Safecom Meeting Minutes S210

Monday - March 8th, 2010
Attendance: Usha Van Lingappa, Leanna Pohevitz, Maya Wiener-Berkowitz, Chris Thomas, Amy Hambridge, Dylan Holmes, Grace Ann, Elizabeth,

Meeting Commenced: 6:00 pm

Racial issues with organ doning? Also homophobia There are a lot of people who aren’t allowed to donate blood If you’ve been to certain countries, ect If you can understand that there needs to be a different procedure? At council people raised objections and then agreed to volunteer

Totally optional

Maya is in charge of getting council to sign up	Leanna will make a chart

ERF

Parking passes Maya

Report from council Not much relevant to safecom

Health services Reworking insurance plan Budget issues… surprise surprise

Amy- mailboxes

Gift for Earl ideas: Gift card Movie + movie supplies (popcorn, twislers, ect) Mall cops Police academy robocop He’s at academy… how could we physically get this to him? Give it to Elizabeth?

Office welcoming gift for new director

Hey Ficom If the difference doesn’t go through…? The $750 should go through

Ficom talked about EMS charge Would prefer to see $15 added to tuition called HCEMS fee As opposed to falling under SAF jurisdiction Also support HCEMS being institutionally funded Do we have the authority to add a line item? Umass has opt out system? Trying to reduce permanent funding from SAF Probably raising SAF anyway

The institution is in no way committed to contribution $30,000 Maybe the best way to go is to increase this line item? EMTs need $50,000 per year A line item can always be cut.

The school wouldn’t care if EMTs went on strike…

How are the EMTs connected to pubsafety right now? Payroll

EMTs have been spending hundreds of hours trying to save themselves

Chris is going to meet with Ficom

Meeting Adjourned: 7:16 pm

Monday - February 22nd, 2010
Attendance: Usha Van Lingappa, Leanna Pohevitz, Maya Wiener-Berkowitz, Chris Thomas, Amy Hambridge (aah09@hampshire.edu), Dylan, Nate Jones

Meeting Commenced: 6:07 pm

Open forum on one card The story: Nate’s mod, Mod 9, had significant problems with one card system, so they removed the screen to open the door through the window and ended up all on housing probation. A couple weeks ago, Nate sent an email about reaching in through the window to grab fliers, which Renee Friedman saw and flipped out about. Araina sanctioned Nate, sanctioning means that Nate loses housing privileges and is moved out of his mod.

The housing office views this as Nate putting the entire community at risk.

What is going to happen is a conversation between the student body and the people in charge of the one card system and why it needs to be such a big deal.

This dialogue would be very useful to the community.

Nate has contacted Ray and several people from physplant, also the 5 college risk manager, and the dean of students office ect. To put together a council

What can safecom do/ engage in a project like this?

The first thing that happened in regards to the key card thing: The mod doors have to be locked whether the residents like it or not Because: attempted murder? Hampshire was involved in a lawsuit All safety issues aside, it made more sense to do one card than be sued Non-negotiable… Economically more sound because we don’t have to replace keys? One card is fully programmable software not hardware System has taken longer to implement than originally planned Survey would give an illusion of participation If someone enters an unlocked mod, Hampshire is liable Could there be legal contracts drawn up?

Was there a contract/agreed policy ever? Somewhere in Dylan’s email… also published to the whole campus

Josiah was the point man on that committee two years ago Renee said it was her Dawn was not there then Matt was also there Does there need to be a student group to make this event happen? If so, we can do that Mostly Nate just wanted to invite Safecom Nate will start forwarding emails to safecom@hamp We need to know 14 days in advance Renee wanted it to happen before spring break Not gonna happen Add Elizabeth Kahn to the list of people to contact She is the one and only person to make things happen regarding pubsafe Nancy Apple is also important Or whoever is environmental health safety stuff Tell Renee that safecom nixed the event happening before spring break Also tell her we’re in full support

Nate is also planning on writing a climax article Should talk more with Dylan Renee likes it as advertisement but def op ed

Key card task force committee, spring 2008

5 college risk manager? Are they crucial? Talk to Pam Tinto, she’s the way to get to him

Mission statement is cool

Doug says, on behalf of Sodhexo, that he is so proud of what we’re doing and will cover the cost of snacks for our event  Usha will make a thank you card

