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Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC)

CLASSIFICATION: University Committee

REPORTS TO: Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration

CHARGE: This is a recommendatory body whose purpose is to study and make recommendations to the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration concerning public safety services, policies, staffing, operations, community policing strategies, and other public safety matters relative to campus safety and security.

COMPOSITION: Three (3) faculty members, three (3) unclassified administrative/staff members, four (4) undergraduate student members, one (1) graduate student member, one (1) academic administrator, one (1) residence hall director, and one (1) classified staff member. The Director of Public Safety shall be an ex officio member of the Committee. The Committee may call upon others for consultation but such person would not have voting rights.

TERM: The term for faculty and non-faculty employee members shall be three (3) years on a rotating basis. Reappointment to the Committee is possible. The term for student members of the Committee shall be for one (1) year with reappointment possible. The terms shall begin on September 15.

MEANS OF APPOINTMENT: Faculty members shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate Chair upon recommendations by the Committee on Committees. Non-faculty employee members shall be appointed by the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration. The four (4) undergraduate students shall be appointed by the Undergraduate Student Senate. The one (1) graduate student shall be appointed by the Graduate Student Senate. The one (1) Academic Administrator shall be appointed by the Provost. The one

(1) residence hall director shall be appointed by the Director of Residence Services.

ALTERNATES: Each represented group may have designated alternates to the committee. The alternates shall have voting privileges when the regular member cannot attend.

CALL: The Committee shall be convened by the Director of Public Safety. There will be a minimum of one meeting per semester. The Director of Public Safety will convene the Committee in response to a request by a member of the Committee within one month of receiving the request.

CHAIR: The Committee shall elect its Chair from among the three (3) faculty members. The Chair shall submit annually a written summary report of the Committee’s work to the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration by May 25. A copy of the report shall also be submitted to the Faculty Senate office.

Approved by Committee on Committees, February 25, 2002; Updated and Approved by Committee on Committees, May 11, 2010