The University Police Department provides a diverse and highly visible range of public safety services designed to-reduce crime, protect life and property, and support Jacksonville State University in the accomplishment of its institutional mission. As a customer oriented service provider, the professional staff utilizes innovative law enforcement programs as well as established community policing techniques to provide a full range of services to the campus community as well as to the larger Jacksonville community.

Goal Number 01-  Provide for a safe and secure campus environment for that allows the University to perform it mission.

Objective: 1.1

Provide a safe and secure environment for students, staff, faculty and visitors on campus.

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Initiate crime prevention programs that include campus housing, athletics, and the general campus. Increase and improve the quality of informational presentations by Adopt-A-Dorm officers to students residing in campus residence halls and Fraternities on most common occurring crime. Include personal protection information for university employees and students. Inform and involve the entire campus community in crime prevention issues and crime prevention programs. Reduced crime rate in specific areas of violent crimes and thefts. Reduce the overall crime rate on campus. Purchase Police and Safety Security Vehicle.

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Seek approval to fund 6 sworn officer positions through funds that are generated by the decal sales and parking fines. Request and receive those funds for UPD personnel budget. Replacement of student dispatchers can be accomplished by hiring sworn officers into the positions as they are vacated by the student workers over a period of time. Dispatch will then be assign as a patrol function.  Dispatch once manned by certified police officers will better serve the University Community at this critical function with their knowledge and experience. The UPD will then be able to better cover special events such as sporting events, graduation, etc by using the certified officers to man the requested post by the administration. The funding for student workers can then be used to meet increasing demand for services at special events where non sworn personnel are needed such as parking enforcement and ticket collection at sporting events.

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria  

Improve the crime prevention program targeting the most vulnerable populations. Work closer with the judicial Coordinator in assuring judicial hearing is held for students who violate the JSU student code of conduct. Purchase of new vehicles should have begun during 2005/2006/2007/2008, and annually thereafter for patrol operations. UPD has not received a new patrol car for several years. Current fleet is aging rapidly and will require a purchase/replacement of all vehicles in a couple years. Officers and police managers need to use an automated police management system to better report and analyze crime incidents and trends.  Receive increased funding to cover increases in operational costs such as fuel, maintenance, training, safety equipment, uniforms and supplies such as decals. Receive funding for police computer upgrades. 

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Safeguard Fire & Alarm Company received the bid in 2007 and replaced all fire extinguishers in University building in 2008. The JSU Physical Pant stated that fire extinguishers for new buildings are covered in the bid price. Funding is requested to pay for the inspection and replacement of fire extinguishers through Safeguard. The estimated annual maintenance contract is $3,968.00

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Reduce traffic flow and parking problems by collaborating with faculty, staff and student groups to establish a comprehensive traffic and parking plan. Become more efficient with parking citations for parking violators. Up grade the automated ticketing system to post charges on the University Banner System.

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Provide input into future construction projects ensuring adequate parking facilities. Meet and work with action groups to resolve parking issues. Up date automated parking violation citation system to be compatible with the Banner system.   Meet with action groups and university administrators to agree on a combined strategy of capital improvement for parking and class scheduling considerations. Use full time parking enforcement officer for scheduled enforcement and police person to respond to parking complaint which will allow the parking enforcement officer to complete scheduled enforcement. Get overtime approved for officer enforcement Monday through Friday from 8am to 1pm. This will identify repeat offenders so out standing tickets can be charged.

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Objective: 2.2

Reduce traffic hazards at identified locations by visibly enforcing speed limits at student crosswalks. High visibility traffic enforcement will reduce speed of vehicles traveling through crosswalks.

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Increase the number of visible traffic enforcement patrols at high use and traffic crosswalks such as Brewer Hall and Houston Cole Library both requiring student to cross Highway 21. Increase public safety messages to make drivers more aware of posted speed at crosswalks. Get overtime approved in order to provide additional police presents in monitoring cross walks.

Status: Completed Person(s) Responsible: Chief Giddy

Provide positive leadership role models for students to emulate by identifying an assigning qualified employees to train and mentor student employees.

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria

Match best full time employees to student workers. Student employees are assigned to knowledgeable, experienced full-time employees for training. Their personal and professional interaction will provide quality training and foster personal development for student employees. Student employees will become professionally competent and personally enhanced with increased character and emotional intelligence. Each semester student workers will be requested to complete an evaluation on numerous qualities of work issues to include; work hours, training, management/supervision, and recommendations to improve work conditions. Purchase police agency shirts to identify student workers to people who enter the building. (Dispatchers, Safety Security patrol..etc..)

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy

Objective: 04.1

Maintain accreditation standards and receive reaccreditation in 2009.

Strategy / Assessment / Success Criteria  

Employ one UPD officer as the accreditation manager to work on the reaccreditation standards during 2006 through 2009. Reaccreditation by CALEA in 2006. Will look at IACLEA for future accreditations. The IACLEA is the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies. They are recognized by our current accreditation organization.

Status: Ongoing Person(s) Responsible:  Chief Giddy