• It is the philosophy of the Public Safety Office that everyone should be involved in making their community safer. The Community Education activities of the Community Support Section work to see that all members of the community have the knowledge and awareness to minimize their chances of being a victim of crime.
• One of the ways to accomplish this is to speak to incoming freshmen and transfer students during New Student Orientation. Community Support teams up with staff from Watkins Health Center and Student Life to present a program on safety and health issues on campus. International students are given an additional presentation to provide them with guidance and direction that will assist them in their transition from their home country to life in the US.
• The Section presents programs throughout the year in residence halls, Greek houses, and to classes in the Lawrence and Campus Communities.
• Some of the programs we participate in:

• KU New Student Orientation.
• Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself (alcohol program with the Greek community).
• Alcohol Awareness Week.
• Safe Spring break.
• Hawks, Cops and Kids.
• Alcohol Safety Programs.
• Personal Safety Programs.
• Stouffer Place Bike Rodeo.
• Stouffer Place Winter Party.
• Fake ID Presentation.
• Sunflower Broadband Safety Rodeo.
• KU Department of Student Housing Training.

• The continuing education of veteran officers and the training of new officers is one of the responsibilities of the Community Support Section.
• All police officers with this department must attend a state-certified law enforcement academy and an in-house training program before hitting the streets.
• Every law enforcement officer in the state of Kansas is also required to attend 40 hours of continuing education to maintain his/her certification. Some classes such as firearms qualification, domestic violence and first aid are required attendance. The rest of the hours come from the numerous training classes that are set up by the unit and offered to the officers throughout the year. They sign up for those they wish to attend. As each officer acquires training hours those hours are submitted to the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to be recorded in the officer's training file.

• The University Daily Kansan, Lawrence Journal World, KLZR/KLWN, Cable 6, and the student television station routinely contact the department for information about incidents that occur on campus.
• Community Support Section produces and distributes Crime Alerts as required by the Clery Act. Crime alerts are used to notify the community of an incident and to ask for any information about the incident. Anyone with information of a crime is asked to call the department or Crime Stoppers. Callers to Crime Stoppers may remain anonymous and a cash award is possible if information results in the apprehension of a suspect.

• This Section also has the responsibility of supplying all the uniforms, equipment and office supplies that it takes to run police operations. This unit must also work to see that the cars and other equipment are maintained.
• When new items are purchased, this Section evaluates and researches products from various companies and then arranges for their purchase using purchasing guidelines.
• This Section also oversees the Lost and Found property that is turned in to the Public Safety Office. Items that can be identified to an owner are returned and items that are not claimed within three months are donated to a charitable organization.

CIVILIAN WEAPONS STORAGE POLICY

• Recently the KU Public Safety Office has enacted a policy for the storage of weapons for Campus residents for furter information click the link Civilian Weapons Storage Policy.