Organ Donation

Blood Donations more frequently/regularly

Hello FiCom Here to talk about EMT program proposal

1. have emts paid more like interns (housing stipend, something) 2. have both emts and cas on call for any big event (paid) in addition to event monitors

Event monitor program is a mess, but that’s another issue

Right now: every emt gets paid $8.25 for each hour, for 12 hours but work 24-42 hours a week and are serving the campus 24/7. FiCom is the only source of funding for taking the class

Chris told Cameron to write a statement that Hampshire is not covered within AFD range Technically any place needs to be within 2 min

Dawn shares fears She’s really glad Umass is open, that 2 officers are on campus at once But if more than two people got hurt at once it would be a problem

In somebody’s bylaws… Can’t fund bands, ie: can’t pay students Student activities fee? Interferes with work study

Earmarks are the problem Not bad things in theory… just not working for us now

We need to figure out how to have emts paid for events and not have it count for work study

Talk to ficom about revising bylaws.

We need to make sure stuff isn’t illegal No one knows who to ask to find out if it’s legal

Get a grownup to act as a liason to people who can’t work with students

We should contact hampshire’s lawyer(s)

Revise FiCom’s bylaws FiCom can’t sustainably support Short on funds in general Willing to work to make this more possible

Money has to come from somewhere EMTs are the most legit thing to fund Ficom wants to be cautious, don’t want to set precident

Why can’t some of this come from health services Run by UMass Hampshire can’t have it’s own health fee? Contract stuff is messy

At any point the institution can cut things from budget

We need to get a group of full pay students to go in and talk to Mark Spiro. Have to be not bluffing…

Chris: Really seems like if EMTs get housing and get paid for events, you will not get paid 24/7.

Maya: We were never getting paid that much, doesn’t matter. We just need to get paid some. We are currently not included in the budget AT ALL. Hampshire is (apparently) not planning to continue funding EMTs. According to “word on the street.” 100% gone as of end of this semester. Hampshire is NOT liable for EMTs. Students pay for fire department, not Hampshire.

Frances: Ideas for next steps?

Chris: Dawn has promised to fight for $30,000.

Maya: We (EMTs) need to be under Student Services. Would help ensure survivable. We are a student service.

Frances: What steps need to be taken to make this happen?

Chris: Lawyers, maybe. Nobody knows. Not Kathy. CAN’T TOUCH THAT.

Frances: What about Ralph?

Maya: Ralph was the one who pulled the housing stipend. Open letter was written to Ralph about lack of support. He never responded. Dawn is only one who responded, and even then barely.

Earl: You guys don’t get emergency contacts?

Maya: Yeah, Dawn leaves us out all the time.

Frances: How do we help Dawn advocate for us?

Chris: I don’t advocate for SJP-style negotiation. But parents could be useful.

Maya: Hampshire’s butt is covered 100% legally. To restore the EMT budget (ish) – I don’t know how, but it would be great if we got $30,000. Maybe if it was under the SAF, make it a sub-section. Since it’s 95% responding to students. Getting student support. Students are entitled to care from the peers, and it costs a lot of money.

Frances: How can FiCom specifically help?

Chris/Leanna: Certification scholarships, changing the bylaws. Funding EMTs through event pay. The language could be really specific.

Thursday - January 28th, 2010
Attendance: Usha Van Lingappa, Leanna Pohevitz, Maya Wiener-Berkowitz, Chris Thomas, Amy Hambidge (aah09@hampshire.edu)

Meeting Commenced:6:23pm

Quick discussion about what SafeCom does as a Committee and what we plan for this semester, as well as a go around of each of our names and current associations or curiosities about SafeCom.

Amy Hambidge is interested in becoming a member Specific interests include the library: She has been the late shift at circ desk in the library as have other students-they cannot close until pubs get there. One time they came late 45 minutes (anecdotal but also not the first or last time for other students)

EMTs are back on-call 24/7 There are about 12 EMTs 4 People given scholarships to do Jan-Term class – In the process of hiring four new people on top of that


 * 3 b-pacs right now (2nd responders) 3 calls makes a-pac a b-pac
 * 6 a-pac (1st responders)
 * 4 shadows
 * 12-hour shifts.
 * Can’t take off campus classes often.
 * Still only getting paid for 12-hour a week

First: Discussion of Necessary Officer Positions


 * Co-Chairs
 * Secretary
 * Council Representative (Council Director).
 * Further Elaboration on what SafeCom does.

