Campus safety challenges in a post-2020 world, strategies for success
The year 2020 presented society and the campus community with very difficult and unique challenges. Let’s take a look at a practical, fiscally responsible approach that security leaders can implement to maintain traditional services and respond to unique challenges, all while preparing for the unexpected.
The year 2020 presented society and the campus community with very difficult and unique challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest, protests, counter-protests, distrust of police amongst the minority community, riots and the escalating “right against the left” mentality. Additionally, the 2020 U.S. presidential election has polarized the country more than any other time since the U.S. Civil War.
Campus Police and security teams are tasked with not only providing a professional and measured response to these volatile and politically charged issues, but must still maintain traditional, expected and valuable services, all within budgets that, for many campus security teams, will probably not be increasing.