Safety and Security on
UNC Campuses
UNC Faculty Assembly
Brent Herron, CPP
Associate VP for Campus Safety
and Emergency Operations
The University of North Carolina
November 4, 2011
Campus Safety
 Police Departments
 Counseling Centers
 Emergency Management
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University of North Carolina System
 16 University Campuses
 One Constituent High School
 Over 220,000 students
 Over 45,000 faculty and staff
 If UNC was a city, it would rank 3rd in
population size in North Carolina
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Staffing UNC Police Departments
 16 Chiefs of Police
 Director of Security (NCSSM)
 Roughly 450 sworn police officers
 Roughly 240 non-sworn personnel
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Staffing UNC Police Departments
 UNC Chiefs of Police have 400+
years of cumulative law enforcement
experience
 Training:
 All UNC officers are certified through
the North Carolina Justice Academy,
Basic Law Enforcement Training
(BLET) program
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Staffing UNC Police Departments
 Many UNC officers have earned the North
Carolina Advanced Training Certificate – the
State’s highest professional training
certificate
 Command Staff Training:
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FBI National Academy
LE Executive Program – UNC School of
Government
Administrative Officer Management Program
for LE – NCSU
Justice Academy Management Development
Program
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Accredited Police Departments
 ECU PD
 NC A&T PD
 NCCU PD
 NCSU PD (Dual Accreditation –
CALEA Flagship Agency)
 UNC-CH Department of Public
Safety
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Campus Law Enforcement
 Campus law enforcement officers
have the same powers as municipal
and county police officers to
conduct investigations and make
arrests for felony and misdemeanor
offenses.
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Campus Law Enforcement Duties
 Operations (Patrol)
 Investigations
 Crime Prevention Programs/
Training
 Threat Assessments
 Administrative Duties
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Crime Prevention Programs
 Alcohol and Drug Awareness
 Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
 Shots Fired Training (Active Shooter)
 See it Report it
 Violence in the Work Place
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Broader Campus Involvement
 Primary mission is to protect people and
property through traditional practices but
campus LE involved in a much broader
scope than their municipal counterparts:
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Involved with the evaluation, planning
and operations of campus security
systems
Emergency Notification Systems
Student Conduct Boards
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Other Campus Security Concerns
 Sporting Events
 Concerts
 Theatrical Productions
 Charitable and Other Events
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Clery Act
 Federally Mandated Regulations:
 Daily Crime Log (date, time, nature of
incident, status of crime reported)
 Crime Alert Requirements:
 Timely alert to campus community
when crime committed
 Suspect still at large
 Serious risk of harm to campus
community
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Clery Act
 Annual Report must include:
 Information on Alcohol & Drug Policy
 Sexual Assault Policy
 Missing Students Policy
 Workplace Violence Policy
 Emergency Notification Policy
 Fire Safety Information
 Campus-area Crime Data
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Total Calls for Service 2010
 UNC Campus Police Departments
acted on over 260,000 calls or
assignments in 2010:
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80,153 calls were answered by NCSU
911 Center
 UNCSA PD worked over 300 special
events
 UNCW PD conducted over 230 Crime
Prevention Programs
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Student Counseling Centers
Student Counseling Centers
 Provide counseling and therapy to
students
 Provide education programs for
students, faculty/staff on recognizing
signs of stress or behaviors that may
help identify individuals who pose a
threat to themselves or others
 UNC Counseling Centers are seeing
more students with serious or complex
concerns
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Student Counseling Centers (cont.)
 Counselors report depression and
anxiety as two of the most common
reasons for students seeking
counseling.
 Counselors are frequently involved
with:
 Crisis
intervention
 Program development and evaluation
 Consulting with faculty and staff on
specific concerns
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Accredited Counseling Centers
ASU
UNCG (final step of
process)
ECU
NCCU
UNCP (initial phase)
NCSU
UNCW
UNC-CH
WCU
UNCC
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Emergency Management
Responsibilities
 All Hazards Planning (natural and
man-made)
 Emergency Operations Plan
(UNC template)
 Compliance with Federal requirements:
 FEMA
– National Response Framework
 NIMS
–5
 Federal Grants
 HSPD
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Emergency Management
Responsibilities
 Training – working with all campus
departments:
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Incident Command System (OPS/Admin)
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Emergency Notification Systems
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Establishing strong working relations with
local Emergency Management
Coordinators and other first responders
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UNC Emergency
Management Coordinators
ASU
UNC CH
ECSU
UNCG
FSU
UNCP
NCCU
UNCW
NCSU
UNCSA
UNCA
WCU
UNCC
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Benefits of Emergency
Management Coordinators
 Storm Ready Designation – National
Weather Service designation (ECU,
UNCG, UNCW)
 UNCW only university in NC with FEMA
approved Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan
 Direct Support Grants (FSU, NCSU,
UNC-CH)
 UNCG – Hosts annual NCEMA
Conference
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2007 UNC Campus Safety
Task Force
 Following the Virginia Tech incident,
President Bowles created a UNC
Campus Safety Task Force to
undertake an examination of safety
throughout the University.
