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Campus Safety for Geographically Isolated Institutions

White Paper Series · Island Security Policy Institute · 2026

Warren Pulley — Founder & Executive Director, ISPI
Author profile · ORCID: 0009-0007-8694-0149 · SSRN · Wikidata Q139822665
Published 2026
TL;DR — Key Finding

Active threat protocols assume 7-minute law enforcement response. Island campuses regularly face 30-to-60-minute response times. Clery Act compliance frameworks do not differentiate. This paper provides the protocol architecture for institutions where the continental response time assumption is structurally false.

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Abstract

Comprehensive campus safety framework for island and geographically isolated institutions addressing active threat response, behavioral assessment, Clery Act compliance, and Title IX coordination under conditions of extended law enforcement response times. This research is produced under the ISPI Research Methodology Guide v4.0 — five pillars: government agency sources, regional organizations, OSINT/Bellingcat two-source verification, the ISPI Global Expert Panel of 78 members across 14 disciplines, and AI synthesis under practitioner review. All ISPI research is free under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Key Findings

01

FBI active shooter response protocols assume 7-minute law enforcement response — island campuses regularly face 30-60 minutes

02

Clery Act compliance for island institutions requires documentation of the extended response condition and compensating pre-positioned protocols

03

BTAM team composition must account for the professional and social overlap between assessors and subjects in small island campus communities

SIDS Global Bridge — Samoa Pathway Application

Geographically isolated educational institutions across SIDS — from University of the South Pacific in Fiji to regional colleges across Caribbean island nations — face identical response time conditions.

Related Research

WP-02 — Insider Threat Framework →WP-05 — Law Enforcement Workforce →PB-02 — Campus Safety Policy Brief →
Citation

Pulley, Warren. "Campus Safety for Geographically Isolated Institutions." Island Security Policy Institute, 2026. https://ispiglobal.com/papers-landing/wp04-campus-safety-isolated.html

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