Security Response & Authority

The Department of Campus Safety coordinates all requests for services for outside law enforcement, fire departments, medical or other emergency responses on campus. In addition to the individual room phones and public phones, blue light courtesy phones are strategically located throughout campus. These phones dial directly into the Campus Safety Office and indicate the caller's exact location to the dispatcher. The campus community is encouraged to use these telephones to request information, escorts, and motorist assistance (lock-outs, jump starts), or to report suspicious conditions.

The Campus Safety office is open 24 hours a day and is conveniently located in the lower level of the Otto A. Shults Community Center. All campus fire and security alarms are also monitored from this area. All telephone and radio communications are tape recorded for emergency play back and quality control.

As members of a proprietary security department, Campus Safety Officers do not have police authority. The Department does maintain a very close working relationship with area law enforcement agencies, specifically the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. All required criminal activities and motor vehicle accidents are reported to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department for reporting, investigative, and arrest purposes. Criminal prosecution of incidents that occur on campus, or elsewhere in Monroe County, is coordinated by the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. As a result, all criminal activities become a matter of public record.

In addition to assisting area law enforcement agencies in the investigation of campus incidents, Campus Safety also investigates violations of the Nazareth College Student Conduct Code, which is distributed to all students at the beginning of each academic year. These incidents are generally referred to the Student Affairs office for judicial review. Judicial procedures are clearly outlined in the Student Calendar and Handbook, which is distributed to all students each year.

The Campus Safety Department uses a variety of methods to share information with the campus community regarding security and safety related issues. Safety notices and prevention flyers are distributed throughout campus, and more serious incidents are shared campus-wide in compliance with the "timely notice" requirement of the Student Right-to-Know law. In the event that a situation arises, either on or off campus, that ,in the judgement of the Director of Campus Safety, consitutes an on- going or continuous threat , a campus wide "timely warning"will be issued. The warning will be issued through the college e-mail system to students, faculty and staff. IF time permits, a warning will also be issued in the campus" student newspaper, The Gleaner.

Depending on the particular circumstances of the event, especially in situations that could pose an immediate threat to the community and individuals, the Campus Safety Department may also post a notice on the Nazareth College web site www.naz.edu, providing  the college commuity with more immediate notification.

In such instances, a copy of the notice will be posted in each residence hall and at the front door of each building on campus. Anyone with information warranting a timely warning should report the circumstances to the Campus Safety Department by phone, 585 389-2850 or in person at the Campus Safety Office located in the lower level of the Otto A. Shults Community Center.

The Campus Safety Department also maintains a daily, written crime log of any crime reported to the department that occurred on campus, in or on a non-campus building or property, or on public property. This log is made available in accordance with the 1998 Amendments to the Jeanne Clery Act.