US EditionBrown University police chief placed on leave after mass shooting
Rodney Chatman was placed on leave amid concerns over delayed alerts and security lapses; Brown University has 1,200 cameras and is commissioning external safety reviews.
- On December 22, 2025, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson placed Rodney Chatman, Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management, on leave and named Hugh T. Clements Jr., former Providence Police Chief, as interim chief.
- After the Dec. 13 shooting that killed two students and injured nine, Chatman faced no-confidence votes from the Brown University Security Patrolperson’s Association and Police Sergeants Union.
- Paxson outlined immediate steps including a rapid response team and an after-action review, while launching a comprehensive external safety assessment overseen by the Corporation of Brown University.
- The U.S. Department of Education announced a program review through its Office of Federal Student Aid to determine if Brown violated the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, which could lead to fines or policy changes.
- Christina H. Paxson tapped Hugh T. Clements Jr., who is nationally regarded for community-oriented policing, served 11 years as Providence police chief, led the DOJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and had the public safety complex auditorium named after him last year.
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Brown University police chief placed on leave pending campus safety review • Rhode Island Current
Brown University Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman speaks at a press conference on the Brown University shooting investigation on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at the Providence Public Safety Complex. Far left Brown Provost J. Doyle III and Gov. Dan McKee look on. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Brown University’s head of public safety is now on administrative leave as the Ivy League school unde…
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Brown University police chief put on leave, former Providence police chief to step in
Brown University placed its chief of police on leave Monday as officials grapple with the discovery that the gunman in the deadly mass shooting went on to kill an MIT professor in Massachusetts just two days later.
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