The University announced how the Brown and Providence communities can engage with a previously-announced campus-wide safety and security assessment following the Dec. 13 shooting in a Monday Today@Brown announcement. The safety and security assessment is being conducted by global consulting firm Teneo under the oversight of the Brown Corporation, the University’s highest governing body.
In the announcement, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 announced three avenues for community engagement with Teneo’s work on the security assessment.
This month, the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management will send out an adapted version of its Public Safety Community Survey, the results of which will be shared with Teneo. “The survey is anonymous and will assess community perceptions of safety and security, experiences engaging with Brown public safety,” Carey wrote in the announcement.
Teneo is also collaborating with the University to hold focus groups and “virtual listening sessions” with community members, Carey wrote. Teneo’s assessment will be used to inform long-term changes and “may contribute to current efforts if more timely opportunities are identified to strengthen security.”
Each of the nine focus groups will have up to 30 members who will be selected through a nomination process. Teneo will work with leaders of various campus constituencies such as the Undergraduate Council of Students, the Faculty Executive Committee and the President’s Executive Committee to form the focus groups, Carey wrote. For one focus group, “local government, business and neighborhood leaders will be asked to assist in nominating and appointing individuals.”
Feedback will also be gathered at the next two Brown University Community Council meetings, which are “open to all community members,” Carey wrote. Those meetings will be held on March 10 and April 14, and Teneo will be present to hear from attendees and provide information on the safety and security assessment. Brown public safety leadership will also attend to provide information on security enhancements.
“Brown is committed to working with our community to build an environment where members of our community can feel safe to work, live and learn,” Carey wrote.
Jeremiah Farr is a senior staff writer covering university hall and higher education.