Second: Elections Nominations for Chair: Leanna Pohevitz – No other nominations. Vote. Unanimous. Chair: Leanna Pohevitz

Nominations for Co-Chair, Christopher Thomas, and Usha Van Lingappa. Usha does not accept her nomination. Vote. Unanimous. Co-Chair: Christopher Thomas

Nominations for Secretary: Usha Van Lingappa. No other nominations. Vote. Unanimous. Secretary: Usha Van Lingappa

Nominations for SafeCom’s Representative to Council Maya Wiener-Berkowitz. No other nominations. Vote. Unanimous. Council Rep: Maya Wiener-Berkowitz.

Third: Signers Discussion on what a signer does and what those responsibilities mean to SafeCom specifically. Leanna, Usha, and Maya.

Fourth: Date of February “Know Your Rights” Open Forum with Pubs? February 24th – 6:30-8:30pm – ELH or 108 OR February 25th – 6:30pm-8:30pm – ELH – 108

Official Decision = February 24th 2010 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Fifth: This Semesters Meeting Time Discussion of all our schedules: Date and time that works for all (including Earl!) 6:00pm Mondays – in the Community Council Office

Sixth: Events – Positions


 * Informing Public Safety – Solidifying Date – Leanna/Everyone
 * Advertisements –
 * Creating, - Leanna
 * Ordering, - Leanna
 * Picking up, - Maya
 * Distributing in Mailboxes, - Maya
 * Postering - Chris, Usha, Maya
 * Intranet - Chris
 * Emailing Doug – For Coffee etc.- Leanna
 * Starting PO process for both Sodexo and Sibies - Usha/Leanna/Maya
 * Setting up the Sibies order (can be the same as the last event?) – Leanna
 * Apply for event funding through COCA - Leanna

Seventh: ZOHO Chris Thomas will request money for advertisements and printing of minutes and agendas from FiCom Leanna Pohevitz will request money for the upcoming event from COCA.

Eighth: For Next Time Still need to know about the PC. Need to set up a meeting with Ficom Check in with everyone about how they are preparing for the event.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:08pm

Monday - October 5th, 2009
Recorded by Usha Lingappa

Posted by Leanna Pohevitz

Attendance: Leanna Pohevitz, Alex Van Leer, Usha Lingappa, Christopher Thomas

Meeting Commenced: 5:34pm

First:Discussion about SafeCom Account


 * $130.00 in SafeCom account
 * EMTs

Second:EMS/ Public Saftey


 * Schedule a meeting with Pub Safety regarding EMTs
 * Would Ray and Elizabeth still come to Safecom meetings?
 * Discuss not having a dispatch
 * Event monitor Walkie Talkies off


 * Schedule a meeting with the EMTs (captains?)
 * EMS was not at orientation
 * EMS has taken a lot of heat for statistics
 * We (as unbiased outsider) should look up the statistics as well so that it can give the school more confidence in the numbers, as we do not benefit no matter what they read.


 * Officers in unmarked vehicles/clothes
 * Which buildings pub safety can let us into


 * Chris Thomas elected Safecom representative to council unanimously


 * This means: go to council meetings (3:30 to 5:00) on Tuesdays ::* Vote as safecom rep on council ::* Tell them at council what happened at the last SafeCom meeting


 * Safecom meetings


 * Mondays 5:30 to 6:30? ::*Special Pub safety meetings, if they can’t meet at out normal times


 * Pamphlets ?


 * What things can and can’t officers do?


