CSUPD is continuously finding ways to engage with its public; more specifically, the department’s goal is to learn from national, state and local conversations how we can refine policing at CSUPD.

It is imperative that peace officers and their leaders seek to listen, understand, reflect and learn. The employees at CSUPD have spent many hours strengthening existing relationships with units and individuals across the university, as well as forging new relationships with a focus on asking how we can redefine how CSUPD works across our campuses. We also continue to learn about ourselves, dig into our data, and analyze our interactions with the university and broader Northern Colorado community to create this resource on transparency.

CSUPD is defined by our vibrant university community and the values we share with our students, faculty and staff. Policing at a university provides us with a rare and valuable opportunity to meet people from across the globe – from all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and belief systems. This provides us with an opportunity to learn from many perspectives. Many of these individuals are young students who are making decisions for the first time on their own about how they will shape their lives.

Our intentional default at CSUPD, and our unique opportunity as peace officers at a university, lies in how we interact when responding to calls or patrolling campuses. We foster a culture where we seek first to connect with individuals and use education as a primary method of behavior change rather than traditional enforcement and punitive action whenever possible.