Our Journey Toward Inclusion: ISU Police’s Engagement and Inclusion Officer Team
- Ariadna Delgado Ruiz (Iowa State University)
Abstract
This session will include a presentation and discussion led by members of the ISU Police Department. The presentation will outline ISU PD’s Engagement and Inclusion Officer (EIO) team. ISUPD implemented the EIO team in recognition of and response to the divide between communities and the officers meant to protect them. The EIO team recognizes these barriers exist because of law enforcement’s historical and current day oppression of individuals due to their identities, specifically, identities surrounding race and ethnicity. Local activists, campus administrators, faculty, students, and police officers have informed and shaped the ISUPD EIO program and its initiatives. This collaborative model allows all session participants to visualize their power in making similar changes in their spheres of influence. This session will provide space for participants and presenters to share their concerns, fears, ideas, and hopes for the future of policing at ISU.