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Safety Health / Campus Police Initiatives
Update

• Faculty Senate
• October 23, 2007
• Gary Jankowski
• Associate Vice President, Safety Health
• Jeff Newton, Chief of Police

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Safety Health Initiatives

• Red Alert (an AMTELCO Company software product)
• A means of quick communication to thousands via
  text message or e-mail across both campuses when
  weather-related emergencies, violent episodes or
  power outages occur
• Implementation task force composed of I.T.,
  police, safety and health, student government
  and residence life representatives
  (implementation Fall 2007)

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Safety Health Initiatives

• PA System Inside Main Campus Buildings
• Phase I to include Carlson Library, The
  Crossings, North Engineering, Gillham Hall,
  Health Human Services, Nitschke Hall, Parks
  Tower, Ottawa East and Ottawa West
• Implementation task force composed of I.T.,
  police, safety and health, and maintenance
  representatives (implementation Spring 2008)

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Safety Health Initiatives

• PA System on Main Campus Grounds
• To address the issue of mass communication
  quickly to persons on or about the grounds
• Working with Federal Signal Corporation,
  experienced in PA system installation on military
  bases
• Experts are conducting study to determine ideal
  locations for PA speaker mountings
  (recommendation due December 2007)

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Safety Health Initiatives

• Health Science Campus (HSC) Safety Features
• - Overhead paging system throughout buildings
• Code Blue telephone devices across campus
• Red Alert will include HSC faculty, staff and
  students
• Outdoor PA speaker system planned for 2009

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Campus Police Initiatives

• Training Initiatives
• Direct to Threat training
• Crisis Intervention Training
• Coordinated training with police and residence
  life staff
• role play training
• calls involving drugs and alcohol
• problem students

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Campus Police Initiatives

• Resources and Programs
• Structured Community Policing
• Explosives Detection K-9 Unit
• Use of Force Options
• Incident Command Vehicle

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Campus Police Initiatives

• Collaborations and Partnerships
• Student Behavior Review Committee
• Lucas County Community-wide Radio System
• Partnership with the Local, State and Federal Law
  Enforcement Agencies
• Governors Task Force on Campus Safety