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Continued from Page 21 doing so, IACLEA has become the trusted global voice of campus law enforcement, demonstrating what is possible when campus safety is treated as a serious discipline rather than an afterthought.
The need for federal, state and local law enforcement to work more closely with campus agencies has never been greater. No professional association, no matter how dedicated or capable, can substitute for sustained federal, state and local engagement and institutional commitment. University law enforcement and security administrators are not obstacles to openness; they are the last line preventing openness from becoming vulnerability. They serve quietly and relentlessly, often without recognition, protecting students while upholding civil liberties and preserving the academic values that define higher education.
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Fourth, training standards must reflect the modern threat environment. Active shooter response, behavioral threat assessment, social media threat monitoring, protest management through dialogue policing and hate-crime prevention must be standardized, recurring and mandatory individual capability.
Fifth, and most critically, DHS and DOJ must step up. Despite being clear targets for domestic extremists and foreign adversaries, higher education lacks a formal, nationwide information-sharing mechanism comparable to those serving other critical sectors. Financial services, aviation, utilities and real estate all benefit from Information Sharing and Analysis Centers( ISACs). Higher education— despite its national security, economic and democratic significance— does not.
This gap is not merely a policy oversight
Organizations such as the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators( IACLEA) have carried an outsized burden in advancing campus safety. For decades, IACLEA has worked tirelessly to professionalize campus policing by setting standards, advancing training, fostering collaboration, and helping leaders navigate an increasingly volatile threat environment. In
Paul Goldenberg started his career as a beat patrolman in urban New Jersey. He is a former decorated undercover agent and senior ranking law enforcement leader with nearly three decades of experience, including leading organized crime investigations and serving 10 years as a senior advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security. He has chaired Congressional DHS subcommittees on foreign fighters, cybersecurity and targeted violence, and has worked globally with police agencies across Europe, Scandinavia, the UK and the Middle East. He is CEO of Cardinal Point Strategies, Chief Policy Advisor to the Rutgers University Miller Center on Policing, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Ottawa’ s for Transnational Security, a senior officer with the Global Consortium of Law Enforcement Training Executives, member of the NSA Border Council and Chair of Public Safety BOA for Draganfly.
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