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Safety & SecurityIt is essential for any institution of higher learning to maintain an environment in which there exists a positive atmosphere and sense of well-being. Members of the academic community must perceive themselves as being well-protected, well-cared for, and secure in their environment. Only when this perception is established can the institution's primary missions of learning, teaching, and researching be achieved. The primary purpose of Southeastern's Safety and Security Department is to support the academics through maintenance of a peaceful and orderly community and through provision of needed general and emergency services. The accomplishment of this purpose is fulfilled through constant attention to public safety, security, rules enforcement, and service assistance to university offices and departments. The department's public safety role insures that members of the Southeastern community enjoy a high degree of protection from personal harm and security for their property. This protection is manifested in around-the-clock patrol of the university campus, crime prevention, personal safety awareness programs, and constant attention to the correction of potentially hazardous conditions. In fulfilling its rules enforcement responsibilities, the Department strives to insure that the peace and order of the university community is maintained at all times. Through enforcement of the university's rules, regulations and policies, as well as state and local laws, the Department protects the community from the unlawful, dangerous or negative acts of any individual or group. The prevention of such acts, or the apprehension and adjudication of persons committing them, serves to maintain the desired academic setting necessary for a university. With regard to security, the Department's major emphasis rests with the campus physical facilities and the properties within. Continuous security checks of the facilities, both exterior and interior, are performed in order to achieve the maximum protection necessary for each building. A most important facet of the Department's overall purpose is in the area of service to the community. This includes emergency and general services. This service function extends to the assistance of the main goal of providing a thriving and successful academic institution. Many of the programs and projects necessary to reaching this goal must be cooperative ventures with academic departments and other support departments of the university that are striving toward this one main goal. The Safety and Security Department places a high degree of priority on cooperation with the university departments. In fulfilling the responsibilities associated with its purpose for existence, the Department recognizes the overall academic mission. Concern for the community well-being, a desire to provide service and assistance whenever possible, and a constant desire to support the academic environment are factors inherent in the Department's daily operations and policies. Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act If you have additional questions concerning this or any other safety issue, please contact our safety and campus security office at (863) 667-5190 or (863) 712-3950.
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