West Virginia University shall apply reasonable measures to reduce the risk of crime on campus. The Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services shall serve as a support unit to the University community for the purpose of carrying out the law enforcement responsibilities on campus. This policy recognizes that the safety and security of the public and property on campus depends in large part upon the efforts of the faculty, staff, and students in the various diverse units who must be aware of safety and security policies and abide by them in their areas.

This policy applies to all University employees, students, and visitors, including those on the regional campuses.

It is the policy of West Virginia University that all crimes and other emergencies affecting the safety or security of students, employees, or visitors on campus shall be reported to the WVU Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services in a timely manner.

In turn, the Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services will make timely warnings to the campus community on reported crimes, collect and report information on campus crime statistics and security policies, publish and distribute an annual report of campus security policies and crime statistics, and provide copies of the annual report upon request to the Secretary of Education or to any applicant for enrollment or employee.

Additionally, each Dean, Director, Chair, or major administrator, in cooperation with the individual building supervisor, shall develop a building Security Pan including applicable procedures for his/her responsible areas.

Each Security Plan should analyze areas of responsibility and personal security, key control, access to the building facilities, and any other issue that would compromise the personal safety of employees and/or security of the building and its resources. It is the responsibility of all faculty, staff, students, administrators, and visitors to adhere to policies designed to protect the resources, both human resources and material assets, of the University.

Procedure development rests with Deans, Directors, Chairpersons, and Administrators within specific units, as well as the Director of Public Safety and Transportation Services.

The responsibility for implementation of this policy rests with faculty, staff, students, and all individuals associated with the University. The Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services, at 293-3136 or P.O. Box 6561, is available to answer questions or provide additional information regarding this policy.

The responsibility for the interpretation of this policy rests with the Director of the Department of Public Safety and Transportation Services, West Virginia University.

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