4041  CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS

In its "Report of the Public Safety Advisory Committee," published in 1976, 
the Public Safety Advisory Committee recommended the creation of the 
Director of Public Safety classification.  Campuses were either to create the 
additional position or to modify an existing administrative position within 
their existing law-enforcement unit.  The Director was to provide the 
management, educational, and coordinative capabilities necessary to work 
with campus constituencies in promulgating the Public Safety approach.

Directors of Public Safety are specialized managers within their particular 
communities of higher education and as such have responsibilities to their 
specific programs as well as to the general campus administration.  They 
provide resources and expertise to their Presidents/designees in the area of 
technical law-enforcement activities and advise and assist in administrative 
decision-making to prevent community jeopardy wherever and whenever 
possible.  They remain current in the prevention areas of law enforcement 
services and communicate this technology to other campus administrators as 
appropriate.