Campus Safety

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More about us

The Campus Safety Department is responsible for policy enforcement, security, and emergency response on the campus. The Department is staffed 24 hours a day/7 days a week and strives to work collaboratively with campus community towards a safe campus environment.

The Campus Safety Department consists of a director, assistant director, physical security specialist, office manager, patrol supervisors, patrol officers, part-time dispatcher, student security officers, and student dispatchers.

The patrol supervisors and patrol officers are armed employees who are the primary responders for all on campus occurrences, including any criminal incidents. They also enforce all university rules and regulations contained within the student, staff, and faculty handbooks. The patrol supervisors and patrol officers oversee the student security officers and their functions for the department. Student security officers are unarmed student employees who conduct building checks to ensure the security of campus buildings after they are closed. They check on the validity of persons in closed buildings and observe buildings for signs of intrusion and mechanical failures.