CU Boulder Police Chief Shares 8 Tips for Collaborative Campus Security Upgrades

Visible safety upgrades should work in concert with less obvious but equally impactful education, collaboration and communication efforts.Doreen Jokerst has been chief of police at CU Boulder since Sept. 2018. Prior to that, she was a member of the Parker, Colo., Police Department for nearly 20 years.Note:The views expressed by guest bloggers and contributors are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, Campus Safety.Come fall semester 2023, students, faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder will likely notice security upgrades such as new thumb-turn locks on classroom doors, electrified auditorium doors, so-called “panic buttons” so professors can alert police of an emergency with a simple push, and increased signage – both inside and outside of classrooms – to help occupants and first responders identify buildings and room numbers.It’s all part of a multi-year security upgrade project paid for by $3.4 million...