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JHU Pauses Implementation of JHPD
Johns Hopkins University has paused plans to of Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill of
implement its private campus police department for Rights. We want to benefit from these new
at least two years. A message from university and norms and best practices and can take them
hospital leaders to the Hopkins community into account as we consider the nature and
mentioned that the pause is important for the scope of responsibilities for university policing.
following reasons: We can invest in alternative approaches to
reduce to the greatest extent possible our
First, it will give us the opportunity to focus on the
opening that we have now in the debate on public reliance on policing.
safety and to invest our energies in that endeavor, Third, the pause will allow us the time to
where we believe our leadership could be impactful. improve our existing non-sworn campus safety
There are, in particular, many parts of our and security operations through enhanced
university that are leading experts in public health training, professional development, and
and other fields that could inform this debate, and oversight.
we want to provide them the support to devise new Finally, it will provide us with time to work with
models. city leadership, including a new mayor and our
Second, significant legislative efforts are being police commissioner, and understand fully the
mounted at the local, state, and national levels to strategy for police reform, improved safety, and
advance police reforms, including a reexamination violence reduction that our city requires.
Among the Best
In the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings Johns Hopkins Children's Center continues to
for Best Children's Hospitals for 2020–21 Johns rank nationally in all 10 pediatric specialties
Hopkins Children's Center and Johns Hopkins All surveyed, with eight among the top 20 in the
Children's Hospital are ranked among the best in country. Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital is
the U.S. Out of more than 100 pediatric hospitals ranked nationally in eight of 10 specialties, and
ranked nationally, both continue to be leaders in many of these eight specialties improved their
pediatric care in Maryland and Florida. ranking over last year.
