The University of North Dakota Police Department is dedicated to a total departmental commitment to community policing.  Every member of the department, sworn and non sworn, will be involved in the department's community oriented policing philosophy.

Departmental Philosophy:  The University of North Dakota Police Department's philosophy toward community oriented policing is a way of thinking and an organizational structure that allows the department and the university community to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems of crime, illicit drugs, fear of crime, physical and social disorder, and to enhance the overall quality of life in the University of North Dakota community.

Purpose:  For the department to be both proactive and reactive in the response to crime in the University of North Dakota community.

Objective:  To better serve the people in the community by use of immediate and long term proactive problem solving through continuous, sustained contact with members of the university community utilizing the duties and activities listed in this program.

Goals:  To eliminate crime in the University of North Dakota community and to better serve the university community by working with the people, in partnership, to combat crime.

General Duties and Activities:
In order to fulfill the purpose, goals,  and objectives of the University of North Dakota Police Department's community oriented policing philosophy, departmental employees will participate in several general duties and activities.  Each employee will participate according to their individual state job classification and departmental policies.  For example, patrol officers will participate in bicycle and foot patrols.  Office personnel will participate in other aspects of the department's community oriented policing philosophy such as the publication of police informational pamphlets.  In one way or another, all employees of the University of North Dakota Police Department will be involved in the community policing philosophy.

General duties and activities of the department's community oriented policing philosophy will include, and not be limited to, the following:

Bicycle and Foot Patrols.  Bicycle and Foot patrols will be conducted by police officers when weather and manpower conditions permit.  The purpose of these patrols will be to deter crime and better enable the officers to be in contact with the people they serve in the community.  During these patrols, officers are encouraged to visit with members of the community to enlist their help and to educate them about crime prevention.

Blue Emergency Lights with Telephones.  Blue emergency lights with telephones have been placed in thirteen locations around the university community for use by the public.  Police Officers respond whenever these lights are activated.

Escort Program.  The Department provides escorts for members of the campus community who have concerns for their personal safety.  This program is governed by the departmental policy and is performed by the department's police and security officers.

Victim Notification.  Police Officers, Police Supervisors, and/or the Departmental Investigator notify victims of the status of the criminal investigation they are conducting in accordance with departmental policy.  All victims are appraised of any changes in the status of the investigation and are asked for any additional information they can provide to aid in the resolution of the case. Also, upon the request of the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, officers will notify victims of violent crimes of the release on bond of the suspects involved in their cases.

Crime Alert Notices.  During periods of high criminal activity or the potential for criminal activity, the department publishes crime alert notices.  These notices are posted throughout campus to advise members of the community of potential or on-going problems with some type of criminal activity. Housing personnel assist in the posting of these notices in the UND housing areas.

Campus Lighting Checks.  Police or security officers complete campus lighting check forms regularly.  These forms are submitted to plant services to have burned out or damaged street and building lights repaired as soon as possible.  This inspection ensures maximum lighting for the public at night in the University of North Dakota Police Department's jurisdiction.  The department also participates in an annual lighting survey with other members of the university community.

Alcohol Awareness Programs, DUI, MIC, and MIP Enforcement.  The department uses both a proactive and reactive approach to addressing the problems of underaged drinking and drunk driving. Using a proactive approach selected police officers from the department go out to various segments of the university community and provide educational programs regarding the problems associated with alcohol abuse and misuse and its relationship to crimes such as drunk driving. In a reactive approach to this problem university police officers arrest approximately one hundred drunk drivers each year and cite numerous violators for minor in consumption and minor in possession of alcohol.

Publication of The University of North Dakota Police Information Card.  On an annual basis the department publishes a card that contains information on how to access the department's campus crime statistics, campus police services, and important phone numbers that are posted on the department's World Wide Web pages. This card is distributed across campus and is made available to all UND employees and students.

Fingerprinting Services.  At the request of people affiliated with the University of North Dakota campus, police officers take their fingerprints. This includes an agreement made with the UND Education Department in which more than one hundred teacher candidates are fingerprinted each year.

Crime Prevention Programs.  The department utilizes police officers in crime prevention programs on a regular basis. Officers obtain and distribute crime prevention materials and participate in local crime prevention programs.  These programs include such things as rape awareness presentations by university police officers and McGruff programs sponsored by the Grand Forks Sheriff's Department and the university police.  These types of duties are often done in conjunction with other local law enforcement agencies, thus promoting the idea of cooperation between various law enforcement agencies in the area and presenting a combined proactive response to crime.

Campus Police Information in the Housing Newsletter.  In cooperation with the University Housing Department, the University of North Dakota Police Department provides information on an occasional basis about the department and its services to the Housing Department which, in turn, places the information in its newsletter.  This better enables housing residents to be informed about the University of North Dakota Police Department and potential or on-going crime problems in the university area.

Conflict Resolution Training.  University of North Dakota Police Officers receive certified training from the University of North Dakota's Conflict Resolution Center to better enable them to understand the reasons for conflict between people and how to deal with the conflict.  This provides the officers an alternate method of dispute resolution beyond their regular police training and enhances their ideas of community policing.

Regular Meetings with Housing and Dean of Students.  To better enable the department to keep in touch with the concerns of the Housing and Dean of Students departments the Chief of Police has meetings with their administrators.  From a community policing aspect, these meetings provide the ground work for understanding as to the mission of the University of North Dakota Police Department and how it is here to serve the university community.  It also provides the department the opportunity to work closely with the Housing and Dean of Students departments to resolve local problems regarding criminal activity and administrative violations that occur on campus.

Selective Traffic Enforcement.  University Police Officers conduct selective moving traffic enforcement in regards to violations such as, but not limited to, speeding in school crossing zones, care required and right-of-way violations.

Drug Task Force. The department cooperates with the state and local drug task force by providing it with information and permitting the task force to use its facilities to conduct investigations and interviews.

UND Campus Watch Program.  The University Police Department encourages the participation of all members of the campus community in a campus watch program through the use of flyers posted throughout campus and announcements on the UND television station's bulletin board.  The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of all members of the university community in regards to their surroundings and what is going on around them in order that they will immediately report any suspicious or criminal activities that they observe to the university police.

 Property Marker.  The department makes available, upon request, a free engraving tool which members of the university community can use to mark their property.

Portable Alarm Systems.  The department, at the request of members of the university community or when the need arises, places portable alarm systems in apartments, residence halls, offices, or other locations on campus.  These alarm systems can be activated by panic buttons or motion detectors and they supplement several permanent alarm systems that are placed at various locations on campus such as the business office and the alumni center.

Defensive Driving Instruction.  In an effort to reduce the number of traffic accidents in the university area and throughout the state the department has officers assigned to instruct defensive driver training that is coordinated through the University Safety Officer and is approved by the North Dakota Safety Council and National Safety Council.

Bomb Threat Seminars.  Three times per year and upon request the department's bomb technician conducts bomb threat "what to do if you receive a bomb threat" seminars for university employees.

Child ID Programs.  Upon request university police officers participate in child ID programs on campus and in the surrounding community.

Participation in Expo's and Wellness Fairs.  The Department participates in university activities such as wellness fairs and expo's by having a crime prevention and campus police information booth at these events whenever manpower conditions permit.  University police officers and other representatives of the department pass out crime prevention and other informational materials at the booth to better inform members of our community about the department's services and how people can better protect themselves from becoming the victims of crime.

Community Presentations About Community Policing.  The department participates in the University Within the University program by offering, upon request, presentations to inform the community about the national movement towards the community policing philosophy, the department's efforts towards adopting that philosophy and how members of the university community can assist their campus police in fighting crime on campus.


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