 * At the very least we can be looking for funding etc. for EMTs


 * Pizza
 * Half meat half veggie?
 * Nevermind, first week plain


 * Each take a job


 * Near Future Goals
 * Making safecom safecom
 * Bylaws, voting rights, etc
 * EMS, making their lives easier
 * Health services
 * Pub Safety advisory meetings
 * Rights

Jobs


 * Alex:


 * start looking up rights stuff


 * See what is in non satis scire
 * Talk to Josiah
 * Paper trail


 * Chris:
 * Health services


 * Leanna:
 * Obtaining Access to Safecom email
 * Bylaws
 * Monday check-in email
 * Talk to Dawn Ellinwood about where to put emergency number


 * Usha:
 * Get in touch with Pub safety (Elizabeth, Ray, whoever else, cc dawn)
 * Get in touch with EMS (Cameron and Jamie Mooney)

Meeting Adjourned: 6:13pm

Monday - October 19th, 2009
Attendance: Leanna Pohevitz, Usha L, Alex Van Leer, Chris Thomas (5:47pm)

Recorded by Alex Van Leer Posted by Leanna Pohevitz

Meeting Commenced: 5:34pm

Monday - November 2nd, 2009
First: Officer Positions?


 * How do we make leadership of this group?
 * Officers? We should have two chairs, and a FiCom Liaison - We also still NEED a representative to Council.
 * Now that we are working on by-laws, and because Chris wants to step down from both his position and chair and as community council representative we must re-elect.

Second: Officer Discussion and Elections


 * Election for Chairs: Usha and Leanna Pohevitz Elected Co-Chairs of SafeCom
 * FiCom liason will be the budgeting member of SafeCom – Alex Van Leer Elected
 * Group Decision to not have a secretary but instead to have each member who wants to take minutes take minutes.
 * Leanna will edit and send out – after 24 hours if there is no response from members she will post them to hampedia, assuming the silence is

Third: Stipends


 * Stipends
 * We will send the same stipends that we did last year to council
 * Will vote as a group at the end of the semester whether it is the place of the current chairs to accept the money or not.

Fourth: The Organization of SafeCom


 * Make a password for SafeCom email – discussed, will be e-mailed out to the three signers by LP.
 * Discussion about all voting members having the password but only the signers being able to respond to the e-mails.


 * BINDERS
 * we so organized and fancy
 * holds our meeting minutes
 * sectioned off by category


 * Apply for a Purchase Card (Pcard) from FiCom
 * Applied – with Alex Van Leer as the FiCom liason and thus budgetary overseer

Fifth: Report Backs on Individual Work


 * Alex is meeting with Dawn on Wednesday about making a student rights pamphlet
 * Usha is in contact with Elizabeth about her coming to our meetings


 * also contacted Ray –have not herd back from ::*and also contacted EMT –not herd back yet


 * Chris, looked up NSNS about health services-does not say much


 * called health service, and they seem to not know much about statistics ::*waiting for a call back from the director of health]


 * Leanna spoke to Elizabeth Can, is all about SafeCom


 * discuss the three arrests ::*we have an email now ::*discuss the new rules on campus especially the ones about opening buildings during hours when the building is not normally open.

Sixth: BINDERS MORE BINDERS


 * one binder for each member
 * one for the budgetary concerns
 * one for all meeting minutes, agendas, and copies of the budgetary concerns binder etc.
 * (To be archived at the end of each semester!)

Seventh: The EMTS


 * What do we think about EMT?
 * we like them a lot but our school has no money 

Eighth: Extras


 * Friends of students, acquaintances of pub safety
 * minutes if no one disagrees they go go go!
 * NEED A COUNCIL REP ~ discussion about asking Dan, who ran for council but was not elected…after that going to the community at large.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:17pm

''Notes: Had one plain pizza at this meeting. Receipt: $14.00, paid for by Leanna Pohevitz – RFP to go in this week.''

Monday - November 16th, 2009
Attendance: Usha, Chris, Alex, Leanna, Catherine, msw07@hampshire.edu Sam Light (6:00pm)

Meeting Commenced: 5:32pm


 * Between 11:30pm and 1:00am - EMTS on Halloween


 * 17 calls total: 13 were drug and alcohol related, and 4 were tripped, flu etc.
 * 10 were transports – 7 were Hampshire, 2 visitors, 1 unknown
 * More calls this year.
 * Proportional to average Halloween call out.
 * 9 Females and 8 males


 * Hampshire didn’t do to hot this year.

Good thing in terms of the students who weren’t connected with Hampshire students,


 * People who aren’t accounted for know they have to get themselves home. No extra cost or liability to the college in that way.


 * How effective were campus sweeps? If they are in the woods we miss them. We do full building and dorm sweeps, and all living area sweeps, center of the donuts etc. Lights. All the housing areas. Into any doors that were open to make sure no one was sick or needed any help. Ask anyone they passed.


