As purveyors of justice, law enforcers, particularly university police, carry heightened responsibility to act as campus watchdogs, zealously monitoring the campus community for signs of bias, says Reggie Shuford, senior staff attorney in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Racial Justice Program.
“When you see a need for something, you can’t ignore it,” says Assistant Chief Dale Burke for the University of Wisconsin â?? Madison Police Department. “We don’t ever want to be caught in the reactive phase.”
In 2003, the UW-Madison PD, under the helm of Police Chief Susan Riseling, received an Education/Prevention Award from the Civil Rights Division of the International Association of Chiefs of Police for measures enacted to maintain the safety of Muslim students after 9/11