Committee Charge
About the Committee
The Personal Safety Committee is a multidisciplinary team of faculty, staff, administrators and students that work collaboratively to foster a safe and healthy campus environment. The primary focus and role of this committee is to review the University’s policies and procedures in relation to personal safety and provide recommendations on an annual basis in the form of a written report to the University’s administration. The following is the annual report for AY 2024-2025
The Personal Safety Committee fulfills the legal requirements of the New York State Article 129A of Educational Law 6431 and the SUNY Policy on Campus Safety Advisory Committees.
The Personal Safety Committee works in conjunction with SUNY Brockport departments or teams that have a role in the overall health, safety, and security for the campus including: University Police department; Hazen Center for Integrated Care (Health Center, Counseling Center, Prevention and Outreach Services and Center for Select Respect); Student Behavioral Consultant Team, Office of Residential Life/Learning Communities and the Student Conduct System.
Mission & Goals
The personal safety of all students, faculty, staff, administrators, and visitors is of primary importance to the University. The mission of the Personal Safety Committee is to promote a safe and healthy work and learning environment by providing an opportunity for the campus community to provide input and recommendations for enhancement of personal safety.
In carrying out its primary mission, the committee is committed to the following guiding principles:
- Personal safety on our campus is everyone’s responsibility;
- Students, faculty, staff, and administrators are encouraged to participate in identifying potential risks or problem areas relative to personal safety; and
- The committee serves exclusively in an advisory role capacity to the University.
Committee Goals & Objectives
Goal One: On an annual basis provide a review of the University’s programs, policies and procedures in regards to personal safety and provide recommendations to the University’s administration in order to comply with legal requirements of Article 129-A of NYS Education Law §6431 and the SUNY & OCR Title IX Resolution Agreement. Objectives:
- Review current campus safety policies, procedures and programs and make recommendations for their improvement in regards to:
- [Employee Trainings] Educating the campus community, including University Police personnel and those persons who advise or supervise students, about sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking offenses;
- [Prevention/Outreach] Identifying and recommending strategies for the prevention of sexual harassment/ sexual assault including outreach and educational activities, such as Title IX information into new student orientation, workshops that connect alcohol abuse and sexual assault.
- [Crime Prevention] Educating the campus community about personal safety and crime prevention;
- [Reporting Incidents and Victim services] Reporting sexual assaults, domestic violence and stalking incidents and assisting victims during investigations;
- [Referral Infrastructure] Referring complaints to appropriate authorities;
- [Victim Services-Counseling] Counseling victims; and
- Responding to inquiries from concerned persons.
- Provide in writing the committee’s findings and recommended strategies for campus implementation to the Title IX Coordinator and the University President at least once each academic year (in the month of June). The Personal Safety Committee’s annual report shall be available upon request.
Method of Appointment
PSC membership is guided by SUNY and NYS Article 129A, §6431 with more than half of the committee members being female, one-third student, one-third faculty and one-third selected by University administration. If you are interested in being a member of the Personal Safety committee please contact Karen Logsdon, PSC chair.