Temple’s Department of Public Safety doesn’t rest while more than 30,000 students, staff and faculty enjoy winter break. Temple’s police officers, detectives, dispatchers and security officers remain on the Main, Ambler, and the Health Sciences Center campuses, working at all hours to protect the campuses and the surrounding North Philadelphia community. “When the students go
Temple’s Department of Public Safety welcomed its newest police officers at a swearing-in ceremony held at the Temple Performing Arts Center on Tuesday.“Police officers Khaleef Fields and Meagan Owen will serve the Temple and north Philadelphia community well,” said Vice President for Public Safety Jennifer Griffin. “We’re proud to have them join our public safety team.
On a cloudy Friday morning at a training course for police dogs and their handlers, the Temple Police Department’s newest K9, Falko, launched himself over a four-foot fence as his handler, Temple Police Officer Jesse Camponelli, ran alongside and gave commands. “Good boy!” Camponelli both told and showed Falko at the end of the course as he graciously pet his four-legged