Overview
- The separation, approved Tuesday in Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court, followed Judge Robert Ferrieri’s finding that Rodney Chatman did not prove a work-related injury.
- The settlement’s terms are sealed, and the judge described the agreement as an amicable separation.
- Brown named former Providence police chief Hugh Clements as the permanent head of campus public safety on Wednesday.
- Clements had been interim since Dec. 22, 2025, after the Dec. 13 classroom shooting that killed two students and injured nine.
- Chatman had been on leave since the attack and faced no-confidence votes from two campus police unions, as campus security grew tighter and drew mixed reactions from students.