Adam Garcia
Director and Chief of Police
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nev.
Notable Achievements:
- Created a reserve officer program using part time, level 1, police officers for special events and game management, providing an ongoing pool of personnel to draw from at a fraction of the cost of a full time classified state officer
- Created a new position — an access control/perimeter security employee – to install and maintain the card access systems and video surveillance equipment. This move has increased security, and the employee has assisted in finding suspects using surveillance footage
- Obtained and trained two police K-9s: The ATF paid for the purchase and training of an explosives detection K-9, and forfeiture funds paid for a drug K-9 and his handler’s training
- Added TASERS to the tool belts of officers: All officers were trained in their use, and one officer became a certified instructor
- Installed 25 tower-style blue light phones throughout campus at a cost of $125,000 despite mandated statewide budget cuts
- Adopted a campus wide emergency text messaging system, along with an E-mail alert system, a reverse call system (can call as many as 12,000 phones every hour) and a call system that contacts all on-campus phones with emergency messages
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