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Strother named assistant vice president for public safety

Strother named assistant vice president for public safety The Office of Communications May 28, 2021 10:30 a.m. Kenneth Strother Jr., director of operations in the Department of Public Safety (DPS), has been named assistant vice president for public safety, effective June 1. “Community caretaking is our mission at public safety,” said Kenneth Strother Jr., who has been named assistant vice president for public safety. “I am honored and excited that I can continue my service to the campus community in this new role.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy Strother has served as director of operations in public safety since January 2019, managing the day-to-day operations of the department and serving as second-in-command. He will succeed Paul Ominsky, who is retiring on June 1 after leading DPS for 11 years.

A&M-Texarkana Police Department Recognized

A&M-Texarkana Police Department Recognized The Texas A&M University-Texarkana Police Department (UPD) was recently recognized for its voluntary compliance with 166 Texas Law Enforcement Best Practices. The best practices cover training and policy directives over topics such as Search and Transport, Use of Force, Hostage Incidents, Internal Investigations, Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment, and dozens more. There are more than 2600 Police Agencies in Texas, and the TAMUT Police Department is proud to be among the 173 agencies recognized. UPD is one of only two law enforcement agencies in Bowie County to receive the recognition, and joins 5 other Texas A&M University System departments who have been recognized as well.

2020 Clery Report reveals uptick in reported rapes, burglaries

Texas State’s Clery Act Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2020 was published Dec. 7, revealing an increase in reported rapes and burglaries on campus among other crime data. The Clery Act requires institutions participating in the Federal Student Aid program to disclose campus security policies and crime statistics over the previous three years in a document called the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The report shows rapes reported in 2019 were double the amount of 2018’s numbers for a total of 28. Contextually, that number is the same as 2017 and 2018’s numbers combined. The burglaries reported for 2019 show 40 burglaries, an increase of 26 from 2018’s numbers. There were zero reported crimes on the Round Rock campus. 

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