Clark is committed to enhancing training for campus police officers and engaging the campus community in exploring other models of campus policing. In addition, to maintain a safe and responsive campus environment for all community members, we are focused on revamping current bias incident response protocols and improving and expanding anti-bias training across the campus community.
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Anti-Bias Training
Action Item: Offer diversity and anti-racism training to the Student Affairs team
Provide Student Affairs with training focused on improving issues of diversity and anti-racism in the organizational climate and culture of the team.
Action Item: Provide professional development opportunities focused on cultural competency to senior leadership
To continue gaining deeper cultural competency, the University’s senior leadership team will participate in professional development opportunities.
Action Item: Continue to offer the Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program
Continue to offer Clark’s award-winning Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program (DICP) to the Clark community. This program supports cultural competency and awareness-building for staff, faculty, and graduate students.
Action Item: Provide anti-racism training for student leaders, athletes, and first-years
Provide anti-racism training to student leaders, athletes, and first-year students, starting in summer 2020.
Action Item: Conduct DEI training for Athletics and Recreation community
Clark Athletics and Recreation will conduct diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training for its staff, administrators, and student-athletes.
Action Item: Train Undergraduate Admissions staff on anti-bias awareness
Train Undergraduate Admissions staff on anti-bias awareness and practices in admissions and recruitment.
Bias Incident Response
Action Item: Review and expand bias incident protocols
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), the Bias Response Team, and other campus partners will review and expand Clark’s bias incident protocols.
Action Item: Communicate new approach to bias incidents response
Launch a campuswide communications effort to promote widespread awareness of the new approach to bias incident response, including how to file incident reports.
Action Item: Update bias incident reporting platform
Update the bias incident reporting platform to improve its usability and data collection.
Action Item: Adjust bias response policies
Adjust Clark’s bias response policies in accordance with state and federal laws.
Action Item: Review bias incident case management processes
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), the Bias Response Team, and other campus partners will review Clark’s current processes around bias incident case management and explore educational models that better support individuals affected by bias incidents and help minimize recurrence.
Campus Policing and Security
Action Item: Relocate University Police headquarters to the periphery of campus
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, Clark will move the University Police (UP) department from its current space in Bullock Hall to a location on the periphery of the main campus by summer 2022. The space currently occupied by UP would…
Action Item: Create campus advisory board to oversee implementation of task force recommendations
As part of its efforts to develop mechanisms for increased accountability and transparency related to policing, Clark will create a multi-constituency campus advisory board to oversee the implementation of recommendations by the Task Force for Campus Safety and Security. This action item is one of 10 recommendations presented to President David Fithian in June 2021…
Action Item: Establish community-service civilian unit for service calls not requiring armed, uniformed officer
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, Clark will develop a civilian unit to respond to service calls that do not require an armed, uniformed officer. Dispatching would remain centralized for both the University Police (UP) department and the civilian unit. The…
Action Item: Provide online platform to process and file complaints, feedback for University Police
As part of its efforts to develop mechanisms for increased accountability and transparency related to policing, Clark will provide an online platform to process and file complaints and feedback for University Police. The University will explore different approaches to an online complaint support system, which could provide confidential reporting in an easy-to-use manner. Once a…
Action Item: University Police department to post a daily crime log online
As part of its efforts to develop mechanisms for increased accountability and transparency related to policing, Clark will direct the University Police (UP) department to post a daily crime log online, which contains information related to UP’s activity in order to increase transparency. This action item is one of 10 recommendations presented to President David…
Action Item: Replace armed police officers with student workers for building lockouts when possible
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, armed officers will no longer be responsible for residence hall, classroom, and office lockouts when possible. The University Police (UP) department will assign lockout responsibilities to student workers, who will respond to service calls during…
Action Item: Increase ClarkRIDE capacity to reduce need for University Police officers to provide safety escorts
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, Clark will increase the capacity of ClarkRIDE to reduce the need for University Police officers to provide safety escorts. This action item is one of 10 recommendations presented to President David Fithian in June 2021…
Action Item: Develop new pathway for responses to student welfare checks
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, Clark will direct the University Police department and Student Affairs division to assess and develop a new pathway for responses to student welfare checks, especially low- and mid-level mental health situations. The new approach is…
Action Item: Increase mental health staffing on campus to reduce presence of armed police officers
As part of its efforts to reduce the presence of armed police officers in public and residential spaces on campus, Clark will increase mental health staffing on campus, including: Providing additional resources for campus mental health emergencies, which do not require an armed University Police officer. Allocating resources to the University’s Psychology Department to help…
Action Item: Foster and facilitate dialogue and constructive engagement between University Police and the campus community
Clark will foster and facilitate dialogue and constructive engagement between University Police and students, faculty, and staff in order to strengthen the relationships. The campus safety advisory board will sponsor listening/dialogue sessions around matters related to campus safety and security. The University Police department will resume public service programming for members of the Clark community…
Action Item: Develop new model of campus policing and security
Engage the campus community in developing a new model of campus policing and security.
Action Item: Enhance training for campus police officers and employees
Enhance anti-bias and de-escalation training for campus police officers and employees.
Action Item: Identify police chief candidates committed to serving underrepresented communities
With the retirement of its long-serving police chief, Clark will undergo a search for a new leader. The search committee will convey to candidates Clark’s deep interest in police leadership committed to understanding underrepresented communities’ experiences with policing, and identify candidates so aligned.