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Our Purpose

The Bennett College for Women Public Safety Department serves to protect the Bennett College community and strives to attain its primary purpose of:

• Safeguarding lives and property

• Maintaining order and keeping the peace

• Preventing and detecting criminal activity

• Helping those in need of assistance

Our Values

To achieve our purpose, we:

• Value Public Safety as a partnership with the campus community

• Value Public Safety as a community trust, which requires the highest degree of commitment from all of our members

• Value the student, faculty, and staff of our community and recognized that they call upon us to provide timely assistance

Our Way

In achieving our purpose, we will apply our values in the delivery of service to the Bennett community we serve.  We:

• Will strive to improve the quality of life for the students, faculty, and staff of our community

• Recognize the members of the Bennett College for Women Public Safety Department as our greatest assets and as ambassadors of service to the College community.

• Practice the highest standards of personal and professional conduct in the delivery of service

• Treat each contact with the students, faculty, staff, and visitors as the most important contract of the day

• Recognize our purpose as a promise to our College community to be there when needed

To insure the safety and security of the Bennett College community, the college employs individuals as Public Safety officers.  The Department of Public Safety operates 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, and can be contacted by calling extension 8621.  Off campus callers must dial 370-8621.

To carry out its protective role, Public Safety is responsible for the following:

• Securing all campus buildings and property and for presenting to the administration of the College a plan for effectively implementing their services;

• Responding to emergency situations in an expeditious manner.  Knowledge of such situations may be witnessed by campus Public Safety during patrol or in field contacts.  They may also be reported by the Resident Directors if an emergency occurs in residence halls, or by faculty, staff, or students if an emergency occurs on the campus grounds or in classroom buildings.

• Escorting students safely to residence halls after doors have been locked and maintaining records of the names of those students.  These records are available to appropriate college officials upon request.

• Addressing students who have been disrespectful by use of profane and abusive language, disruptive behavior, or failure to respond to admonition when caught in an act of violation of the Bennett Honor Code of the Code of Conduct.

• Maintaining accurate records of visitors to the campus by implementing a sign-in/sign-out procedure with name and location of person(s) to be visited.  These records should be available to appropriate college officials upon request.

• Maintaining a professional relationship with students.

• Responding to medical emergencies as communicated by the College Physician, Director of Health Services, or other college officials. 

The Department of Public Safety also provides the following programs: 

• Engraving of personal property

• Maintaining a list of property items, including brand name and serial numbers

• Liaison with local pawn shops dealers for recovery of stolen property 

AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION

The Public Safety staff is composed solely of “non-sworn officers, with no arrest authority outside the guidelines provided for private citizens in making a citizen’s detainment.