Brown University Places Safety Chief on

In an act of shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted, Brown University is looking for to mood its potential legal responsibility in the taking pictures deaths of college students Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov by inserting Rodney Chatman, Brown’s Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management, on administrative go away.

#BREAKING: Brown University confirms their VP for Public Safety and Emergency Management, Rodney Chatman, has been put on administrative go away. Former Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements will serve as interim chief of police, according to Brown. The assertion got here from…

— Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) December 23, 2025

#BREAKING: Brown University confirms their VP for Public Safety and Emergency Management, Rodney Chatman, has been put on administrative go away. Former Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements will serve as interim chief of police, according to Brown. The assertion got here from college president Christina Paxson who faces her own criticism after telling reporters she doesn’t assume cameras would have made a distinction, when requested if the college was going to make any adjustments 

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As RedState reported, Chatman was Ground Zero for the failures which resulted in a shooter getting into the Barus and Holley Engineering building, gunning down Cook and Umurzokov, and injuring 9 others. From the (according to some stories) disabled cameras which Brown President Christine Paxson first denied existed, to a custodian’s a number of stories to Chatman about a individual casing the engineering building for weeks before the murders, to a homeless man dwelling in the basement of the building (who finally helped apprehend the killer) this tragic clown show of gross incompetency, misconduct, technology failures, and sloppy security measures all occurred on Chatman’s watch. 

BREAKING🚨: Brown University has positioned its DEI-focused Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police, Rodney Chatman, on administrative go away efficient immediately—following the devastating December 13 mass taking pictures on campus that killed two college students and injured 9… pic.twitter.com/Jo28wAcddR

— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) December 23, 2025

Despite Paxson’s disastrous position, Chatman’s head seems to be the first that will roll, but he positively shouldn’t be the last.

Paxson immediately moved to appoint an interim public security chief.

Hugh T. Clements Jr., the previous longtime Providence police chief, has been tapped by Brown University to lead the varsity’s public security operations following a taking pictures on campus that left two useless and 9 injured.

Clements, who first began as a evening patrol officer for the Providence Police Department in 1985, moved up the ranks and was promoted to chief in 2012. He was the second longest-serving chief in town’s historical past before retiring in January 2023.

Clements will serve as Brown’s interim vice president of public security, a position held by Rodney Chatman who has been positioned on go away. 

Paxson’s days could also be numbered as nicely. The Department of Education now has Brown in the crosshairs for failing to keep its college students secure.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it’s going to conduct a program review of Brown University (Brown) in response to the December 13, 2025, taking pictures on its campus, which killed two college students. The Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will examine if Brown violated Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act, in any other case identified as the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), which requires establishments of larger training to meet sure campus security and security-related necessities as a condition of receiving federal pupil assist.

In the meantime, the college has retained outdoors counsel.

#FIRSTONFOX: Brown University has retained former United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha as sources inform me they put together for attainable lawsuits.

Brown shared this assertion, “Brown works routinely with outside counsel whose expertise complements…

— Brooke Taylor (@Brooketaylortv) December 22, 2025

#FIRSTONFOX: Brown University has retained former United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha as sources tell me they prepare for possible lawsuits.  

Brown shared this statement, “Brown works routinely with outside counsel whose expertise complements that of the University’s Office of the General Counsel. In this case, we retained Zachary Cunha, the former United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, to assist the University in coordinating with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.”

That $8 billion endowment could also be about to be decreased significantly. The coming months might be ones to watch: Look for new and returning enrollment to the college to nosedive and lawsuits to roll in.

Editor’s Note: President Trump is combating to dismantle the Department of Education and guarantee America’s youngsters get the training they deserve.

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