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I understand that the President has asked for a report 

to Senate regarding campus security. Ralph Yeomans and I 

would be pleased to attend Senate to comment about the 

current situation and to answer questions members may have. 

The Senators may find the following general comments 

useful as a background to our personal presentation. 

The University has always used a contract security 

force. The current force is approximately the same size 

as the force we had when the University first opened - 

and we now have more than twice the building square footage 

to control as we did then. In addition, the number of 

students and staff 

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on campus has increased three-fold. 

A significant problem associated with Contract 

Security Forces is that employee training and development 

by the contractor is inadequate, and employee turnover is 

very high, particularly when the economy is growing. 

With significant increases in 

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purchases of expensive 

equipment in recent years, combined with a larger and more 

complex institution to control, we are having to upgrade 

the calibre of service in order to provide a secure campus 

environment. 

Steps to upgrade our Security service in fiscal year 

1989-90 included: 

1.

hiring a new Manager, Mr. Ralph Yeomans, who has 

extensive security management experience with 

the air force and with B.C. Transit; 

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and

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increasing the budget so as to hire a Security 

Programs Coordinator, Mr. Jake Meijer, who has 

twenty-five years of RCMP experience. During 

his last seven years in the RCMP, Mr. Meijer was 

directly responsible for supervising a large 

Crime Prevention and Victim Services section. In 

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Campus Security, Mr. Meijer will be responsible for 

developing a campus education and crime prevention 

program, and for improving our campus security 

systems. 

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R. Heath 

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19th March, 1990 

In fiscal year 1990-91, SF13 will further upgrade 

campus security by: 

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making the four Security Shift Supervisor positions 

(currently part of the security contract) SFU staff 

positions, and hiring trained personnel for these 

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and

2.

developing a 'Campus Student Patrol Service' to work 

with Campus Security on both a volunteer basis ( Safe 

Walk Program) and on a paid basis (patrolling 

alcohol-related events such as dances, etc.) 

With regard to the status of campus security, theft 

from automobiles and theft of computers are our most 

serious problems. We appear to have relatively few 

criminal problems compared to most other campuses. The 

RCMP consider us to be a low crime Incidence area. 

Our parking lots are relatively very safe areas. 

However, in order to improve security in our lots, we will 

be installing two well-lighted telephone islands. One 

will be located in B-Lot and the other in G-Lot. Both will 

have a public telephone and a direct emergency line to 

Campus Security.. 

Our planning has taken into account our current 

situation and our areas of vulnerability, and a number of 

programs are in 

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the design stage. 

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W.A. Stewart. 

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