Brown University Places Campus Police Chief on Leave Effective Immediately and Launches Review

Brown University has (finally) placed campus security chief Rodney Chatman on leave. It’s difficult to see how they could have avoided this.

There are simply too many unanswered questions about how the shooter so easily gained access to the building where the shootings occurred. Especially now that a janitor at the school has come forward to claim that he warned school authorities about a strange figure who turned out to be the shooter, days before the incident.

Lots of people at Brown have to be questioned, starting with this guy.

Townhall reports:

“Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman will be on administrative leave, effective immediately,” the university said in a statement.

Along with the suspension, the university is commissioning an externally-led after-action review, a move that the university says is standard practice. The review will include “a complete assessment and evaluation of campus safety in the period leading up to the tragedy, the preparedness and response on the date of the shooting, and the emergency management response in the aftermath.”

Brown will also be engaging a rapid response team to increase security ahead of the new semester. They will also be conducting an analysis of their campus security policies with an “on-site physical security assessment of the perimeter of buildings, access points, cameras and technology, and other infrastructure conditions, and will build on work underway to enhance security immediately”

Former Providence Chief of Police Hugh T. Clements will serve in both of Chatman’s former roles in the interim.

This was mentioned on FOX News tonight.

BREAKING: Brown University just put its police chief on LEAVE after the emergency response was horrifically BOTCHED, letting the shooter get away and kill an MIT professor

Trump administration is also INVESTIGATING.

BROWN MUST CLEAN HOUSE! Don't stop with him!

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 23, 2025

The statement from Brown includes these three points:

– A rapid response team is prioritizing immediate safety and security measures with a focus on ensuring a secure campus during Brown’s winter break and in advance of its Spring 2026 semester.

– Brown will commission an external After-Action Review of the Dec. 13 incident, including a complete assessment and evaluation of campus safety in the period leading up to the tragedy, the preparedness and response on the date of the shooting, and the emergency management response in the aftermath.

– The University will also initiate an external comprehensive Campus Safety and Security Assessment of the Brown campus, including College Hill and the Jewelry District, to review Brown’s current safety and security policies, procedures, infrastructure and training. This work will be supported by an on-site physical security assessment of the perimeter of buildings, access points, cameras and technology, and other infrastructure conditions, and will build on work underway to enhance security immediately.

This story is far from over.

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