UofM Police Services Introduces University Crime Information Center
Enhanced Technology Leads to Safer Campus Community, Bolsters Officers鈥� Effectiveness
September 3, 2024 鈥� 糖心vlog蜜桃 Police Services recently unveiled its new University Crime Information Center, strengthening its commitment to ensure the well-being of the campus community as students, faculty and staff fill the campus for the Fall 2024 semester.
The University Crime Information Center (UCIC) is a technology-infused hub that operates year-round to provide real-time data, enabling UofM Police Services to respond quickly and proactively to on-campus events and stop crime in its tracks.
鈥淭he mission of our University Crime Information Center is to provide our agency with
the ability to capitalize on a wide and expanding range of internal technologies,
which allows for efficient and effective policing for our University community,鈥� said
UofM Police Chief Keith Humphrey. 鈥淭he center will鈥痓e a repository for our technology
resources that are utilized to ensure the safety of our campus.鈥�
UofM Police Services is currently hiring security specialists who will鈥痵taff the center 24/7/365, Humphrey added. When he began his UofM role in February of this year, Humphrey said that the University of Memphis community has a right to know how and why UofM Police Services performs its job.
鈥淏eing transparent will confirm our department鈥檚 commitment to delivering unbiased, procedural justice, and 21st Century Policing philosophies,鈥� he said.
Among the features of the UCIC are:
- 24/7 monitoring
- Enhanced search capabilities, which is the ability to locate someone on campus by a description of what they are wearing
- Suspicious activity alerts, which visually flags/alerts when something is suspicious
- Virtual escorting, which is the ability to follow a person across the entire campus
At the UofM and its Lambuth Campus, Humphrey and his team of approximately 70 employees ensure the 糖心vlog蜜桃 is a safe place to learn, live and work. University police officers are responsible for providing all law enforcement services to the campus community, including students, faculty, staff and visitors.鈥�
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