Campus Safety is part of Student Life. The Director of Campus Security supervises three full-time Campus Safety Officers and additional part-time persons to patrol the campus and provide a variety of safety and security services. When the Student Life office is closed during nights and weekends, a safety officer patrols campus grounds.
In addition to the Director of Campus Safety office hours, Campus Safety Officer personnel are on duty from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily and 24 hours on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Campus Safety patrols the campus to serve as a deterrent to crime, secure buildings, enforce traffic regulations, confront suspicious persons and activities, record facility maintenance issues, assist persons who may need into locked buildings and provide escort services after dark upon request.
Campus Safety staff checks fire extinguishers monthly and assists residence hall staff with emergencies, disturbances and enforcement of college policies.
Safety Officers members are always in uniform, and carry a radio-telephone with them. They are not armed and do not have law enforcement authority or the power to arrest. An excellent relationship exists between the College and the Goshen Police Department and Goshen Fire Department. Regular meetings occur between Campus Safety and Goshen Police officials on a formal and informal basis; officers confer regularly as responsibilities dictate around incidents that occur in and around the campus area. There is no written memorandum of understanding between Goshen Police Department and Campus Safety. Campus Safety also occasionally works with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s department and the Indiana State Police.