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Panel highlights disparities in campus policing training and urges standardization
Summary
Witnesses told the Assembly Emergency Management Committee that campus safety practices and legal authorities vary widely: public universities' sworn police meet POST standards while many private-campus public-safety officers fall under BSIS rules. Panelists urged standardization of training, clearer wayfinding protocols, and funding to equip campus responders.
Committee members pressed campus and public-safety leaders on discrepancies in training and authority between public-university police and private-university public-safety departments, an issue witnesses said affects on-campus response times and capabilities.
David Carlisle, assistant chief at USC Department of Public Safety, described the university's investments in mass-notification systems, threat-assessment teams and realistic active-shooter drills conducted with municipal partners. "Emergency notification systems were extremely important," Carlisle said, noting USC can send text alerts to its…
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