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Rule 3354:1-50-04 | Safety and security policy.

 

(A) The department of campus police and security services shall take reasonable steps to maintain a safe and secure environment at college facilities.

(B) Manual of directives. The department shall maintain and operate in accordance with its "Department of Campus Police and Security Services Manual of Directives," in such form as that manual may be updated from time-to-time. (If the manual should happen to conflict with this safety and security policy, now or in the future, the terms of this policy shall govern.)

(C) Firearms and other weapons. Except as set forth in this policy, no person may carry or use weapons on college property. For the purposes of this policy, weapons are defined to be guns, knives, or any other dangerous instrument.

(1) The college's campus police and security services law enforcement officers, acting within the scope of their employment, may carry and use weapons on college property.

(2) Weapons may be used for educational purposes within college-approved curriculum, including without limitation the police and security training academy and criminal justice institute.

(3) Individuals (other than campus police and security services law enforcement officers) who bring weapons onto college property for educational purposes may do so only after first obtaining a permit for each such weapon from the department of campus police and security services. Such permits shall be limited to such times and locations as may be reasonably necessary to support educational purposes.

(D) Traffic and parking. The department of campus police and security services shall establish and enforce traffic and parking regulations for college facilities.

(E) Volunteer auxiliary police. The department of campus police and security services may appoint police academy graduates as volunteer auxiliary police, on an as-needed basis, and subject to the requirements of section 3345.04 of the Revised Code.

(F) The president or the president's designee is hereby directed to take all steps necessary and appropriate for effective implementation of this policy.

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3354.09
Amplifies: 3354.09
Prior Effective Dates: 5/13/2005