Profiles: Sinclair Community College

www.sinclair.edu/departments/police

Contact: Lt. Scott Fowler, Crime Prevention Officer, CPS

Sinclair Community College - Downtown Campus

444 West 3rd Street

Dayton, OH 45402-1460

Phone: (937) 512-2534

FAX: (937) 512-4700

E-mail: scott.fowler@sinclair.edu


To reduce crime and ensure members of the campus community are as safe and secure as possible, the Sinclair Police Department employs 21 full-time sworn professional police officers. All full-time officers have attended over 450 hours of training through the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and are certified as police officers by the State of Ohio. In addition, the officers undergo continuing specialized training in firearms, first aid, CPR, defensive tactics, legal updates, and other law enforcement related subjects to maintain their skills.

The department offers a variety of crime prevention programs, including an annual safety awareness expo. The Expo includes not only campus organizations and student clubs but over 40 area police departments and safety-related organizations. In 1997, the department was awarded the Best Crime Prevention Unit by the Ohio Crime Prevention Association.

Other pro-active programs include student orientations, an engraving program, a Rip-Off card reminder program, conducting security assessments and utilizing a community-based policing program across campus.

The department also employs three full-time dispatchers, six part-time dispatchers, 70 part-time security officers, 5 student officers, and one clerical staff person who serve in supporting roles. The members of these units do not have statutory arrest powers, but work to assist police with security matters. The department has motorized patrol, bike patrol, and foot patrol of campus buildings, grounds, and parking garages and lots.

The Campus Police Department operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays when the campus is normally closed.

Firm but reasonable enforcement of State laws, Dayton City ordinances and rules and regulations of the college, coupled with crime prevention and safety programs, helps to meet these responsibilities. It is the goal of every member of the Campus Police to promote, preserve, and deliver feelings of safety through quality services to the members of the campus community.

It is the policy of the Campus Police Department to encourage accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes or incidents to police. Sinclair Campus Police investigates incidents of a criminal nature and initiates, before a court of law, any required legal action. Campus Police Officers are empowered by the State of Ohio to arrest any offender and bring that person before the local court system for judgment.

We make timely warning reports to the campus community or serious crimes, such as murder, manslaughter, robbery, arson, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, rape and hate crime. These serious crimes are reported to the campus community using "Crime Alert" bulletins and the Clarion student newspaper. "Crime Alert" bulletins are posted on bulletin boards throughout campus and on this website.

If needed, assistance is available from the Dayton Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, Ohio State Patrol, the Miami Valley Crime Laboratory, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sinclair Campus Police cooperates with all local police authorities, state authorities, and federal authorities in the exercise of its responsibilities.

The Sinclair Students Activities Office is responsible for on-campus student disciplinary proceedings. Campus Police and the Student Activities Office work collaboratively to resolve incidents of student misconduct that affect College policies and procedures.

Sinclair Community College maintains an open campus environment and encourages the community to participate in activities that are open to the public. However, the College reserves the right to restrict unauthorized persons from its grounds when appropriate.