Providing a safe campus requires that we work together–that we become "partners in safety." The Security Department serves as the University's primary unit for supporting the personal safety of students, employees, and visitors. Staffed by twelve full-time employees, who provide supervision to student employees, the department is responsible for building/grounds security, dispatch/radio communications, parking enforcement, safe walk, crime prevention, and emergency medical services. Uniformed patrol personnel are unarmed and engage primarily in foot and vehicle patrols of the campus 24 hours-a-day. A student communications officer provides services such as initiating appropriate responses to community members in crisis situations or providing information on a 24 hour-a-day basis. Both patrol and communications officers are trained on the job and in the classroom. Reference checks and criminal background checks are performed on all employees. Additionally, Security personnel respond to reported incidents in a timely manner.
