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Brown University places police chief on
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Posted By: Mercedes44, 12/23/2025 10:00:56 AM

Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave Monday as it undergoes a comprehensive review of its security protocols and response to the Dec. 13 shooting that left two students dead and nine injured. The school’s president, Christina Paxton, announced several actions in an email to the Brown University community Monday night, including an “After-Action Review” of the shooting, which will entail “a complete assessment and evaluation of campus safety in the period leading up to the tragedy, the preparedness and response on the date of the shooting, and the emergency management response in the aftermath.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 12/23/2025 10:19:14 AM (No. 2044541)
Scapegoat? I don't believe he was totally responsible for the things that were wrong at Brown. They have to be terrified thattheeir massive endowment fund could be wiped out with lawsuits. The cost of far left DEI.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 12/23/2025 10:21:23 AM (No. 2044545)
The police chief has instantly become a non-person. No name mentioned.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 12/23/2025 10:23:05 AM (No. 2044549)
So, is this another DEI hire found to be incompetent? His name, I found is Rodney Chatman.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: earlybird 12/23/2025 10:24:49 AM (No. 2044553)
From a RI source: Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education also announced Monday that it will conduct its own review of Brown’s security practices, with the feds interested in the university’s potential violations of the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, which allows universities compliant with security standards to receive financial aid money. The Corporation of Brown University, the governing committee of the school, will approve the “external organizations” who will ultimately carry out an After-Action Review and a separate Comprehensive Campus Safety and Security Assessment,” Paxson wrote. https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/brown-university-police-chief-placed-on-leave-pending-campus-safety-review/
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Reply 5 - Posted by: earlybird 12/23/2025 10:36:14 AM (No. 2044569)
"Brown University campus safety chief Rodney Chatman previously lost a senior law enforcement position at the University of Utah after failing to obtain required credentials and amid an investigation into alleged criminal violations, according to university records and public statements. Brown University campus safety chief Rodney Chatman previously lost a senior law enforcement position at the University of Utah after failing to obtain required credentials and amid an investigation into alleged criminal violations, according to university records and public statements. The University of Utah Department of Public Safety disclosed the circumstances surrounding Chatman’s departure in a December 18, 2020, post, stating that Chatman had been hired on February 17, 2020, without possessing all of the certifications required to hold the position. The university said Chatman was given one year to obtain those credentials but failed to do so." https://www.lifezette.com/2025/12/shocking-details-behind-brown-universitys-safety-chief-emerge-in-wake-of-shooting-watch/
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 12/23/2025 10:37:47 AM (No. 2044572)
The campus police chief? How about that utterly useless, clueless hag of a president? When does that DEI hire get kicked in her butt?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: thefield 12/23/2025 10:47:04 AM (No. 2044580)
His only fault he was the normal campus police chief, Yes Mr / Ms President.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: earlybird 12/23/2025 10:49:25 AM (No. 2044583)
Hit submit too soon. Either Brown difn't do its homework on this guy or he was hired anyway. Brown U is in a wworld of hurt. More interested in protecting activist protestors'anonymity than the safety of its students. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/12/17/brown-university-received-a-letter-from-34-human-rights-groups-in-august-requesting-they-disable-their-cctv-system/ https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/12/18/providence-area-radio-host-asks-brown-university-about-their-intentional-disabling-of-cctv-systems/
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Reply 9 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 12/23/2025 10:51:18 AM (No. 2044586)
Woo woo, Brown takes action. That horse is long out of the barn.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 12/23/2025 11:49:03 AM (No. 2044648)
With pay, I assume. In other words, vaycay.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: PostAway 12/23/2025 12:36:26 PM (No. 2044704)
Perhaps the city of Providence should also remove their clueless mayor and the Medellin, Columbia native police Chief Perez who either doesn’t understand what his job requires or doesn’t care.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: volksford 12/23/2025 1:13:00 PM (No. 2044725)
Utah fired him and Brown hired him..they are so damn woke its pathetic.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: rochow 12/23/2025 10:21:03 PM (No. 2044869)
Get rid of the delusional so-called incompetent "President'. She ought to clean toilettes, but perhaps even that is too high a job for this dame.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Grateful 12/23/2025 11:28:26 PM (No. 2044888)
Wait for it...social justice warriors are planning a huge protest at Brown U. The school had the audacity to punish a privileged AA police chief. The "raaaycist" chants are not far behind.
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