Bernard Buckner
Executive Director of Campus Safety
Cleveland State University (CSU)
Cleveland
Notable Achievements:
- Hosted a series of meetings to promote cooperation among neighbors and established a fax/E-mail tree to share information among Campus Watch, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Police, MetroHealth Police, CMHA Police Department, Cuyahoga Community College Police, County Protective Services, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Police, Case Western Reserve University Police Department, Cleveland Clinic Police, Block by Block, St. Vincent Quad, Plain Dealer Security, St. Vincent Hospital and Partnership for a Safer Cleveland
- Initiated the university chemical inventory system
- Conducted active shooter response drills and tabletop exercises with the Ohio Department of Emergency Preparedness and the Ohio Highway Patrol
- Petitioned Cuyahoga County to designate CSU as a secondary public safety answering point (PSAP)
- Updated CSU’s emergency call system, blue light telephones, crime mapping and radio communications
- Worked with the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, RTA, CMHA to link CSU exterior cameras so CSU can share live video with other law enforcement agencies; is conducting a field trial where video/mobile data terminals in patrol vehicles will be deployed, hopefully leading to greater access to video to better assist responding officers
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