About the New CARES Structure
“Upstanding”
Barnard is allocating safety resources toward a new approach to community safety that, as its acronym indicates, centers on care. The hope is that this reimagining and reallocation contributes to Barnard taking proactive steps to end structural racism, while fostering a safe and welcoming environment. Barnard is committed to the idea that we should all be more than bystanders, and start behaving as 'upstanders' – individuals who, when confronted with something wrong, take action to change the world for the better.
Committing Resources
As part of a comprehensive approach to community safety, the College will in fact increase spending on services that support a range of health and safety needs. This includes the recently announced investment in the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being, investment in technology to improve security and streamline access considerations, and the development of the CARES response unit
Fostering Expertise
Barnard believes that this new structure will enhance safety because it refocuses Community Safety Officers on campus security and emergency services; compliance efforts will prioritize preparedness, prevention and risk mitigation; and with the addition of the CARES Response Team, increases our ability to respond with expertise on the range of safety issues that arise on a college campus.
Rollout
Changes will be implemented over the course of 2021 beginning with the introduction of a single call center. Centralized intake for all calls will help assessment for intake and referral for an in-person response. Any incident that is serious, unexpected, and possibly dangerous or a situation that poses an immediate threat to health, life, property, or immediate environment with high probability of escalating quickly/dangerously without quick intervention will be addressed in collaboration with the emergency line.
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