 * Were you generally well received? – When doing campus sweeps yes. Had a combative patient who hit a partner.
 * Depends on the situation
 * Was it that they didn’t want to be treated? They were in a situation in which they couldn’t control their anger. He was transported to the hospital.


 * Do you get reports about how they recover. End of care is when they sign an ROC (refusal of care) or are transported.
 * Can’t identify a patient after the fact unless they identify us.
 * Public safety report about the hit. – pretty serious offense in the state of Massachusetts to assault a medical worker, but we don’t want to get that person in trouble but they require us to put in a statement.


 * Zero contact with the wizards


 * Dispatch does not understand campus. They can’t accurately tell us where to go.
 * Response times were much slower because they spent so much time looking for the patients.
 * Dispatch pages them, turn on the radios, EMTs receiving. EMTs please respond to: location, mechanism of injury, nature of illness. Often very incorrect but sometimes helpful.


 * On Halloween they left the main radio on. Because they are all on one signal. That way on Halloween their was no paging. We got whatever information they got.


 * Ex. Got dispatched to the library lawn. Responded faster than they would have been.


 * Public Safety who were on campus and had no idea where they were.
 * Call in the gallery, public safety officers didn’t show up to the problem because they couldn’t find it.


 * SO MUCH CHATTER – all of public safety, all of dispatch etc. It didn’t have huge affect that coca wasn’t on the radios. Not specific call locations. Hear all the chatter. Had to turn your radio off as soon as you got to your patient because it is distracting and confidential.


 * More problems: for example, if the calls over lapped they had to send someone over to see if anyone was on scene because they didn’t hear the call in.


 * Response time is still under 2:00min but it takes them about 5 minutes to dispatch us, they have to enter both of the pagers, page us, we have to turn on our radios, respond, then get there.
 * They don’t work inside places, just in the areas, like not in a donut etc.


 * It would come over the big radio, FPH faculty lounge – they would dispatch over their personal radios when the team was to go.


 * They are used to having a frequency


 * Stipends for the EMTs? – so as to not affect their work study. Can’t go through public safety.


 * Fundraising?: Down to 12 EMTs, 4 A-Packs (leaders, people have to be on call when no one else can be). Loss for EMTs is up two/thirds from previous years. We haven’t been guaranteed a budget for next semester.
 * Working with Dawn to try and create either the ideal SAF to include a line for EMTs.
 * Ray Labar – Head of all public safety, says that his officers can do it. First responders, so they get to the site and call for a transport. Huge financial burden on the students. Students end up picking up the cost of whatever that is. Offer our services which decreases that cost.
 * Want a full-proof way to
 * $1,200.00 Ambulance Ride
 * Each student gets one ride at 80%?


 * Increase the SAF toward the EMTs increase it $35.00 per year if we want it at 50%. Cost $70.00 per year if we want it at 100%
 * She is proposing it to FiCom to go to Community Council. Just in FiCom asking for scholarships, can’t provide the services we want. Asked for $4000.00 to start a scholarship program for students interested in taking Jan-Term EMT classes. 9 students. 1 Queer, 1 Medical profession, 2 minority, 4 for anyone who wants.
 * What can you pay toward the class? We will propose an amount that we can give to them from the scholarship. We will actively interview them. We need to feel good about their commitment.


 * Course costs about $1000.00. Huge barrier for people. Volunteer semester to prove themselves.


 * Discussion of how far away the hospitals are.


 * Public safety cruiser needs to have everything in the back – a neck brace etc. oxygen, backboard,


 * Difference between cost of people.
 * AFD is really


 * Public Safety was absolutely my ally. They cleared the scene.
 * They couldn’t have physically come fast enough.


 * Student tour with all public safety officers.
 * Our public safety dispatches from Mount Holyoke – They don’t know where stuff is.


 * No documentation of when things happen. Cost Benefit analysis. Our job is to prove that it is beneficial to pay for EMTs because otherwise the campus is unsafe.


 * Need an evaluation system. No way to reach Ray


 * November 19th 2009 – Elizabeth Kahn will be back again.
 * Pub safety is an outside contract. The school needs an evaluation in order to determine if it should be re-bought.
 * How is it evaluated?


 * Who evaluates health services? – the 24/7 thing but then they aren’t so who evaluates that?


