On July 17, 2018, a group of campus safety leaders and subject-matter experts, with support from the National Center for Campus Public Safety (NCCPS), gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a one-day forum. The purpose of the forum was to discuss campus safety’s role and strategies for preventing violence in college and university campus communities. It also provided potential solutions and recommendations for addressing challenges associated with preventing violence. The forum aligns with the NCCPS’s role as a nationwide resource for addressing critical issues in campus safety.
Twenty-two (22) campus safety leaders came from 20 institutions of higher education (IHEs) across the country and included university and college chiefs of police, as well as campus safety administrators.
Strategic Challenges Identified
The forum participants identified four areas in which campus safety departments face special strategic challenges in their efforts to prevent violence in their campus communities.
1.Weak partnerships on and off campus
•Siloed cultures and resistance to security measures are stifling communication and cooperation.
•Ambivalence or internal conflict among campus leadership is hindering progress and weakening morale.
•Many IHEs don’t have reliable, written agreements with key partners.
2.Insufficient training
•Wide gaps in knowledge and skills exist regarding safety requirements, especially between local police and campus safety teams.
•Training budgets are low.
•Interest levels and expectations around training are inconsistent among campus safety teams, other staff and faculty, and campus leaders.
3.Low funding
•Administrative buy-in on the importance of funding safety initiatives is low or inconsistent.
•Campus safety teams are scrambling for money to train, hire well, and collect
and share safety information that could help prevent violence.
4.Continuity of operations (COOP) planning and after-action reporting efforts are inconsistent
•Weak procedural structure is making processes more cumbersome.
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