Department Initiatives

• Training officers and dispatchers to positively engage with the community thereby building trust with our students and other campus stakeholders.
• Initiating State Accreditation Standards in order to have the department fully accredited.  
• Establishing a Clery Compliance Officer to rebuild our annual security report to better reflect the needs of Smith.  
• Implementing diverse training for all personnel to include not only annual mandated law enforcement training, but continuous training in anti-bias, de-escalation, mental health and other pertinent and contemporary issues. Review the list of trainings attended on the Staff & Advisory Group page.
• Partnering with Northampton Police Department for professional development.
• Formalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for services and support in emergency situations.
• Formalized a MOU with the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Department so that our officers are sworn in as special deputies with concurrent jurisdiction in Hampshire County. 
• Offering programs including, RAD/self-defense training, bicycle registration, engraving and fingerprinting. 
• Providing other services to include motor vehicle jumpstarts, vehicle lockouts, safety transports/escorts and room lockouts.

Post-pandemic

• Hosting regular open houses to foster community engagement. 
• Post-pandemic, partnering with Residence Life to schedule officers to have meals with students. 
• Post-pandemic, officers can attend house meetings and meet regularly with student organizations such as SGA, House Presidents, etc.