Racial Profiling by Campus Police: Creating a Solution
- Deb Larkin (Iowa State University)
Abstract
The content of this workshop will be based on three premises: (1) the definition of racial profiling as established by the Institute on Race and Poverty; (2) racial profiling in policing exists; and (3) incidents of racial profiling can be reduced through police training. The purpose of this workshop is for the participants to devise a police training program to address racial profiling. Results of the workshop will be used to educate Iowa State University police officers. Participants will be asked to answer the following questions: How can the impact of racial profiling be explained to police officers? How can officers be trained to know the difference between profiling and investigating? How can supervisors be instructed to recognize and stop profiling? Additionally, participants will be asked for input as to the type of structure needed for effective programming on this topic.