 * Our program is not sustainable. 3 will graduate.
 * Much more important to have peer systems.


 * Discussion about E-mail to FiCom about EMTs


 * EMTs to come to Council so council is more cued in on the whole story so Council understood


 * PCARD
 * Sam Light, asks about the difference between what we pay and what the event monitors get paid.


 * Get paid a stipend of $8.75 for 12 of those hours
 * Work about 50 hours a week actually about $2.00 per hour.
 * $210.00 for two weeks.
 * Was getting 17.5 hours per week something around $350.00 per week.
 * Was also getting half off of my housing stipend. We have given that up, it wasn’t a payment it was a deductible.


 * Usually we employ 20 people, and now we are at 12.
 * Must be shown as professionals speaking to another professional.
 * Getting out to Hampshire parents that its not safe.
 * Speak to alumni relations. HCEMS alum information? – Fund from doctors who graduated? Won’t release that information.


 * Paula from CBD about students who graduated as CBD.
 * Not a good HCEMS record.


 * We can take the information of the EMTs and archive that.


 * Budget of Health Services? Part of U-Mass health services contracted out.


 * CT will speak to Alumni Relations tomorrow and have them quote you.
 * Dispatch discussion.
 * Discussion with CORC and Paula
 * Usha e-mail FiCom tonight and Admissions by Thursday about what they say about EMS and Health Services.


 * Another transmitted signal $20,000.00

Meeting Adjourned: 6:59pm

Monday - November 23rd, 2009
Attendance: Leanna Pohevitz, Elizabeth Cahn ecahn@hampshire.edu, Usha Van Lingappa, (msw07@hampshire.edu) Maya Wiener-Berkowitz

Meeting Commenced: 5:34pm


 * Binders, archives


 * Jaime arrest of Ruby link sent to everyone on campus. – Transgender seen on campus and arrested.
 * No students were arrested. One person who wasn’t a student or a public safety officer
 * Shoes and a jacket – never forced to change clothes. Left with the people who provided her bail. No public safety officer seen as doing something wrong.
 * Training?
 * Relationship to the community.


 * If that had been off campus would they have needed a warrant? In plain site discussion.


 * Fear – line between Hampshire my home and Hampshire the institution.
 * Understand about trespasses, understand about when someone enters the mod. Students want to know their rights, and are they any different at Hampshire.


 * You have a contractual agreement with the campus.


 * LP – There is no one in the office, just a phone. So impersonal.
 * Key situation is so stressful. Small things that overcome general discontent.


 * Numbers are confusing. Takes much longer for EMTS to be dispatched.


 * One card would tell you who has access. System is not here yet. Door for mixed nuts isn’t open yet. You become ultimately fed-up.


 * Officers and dispatchers mapping the campus. A broad campus training, learn what each thing is known as, have an EMT and a student there.
 * A public safety officer, a EMT, a student, an administrator, to help with the politics around this campus.
 * Clear understanding of what each of the aforementioned parties


 * Event monitors, the difference in price between what student groups pay and how much event monitors get paid.


 * Swine Flu shots for public service officers? First made available to health services, than public safety officers, than EMTS (15s), than immune compromised patients, then housing staff, then open to all students.
 * None were required. Policies about how you transport people.


 * Discussion about swine flu quarantine. The not getting meals, housing staff, dining services, etc.


 * Open forums to discuss:
 * Rights - police etc.
 * Training of officers.


 * Spring Semester
 * Clear answers to the hypotheticals.
 * A Jan-Term Weeknight? – First time trial, see who can show up. Rights discussion.
 * Find out the answers. Let’s do this again in the Spring.
 * Try to schedule before Spring Break. Trying to get people interested in Safety and Public Safety, its not interesting unless there is a crisis. What is something that can get people interested?
 * Invite other staff.
 * Sponsored by SafeCom
 * Jan-Term class, couldn’t get enough people to participate. EPEC class? Went to police department, taught people how to handcuff, when can an officer arrest, investigation stuff. At least half a dozen people to show up. People won’t come unless they can have credit.


