Arkansas Safe Campus Task Force

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Arkansas Safe CampusTask Force

• August 19, 2009

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Arkansas Safe Campus Task Force

• Jim Purcell, Director
• Arkansas Department of Higher Education
• Brad Holloway, Director
• Mid-South Health Systems, Inc.
• Sally Carder, President
• National Park Community College
• Dan Bakke, President
• Pulaski Technical College
• Mike Kennedy, Sergeant
• Arkansas State Police
• David Maxwell, Director
• Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
• Joel Anderson, Chancellor
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Chuck Welch, President
• Henderson State University

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2009 LegislationThe Arkansas Campus Security
Enhancement Act

• Act 1400 of 2009 created the Arkansas Safe Campus
  Task Force
• Purpose
• Review current campus safety and security
  practices
• Develop guidelines and recommendations for best
  practices for development of a campus violence
  plan in 3 categories
• prevention, response, and recovery

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2009 LegislationThe Arkansas Campus Security
Enhancement Act

• Best practices within the recommended plans will
  include
• Effective methods of coordinated communications
  among administrators, faculty, staff, students,
  parents, state/local officials, mental health
  providers, and first responders
• A campus violence prevention committee
• A campus threat assessment team
• A mental health response and recovery plan
• An analysis of the types of available training
  resources related to campus security and
  personnel

Will suggest to the task force that an all
hazards plan for each institutions be the
desired goal of their work.
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2009 LegislationThe Arkansas Campus Security
Enhancement Act

• Each public institution of higher education are
  to send to the Task Force for its review their
  current plan dealing with
• Campus Security
• Violence Prevention
• Emergency Response
• Copies of these plans are due to the Task Force
  by September 1, 2009
• Private institutions are encouraged to
  participate

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2009 LegislationThe Arkansas Campus Security
Enhancement Act

• Task Force Timeline

Sep.1, 2010Provide Written Review Guidelines
Aug.19, 2009First Meeting at ADHE
Sep.1, 2009Task Force to Receive Safety Plans
From Each Institution For Review
2009
2011
The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly The
Task Force shall cease to exist by December 31,
2010
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CAMPUS SAFETY PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

• ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARKANSAS
  INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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Fatal Shootings

• Since 1990
• University of Iowa
• Simons Rock College
• University of North Carolina
• San Diego State University
• University of Washington
• University of Arkansas
• Pacific Lutheran University
• Appalachian School of Law
• University of Arizona
• Shepherd University
• Virginia Tech
• Louisiana Tech
• Northern Illinois University
• University of Central Arkansas

Variety of institutions Random Extraordinary
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Northeastern Oklahoma AM College

• Flood July 2007

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Rich Mountain Community College
April 9, 2009
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Rich Mountain Community College

• Classes at the Mena campus resumed at Rich
  Mountain Community College April 20, 2009 11
  days later.
• 70 of classes could be held on campus. Rich
  Mountain is using two separate locations for the
  other thirty percent of classes.
• Chancellor Wayne Hatcher reported that the
  Arkansas Disaster Insurance was providing
  excellent coverage with up to eighty percent or
  more coverage of expenses for damage.
• ADHE has requesting additional funds through the
  Federal Stimulus program.
• AATYC member colleges have helped the campus with
  its immediate classroom/computers needs and
  related staff support.
• The biggest concern at the present time is for
  the faculty/staff and students that suffered due
  to the tornado. Eight (8) faculty/staff members
  lost their homes and belongings. We are not sure
  of the total number of students that suffered a
  loss.
• Rich Mountain is committed to providing
  counseling to those faculty/staff and students in
  need.
• Rich Mountain has set-up a task force of four (4)
  to five (5) individuals to coordinate the efforts
  to collect furniture and other necessary supplies
  for those that lost everything in the storm.

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ADHE Report

• Assessment Process
• Findings
• Recommendations

Generally good news. Campuses are prepared for
most situations.
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Who are the respondents?
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Need a MH Plan
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Need a continuity of operations plan
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Methods to initiate campus-wide emergency
notification ()
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Need a continuity of operations plan
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Agency-Level Recommendations

• Develop a campus emergency response plan template
• Emergency-response training (facilitated by ADHE
  and/or ADEM)
• Develop resources for in-house training
• Establish local community/county and/or
  state-level review committee

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Campus Recommendations

• List all emergencies and develop a plan that
  includes a mental health component
• Identify communications/coordination gaps
• Training is annual and inclusive
• Maintain an incident reporting system
• Logistical considerations (command center,
  generators, air supply, water, phones, etc.)
• Business Continuity of Operations Plan

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Campus Recommendations (cont.)

• Information delivery to parents and/or media
• Monthly meetings for crisis management teams
• Redundant data storage
• U.S.-foreign relations (consulate numbers,
  overseas contacts/notification methods, and
  training)
• Building blueprints/layouts

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