(A) Purpose
To establish a rule for the reporting of a crime, emergency or
public safety concern or incident while on the Rootstown campus.
(B) Scope
Covers all persons in the Rootstown campus, any on campus
residences and all public property adjacent to and immediately accessible from
the Rootstown campus and any non-campus
university owned buildings or property.
(C) Definitions
(1) Consult rule
3349-7-01 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) "Emergency" is a sudden,
generally unexpected, occurrence or set of circumstances demanding immediate
attention.
(3) "Rootstown campus"
includes all of the real property, buildings and equipment owned by or for the
benefit of the university in Rootstown Township, Portage county,
Ohio.
(4) "911" means the telephone
number used to call for police, fire or ambulance emergency services.
(5)
"Northeast Ohio
Medical University Police Department" or "NPD" refers to a commissioned law
enforcement officers employed by the university and having jurisdiction on
university owned property.
(6) "Security" is the physical space reserved
for contractedsecurity officers and their
respective function. It is located outside the only
door accessible to non-keycard holders and after hours
in room A-90.
(D) Rule statement
(1)
The university
encourages the accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes to the NPD, or other
appropriate law enforcement agency.
(1)(2) To report an
emergency, call 911. If calling from an on-campus phone the caller must dial
9-911 to secure an outside line. In order for the
security officers to assist first responders, everyone should immediately call
security at ext. 5911 to inform them of the emergency after the call to 911 is
made if possible. Any suspicious persons or
non-emergent activities should be reported to the NPD at
330-325-5911.
(2) Any suspicious persons or
activities should be reported to security at 330-325-5911. In addition to
calling security, crimes or suspicious activity can be reported to the
following individuals:
Chief Student Affairs Officer:
330-325-6759; B204
Chief Administrative Officer
(Bio-Med): 330-325-6169;
3011A, NEW Center
Public Safety Officer: 330-325-6519;
P7
Public Safety Supervisor:
330-325-6492; P6
Patrol officers: 330-325-6489;
C171
Security officers: 330-325-6489;
A90
(3) To report a non-emergency
security or public safety concern, contact security at (330) 325-6489 or ext.
6489 if dialing from an on-campus phone.
(43) Under the Revised
Code, all persons who know that a felony has been or is being committed are
required to report such information to law enforcement authorities. The person
should call 911 immediately to report such information. The university
encourages the victim of or witness to any crime to promptly report the
incident to local law enforcement or university
campus security
NPD.
(54) Any crimes on
the campus reported to any security officers or
local law enforcement
NPD will be
included in the annual crime statistics, and will be used to provide timely
warning notices if required.to the university community annually, and more frequently,
if necessary.
(
65) Ohio's public records
law, contained in section
149.43 of the Revised Code does
not permit the university to promise confidentiality to those who report crimes
to anyone except counselors, or under certain circumstances, to a person
serving as a physician or nurse on campus. Some off-campus reports to a member
of the clergy or other health care professional may also be legally
confidential.
(7) The university maintains its
existing campus by conducting routine assessments of the safety and security of
the facilities and it grounds. University does not maintain any university
housing facilities on its campus.