 * Wizards,
 * Amherst police are allowed to be on campus. Cases that involve both the campus and the town, meeting with people. State police can also be on campus at any time.
 * Badge, not uniformed sometimes? Kevin’s own personal vehicle. Detective for all three campuses. Got called when Ruby was arrested. Has had interactions with her. Our senior most person on that case.
 * Ask for Kevin. He will make sure your rights are protected. He would be most involved in what other officers are in. Ray, Paul, and Barbara, can arrest people but they don’t wear uniforms etc.


 * People think that Hampshire is a special world. But public safety is actually here to help. Confidential or not things want to talk about. Went to the hospital, you won’t talk about it though.


 * Run the college not be a student. Engage in conversation. Hampshire has a very particular student body. You shouldn’t ignore things because you don’t think they are being run well.


 * Pointing out things that aren’t problem.
 * It’s not posed as a question it is posed as a you shouldn’t be doing that. Give them the benefit of the doubt.
 * Actions have consequences for other people.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:34pm

Monday - November 30th, 2009
Attendance: Usha, Alex, Leanna, Chris, and Maya


 * Maya was elected SafeCom's representative to Council - though this means working with Council to change the bylaw to allow her to serve despite the fact that she is not a co-chair of SafeCom

Monday - December 7th, 2009
Attendance: Usha, Alex, Leanna, Maya, Chris, Earl, Ray (rlabarre@hampshire.edu, embPS@hampshire.edu )


 * Maya: Brought the statistics we had requested at the last meeting –
 * Average response time - On scene time longest vs. shortest vs. average - # of males vs. # of females treated
 * Total number of students - Students vs. visitors


 * Jan – Term Discussion with campus
 * Rights – where one can get arrested, where they can get in trouble in general, rules, our police vs. Amherst or federal police. Our ability to give educational punishment as opposed to legal punishment.
 * Timing is tough for officers - to attend our meetings at night – BUT Earl is going to be a regular at our meetings!!!!


 * Alex asks about answers to our questions, specifically if Earl doesn’t feel he has the authority to relay them to us – RL :*“Available by e-mail 24/7”


 * Discussion about a survey before hand about what kinds of questions we would want the officers to be asked… “Ask Public Safety??!”. -Put up on the intranet…


 * Things are subjective – it is what people don’t see.
 * Alex – Differing views on a safety force as well.


 * This event will be awesome because it will put a face to the uniform!
 * Campus law enforcement aspect. - The fact that outside enforcement can come in needs to become known by the students.
 * This is contra the fact that “we” (= Hampshire college) have discretion – just because you broke the law doesn’t mean you are arrested. This isn’t true when people are in serious danger though. - Making that clear to students who have tendency to be more combative.
 * Hopefully this event will help foster positive working relationships and can then be repeated with more efficiency in the spring.
 * We want to get the message out that meeting with the Pubs does not have to be a negative experience. There are reasons that protocols exist but there are subjective aspects but we are an educational institution which includes public safety.


 * People just need to know that Public Safety is to keep us safe and not to get students in trouble.
 * Part of the community.
 * Arrests are a lot of pain for everybody.
 * Change perspectives – Historics of law enforcement and the population.
 * Tends to be viewed as the Yuppie from a place of privilege vs. another parental force.


 * Create a dialogue – about more than just officer/student relationship – both sides need to be seen as part of the Hampshire community.
 * Progressive forum to deal with institution of officers etc.
 * People’s histories. – images of a cop are not the same.


 * Amusing advertisements – real life situations – answered honestly. Space for people to offer suggestions


 * Programs – that could happen often


 * LP – bringing up the officers and dispatchers not necessarily knowing where things are -
 * Alternate names of locations (e.g. Saga – Sodexo – the Dining Commons – the Cafeteria, all being the same place)

Program 2 hour window were students can come in – where we are and they can come in with any concerns etc. Recent things – larceny etc. How to keep things safe etc.


 * Places to report - One on one – No topic pre say.
 * Beginning of change
 * Set some foundations for public safety relationship to students.
 * Connected to Holyoke and Smith.


 * Discussion of Wizards – way cheaper vs. not always efficient?


 * A 7:00pm after Jan-Term
 * A student moderator
 * After January 9th – 14 days in advance.


