By calling on private-university police forces to expand the range of records they make available to the public, Ohio and Texas are joining a group of states in which lawmakers and the courts have brought reporting requirements at private institutions in line with standards at public ones. The new standards — which arrived in Ohio through a Supreme Court ruling and in Texas through a bill passed by state lawmakers — show broader nationwide conversations about police authority and transparency are trickling down to college campuses. Because of that, they represent a positive step, said Darrel W. Stephens, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, an organization of law-enforcement executives in the United States and Canada. "It may make people uncomfortable at times," he said, "but for me, the more that’s open, the better."

June 9, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education