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Working Towards Gender Equality
To better reflect the university community, the Department of Public Safety at the University of Utah has taken the 30X30 Pledge, determined to increase the number of female police officers to at least 30% by 2030.
The U currently has over 10% female sworn officers and 33% women in leadership.
Victim Advocates: Empowering informed decision-making
Hilary White is the crime victim advocate coordinator for the University of Utah Department of Public Safety. She provided some information about the ways she and other advocates empower victim-survivors to make informed decisions about what they want to do next.
Changing the language of policing
How we speak to those who come to us with a potential issue could impact all future interactions, and either strengthen or weaken the community’s trust in us. To that end we are working as a department to eliminate three all too common questions used by police officers when taking a report.