 * EMTs
 * Discussion of the contract. – What you are asking for for EMTs – allotted budget for the EMTs – make sure it doesn’t get forgotten.
 * Students working with the staff to make this happen


 * Ray – I can share that information as I get it – Hampshire is contracting the public safety services – we have to beg from the other institutions to get by.
 * We boosted to run ideal even though we are still not ideal.
 * We want to look at the totality of it, which includes EMTs but isn’t contingent on them.


 * Discussion about the policy of not unlocking someone’s space – arrangements – a list
 * Some of that stuff is still being hammered out.
 * Issues with people getting into spaces –
 * Do you have answers, or ideas. Dispatch going away made Public Safety lose its human face.
 * Pam and Ray made proposals to different staff and faculty about where they could keep key.
 * THE IDEAL: ^Work study money to extend APL hours to have someone there handing out the keys.
 * Library 24 hours – Access to labs.
 * Alarm the machines ^
 * There are more people on campus with work study needs than work study hours.


 * Give somewhere else?
 * Get students to be the 20 hour community service through the deans of the school to have the library open more often for free.
 * Having the person at the circulation desk be the key person
 * 40 hours 5 day cycle


 * 1st 2nd and 3rd
 * Union voted on last February –
 * Justify the need for more officers - juggle officers around from all
 * They come for really big events or if someone calls out sick
 * Overtime budget is a problem always


 * New collaborative patch and all the cars having something to demarcate them – use the best resources
 * Everyone in the same uniforms
 * Training – with students, staff, and faculty


 * We are our own office – but pretty much we take care of all of our own criminal stuff. We don’t report to them (Amherst Police) or vice versa but Ray meets with the captain there like once a month or every other month.
 * But Amherst Police can arrest on this campus!


 * Alex – How long do people stay on the campus?
 * Ray – There is a lot of turnover but the last 15 years have been very stable – pay is starting to get competitive and cities and towns


 * Younger officers moonlight for a city or town as well. Because the pay is just not yet competitive enough. We wnt to come home to our families too.


 * Earl – In my experience I have had a pretty good approach to the students.
 * Some officers have a different approach. They have to separate themselves from the uniform is the way to talk to them. Explain things to them just by explaining why I am there.
 * They are concerned that people are trying to get them in trouble.


 * It needs to be an educational experience for both parties. We each have to speak back and forth with each other.
 * Ex. Tips with interaction for police. – Some students didn’t like it because they thought we were trying to sway them –
 * Foot patrols etc. Introduce students to other officers. Safe community for everyone is the goal.


 * Don’t put on the show for your friends in the parking lot – get that message across. Mutual respect for each other. Not pushing the limits.
 * Alex – that is how they see rebelling though…


 * There are more political things than just drinking – they aren’t treated in the same light as drugs and alcohol. – Attention gets focused on it.


 * Cops culture. We need to do a better job as administrators – we need to desensitize officers from the strict militaristic building they were made in – you are setting them up to fail. These are our philosophy’s. You can’t take an Amherst police officer and bring them here but you can take a Hampshire officer and put them elsewhere. It is just completely different training.


 * Ray does all the hiring for the department.


 * What it is like to go through officer training to see what that is like.


 * It’s ok to be a person too. As an officer at Hampshire. Campus training is different.
 * Environment they work in – Holyoke or Springfield = whole different world, murders, domestics, home invasions etc.


 * Break down the class conflict – conversation.


 * Class and Rank open dialogue with staff and faculty about how those two interact on campus. – at Mt. Holyoke.


 * Pre-register to go to that kind of learning thing – give the time off. Poor attendance by the Hampshire College staff and faculty.
 * Have the officers facilitate the group – Jaime Devilla
 * Staff rights – public safety is staff on OUR campus!
 * Smith was unionized first – and then it spread here. Just ratified the contract for Hampshire College today.


 * Ray - Help me out – I think the union is great. They can tell me what they need and I can help them get it.
 * New people in HR – Shelley in the furthest white house – Blair – HR director. Styles house.


 * Invite Dawn Ellinwood – As many officers and Elizabeth etc.


 * Officers leave –
 * Internal discussion – Vote to approve LP and UV to accept their stipends. Goal is to create a SafeCom endowment – will this be done through the school, or outside of it?
 * Taxes need to be taken into consideration as well.
 * Either way it is a discussion to have.


 * LP will put something up on the intranet after finals and intermittently throughout break to start collecting questions people want the officers to answer at the meeting in January.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:57pm