In February 2022, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were targeted by bomb threats. Leaders of those institutions can now apply for campus safety grants to protect their communities from security threats.
The University of Kentucky Police Department uses a video management system from Salient Systems to respond to security events anywhere on its campus, keeping students, faculty and staff safe.
Seasoned campus security leader Craig Stone has been named Associate Vice President and Chief of Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services at Syracuse University.
Marquette University will institute new safety measures to protect the college community, including upped access control, campus police officers and more security initiatives.
Experienced law enforcement officer William McPherson has been named Kilgore College's Director of Public Safety & Risk Management and Chief of Police.
Temple University, a Philadelphia-based higher ed institution, has increased campus safety measures following the shooting of a student near campus. A safety app, increased police presence and other strategies are being implemented on the urban campus.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department updated community service officer uniforms to improve approachability in response to a third-party review of the campus climate.
Mark Bullock, longtime law enforcement official and higher ed security officer, has been named Assistant Vice President, Director of Public Safety at the University of Iowa.
Maureen Rush, recently retired Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Police at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses her career in law enforcement and how to avoid burnout in the security field.
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