be presented.
Reforms were prompted by the death of one of the school’s football players.
The officer had been placed on paid administrative leave three times, once for violating the university’s policy on drinking and driving.
Traditional law enforcement agencies should consider adopting many of the public safety approaches that work on college campuses.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the observable behaviors people exhibit as they head down a path of violence so we can help prevent the preventable.
This discussion will help participants analyze, understand, and assess their own program effectiveness.