This policy and procedures are widely distributed in each semester's schedule. The Residence Life Department as well as other Student Affairs staff contribute to the policy development and implementation of the policy. The police role in enforcement is violation oriented as they enforce the law. The University police relate, however, with students differently than city police. They feel strongly about their educational mission and try to use infractions as an educational experience as well as an enforcement one.
Public safety is a focus of campus police work.
They are concerned about date rape and work together with Counseling Center. Efforts have been initiated during this present year to begin a self-defense course. The officer who was working with this, however, has recently left the campus police force. The subcommittee was unable to report on assessment and evaluation as very little information was known concerning needs assessments, instrumentation, quantitative and qualitative approaches, research findings, and dissemination.