Mark Heyart News Today

A community-focused approach and police reform from the inside out — those are the aspects that have defined Doreen Jokerst's first five years as the Chief of Police at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department is shifting away from giving criminal citations for many low-level and first-time offenses, replacing them with administrative citations that refer students to the school’s conduct process as part of an effort to prevent students from entering the criminal justice system. 

The University of Colorado Boulder police will use a new protocol to help with violence prevention as students return to campus in August.

The University of Colorado Boulder police will use a new protocol to help with violence prevention as students return to campus in August.