Alvin Gille
Coordinator of Health, Safety and Security
Great Oaks Career Campuses
Cincinnati, Ohio
Notable Achievements:
- Installed more than 480 security cameras across the campuses and an electronic door locking system, visitor management system and electronic keycard entry system at each campus.
- Integrated its active shooter training with the automated management of lockdown drills.
- Created a “Continuity Group” consisting of FBI officials, local fire and police, Great Oaks IT and communications staff, counselors and administrators to help a campus recover more quickly from a crisis.
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Dan Havens
Director of Public Safety and Security
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Parker, Colo.
Notable Achievements:
- Petitioned for an automatic records management system and security dispatcher, resulting in faster officer response times and more accurate reporting of incidents.
- Upgraded locks at all access points so the campus would remain secure during the event of a power loss.
- Organized and oversaw the largest full-scale mass casualty incident exercise in Colorado to date, involving 14 different agencies.
Johnson Link
Executive Director for Campus Safety/Associate Vice President
Clemson University
Clemson, S.C.
Notable Achievements:
- Installation of a video surveillance system at the school’s football stadium led to the 5X increase in resolutions of criminal investigations of incidents at games.
- Maintains high department morale by recruiting officers from the local area who have a vested interest in the community they will be policing.
- Has increased department operations despite having a smaller budget than his predecessor.
John Ojeisekhoba
Chief of Campus Safety
Biola University
La Mirada, Calif.
Notable Achievements:
- Increased officer retention from an average of 2 years to an average of 5 years.
- Secured funding to increase the current number of video surveillance cameras on campus from 100 to 200.
- Implemented stronger security measures on campus, including perimeter fences; classroom and office door locks that can be locked from the inside; improved facility access control; and the ability to lockdown the campus during emergencies.
Eric Plummer
Associate Vice President for Public Safety/Chief of Police
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D.
Notable Achievements:
- Transformed the relationship between the Police Department and the student community into a relationship built on mutual respect and trust.
- Developed a vehicle assistance program. More than 400 assists were done during the first year of the program.
- Developed a fully functioning 24-hour operations center with building emergency action plans.
Carlos Sanchez
Director of School Safety
Brentwood School District
Brentwood, N.Y.
Notable Achievements:
- To reach out to students, he created a three-on-three basketball tournament with more than 2,000 students participating in the program.
- Saved money, reduced the rate of student truancy and improved visitor management by implementing a bicycle patrol unit.
- Worked with the local police department to create an education program for undocumented students on how to stay safe and not get involved with gangs.
