Staff Policy D-505.09
Institutional Effectiveness Criterion: Operations

Campus Security and Safety

Northwestern Michigan College is committed to creating and maintaining an environment conducive to campus safety.  Furthermore, it is the policy of the College to communicate with all campus constituencies in a timely manner on issues of general concern.  All procedures designed to maintain campus safety will be reviewed by the Emergency Management Team annually. 

Northwestern Michigan College has established an Emergency Management Team to organize, coordinate, and direct available resources toward an effective response to, and recovery from, emergencies.

The President shall provide for the establishment of such procedures to meet the requirements of this policy and to ensure compliance with the Campus Security Act of 1990 and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act of 1992 and 2008.

If any provision(s) of this policy or set of bylaws conflicts with laws applicable to Northwestern Michigan College, including the Community College Act of 1966, the Freedom of Information Act, or the Open Meetings Act, as each may be amended from time to time, such laws shall control and supersede such provision(s).