Mott
Community
College
Department of
Public Safety
July 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Parking on Campus
1
Celebratory Gunfire
2
Police Blotter
2
Trivia Question
2
Call Us—We Can
Help
 Emergency
(810) 762-5666
 Non Emergency
(810) 762-0222
 Campus Closing
(810) 232-8989
Use this number to find
out if the college is open or
closed. You will get an
immediate answer and keep
the Public Safety lines open
for emergencies. Thank you!
Parking on Campus
With the recent closure of the faculty/staff parking Ramp J and student parking Ramp H for maintenance on main campus, many folks have had to seek
alternative places to park. It is important to remember the following rules
and guidelines to parking at Mott Community College.
Michigan law prevails in that you cannot park in a designated barrier-free
(handicap) spot unless you have a valid handicap license plate or a valid, visible,
hang tag (placard). Parking on the blue diagonal handicap lines is prohibited
for anyone.
Student parking is available everywhere on campus and is only restricted by
the faculty/staff parking areas. Students do not need a permit to park.
Faculty and Staff have plenty of designated parking on main campus but they
are required to have a parking permit. The parking permit allows the usage of
a faculty/staff designated parking space. Parking permits are issued a Faculty/
Staff full time or part time permits. Part time permits must be obtained on a
yearly basis. Permits are available from the Public Safety main office located at
the corner of Gorman Drive and Presidential Court. The office is open 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, each day of the year. Know the following information regarding your vehicle: make, model, color, license plate number.
Everyone must obey the individual signs posted in various spaces. For example, “Reserved for Applewood”, regardless of whether you think Applewood is open or not, means you cannot use that space unless you are visiting
Applewood at the time in which you park your vehicle. “Faculty Staff Parking
Only,” means that you must have a Faculty/Staff parking permit to utilize that
space.
Certainly, the maintenance closures cause an inconvenience for many people.
There are over 1,800, open to everyone, parking spaces on campus. Incorporate a few extra minutes into your day to utilize one those spaces. It may be
a bit further than you’re used to but will provide a couple of extra benefits, a
different view of our lovely campus or a chance to get a few
extra steps in for your exercise commitments for the day.
Parking at any of the sites is unrestricted and does not require
a parking permit. Of course, barrier-free parking and individually posted signs should always be observed.
Stop Celebratory Gunfire
Celebratory gunfire is both unlawful and dangerous. Bullets fired into the air may
return at speeds much lower than when it leaves the barrel but they are still extremely dangerous to property, pets, children and adults.
Shots fired into the air can travel great distances, coming down to strike anything in
its path. A woman was struck in the head and killed by celebratory gunfire while
watching Independence Day fireworks last year. The bullet came from over a mile
away. A boy was killed from celebratory gunfire while in church on New Years Day.
The bullet penetrated the roof of the church then fatally wounding the boy. A teenager struck by celebratory gunfire after the Miami Heats’ second consecutive NBA
championship win was wounded but expected to make a full recovery.
There are so many other alternatives to celebrating our independence this Fourth
of July. Encourage those around you not to use firearms in celebration.
Remember that what goes up, eventually comes down. Celebrate without gunfire.
Police Blotter
These are some of the things that required a police
response in June:
06/03 Investigation of a theft from the Regional Technology Center.
06/06 Arrest of a subject for a child support warrant.
06/17 Arrest of a subject charged with larceny from
the 06/03 theft from RTC.
06/19 Subject arrested for larceny from the bookstore.
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In what year was the
Mott Community College
Department of Public Safety organized
as a police department with full arrest
powers? You can find the answer within
one of the documents posted on our MCC
Public Safety webpage. When you find
it, send your answer to
Beverly.Lloyd@mcc.edu on or before July
31. We’ll put all the correct answers
into a drawing for a prize!
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY