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Welcome Sweet Briar students, parents, employees and prospective students and employees: A residential college campus is a unique community. The primary purpose of the Sweet Briar College Department of Safety is to provide an environment conducive to the fulfillment of the educational process. To achieve that purpose, the Department of Safety provides 24-hour full-service police/security protection to the entire campus community, which includes resident students, faculty and staff. Officers understand the pressures and needs of each of these different components of our community. During my 31 years as a campus police officer, the department has become ever more sensitive to the needs of our community. We seek to be proactive in our approach to campus security. Although our primary goal is law enforcement, officers work to educate the community so that our mission is complementary to that of the college.
A small college community such as Sweet Briar allows campus police/safety officers to work closely with the people we protect. With students, sometimes I think we fall into the role of surrogate father, mother, brother or sister. Such camaraderie serves an important purpose: it enables students to feel more comfortable in approaching campus police and security officers with any problem.
Sweet Briar's idyllic location, well-lighted campus, escort service, security checkpoint and patrols, as well as the attention from all divisions of the College towards maintaining security in our community, help each resident to feel more secure.
I hope this will help to focus your attention on the importance Sweet Briar places on your safety, and will encourage you to be an active partner with the Department of Safety in maintaining a safe campus.
Willie H. Neal, Chief of Police
Page last updated on: Thursday, 30-Aug-2007 14:59:32 EDT
Sweet Briar College Department of Safety
http://www.police.sbc.edu