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2007 UNC Campus Safety
Task Force
 Following a six-month review, the Task
Force made numerous recommendations
to the President in three primary
categories:
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Preventing crime on campus
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Building capacity to respond to violent
crime and extreme events
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Better safety and disaster planning
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2007 UNC Campus Safety
Task Force
 Task Force recommended UNC General
Administration establish the position of
Associate Vice President for Campus
Safety and Emergency Operations:
Liaison with UNC campuses and other
agencies
 Provides consistent, coordinated
assistance in implementing
recommendations advanced by the
Task Force
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Campus Safety Recommendations
Threat Assessment Teams
 All campuses shall have in place a trained
threat assessment team, which at minimum
shall include representatives from:
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Counseling Center
Campus Police
Academic Affairs
Residence Life
Office Dean of Students
Human Resources (Faculty or Staff)
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Campus Safety Recommendations
 All campuses shall have in place a
protocol for identifying and responding to
students who potentially pose a threat to
themselves or others.
 Each campus shall have a case worker to
work with identified students.
 All campuses should develop a policy for
the involuntary withdrawal of students who
pose a threat to themselves or others.
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Education Programs
 All campuses shall develop programs to
educate faculty, staff, and students to
recognize signs and indicators of:
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Violence
Suicide
Mental illness
 All campuses shall educate community
members on issues related to applicable
privacy laws:
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FERPA
HIPAA
State laws
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Emergency Notification
 Each campus must adopt
an emergency notification
and communication-goal:
 Sirens
 Text
messages
 Voice mail
 Email
 Web site
 Social media
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Working Relationships
 Local first responders are critical –
must have strong working
relationships with external partners:
 NC
Division of Emergency Management
 NC Office of Emergency and Medical
Services (H1N1 – $430,000 grant)
 NC SBI
 NC ISAAC (NC Fusion Center)
 Federal Agencies
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Training Exercises
 All campuses must conduct scheduled
exercises at least twice a year:
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Between October 2009 and June 2010, UNC
campuses conducted a total of 31 table-top
and full-scale exercises to test their criticalincident response
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Training Video
Training Exercises
 118 organizations and agencies
throughout the State involved in
training
 City and County First Responders
 State and Federal Agencies
 Private and Volunteer
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Training Exercises
 Four target capabilities for each
exercise:
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Communications
 Management of Incident
 Emergency Notification and Public
Information
 Public Safety and Security Response
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Training Exercises
 Campus personnel involved:
 Chancellors Crisis Management Teams
 Campus Emergency Operations
Centers
 First Responders
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Training
 The number one lesson learned in all
exercises is that communications is
the most critical element in any type of
emergency response.
 Training exercises are an essential tool
in preparing campuses to meet the
challenges in today’s world.
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Other Training
 Threat Assessment Training –
ongoing
 Public Information Workshop – 2010
 Emerging Threats Conference – 2010
 Direct Support Exercises – 2010
 DHS Homeland Security Training
Grant – 2011
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ALERRT Training
 Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid
Response Training (ALERRT):
DHS approved program
 NCEM assisted with funding for 10 UNC
officers to attend 40-hour Instructor
Course
 $140,000 DHS grant to purchase training
equipment
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Take Aways
 Many of our campus PD’s have
programs in place to educate faculty
 Are you aware of existing programs
in place for your campus? Do you
take advantage of the programs?
 You need to reach out to your
respective campus police chief &
counseling centers
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Take Aways
 Situational Awareness – how would
you evacuate your class? Where are
the fire exits? Can you go out a 1st
floor window? How can you secure
your classroom? How would you
notify the campus police in an
emergency? How would you treat a
seizure or other medical emergency?
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You’re in Charge
 It is your classroom
 Students will be looking to you for
direction
 Do you have a plan?
 The moment of crisis is not a time
for you to have a crisis.
 Campus Police and Counseling
Centers are great resources to help
you Prepare
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Training
 Ask you campus Police Chief and
Emergency Management
Coordinator to arrange training for
your faculty members
 Take advantage of programs already
in place
 Include your students
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Questions?