On Campus Police Forces

Institution	American Association of University Professors
Titel	On Campus Police Forces
Quelle	(2021), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Police; School Security; Colleges; Racial Discrimination; Teacher Associations; Values; Social Action + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Racial bias; Rassismus; Lehrerorganisation; Lehrerverband; Lehrervereinigung; Wertbegriff; Soziales Handeln
Abstract	In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people and other individuals by police, large-scale protests calling for an end to systemic racism and for the defunding of police departments, and police violence and brutality in response to those protests, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) publishes this report concerning the role of campus police forces. The intended purpose of the report is threefold: (1) to provide an historical overview of the development of campus police forces that contextualizes their relatively recent existence in US higher education and their alarming rates of expansion and militarization, with particular attention to their role in perpetuating systemic racism and inequities; (2) to demonstrate the clear tensions between the AAUP's core values and the existence and function of campus police forces; and (3) to urge AAUP chapters to address campus policing issues and provide guidance to help chapter leaders mount campaigns to transform campus public safety. The report is divided into five sections and an appendix. The first section analyzes the history and development of campus police forces, emphasizing their recent expansion and role in perpetuating racial oppression and quelling dissent. The second section argues that the present form and function of campus police forces is in tension with core AAUP values and therefore urges AAUP chapters to use their power to advocate for change. The third section provides a set of questions chapter leaders should ask themselves to understand the nature of their campus police forces and what, if anything, they wish to change about them. The fourth section contains advice for chapter leaders derived from examples of AAUP chapters currently engaged in antiracist organizing and efforts to reform, disarm, defund, or abolish their campus police forces. The report concludes with suggestions for the AAUP national organization on how it can best support chapters in this work and emphasizes intersections with the AAUP's efforts to become an antiracist organization. Included is an appendix containing detailed profiles of three AAUP chapters presently organizing to transform campus public safety. It is the hope members will find inspiration and insight from these examples. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01